60s Rock

Folk Rock Music:
Folk rock music is a type of musical genre that combines the elements of rock music and folk music. Folk rock music, in its narrowest and earliest sense, was used to refer to a music genre that came about within the United States as well as Canada during the middle of the nineteen sixties. The sound of folk rock music was epitomized by the tight vocal harmonies along with the relatively clean approach in which the electric instruments were epitomized by Roger Mc Guinn, Byrd’s guitarist’s jangly sound.

The overall repertoire was drawn in part from the sources of folk music - however even the singer-songwriters were folk influenced such as the popular and well known Bob Dylan. The Byrd’s guitarist also went on to state that the Beatles were who inspired him to combine rock music with folk music. In ’64, the All Music Guide gave credit to the Beatles for combining rock music with folk music.

Dance Styles:
Rock n’ Roll music from its early beginning in the fifties inception through the early sixties, spawn several new dance crazes. All of the teenagers found rock n’ roll’s backbeat and its irregular rhythm that was especially suited to reviving all of the jitterbug dancing of the era of big bands. Gym dances, sock hops, and home basements dance parties became the popular rage and the teens across America watched American Bandstand by Dick Clark in order to stay in touch with the latest fashion styles and the latest dance. From the middle of the sixties and on, rock and roll was gradually giving way to rock and the dancer genres that followed later beginning with the twist and led up to disco, funk, techno and house.

The Sixties in the UK:
Once again at the beginning of the sixties, in the United Kingdom, instrumental dance music was extremely popular. The major hits such as The Shadows “Apache” and the Tornados “Telstar” were able for form the instrumental music British branch. Even when the popularity of this music started declining in America, it still flourished across the Atlantic.