POPULAR MUSIC 1960s to 1980s
In the early-1960s, rock and roll in its purest form was gradually overtaken by pop rock, beat, psychedelic rock, blues rock, and folk rock, which had grown in popularity. The country- and folk-influenced style associated with the latter half of 1960s rock music spawned a generation of popular singersongwriters who wrote and performed their own work. Furthermore, the 1960s saw funk and soul music rising in popularity; rhythm and blues in general remained popular.
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(L-R) Musicians Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck. (Photo by Ann Clifford/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Singer Mavis Staples performs at the Apollo Theater to celebrate the release of her new album "We Get By", on Thursday, May 9, 2019, in New York, (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Walter Becker (right) and Donald Fagen pose for a portrait while making their album 'The Royal Scam' at The Village Recorder studio on November 23, 1975 in Los Angeles, California.

** FILE ** In this undated file photo, musician and composer Frank Zappa is shown. In 1995, a quirky bunch of Lithuanian artists and intellectuals managed to erect a bust of the eccentric rocker in downtown Vilnius, the capital of the former Soviet republic. Now, they want to place a replica in Zappa's hometown. Saulius Paukstys, longtime president of a Zappa fan club, was in Baltimore, Wednesday May 7, 2008, to pitch the Zappa bust to the city's public art commission. (AP Photo, File)
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