Music and Dance..

The music and dancing styles often reflected the big changes in society, which affected fashion, hairstyles, and especially the styles of music that emerged from that era. As the “hippie” culture continued to increase in popularity, the new styles of music came into the spotlight. The main types of music in the 60’s were psychedelic, folk rock and pop, but also long instrumental solos and strange electronic effects were a part of many bands styles. However, there was no one style that was the most popular. There were many popular artists during this decade, including; The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Sonny and Cher, The Who, the Doors and Pink Floyd.


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The Beatles were especially popular during this period. They became the most popular group in Rock History. The band consisted of 4 English men; Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison.

The Beatles, 1960's.

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Although there were major changes in the type of music, the dancing styles also reflected the big changes in society of that decade. The “twist” is an example of a popular dance in the 50’s. It became so popular due to the fact that it helped people let go of the cold war tension.
The music and dancing styles/techniques during the 1960’s contained much variety and was very different from previous decades.