Timeline of trends in music (1950-1969)
See also: List of years in music, Timeline of trends in music to 1899, Timeline of trends in music (1900-1949), Timeline of trends in music (1970-1979), Timeline of trends in music (1980-1989), Timeline of trends in music (1990-present)1950s
- 1950
in music
- Music
of Afghanistan
- The beginning of radio broadcasting leads to the beginning of Afghan popular music
- Music
of Argentina
- Astor
Piazzolla begins to fuse traditional tango
music with jazz and
classical
music
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- Astor
Piazzolla begins to fuse traditional tango
music with jazz and
classical
music
- Music of Algeria
- Music
of China
- The Chinese government begins recording and documenting the music of minorities in China
- Music
of Colombia
- The Golden Age of Cumbia begins
- Music of Cuba
- Music
of Japan
- Latin music becomes very popular in Japan, especially tango
- Music
of Mexico
- Polka and corridos combine, with other influences, and form norteño music (known as Tex-Mex in the United States)
- Music
of Papua New Guinea
- String bands, featuring acoustic guitars and ukuleles are popular in Papua New Guinea
- Music
of Peru
- Huaynos spreads from the inland to coastal areas, supplanting fusions of multiple Western genres called musica criolla
- Music of Trinidad and Tobago
- Music
of the United States
- Israel "Cachao" López popularizes Cuban mambo in the US
- The peak of Chicago blues, exemplified by musicians like Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy and Tampa Red.
- Music
of Afghanistan
- 1951
in music
- Music of Japan
- Music
of the Lesser Antilles
- Haitian compas and cadence rampa take over the music scene in Martinique, Guadeloupe and elsewhere in the Lesser Antilles, displacing biguine and similar native genres, which continue to thrive in rural villages
- Music
of Trinidad and Tobago
- Calypso's mainstream popularity outside of Trinidad begins with artists like Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener, and, most especially, Mighty Spoiler's "Bed Bug".
- Music
of the United States
- The Bakersfield sound in country music develops in Bakersfield, California as a reaction against the dominant Nashville sound - artists like Buck Owens and Wynn Stewart begin their career
- Piano Red ("The Wrong Yo Yo", "Just Right Bounce", "Laying the Boogie") is the first blues singer in history to appear on the pop charts
- Cool jazz is formed as a fusion of jazz and bossa nova
- Ray Boley sets up Canyon Records to record Navajo singer Ed Lee Natay; Canyon Records goes on to become the most influential label in Native American music
- 1952
in music
- Music
of Bolivia
- A revolution leads to increased social and cultural awareness for natives in Bolivia
- Music
of Egypt
- A nationalist revolution occurs with the support of classical music performers like Abd el-Halim Hafez
- Music
of Jamaica
- Stanley Motta makes the first recordings of mento
- Music of Nepal
- Music
of Thailand
- Pleng luk thung emerges with artists like Ponsri Woranut and Suraphon Sombatjalern
- Music
of the United States
- Hard bop emerges with recordings by Miles Davis (Miles Ahead), Sonny Rollins (Way Out West) and J.J. Johnson (Blue Trombone)
- Bill Haley's pioneering recordings ("Rocket 88") mark the beginning of rockabilly as a distinct genre and commercial force
- Music
of Bolivia
- 1953
in music
- Music
of Cuba
- Chachachá begins its reign of popularity in Cuba after developing of Haitian immigrant charanga bands, followed within a year by a short-lived American obsession with the dance music
- Music
of Greece
- Manolis Khiotis adds a fourth pair of strings to the bouzoúki
- Music
of Papua New Guinea
- The Port Moresby Show is held for the first time, established newfound respect for traditional Papuan music
- Music
of Slovenia
- The Avsenik Brothers establish the foundation for Slovenian popular music
- Music of the United States
- Music
of Cuba
- 1954
in music
- Music
of the Bahamas
- Bahamanian junkanoo parades, annual celebrations of music and dance, begin to become more organized, eventually helping solidify the sound of junkanoo and move it towards popularization
- Music
of Jamaica
- The rise of the first sound systems dominated by future record producers like Sir Coxsone Dodd, King Edwards and Duke Reid; these parties are playing jump blues, R&B and other, mostly American, musicians
- Music
of Spain
- Hispavox, a Spanish record label, releases Antología del Cantte Flamenco, a popular collection of recordings from the flamenco masters
- Music
of the United States
- Bill Haley and his Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", beginning the first rock and roll craze among mainstream listeners; many consider this the end of Tin Pan Alley's dominance of pop music
- Music
of the Bahamas
- 1955
in music
- Music
of Germany
- The Rudolstadt festival is founded in East Germany
- Music
of India
- Ali Akbar Khan's performance in the US marks the beginning of fusions between Indian and Western musical traditions
- Music of the Netherlands
- Music
of the Philippines
- Tagalog lyrics to Western-style rock appear in the Philippines; this is the beginning of Pinoy rock
- The Weavers return to folk music after years of being blacklisted; their concert at Carnegie Hall helps to re-establish folk music's popular acceptance
- The Louvin Brothers mainstream stardom is established, and they become the most popular of the close harmony acts
- Music
of Haiti
- Compas direct begins its popularization due to artists like Nemours Jean Baptiste.
- Music of the United States
- Music
of Germany
- 1956
in music
- Music
of China
- Turdu Ahun, a traditional Uighur performer, records the 12 muqams; this is an important recording in the history of Chinese folk music
- Music
of Colombia
- Rock and roll begins its popularity in Colombia, and is soon dominated by Mexican performers like Enrique Guzmán and Cesar Costa
- Music
of Portugal
- José Afonso's career begins with Fados de Coimbra, recorded with Luís Góis, setting the stage for nova canção's development
- Music
of Spain
- The first national contest of cante jondo is held in Cordoba
- Music
of Trinidad and Tobago
- Mighty Sparrow's "Jean and Dinah" is the last hit for classical calypso. The song became a hit and led to a new interest in pop-calypso.
- Music
of the United Kingdom
- Ewan MacColl's Scottish Popular Ballads is an inspiration for the next generation of roots revivalists
- Music
of the United States
- Hard bop jazz's mainstream success begins with Max Roach (Max Roach Plus Four), Sonny Rollins (Saxophone Colossus), Clifford Brown (At Basin Street), Jimmy Smith (The Champ) and Horace Silver ("Senor Blue")
- Music
of Vietnam
- The founding of the Hanoi Conservatoire of Music leads to more formality and modernization in Vietnamese folk music and the development of nhac dan toc cai bien
- Music
of China
- 1957
in music
- Music
of Brazil
- Bossa nova emerges from Brazil with artists like João Gilberto ("Bim Bom"), and Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Desafinado" -- the first bossa nova record)
- Music
of Greece
- Éntekhno becomes popular in Greece
- Music
of Iceland
- Tony Crombie & His Rockets, an English band, popularizes rock and roll in Iceland with a series of thirteen concerts; authorities don't approve and try to offer non-rock related activities for Icelandic youth
- Music
of Switzerland
- Bands like the Hula Hawaiians begin incorporating rockabilly influences into their music
- Music
of the United States
- The chart success of Johnny Cash ("Home of the Blues", "There You Go"), Ferlin Husky ("Gone", "A Falling Star"), George Hamilton IV ("Only One Love") and Marty Robbins ("Knee Deep in the Blues", "A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)") mark the beginning of the Nashville sound's domination of country music
- Music
of Brazil
- 1958
in music
- Music
of Jamaica
- Local R&B bands begin recording commercially for domestic audiences
- Music
of Spain
- A Chair of Flamencology is established at Jerez as flamenco music becomes more respectable and mainstream
- Music
of the United Kingdom
- Blues musicians like Big Bill Broonzy, Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies and Muddy Waters achieve great popular acclaim in Great Britain
- Music
of the United States
- Cuban bolero music is briefly popular, and leaves a long-standing influence on the Nashville Sound
- The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" helps to jumpstart a revival in folk music
- Music
of India
- The films Al Hilal and Mughal-e-Azam are responsible for the blossoming of filmi qawwali, as well as its increasing secularization, leading to intense controversy
- Music
of Jamaica
- 1959
in music
- Music
of Iceland
- Native rock and roll musicians begin an Icelandic rock scene. Record companies require lyrics to be in Icelandic, though the youthful listeners prefer English language acts.
- Music
of Jamaica
- Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid, among others, found Jamaican ska-oriented labels, setting the foundation for a distinctively Jamaican music scene
- Music
of Peru
- A revolution helps bring native music, especially the charango (a string instrument) to middle-class and urban Peruvians
- Music
of the United States
- Recordings by Ornette
Coleman (The Shape of Jazz to Come), Sun
Ra (The Nubians of Plutonia), John
Coltrane (Giant Steps), Cecil
Taylor (Stereo Drive, Love for Sale) and Eric
Dolphy (Hot & Cool Latin) mark a mainstream resurgence
in jazz, which has
morphed into hard
bop, avant-garde
jazz and fusion
- most important is Kind
of Blue by Miles
Davis
- Recordings by Ornette
Coleman (The Shape of Jazz to Come), Sun
Ra (The Nubians of Plutonia), John
Coltrane (Giant Steps), Cecil
Taylor (Stereo Drive, Love for Sale) and Eric
Dolphy (Hot & Cool Latin) mark a mainstream resurgence
in jazz, which has
morphed into hard
bop, avant-garde
jazz and fusion
- most important is Kind
of Blue by Miles
Davis
- Music
of Iceland
1960s
- 1960 in music
- Music of Brazil
- Carimbó begins modernizing and using electric instruments
- Music of Cambodia
- Music of Iceland
- The first peak of rock and roll's popularity, with native bands like Lúdó, Disco and City dominating live Icelandic music, though few record companies will sign pure rock bands
- Music of Peru
- Chicha emerges in Arequipa and Lima as a fusion of rock and roll, cumbia and huayno
- Music of the United States
- Soul music begins to develop out of gospel with recordings like "Cathy's Clown" (The Everly Brothers) and "Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke)
- Elvis Presley's His Hand in Mine is released; this is often considered the start of contemporary gospel music
- Music of the Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islanders begin using sandals instead of coconut husks in the percussion-based bamboo band music, which begins its spread to other countries, especially Papua New Guinea
- Music of Spain
- Music of Sri Lanka
- Music of Switzerland
- Music of Thailand
- Western rock becomes popular, and native bands start playing their own variety called wong shadow
- Music of Brazil
- 1961 in music
- Music of Canada
- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation opens a station in Iqaluit, Northwest Territories to focus on Inuit music
- Music of Cuba
- The term salsa music is first used to describe Tito Puente and similar artists, who had been performing in the style for some twenty-five years
- Music of Haiti
- Webert Sicot begins a solo musical career, going on to be a pioneer in the development of cadence rampa, while minijazz begins growing in popularity
- Music of Jamaica
- Music of the United Kingdom
- The popularity of merseybeat outside of Liverpool begins with bands like Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, the Fourmost, Cilla Black, the Searchers, the Merseybeats, and the Mojos.
- Music of the United States
- Patsy Cline's (and the Nashville sound in country music) popularity peaks with country singles like "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces"
- The Supremes sign to Motown; they (and Motown) will become the dominant force in R&B and soul for the rest of the decade
- Dick Dale's "Let's Go Tripping" is a local hit in southern California; it is one of the pivotal recordings in the early development of surf rock
- Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles area have established a thriving mariachi scene
- Music of the Dominican Republic
- Johnny Ventura adds salsa and rock and roll to make a faster form of merengue
- Music of Canada
- 1962 in music
- International trends
- European popularity of American blues continues to grow with the first American Folk-Blues Festival
- Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar and American jazz musician Bud Shank collaborate on Improvisations and Theme From Pather Panchali, marking the beginning of Indian fusions with American jazz
- Music of Argentina
- Mercedes Sosa leads an indigenous music movement in Buenos Aires which will soon lead to the development of Chilean nueva canción
- Music of Jamaica
- Rural poor Jamaicans begin to move into the cities; they will eventually become known as rude boys, and will shift ska into rocksteady
- Music of the United States
- Dick Dale and others popularize surf rock
- Reverend James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir of Nutley release Peace Be Still, which introduced choir-based gospel to mainstream America
- The Dillards begin their bluegrass career and will help to bring a sophisticated Appalachian sound to mainstream America
- Girl groups like The Shirelles ("Soldier Boy") and The Crystals ("There's No Other (Like My Baby)") dominate the charts, alongside other pop vocalists like Chubby Checker ("The Twist"), The Four Seasons ("Big Girls Don't Cry") and Roy Orbison ("Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)")
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- 1963 in music
- Music of the Bahamas
- The beginning of modern junkanoo in the Bahamas with artists like The Valley Boys, The Saxons and The Vikings cementing the sound
- Music of Finland
- In Finland, letka (a kind of dance music) becomes popular with the success of Rauno Lehtinen
- Music of the United States
- The Bakersfield sound in country music begins its mainstream success with Merle Haggard's "Sing a Sad Song"
- Girl groups (The Crystals ("Then He Kissed Me"), The Ronettes ("Be My Baby"), The Chiffons ("He's So Fine") and Lesley Gore ("It's My Party", "Judy's Turn to Cry")) and surf rock (The Surfaris ("Wipe Out"), Jan & Dean ("Surf City") and The Chantays ("Pipeline")) are popular
- Music of Trinidad & Tobago
- Lord Shorty's "Clock and Dagger" is widely considered the beginning of soca
- Music of the Bahamas
- 1964 in music
- International trends
- The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night, ...Introducing the Beatles, Meet the Beatles) continue to dominate the charts, along with The Beach Boys ("I Get Around"), The Zombies ("She's Not There"), The Kinks ("You Really Got Me") and The Animals (The Animals, "The House of the Rising Sun"). Their chart success heralds the arrival of the British Invasion in the United States, Australia, Switzerland and other countries
- Chris Blackwell's Island Records in the Unied Kingdom releases Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop", which helps to bring ska and the Jamaican music scene to international audiences
- Music of Brazil
- A new brand of politically aware bossa nova emerges from Brazil; musicians like Geraldo Vandré respond to the reality of the time with populist songwriting
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- Music of the Czech Republic
- Pete Seeger, an American folk singer, tours in the Czech Republic, revitalizing the folk music scene there
- Music of Estonia
- Leiko, a choir from Värska, is formed as part of an attempt by the Soviet government to encourage local folk music
- Music of Jamaica
- In Jamaica, the popularity of ska is unchallenged; native artists like Toots & the Maytals, The Wailers, Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker are extremely popular
- Music of Kenya
- Southern African performers like Jean Bosco Mwenda, Edouard Masengo, Peter Tsotsi, and Nashil Pichen help define a burgeoning Kenyan pop music scene, influenced strongly by kwela and cavacha
- Music of Puerto Rico
- Mon Rivera has the last major hit for plena music's classical era
- Music of the United States
- Blue-eyed soul artists like the Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder and the Rascals are popular
- Ray Repp begins recording; this is usually considered the beginning of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM)
- Tony Scott, a jazz musician, records Music for Zen Meditation, commonly considered the first example of New Age music
- 1965 in music
- International trends
- The Beatles endure the heights of Beatlemania while the British Invasion peaks
- Many of the bands that are later important in psychedelia begin performing, including Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Byrds
- George Harrison plays the sitar on "Norwegian Wood", helping to popularize Indian music
- Music of Bolivia
- Los Jairas, who fuse native Aymara and Quechua rhythms with Western forms, emerge from La Paz
- Music of Brazil
- Música popular brasileira (MPB) develops in Brazil with Chico Buarque, Edu Lobo and Elis Regina developing a distinctively Brazilian sound in popular music
- Music of Bulgaria
- The Bulgarian Ministry of Culture founds the Koprivshtitsa music festival to support Bulgarian traditional music
- Music of Canada
- Chad Allan & the Expressions (later and better known as The Guess Who) have a hit with "Shakin' All Over"; this is the beginning of Canadian pop music
- Music of Chile
- Angel and Isabel Parra open an influential nightclub in Santiago which will soon provide the impetus for the development of nueva canción
- Music of Iceland
- Hljómar, a native Merseybeat band, begins dominating Icelandic music with Icelandic language songs directly inspired by The Beatles; the band's first single, "Bláu augun fl'n/Fyrsti kossinn", is released this year
- Music of Indonesia
- Jaipongan, a complex form of pop-dance music, appears in Sunda, using only native instruments; this is partially led by artists like Gugum Gumbira, reacting to new laws banning rock and other forms of imported music
- Music of Ireland
- Seán Ó Riada and The Chieftains help lead a roots revival of Irish folk music; Riada also introduces the bodhrán to the scene
- Music of the United Kingdom
- Mod reaches the height of its popularity in Britain with bands like The Who (The Who Sings My Generation) and The Small Faces
- Reg Hall and Bob Davenports release English Country Music, which sets the stage for the ensuing English folk revival
- Music of Sri Lanka
- Groups like Las Bambas and Los Muchachos mix native baila with calypso music, resulting in what is called calypso-style baila
- Music of the United States
- Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" is one of the first successful singles to be longer than three minutes in duration; the accompanying album, Highway 61 Revisited, is also arguably the first successful fusion of rock and folk
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- 1966 in music
- International trends
- Early psychedelia from The Who (A Quick One (Happy Jack)) and The Moody Blues (The Magnificient Moodies) is popular, along with bands that begin to merge these more progressive sounds with pop, like The Beatles (Revolver), Shadows of Knight (Gloria), The Troggs (Wild Thing), The Mamas & the Papas (If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears) and, most influentially, The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
- King Sunny Ade begins performing; he will eventually become one of the most popular African performers
- Pete Seeger's "Guantanamera" popularizes Cuban guajira internationally
- Music of Colombia
- Working with Los Caroleros de Majagual, Caliya introduces the bass guitar to vallenato
- Music of the Czech Republic
- The Porta Festival of folk singer-songwriters occurs for the first time
- Music of Greece
- Dhionysis Savvopoulos becomes a star as part of the vanguard of new Greek singer-songwriters
- Music of Ireland
- Music of Jamaica
- Rocksteady, the earliest form of reggae, emerges as a genre with the success of performers like Alton Ellis.
- Music of the Lesser Antilles
- Mini-jazz artists like Les Leopards, Les Gentlemen and Les Vikings de Guadeloupe become popular
- Music of Russia
- Vyacheslav Shchurov begins organizing concerts at the Composers' Hall in Moscow, bringing together folk singers from across the country
- Music of the United Kingdom
- British blues musicians like Cream (Fresh Cream) and The Yardbirds (Roger the Engineer) help invent a distinct British sound
- Music of the United States
- Pop-oriented R&B and soul groups like The Supremes (I Hear a Symphony, Supremes A' Go-Go) and the Lovin' Spoonful (Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful) are extremely popular
- Tommy McLain's "Sweet Dreams" reaches the Top Ten, making it the biggest hit for swamp pop's era of mainstream acceptance
- Music of Zimbabwe
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- 1967 in music
- International trends
- The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, arguably the pinnacle of psychedelic music -- other psychedelic bands like The Doors (The Doors, The Who (The Who Sell Out) and Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow) also release pivotal albums; the whole scene is aided by the blockbuster Monterey Pop Festival
- Early punk artists like Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat) and Iggy Pop begin their careers
- Hits like Joe Cuba's "Bang! Bang!" marks the peak of boogaloo music, which is a fusion of soul and mambo
- Music of Brazil
- Caetano Veloso (Domingo, Caetano Veloso) and Gilberto Gil (Louvação) help invent tropicalismo in Brazil
- Music of Canada
- Radio-Canada releases The Centennial Collection of Canadian Folk Songs, which focuses on Quebecois music and helps launch a revitalization of the genre
- Music of Colombia
- Native bands like Genesis) fuse native cumbia and other genres with rock and roll
- Music of Denmark
- Music of Egypt
- Singers like Aida al-Shah and Layla Nasmy emerge as the stars of light song, and the first popular musicians in Egypt outside of the classical Arab singer tradition
- Music of Estonia
- Eesti Rahvalaule ja Pillilugusid is the first LP of Estonian folk songs to be released
- Music of Finland
- A revival in Finnish folk music begins; it will remain popular for most of the next decade
- Music of Italy
- Francesco Guccini begins his recording career; he will become the premier Italian folk singer and the first to blend it with rock and roll
- Music of Kenya
- Music of the United Kingdom
- The Nice's and The Moody Blues' first albums, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack and Days of Future Passed are released; this is the beginning of prog rock
- Music of the United States
- DJ Kool Herc moves to New York City, part of a wave of Jamaican immigrants that bring dub to the US; in the Bronx, it will evolve into hip hop
- Willie Colón and Hector Lavoe release El Malo on Fania Records, which launches the label and the developing genre of salsa music
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- 1968 in music
- International trends
- Hard-edged psychedelia is popular - artists like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Who, Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf sell well
- Music of Finland
- The International Folk Music Festival is founded in Kaustinen and helps inspire a revival of Finnish folk
- Music of Georgia
- Anzor Erkomaishvili founds the Rustavi Choir, the most famous of thge Georgian professional choirs
- Music of Jamaica
- King Tubby invents dub music in Jamaica by removing the vocals from albums and playing the percussion breaks for a dance-crazy audience
- rocksteady music reaches the peak of its popularity with two notable releases by Toots & the Maytals: "5446-That's My Number" and "Do the Reggay"; the latter is the first occurrence of the word "reggae"
- Music of Switzerland
- Les Sauterelles' "Heavenly Club" marks the peak of the rock and roll craze in Switzerland; the trend soon dies out, and it evolves into psychedelia-based rock and the Indian-influenced soul of raga rock
- Music of the United Kingdom
- The Canterbury Scene, a type of psychedelic music based out of Canterbury in Kent, emerges as a underground phenomenon led by The Soft Machine (Volume One) and Caravan (Caravan)
- Music of the United States
- Edward Hawkins Singers have a major international hit with "Oh Happy Day", and Reverend James Cleveland founds the annual Gospel Music Workshop of America
- Redbone is the first Native American band to fuse rock music with native musical traditions,
- Seiichi Tanaka's San Francisco Taiko Dojo is the first modern taiko group in North America
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- 1969 in music
- International trends
- folk-oriented psychedelia dominates music with releases from The Doors (The Soft Parade), The Beatles (Abbey Road), The Fifth Dimension (The Age of Aquarius), Youngbloods (Elephant Mountain) and Crosby, Stills & Nash (Déjà Vu) selling extremely well and the blockbuster Woodstock music festival held in Bethel, New York
- Music of Brazil
- A revival of traditional choro music begins in Brazil
- Music of Estonia
- Leigarid is formed to entertain tourists with colorful pageants of Estonian folk music
- Music of Haiti
- Tabou Combo releases their debut, Haiti, which begins to launch compas music towards international success
- Music of Iceland
- Many of the previously-popular Beatles-influenced bands break up, and psychedelic groups like Trúbrot and Náttúra dominate Icelandic music
- Music of Jamaica
- Roots reggae becomes the dominant sound in Jamaica, with Bob Marley & the Wailers (Soul Shakedown) leading the way towards a new, distinctively Jamaican fusion of folk, R&B, rock and ska
- Music of Japan
- Za Ondekoza is founded by Tagayasu Den; the group begins a youth-led roots revival of taiko drumming
- Music of the Netherlands
- A roots revival is popular throughout the country, emphasizing regional sounds and dialects
- Music of Spain
- El Camarón de la Isla releases Con la Colaboracion Especial de Paco de Lucia, which set the stage for the development of nuevo flamenco
- Music of the United Kingdom
- The Who releases Tommy, the first rock opera
- Led Zeppelin's first album, Led Zeppelin I, is released; it is an enormously influential psychedelic blues-rock
- Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief is considered the beginning of English folk-rock
- Music of the United States
- Larry Norman's Upon This Rock is commonly considered the first Christian rock album
- King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King solidifies progressive rock into a distinct genre
- The release of The Stooges' Raw Power is arguably the earliest traces of punk rock
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