American Songwriter

4 Massively Underrated Bands From the 1960s That Should Have Been Famous

These hugely underrated bands from the 1960s have gotten some love after their heyday passed, but I can't help but think they deserved more.

This '60s Group Was Just Ranked the #1 'Greatest Classic Rock Band of All Time'

According to an October 2025 Ranker poll, fans think The Beatles are the greatest classic rock band of all time. Ranker, ...

43 Years Ago, This Legendary '80s British Pop Cover Became a Massive Hit and Outshined Its Motown Original

Case in point, the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, which comprised members, vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David ...
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5 1960s pop hits that should be permanently retired

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 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Shel Talmy, Who Produced Hits by The Who, The Kinks and Other 1960s British Bands, Dies at 87

The record producer also oversaw hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of David Bowie. By The Associated Press Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger ...
American Songwriter

3 Essential Bands That Led the Late 1960s and Early 1970s British Folk Revival

In 2019, Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The compilation album Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British ...
Pitchfork

Marianne Faithfull, 1960s Pop Chanteuse, Dies at 78

Marianne Faithfull, the singer and actor who became an icon of London’s music scene in the 1960s, has died, BBC News and The New York Times report. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in ...