The girl group is one of the all-time hallmarks of American invention. Building on older traditions of close harmony as well as the newer genres of rock n' roll and doo-wop, girl groups provided the ...

The Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. Sixty years later, their made-for-TV backstory didn't hurt them in a ranking list of the top Los Angeles-based bands of the era. In ...

The music scene was rapidly shifting in the ‘60s and ‘70s, influenced by new types of rock bands, cultural and social movements, and technological developments that completely changed how music was ...

Brain break: Can you match these '60s songs to their artists? The 1960s produced so many songs from so many directions that keeping track of who recorded what was a genuine challenge even at the time.