the hippie movement

Music in the 60's

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

The Who - My Generation

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60's

The revolution is here...

Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll!!!

The decade that brought us flower power, the antiwar movement, hippies, bell bottoms, woodstock, acid, rock'n'roll, the civil rights movement, the first man on the Moon, the birth control pill,...

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Pop Art

Music in the 50's

rock and roll in the 50s

rock and roll

Rock-and-Roll - expression used (1951) by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song "My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll". The use of rock, roll, rock and roll, etc., with reference to sexual intercourse, is traditional in blues, a form of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics. It’s a form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it is characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure.

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