The 1960s brought with it a culture of peace and love as well as an explosion of new popular music, and naturally, the two found themselves intertwined again and again. There's no more popular topic ...

The 1960s were a great era for music. Beatlemania took over the world, Chubby Checker inspired a dance craze, and Nancy Sinatra sent girls flocking to buy go-go boots. In 1964, Motown Records—which ...

Few artists captured the spirit of the '60s quite like John Sebastian. The singer-songwriter, best known for his No. 1 hits "Welcome Back" and "Summer in the City," is celebrating his 82nd birthday ...

A 1966 song became a huge hit that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, but its lyrics would later make it one of the era’s most controversial hits. ‘The Ballad of the Green Berets’ topped ...

The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of social and political change, in a manner not dissimilar to today's climate. Amid the upheaval of gender norms and racial bias, popular music was ...