Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of rock singer Del Shannon holding guitar. - The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music.

"Cool" 1960s teens might have avoided admitting that they loved these pop radio hits at the time. But I know they were singing along in their heads.

In the year 1960, rock music as we know it hadn’t really come to be quite yet. Rock and roll was still the standard, as was rockabilly music. And while most would consider rock songs from that era to ...

Pete Townshend wanted a little more out of rock and roll but he felt that some bands clicked with him almost instantly when ...

It can be hard for younger music fans today to understand the hand-wringing that attached itself to rock & roll in the 1950s. At the time, rock music was barely out of its infancy. Bill Haley seems so ...

A lot of great guitarists may have set Lindsey Buckingham on his path, but he knew that some were spinning their wheels too ...

The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music. The British Invasion made its mark in this decade, with bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who were inspired by ...