In 1966, rock and pop music took a bold turn, with iconic albums that pushed boundaries and set the stage for the psychedelic sounds of the late '60s.
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Top 40 songs of 1966

If 1965 was the year when pop and rock music started to take its first baby steps toward adulthood, as more artists began to explore albums as defining statements rather than collections of hit ...
On this day (November 14) in 1966, Loretta Lynn was at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart with You Ain’t Woman Enough. The album was her first to reach the top of the charts. Its title ...
The musical landscape of the late 1960s was dominated by psychedelic rock. Led by The Beatles, who released three consecutive psychedelic masterworks in 1966 (“Revolver”) and 1967 (“Sgt. Pepper’s ...
Cline is proof that chart success cannot measure the true quality of an artist’s work. She released 24 singles between 1955 and 1963. Two of those topped the country chart. Four more tracks broke the ...
Rock and pop LPs found new ways of expression during the year. A revolution was right around the corner. Continue ...