1. The Beatles   2. James Brown   3. The Supremes   4. The Beach Boys   5. The Rolling Stones   6. Bob Dylan   7. Aretha Franklin   8. Sam Cooke   9. Jimi Hendrix 10. Ray Charles 11. Elvis Presley 12. Otis Redding 13. Marvin Gaye 14. The Byrds 15. The Who 16. The Four Seasons 17. The Temptations 18. The Miracles 19. Wilson Pickett 20. Stevie Wonder 21. The Kinks 22. Roy Orbison 23. The Drifters 24. The Four Tops 25. The Shirelles 26. The Doors 27. Martha & The Vandellas 28. Dion 29. Sam & Dave 30. Jefferson Airplane 31. The Impressions 32. The Mamas & The Papas 33. Solomon Burke 34. Cream 35. Jackie Wilson 36. Creedence Clearwater Revival 37. Booker T. & The MG's 38. Sly & The Family Stone 39. The Yardbirds 40. Simon & Garfunkel 41. The Rascals 42. The Marvelettes 43. The Animals 44. Buffalo Springfield 45. Etta James 46. Del Shannon 47. Joe Tex 48. Jan & Dean 49. The Velvet Underground 50. The Ronettes

51. The Lovin' Spoonful 52. Janis Joplin/Big Brother & Holding Company 53. Lee Dorsey 54. The Ventures 55. The Crystals 56. The Band 57. The Chiffons 58. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention 59. Mary Wells 60. Ike & Tina Turner 61. The Monkees 62. Gary "US" Bonds 63. Canned Heat 64. Dick Dale 65. The Isley Brothers 66. Ben E. King 67. Paul Butterfield Blues Band 68. Gladys Knight & The Pips 69. Chuck Berry 70. Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs 71. Lesley Gore 72. The Righteous Brothers 73. The Turtles 74. Jerry Butler 75. The Hollies 76. Irma Thomas 77. Sonny & Cher 78. The Grateful Dead 79. The Everly Brothers 80. King Curtis 81. The Dave Clark Five 82. Van Morrison/Them 83. Percy Sledge 84. Moby Grape 85. Gene Chandler 86. Eddie Floyd 87. Junior Walker & The All-Stars 88. Tommy James & The Shondells 89. Love 90. Carla Thomas 91. Rick Nelson 92. Major Lance 93. Garnett Mimms & The Enchanters 94. James & Bobby Purify 95. Paul Revere & The Raiders 96. Chuck Jackson 97. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels 98. James Carr 99. Donovan 100. Billy Stewart

101. Blood, Sweat & Tears 102. Don Covay 103. The Dells 104. Steppenwolf 105. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 106. Fats Domino 107. The Troggs 108. Darlene Love 109. Bobby Womack/Valentinos 110. Pink Floyd 111. William Bell 112. Manfred Mann 113. Tammi Terrell 114. Maxine Brown 115. The Kingsmen 116. Arthur Alexander 117. Quicksilver Messenger Service 118. Clarence Carter 119. The Spencer Davis Group 120. Betty Everett 121. Bo Diddley 122. The Surfaris 123. Country Joe & The Fish 124. The Cookies 125. Rufus Thomas 126. The Bobby Fuller Four 127. Aaron Neville 128. The Tokens 129. Captain Beefheart 130. Brenda Holloway 131. Little Anthony & The Imperials 132. Johnnie Taylor 133. O.V. Wright 134. Bill Black's Combo 135. Arthur Conley 136. The Youngbloods 137. The Showmen 138. The Coasters 139. The Velvelettes 140. The Olympics 141. The Box Tops 142. Jimmy Hughes 143. The Dovells 144. Hank Ballard & Midnighters 145. Lonnie Mack 146. Willie Mitchell 147. Edwin Starr 148. Cannibal & The Headhunters 149. The Moody Blues 150. Barbara Lewis

151. The Shangri-Las 152. ? & The Mysterions 153. The Orlons 154. The Pretty Things 155. Charlie Rich 156. Lou Rawls 157. Roy Head & The Traits 158. The Guess Who 159. The Steve Miller Band 160. Howard Tate 161. Dr. John 162. The Electric Flag 163. The Platters 164. Buster Brown 165. Procol Harum 166. The Meters 167. Strawberry Alarm Clock 168. The Jive Five 169. Duane Eddy 170. Toussaint McCall 171. The Standells 172. Joey Dee & The Starliters 173. Barbara Lynn 174. The Seeds 175. Davie Allan & The Arrows 176. Joe Simon 177. Traffic 178. The Zombies 179. Ronny & The Daytonas 180. Count Five 181. Joe South 182. Fontella Bass 183. The Buckinghams 184. Johnny Adams 185. Small Faces 186. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs 187. The Radiants 188. Sandy Nelson 189. Iron Butterfly 190. The Chambers Brothers 191. The Sims Twins 192. The Dixie Cups 193. Shep & The Limelites 194. The Strangeloves 195. The Sweet Inspirations 196. Ten Years After 197. The Sonics 198. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates 199. Blue Cheer 200. Peter & Gordon

The 60's rock & roll sounds were greatly influenced by the The British Invasion Bands. Nothing defined the music of the 60's more than Rock & Roll but Motown Music comes in a close second. Motown Records produced artist like the Jackson Five and Stevie Wonder. Oldies radio stations" Criteria: - This list does not take into account anything that artist did before or after the decade. Artists with two years or less of active recording during the decade are excluded, unless it was the ONLY decade in which they performed. That explains the exclusion of Led Zeppelin, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Santana, The MC5, Deep Purple, The Jackson Five, The Flying Burrito Brothers, & others frequently associated with the late 60's. They would count for the seventies. Pop, folk, country, jazz and blues artists are also excluded.