List of British pop musicians of the 1960s

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List of British pop musicians of the 1960s in alphabetical order with side notes and additional links. (Please note that this list was initially created as a mirror of the 1950s list due to overlap of dates. Therefore both lists require some sorting with this list also requiring new additions together with deletions that only belong to the 1950s.):

Contents

[edit] A-C

[edit] D-F

[edit] G-I

[edit] J-L

[edit] M-O

[edit] P-R

[edit] S-U

[edit] V-Z

[edit] More lists by years

[edit] See also

  • Until 1964 there was no such thing as an all-day music service on the radio that could be heard within the British Isles. At night Radio Luxembourg came on the air over its famous 208 metres wavelength on the AM medium wave band. The BBC was restricted by needle time and so until 1964, the major hits of the day were always heard first over Radio Luxembourg. Towards the end of March 1964 the first full-time offshore pirate radio station called Radio Caroline signed on as your all-day music station. This was quickly followed by Radio Atlanta which merged with Radio Caroline to form a network serving both the north and south of England with additional service to Scotland and Ireland. The first top 40 format radio station was Wonderful Radio London which did not sign-on until the last few days of 1964. There were eventually ten such offshore radio stations in operation. Between January of 1965 and mid-August of 1967 when a new law forced the pirate stations to close down, the music industry became a major force in shaping the culture of the United Kingdom. Between mid-August and September 1967 when the BBC first created its part-time single pop service called Radio One, the airwaves in the UK had reverted to their pre-March 1964 status quo with only Radio Luxembourg remaining on the air at night.
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