The main musical events of the 1960s
The sixties have become the time for the emergence of new religious genres in music. The popularity of psychedelic motives grew, the electronic sound was distributed. In the 1960s, there was a year of active creativity of such popular performers as Sophie Loren, Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins and many others.
The Beatles debut
By the 1960s, the British group "The Quarrymen" was actually ceased to exist. Its participants founded a new team - the legendary "The Beatles" was born.John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison played in the group. The "ROLLING STONE" edition gives "The Beatles" first place in the ranking of the best musical teams of all time.
Photo "The Beatles", 1960sIn 1959, the musicians have already performed in clubs, but they have not had time to gain popularity. They were in creative search, often changing the repertoire and name. All options invented by them, from "The Quarrymen" to "Rainbows", promoters called too simple and invasive. In April 1960, an event occurred, partly identifying the history of music. "The Beatles" came up with their name, and could find their own unique sound.
The idea of the name belonged to John Lennon and his friend Stewart Satcliffe, who was a bass guitarist in the group. They wanted the word invented by them sound unusual and could interpret in different ways. The name "The Beatles" is really hidden the game of words. "Beetles" translated from English means "beetles", and the first part of the word, "Beat" refers to the musical bits.
First Album Adriano Celentano
The famous Andreano Celentano in the 1960s was released his first album "Adriano Celentano Con Giulio Libano E La Sua Orchestra". The musician earlier released the record and played on stage, but it was his first full-fledged record. The magazine "Rolling Stone Italia" gave her 10th place in the ranking of the best Italian songs.
The musical accompaniment of the album created the Julio Libano orchestra, the Swiss singer Anita Traversi participated in the record. The "IL TUO Bacio E 'Come Un Rock" composition gained world recognition, and more than once was fulfilled by other musicians. Interestingly, the ironic song "Nikita Rock" who entered the album was devoted to Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev.
Eurovision 1960.
In March 1960, the fifth Eurovision was held in the territory of the Royal Festival Hall in London. Thirteen countries took part in it. The popularity of the competition continued to grow - participants were becoming more and more, as the countries where the performances were broadcast. For example, this year the broadcast for the first time passed in Finland.The first place was taken by the composition "Tom Pillibe" from the French performer Jacqueline Bayee. The prize was awarded the Netherlands singer Teddy Scholten, who ranked first a year earlier.
World hits
The Grammy Prize of the 1960s received many decent compositions. The album of the year was named "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart", the work of the American comedian and actor Bob Newhart. The album entered the Texas speech of Newhart in the club "Tidelands".
The most-selling single of the United States, received the Grammy for the recording of the year, became the topic of the Summer Resort film, created by Percy Fait.
"Grammy" for the song of the year won the topic to the film "Exodus". It was the only time when this award was received by the instrumental composition, which is difficult to call the song in the full sense of this word. However, the stunning sound of the work of Ernest Gold, of course, deserved such award.
The "ROLLING STONE" edition called the best song of the year the composition of the Ray Charles "Georgia On My Mind". The first version of this song was recorded back in the 30s, but performed by the American musician Ray Charles reached great popularity.
In the UK one of the best-selling tracks was "IT's Now or Never" Elvis Presley. He lasted in the top of the best-selling compositions record eight weeks.
In the same year, the world saw the first version of the musical "Oliver!", Created by British Lionell Bart based on the "adventures of Oliver Twist". After a few of his show took place on Broadway, the work more than once received prestigious awards.
Hits of the USSR
According to the magazine "Ogonyok", the composition of the 1960s composition was the composition of Mark Bernes "Enemies burned their native hut." For a long time, her sound from the scene was not approved, but Bernes could change the attitude of politicians to this work. After his execution, the "enemies burned their native hut" the hall exploded with ovations. This song knew and loved on the territory of all the USSR.
The Irina Břívskaya "Moscow windows" record became the most sold in the USSR. For the first time, the composition with this title was performed by Leonid Utorsov.
In the 1960s, the song of Nikolai Rybnikova "Tatiana" became popular in the 1960s, written in poetic poets Konstantin Simonov.
Among the compositions, written for films, the song "Road" was specially popular, written for the film "A special approach" and "We are with you two shores", which Gelen Velikanova performed.
The 1960s became a bright time when the world saw many signs for the culture of works, from the British creativity "The Beatles" to the post-war songs of the USSR.