Though the genre rose to prominence in 1967, the roots lay earlier in the decade. (The Angels’ hit below is one of many precursors.) The Music Explosion covered “Little Bit O’ Soul” in 1967, which ...

These hit songs from the 1960s definitely swayed you in certain directions when your music taste was forming as a child.

All the feelings that I have hiding here for you inside." That lyric opens up “Cherish,” a number-one hit for the Association in 1966. It isn’t a good lyric. At least, I don’t think it is. It is a ...

See the best 1960s music artists, from The Beatles to Motown legends, who shaped a revolutionary decade in music history.

From 1958 to 1964, she was the most popular female singer in the United States, selling 40 million records with tunes like “Who’s Sorry Now” and “Where the Boys Are.” Connie Francis in 1958, at the ...

Lou Christie, the famous 1960s singer best known for his chart-topping hit “Lightnin’ Strikes,” has died. He was 82. Christie died Wednesday, June 18, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after a “short ...

Connie Francis, the first-ever solo female artist to hit the Billboard Hot 100, has died at age 87. The death of the beloved 1950s and ‘60s era singer was confirmed by Concetta Records president Ron ...

The British musician and actress Marianne Faithfull, an icon of London's fertile 1960s music scene, died Thursday at the age of 78. "It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, ...