Steve King - Like A Rolling Stone (Music of the Sixties 1965-69).

Another trip down memory lane remembering the decade that changed the face of popular music.

Following on from where we left off last November with Steve’s other presentation of ‘She Loves You’ - the Music of the Sixties 1960-64 the charts were still dominated by the fab four from Liverpool but slowly things were beginning to change and other artistes and music forms emerged.

Petula Clark was the first lady of the British invasion into the U.S. ‘Downtown’ being a completely different type of song to what had been heard previously. Other groups followed on the success of the Beatles (The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermit’s and Dave Clark Five among others).

The Americans were still a dominant force through the works of Bob Dylan, The Byrds and the Tamla Motown stable.

Elsewhere, Pirate Radio stations introduced us to music genres the BBC refused to play. Tom Jones suddenly became a household name.

Over in the States, the Beach Boys were determined to show the Beatles they were capable of a different kind of music production. The LP Pet Sounds vied with Rubber Soul and Revolver.

Flower Power tried to bring peace to the world with songs like ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, ‘San Francisco’,  and ‘All You Need Is Love’.

LP’s or albums were becoming more popular in particular the ‘concept’ album such as Sgt Pepper from which no single was released and was the first album cover to include lyrics to all the songs.

Rock was becoming more progressive, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd offered a different choice. 

The album ultimately became the focal point of most artistes in place of the single.

Thanks to Steve’s in depth knowledge and impressive audio visuals this was an eagerly anticipated presentation. Did this talk encourage you to dust off those 45’s and 33’s and give them a spin?