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 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 The Supremes
28 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
29 Roy Orbison
30 Love
31 Pink Floyd
32 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
33 Johnny Cash
34 Charles Mingus
35 Dusty Springfield
36 Marvin Gaye
37 The Four Tops
38 Sam Cooke
39 Buffalo Springfield
40 Nico
41 Fairport Convention
42 Stan Getz
43 Ornette Coleman
44 Ike and Tina Turner
45 The Ronettes
46 Leonard Cohen
47 The Temptations
48 The Stooges
49 Bill Evans
50 Nick Drake
51 The Righteous Brothers
52 Martha and The Vandellas
53 Eric Dolphy
54 The Animals
55 Neil Young
56 The Kingsmen
57 MC5
58 The Crystals
59 The Flying Burrito Brothers
60 King Crimson
61 B.B. King
62 Grateful Dead
63 Patsy Cline
64 Procol Harum
65 The Small Faces
66 Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company
67 Ben E. King
68 The Jackson 5
69 Duke Ellington
70 Them
71 The Mamas and the Papas
72 The Impressions
73 Wilson Pickett
74 The Shangri-La's
75 The Lovin' Spoonful
76 Booker T. & The MG's
77 Herbie Hancock
78 Traffic
79 Del Shannon
80 Frank Sinatra
81 The Zombies
82 Scott Walker
83 Etta James
84 Sam and Dave
85 Wayne Shorter
86 Glen Campbell
87 Howlin' Wolf
88 Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
89 Dionne Warwick
90 Tim Buckley
91 The Drifters
92 The Monkees
93 Lee Morgan
94 Muddy Waters
95 13th Floor Elevators
96 The Shirelles
97 Isaac Hayes
98 Percy Sledge
99 Laura Nyro
100 John Mayall