Rock UK 60s

While the reverb guitar sound of the Shadows (Cliff Richard’s backing group) became a landmark of British rock’n’roll in the early 1960s, the inclusion of rock rythms into traditional English pop & folk shaped what became known as British beat music. The Beatles were part of this wave and achieved mass-popularity in the USA in late 1963, triggering a so-called British invasion of the American Charts. In the mid-60s, successful releases by the Animals, the Rolling Stones and the Who sparked a full-fledged British rock scene which itself spawned the British RnB rock, hard rock and progressive rock genres.

ROCK’n’ ROLL ∙ 1960 ∙ Apache (The Shadows) ∙ Shakin' all over (Johnny Kidd) ∙ 1961 ∙ Johnny remember Me (John Leyton) ∙ I'll step down (Gary Mills) ∙ 1962 ∙ Cindy's bithday (Shane Fenton & the Fentones) ∙ My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan ft the Beatles) ∙ 1963 ∙ Diamonds (Jet Harris & Tony Meehan) ∙ You'll never walk alone (Gerry & the Pacemakers) ∙

BRITISH BEAT ∙ 1962 ∙ Love me do (The Beatles) ∙ 1963 ∙ Glad all over (Dave Clark Five) ∙ Needles and pins (The Searchers) ∙ Hello little girl (The Fourmost) ∙ Let her go (Joe Brown) ∙ 1964 ∙ She's not there (The Zombies) ∙ You really got me (The Kinks) ∙ Doo wah diddy (Manfred Mann) ∙ You were made for me (Freddie & the Dreamers) ∙ You're no good (The Swingin' Blue Jeans) ∙ 1965 ∙ Help (The Beatles) ∙ Sha-la-la-la-lee (Small Faces) ∙ The night (Them) ∙ You've got your troubles (The Fortunes) ∙ Concrete and clay (Unit 4+2) ∙ 1966 ∙ Matthew and son (Cat Stevens) ∙ Bus stop (The Hollies) ∙ No milk today (Herman's Hermits ) ∙ A groovy kind of love (The Mindbenders) ∙ 1967 ∙ Days of Pearly Spencer (David McWilliams) ∙ Here comes my baby (The Tremoloes) ∙ 1968 ∙ I'm a tiger (Lulu) ∙

ROCK ∙ 1964 ∙ House of the rising sun (The Animals) ∙ It's all over now (The Rolling Stones) ∙ I'm a man (The Yardbirds) ∙ 1965 ∙ (I can't get no) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) ∙ I can’t explain (The Who) ∙ My generation (The Who) ∙ 1966 ∙ Steppin' out (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers) ∙ Time won't let me (The Outsiders) ∙ 1967 ∙ Sunshine of your love (Cream) ∙ Brown eyed girl (Van Morrison) ∙ 1968 ∙ Shape of things (Jeff Beck Group) ∙ Everlasting love (Love Affair) ∙ Sympathy for the devil (The Rolling Stones) ∙ I'm going home (Ten Years After) ∙ Hush (Deep Purple) ∙ 1969 ∙ Pinball wizard (The Who) ∙ Whole lotta love (Led Zeppelin) ∙ Sympathy (Rare Bird) ∙ Natural born bugie (Humble Pie) ∙ Sugar Mama (Taste (Irish band)) ∙ Can't find my way home (Blind Faith) ∙

RnB & SOUL ∙ 1963 ∙ Leave my woman alone (Cyril Davies RnB & All Stars) ∙ 1965 ∙ Shout (Lulu) ∙ 1966 ∙ Baby come back (The Equals) ∙ Michael (Ram Jam Band ft Geno Washington) ∙ Out of time (Chris Farlowe) ∙ 1967 ∙ Show me (Tom Jones) ∙ 1968 ∙ Eloise (Barry Ryan) ∙ With a little help from my friends (Joe Cocker) ∙ This wheel's on fire (Brian Auger & The Trinity ft Julie Driscoll) ∙ 1969 ∙ Little green bag (The George Baker Selection, NL) ∙ Venus / Love buzz (Shocking Blue, NL) ∙

PROGRESSIVE ROCK ∙ 1966 ∙ Stroll on (The Yardbirds) ∙ Gimme some lovin' (Spencer Davis Group) ∙ I can't control myself / With a girl like you / Wild thing (The Troggs) ∙ 1967 ∙ I'm a man (Spencer Davis Group) ∙ Lucy in the sky (The Beatles) ∙ Arnold Lane (Pink Floyd) ∙ Whiter shade of pale (Procol Harum ) ∙ Nights in white satin (The Moody Blues) ∙ Itchycoo park (Small Faces) ∙ I can fly (The Herd) ∙ Rubber band / Let me sleep beside you (David Bowie) ∙ Paper sun (Traffic) ∙ Flowers in the rain (The Move) ∙ 1968 ∙ So boot if at all (Soft Machine) ∙ The weight (Spooky Tooth) ∙ Black magic woman (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) ∙ America (The Nice) ∙ 1969 ∙ It's five o'clock (Aphrodite Childs, GR) ∙ 21st century schizoid man (King Crimson) ∙ Space oddity (David Bowie) ∙ The weaver's answer (Family) ∙ Something in the air (Thunderclap Newman) ∙ Firebird (White Noise) ∙ Looking around me (Yes) ∙ Reflections of my life (The Marmalade) ∙ Daydream (Wallace Collection) ∙ Boureée (Jethro Tull) ∙