Rock Legends

The sound of psychedelic rock involved electronic instruments, guitar effects, oriental instruments, unconventional song structures, lyrics that referenced drugs or fantasy books, with extended instrumental sections.

With Lionel Ritchie; Michael Bolton; Billy Ocean. Soul began essentially as uplifting black gospel music. Otis Redding took the genre to its next stage with Mr. Pitiful.

Featuring musicians like Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and King Crimson, this music was grounded in the acid rock and psychedelic rock movements of the 1960s.

The relatively non-threatening teen idol predominately appeals to the pre-teen and young teen female audience.

Rock 'n' Roll draws upon New Orleans' many musical sources, including black funeral bands, Mardi Gras parades, country blues from Mississippi delta and various forms of jazz.

Music that blends U.S. country with classic rock and roll.

Gladys Knight & the Pips; The Four Tops; Jimmy Ruffin

With The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, and The Shirelles, Phil Spector wrote, co-wrote, or produced records for many major artists, often collaborating with arranger Jack Nitzsche, engineer Larry Levine, and various Brill Building songwriters.

T-Rex; Mott the Hoople; the backlash against the mainstream rock of the 1960's.

Bo Diddley, Howlin Wolf, and Muddy Waters; Chicago Blues reaches beyond the standard six-note blues scale to incorporate major scale notes.

With the Drifters, The Cleftones, and the Ink Spots. A genre of rhythm and blues music originated in the 1940s by African American youth, in the large cities of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and Washington D.C.