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The persistent tendency, at least in Western civ, is to speak of a "Sixties," reflecting the broader irrational tendency to analyze decades as if the years, 1960-1969, as a singular entity were more worthy of study than the years, 1964-1973 or 1954-1963, for example. Even a zealot high on nostalgia for a mythical past time must admit that the ten years that comprise the Sixties were, in popular music at least, neatly and definitively split in two, if not exactly at the mid-point by Bob Dylan and the Byrds, then after roughly four years by Beatlemania/ the British Invasion. This dividing point is also where the album begins to prevail over the single, a trend confirmed within a few years by the growing dominance of stereophonic sound and improved playback options. The 45 enjoys one last hurrah in 1965, driven by the Motown label and Phil Spector's operation both reaching their peak and by British acts releasing non-L. P. singles.

For the Sixties, 552 tracks are listed, 421 albums. The totals through 1969 are 1178 tracks, 486 albums.

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twenty albums

Joan Baez

Johnny Cash - Ride This Train

Ray Charles in Person

Blind Gary Davis - Harlem Street Singer

Bo Diddley - Have Guitar Will Travel

The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time

The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers

Billy Fury - The Sound of Fury

Bessie Griffin - Portraits in Bronze

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues

Furry Lewis

Mance Lipscomb - Texas Sharecropper and Songster

Odetta - Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads

Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back!

Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine

Jimmy Reed - Found Love

Jack Scott - What in the World's Come Over You

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Down Home Blues

The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960

forty singles and deep cuts

Joe Barry - 'I'm a Fool to Care'

U. S. Bonds - 'New Orleans', Dance 'Til Quarter to Three With U. S. Bonds [1961]

Charles Brown - 'Please Come Home for Christmas', Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs [1961]

James Brown and the Famous Flames [James Brown] - 'Think', Think!

Johnny Burnette - 'You're Sixteen', Johnny Burnette

Jerry Butler - 'He Will Break Your Heart', He Will Break Your Heart

Carla and Rufus - 'Cause I Love You', [Rufus Thomas] Walking the Dog [1963]

Ray Charles - 'Georgia on My Mind', The Genius Hits the Road

Chubby Checker - 'The Twist', Twist with Chubby Checker

Sam Cooke - 'Wonderful World', The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke - 'Chain Gang', Swing Low [1961]

Floyd Cramer - 'Last Date', Last Date

Skeeter Davis - '(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too', [Various artists] Here's the Answer [1961]

The Drifters - 'This Magic Moment', The Drifters' Greatest Hits

The Drifters - 'Save the Last Dance for Me', Save the Last Dance for Me [1962]

The Fendermen - 'Mule Skinner Blues', Mule Skinner Blues

Connie Francis - 'Everbody's Somebody's Fool', More Greatest Hits [1961]

The Highwaymen - 'Michael', The Highwaymen

Jesse Hill - 'Ooh Poo Pah Doo'

Brian Hyland - 'The Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini', The Bashful Blond [1961]

Elmore James - 'The Sky Is Crying', The Sky Is Crying [1965]

Elmore James - 'I Can't Hold Out'

George Jones - 'The Window Up Above', George Jones Sings Country & Western Hits [1961]

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - 'Shakin' All Over'

Ben E. King - 'Spanish Harlem', Spanish Harlem

Brenda Lee - 'I'm Sorry', Brenda Lee

Bobby Marchan - 'There's Something on Your Mind Part 1'/ 'There's Something on Your Mind Part 2'

The Midnighters - 'Finger Poppin' Time', Mr. Rhythm and Blues

The Midnighters - 'Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go', Spotlight on Hank Ballard [1961]

Poppa Hop and His Orchestra - 'My Woman Has a Black Cat Bone'

Elvis Presley - 'It's Now or Never'

Elvis Presley - 'Are You Lonesome To-Night?' ['Are You Lonesome Tonight?'], Elvis Golden Records Volume 3

The Shadows - 'Apache'

Carla Thomas - 'Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)', Gee Whiz [1961]

Ike and Tina Turner - 'A Fool in Love', The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner [1961]

Bobby Vee - 'Rubber Ball', Bobby Vee [1961]

Dinah Washington - 'This Bitter Earth', Unforgettable [1961]

Dinah Washington/ Brook Benton - '(Baby) You've Got What It Takes', The Two of Us

Junior Wells - 'Messin' with the Kid'

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - 'Stay', Stay [1961]

three archival and compilation albums

Pee Wee Crayton

Wanda Jackson - Rockin' with Wanda

Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues