List of British pop musicians of the 1960s
in alphabetical order with side notes and additional links. (Please
note that this list was initially created as a mirror of the 1950s list
due to overlap of dates. Therefore both lists require some sorting with
this list also requiring new additions together with deletions that
only belong to the 1950s.):
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Contents
- 1 A-C
- 2 D-F
- 3 G-I
- 4 J-L
- 5 M-O
- 6 P-R
- 7 S-U
- 8 V-Z
- 9 More
lists by years
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A-C
- Ball, Kenny
- Barber, Chris
- Barry, John
- Bassey, Shirley
- Beatles, The
- Bilk, Acker
- Bygraves, Max
- Calvert, Eddie
- Carr, Cathy
- Chacksfield, Frank
- Clark, Petula
- Cogan, Alma
- Colyer, Ken
- Conrad, Jess
- Conway, Russ
- Cotton, Billy
- Crombie, Tony
D-F
- Cuddly Dudley
- Dale,
Jim = 1957
hit: Be My Girl - other 1958 releases: Just Born; Crazy
Dream; Sugartime.
- Dankworth, Johnny
- Dene, Terry
- Dennis, Jackie
- Donegan, Lonnie
- Douglas, Craig
- Douglas, Josephine
- Drake, Charlie
- Drifters, The
- Duncan, Johnny
- Eager, Vince
- Faith, Adam = 1959 hit: What
Do You Want
- Fame, Georgie
- Fenton, Shane
- Fordyce, Keith
- Fury, Billy
- Ford, Emile
G-I
- Gentle, Johnny
- Goons, The
- Douglas, Josephine
- Gracie, Charlie = an
American who scored his biggest hits in the UK.
- Hamilton, Russ
- Harris, Terrence 'Jet'
- Harris, Wee Willie
- Hatch, Tony
- Heath, Ted
- Hicks, Colin
- Holliday, Michael
- Honeybus
- Honeycombs, The
- Idle Race
J-L
- Jackson, Jack
- John Barry Seven
- Johnson, Teddy
- Heath, Ted
- Kalin Twins
- Kane, Eden
- Kenny Ball & His
Jazzmen
- Kentones, The
- Kestrels, The
- Kidd, Johnny
- The Kinks
- Korner, Alexis
- Lang, Don
- Leyton, John
- London, Laurie
- Lord Rockingham's XI
- Lotis, Dennis
- Lynn, Vera
- Lyttelton, Humphrey
- Lee, Leapy
- McDevitt, Chas
M-O
P-R
S-U
V-Z
More lists by years
See also
- Until 1964
there was no such thing as an all-day music service on the radio that
could be heard within the British Isles. At night Radio
Luxembourg came on the air over its famous 208
metres wavelength on the AM medium
wave band. The BBC
was restricted by needle time and so until 1964, the major
hits of the day were always heard first over Radio Luxembourg. Towards
the end of March 1964 the first full-time offshore pirate
radio station called Radio Caroline signed on as your
all-day music station. This was quickly followed by Radio
Atlanta which merged with Radio Caroline to form a network serving both
the north and south of England with additional service to Scotland and Ireland. The
first top
40 format radio station
was Wonderful Radio London which
did not sign-on until the last few days of 1964. There were eventually
ten such offshore radio stations in operation. Between January of 1965 and mid-August of
1967 when
a new law forced the pirate stations to close down, the music industry
became a major force in shaping the culture of the United
Kingdom. Between mid-August and September 1967 when the BBC first created its
part-time single pop service called Radio
One, the airwaves in the UK had reverted to their pre-March 1964 status
quo with only Radio Luxembourg remaining on the air at night.