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1969 was a year that showcased a lot of diversity
in musical tastes. On one hand R&B, pop,
country and folk all still controlled the charts and was what the
radio stations played the most. Old favorites like Elvis with
"Suspicious Minds", Tommy James And The Shondells with
"Crimson And Clover", the Beatles with "Get Back" and The
Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together" were all
#1 hits.
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And then there was Woodstock. Without doubt the Woodstock
Music & Art Fair was the most important musical event of the
decade. Billed as 3 Days of Peace & Music it morphed into an
all out drug induced rain soaked, muddy love fest. Half a million
teenagers and young adults crowed into a farm in upstate New York
to live for three violence free days and listen to the absolutely
biggest line up of musicians to ever appear at one concert.
Acts included (in order of appearance) Richie
Havens, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi
Shankar, Melanie Safka, Arlo Guthrie, Joan
Baez, Quill, Country Joe McDonald, John
Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, The
Incredible String Band,v Canned Heat, Mountain,v Grateful
Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin with
The Kozmic Blues Band, Sly & the Family Stone,
The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker,
Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The
Band, Johnny Winter with Edgar Winter, Blood, Sweat
& Tears, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul
Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na and closing the
concert Jimi Hendrix.
With a few exceptions these were not well known main stream
bands. Popular groups like The Rolling Stones or the Beatles were
not invited to this venue, mostly because the promoters would
never be able to afford them and still see a profit. Creedence
Clearwater revival was the first to be signed up and because of
their popularity other well known groups agreed to appear. The
groups that did appear were mostly counter culture anti-war,
civil rights protestors who were huge stars in the college and
hippie communities.
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I hope you are enjoying your
remembrances of 1960's music.
You may return to the main
1960s Music Page
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Click Below For Year by Year
Song Charts and Information:
| 1960 Hits 1961 Hits 1962 Hits 1963 Hits 1964 Hits |
1965 Hits 1966 Hits 1967 Hits 1968 Hits 1969 Hits |
Some newcomers got in the
charts as well. The Zombies only hit "Time of the
Season" actually made it to #3 on the chart after the group
had broken up. Friends of Distinction had their first hit with
"Grazing In The Grass" and Piero Umiliani's only
radio hit was "Mah Nà Mah Nà" which was made
popular by The Muppets on their show "Sesame
Street".
