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This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1960–1969.
The roots of progressive rock developed from pop groups in the 1960s, like the Beatles and the Yardbirds, who "progressed" rock and roll by exploiting new recording techniques, [1] and by merging electric blues with various other music styles such as Indian ragas, oriental melodies and Gregorian chants. [2] Hegarty and Halliwell identify the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Doors, the Pretty Things, the Zombies, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd as "not merely as precursors of prog" but "essential developments of progressiveness in its early days". [3] According to musicologist Walter Everett, the Beatles' "experimental timbres, rhythms, tonal structures, and poetic texts" on their albums Rubber Soul (1965) and Revolver (1966) "encouraged a legion of young bands that were to create progressive rock in the early 1970s". [4] Dylan's poetry, the Mothers of Invention's album Freak Out! (1966) and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) were all important in progressive rock's development. [5] The productions of Phil Spector were key influences, [6] as they introduced the possibility of using the recording studio to create music that otherwise could never be achieved. [7] The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966), which Brian Wilson intended as an answer to Rubber Soul [8] influenced the Beatles when they made Sgt. Pepper. [9] [10]
Folk rock groups such as the Byrds, based their initial sound on that of the Beatles. [11] In turn, the Byrds' vocal harmonies inspired those of Yes, [12] and British folk rock bands like Fairport Convention, who emphasised instrumental virtuosity. [13] Some of these artists, such as the Incredible String Band and Shirley and Dolly Collins, would prove influential on progressive rock through their use of instruments borrowed from world music and early music. [14]
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This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1960–1969.
The roots of progressive rock developed from pop groups in the 1960s, like the Beatles and the Yardbirds, who "progressed" rock and roll by exploiting new recording techniques, [1] and by merging electric blues with various other music styles such as Indian ragas, oriental melodies and Gregorian chants. [2] Hegarty and Halliwell identify the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Doors, the Pretty Things, the Zombies, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd as "not merely as precursors of prog" but "essential developments of progressiveness in its early days". [3] According to musicologist Walter Everett, the Beatles' "experimental timbres, rhythms, tonal structures, and poetic texts" on their albums Rubber Soul (1965) and Revolver (1966) "encouraged a legion of young bands that were to create progressive rock in the early 1970s". [4] Dylan's poetry, the Mothers of Invention's album Freak Out! (1966) and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) were all important in progressive rock's development. [5] The productions of Phil Spector were key influences, [6] as they introduced the possibility of using the recording studio to create music that otherwise could never be achieved. [7] The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966), which Brian Wilson intended as an answer to Rubber Soul [8] influenced the Beatles when they made Sgt. Pepper. [9] [10]
Folk rock groups such as the Byrds, based their initial sound on that of the Beatles. [11] In turn, the Byrds' vocal harmonies inspired those of Yes, [12] and British folk rock bands like Fairport Convention, who emphasised instrumental virtuosity. [13] Some of these artists, such as the Incredible String Band and Shirley and Dolly Collins, would prove influential on progressive rock through their use of instruments borrowed from world music and early music. [14]