In America & Europe the decade was particularly revolutionary in terms of popular music, as it saw the evolution of rock and the beginnings of the album era.At the beginning of the 60s,pop & R&R trends of the 50s continued nevertheless,the R&R of the decade before started to merge into a more international,electric variant.In the early 60s, R&R in its purest form was gradually overtaken by pop rock,beat,psychedelicrock, blues rock & folk rock,which had grown in popularity.The country & folk influenced style associated with the latter half of 60s rock music spawned a generation of popular singer-songwriters who wrote & performed their own work.Towards the decade's end,genres such as Baroque pop,sunshine pop,bubble gum pop &progressive rock started to grow popular,with the latter 2 finding greater success in the following decade.Furthermore,the 60s saw funk and soul music rising in popularity;rhythm and blues in general remained popular.Take a look at the Comment for detailed playlist
