Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Artists of the 60s

The Top 100 Artists of the 60s


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