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Atlantic records emerge9/13/2023 The early 1970s saw the rise of the singer/songwriter, especially in the US, with Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Carly Simon among those matching critical acclaim with high earnings. Promoters, record companies and acts realised their wildest dreams of fame and fortune as sales of records, concert tickets and associated merchandising went through the roof. This was the decade that saw popular music turn into one of the biggest money-making industries, this despite oil crises and vinyl shortages. Out of mod culture came some of the greatest rock bands of all time notably The Who, The Small Faces and The Kinks. The Mods and Rockers, were a rebellious group of young men and women who favoured the latest fashions from Carnaby Street and Swinging London. Manchester provided the likes of The Hollies, Herman’s Hermits and Freddie & The Dreamers, Newcastle’s contribution was the tougher sound of The Animals, whilst Birmingham brought us The Move and The Moody Blues. Fellow Liverpool acts such as The Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Cilla Black led the way. Their influence on pop and rock was all-encompassing. Taking its name from a Debbie Reynolds film ‘Tammy’ and Motor Town and using one of the most successful song writing teams ever in Holland, Dozier and Holland, they created worldwide hits for the likes of The Supremes, Four Tops, Marth & The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations.īut there was one band and one city in particular that stamped their mark indelibly on the world at large and fired the imagination – four lads from Liverpool by the name of The Beatles. One of the biggest genres to emerge this decade was Tamala Motown. The decade saw the birth of soul music, a mixture of gospel and rhythm and blues and it was Atlantic Records who championed this sound artists like James Brown, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. In Southern California, the surf craze owed its soundtrack to Dick Dale, Jan & Dean and most importantly The Beach Boys. Throughout the 1960s a number of scenes co-existed around the world, all of which would feed into each other to create a ‘Big Bang’ effect in youth culture. It saw rock not only come of age but also become the pre-eminent cultural force, its impact and importance outstripping anything the worlds of fashion, film art and literature could muster. This was the decade that began with a whimper and ended with a bang. See if you can identify all the acts from each decade in the images, answers at the bottom! Take a look back through the decades to see the types of music we were dancing to, listening to and buying, all making up the soundtrack to our lives. The music you’ll hear on Chippenham Hospital Radio is built around the songs and artists you may have listened to when growing up, we call it ‘Your Generation of Music’.
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