The Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. Sixty years later, their made-for-TV backstory didn’t hurt them in a ranking list of the top Los Angeles-based bands of the era. In ...

With apologies to New York, Chicago, Nashville, Seattle, and every other major metropolis that has fostered a vibrant music scene, no other city in America matches the incredible, and eclectic, music ...

Now you see them (or more precisely, hear them), now you don’t. A few decades ago, and particularly in the Sixties, with no Internet, social media, or streaming, it was so easy for artists who have ...

"Love Me Do" was the Beatles' first monster hit. Do you know their last? Here are the final big hits of a dozen major rock acts from the 1960s.

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Classic rock songs can do whatever they want. These are three self-referential classic rock songs from the 1960s we still stan.

Soul music has a long history of emotional love songs, like these heartbreaking classics by Etta James, Otis Redding, and The Temptations.