Music had a powerful influence on the Sixties generation (1954-1975). In this section, the technology, the behind-the-scenes folks, the pioneers and the influences, the innovations, the performers and the music are covered in a variety of historical lists. All artists, songs and albums appearing on the lists in this section have been verified by a second and possibly a third source for the accuracy of the listing. Below is a list of the sources used. Occasionally another resource has been used. The resource will be referred to at the end of the selections. All selections can be found on Spotify.
Allmusic.com: An online resource for all things music.
Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 Chart Archive.
Folk Alley's 100 Most Essential Folk Songs: a nonprofit, listener-supported internet radio service featuring folk, roots, Americana, Celtic, contemporary singer/songwriter, world, and acoustic music.
InfoPlease: 500 Songs that shaped Rock and Roll, selected by James Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jazz 24's Top 100 Jazz Songs.
Songs of the 20th Century: Compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
NPR 100: The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century
Paste Magazine's Best Songs of the 1960s.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-time.
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Country Artists
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Country Songs of All-time.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All-time.
Second Hand Songs: a database of originals, cover songs, sampled songs and sampling songs.
Time Magazine's All-time 100 Songs.
udiscovermusic: Music news, videos, exclusives, reviews, curated playlists, music quizzes, interviews and stories from the most influential music artists in history.
Covach, J. R. & Flory, A. (2015). What's that sound?: an introduction to rock and its history. W.W. Norton & Company.
Crampton, L., & Rees, D. (2003). Rock & roll year by year. Dorling Kindersley.
Dimery, R. (Ed.). (2010). 1001 albums you must hear before you die: Revised and updated. New York, NY: Universe Pub.
Dimery, R., & Visconti, T. (2017). 1001 songs you must hear before you die. New York: Universe.
DK. (2015). Music: the definitive visual history. New York.
Duncan, D. & Burns, K. (2019). Country music: an illustrated history. Alfred A. Knopf..
Edmondson, J. (2013). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs Styles Stars and Stories That Shaped Our Culture, Vol 1-4. Greenwood Publishing Group.
Whitburn, J. (2010). The Billboard book of top 40 hits: Complete chart information about America's most popular songs and artists, 1955-2009. New York: Billboard.