Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Artists of the 60s

The Top 100 Artists of the 60s


1 The Beatles
2 The Rolling Stones
3 Bob Dylan
4 Jimi Hendrix
5 The Beach Boys
6 The Byrds
7 The Velvet Underground
8 Aretha Franklin
9 The Who
10 Otis Redding
11 The Kinks
12 The Doors
13 James Brown
14 Creedence Clearwater Revival
15 The Band
16 Led Zeppelin
17 John Coltrane
18 Elvis Presley
19 Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
20 Van Morrison
21 Sly and the Family Stone
22 Simon and Garfunkel
23 Cream
24 Jefferson Airplane
25 Miles Davis
26 Ray Charles
27 Roy Orbison
28 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
29 The Supremes
30 Love
31 Charles Mingus
32 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
33 The Four Tops
34 Pink Floyd
35 Dusty Springfield
36 Marvin Gaye
37 Sam Cooke
38 Johnny Cash
39 Buffalo Springfield
40 Fairport Convention
41 Nico
42 Ornette Coleman
43 Stan Getz
44 The Temptations
45 Ike and Tina Turner
46 The Ronettes
47 Bill Evans
48 Martha and The Vandellas
49 The Stooges
50 The Crystals
51 The Animals
52 The Righteous Brothers
53 Leonard Cohen
54 The Kingsmen
55 Eric Dolphy
56 Nick Drake
57 B.B. King
58 Neil Young
59 Patsy Cline
60 MC5
61 Procol Harum
62 Grateful Dead
63 The Flying Burrito Brothers
64 Ben E. King
65 Duke Ellington
66 King Crimson
67 The Jackson 5
68 Them
69 Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company
70 Frank Sinatra
71 The Mamas and the Papas
72 The Small Faces
73 The Impressions
74 Del Shannon
75 Herbie Hancock
76 Booker T. & The MG's
77 The Lovin' Spoonful
78 The Zombies
79 Wayne Shorter
80 The Shangri-La's
81 Glen Campbell
82 Scott Walker
83 Wilson Pickett
84 Traffic
85 Sam and Dave
86 Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
87 Etta James
88 The Drifters
89 Lee Morgan
90 Dionne Warwick
91 Tim Buckley
92 Howlin' Wolf
93 Muddy Waters
94 The Monkees
95 Percy Sledge
96 Isaac Hayes
97 The Shirelles
98 The Everly Brothers
99 Bobby Bland
100 Blood, Sweat & Tears