Why are the Early 60's so Disliked?

Incorrect. Ray Charles, James Brown, Sam Cooke are just a few.

 

Nothing wrong with it at all.
But it just doesn't resonates as much as other eras.
Personally I think Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons are phenomenal.
But you don't have a lot of other standout artits.
Beach Boys, Elvis, Everly Bros and Dion are the others but Elvis was way watered down and Dion only had a few hits most remember.

 

In the early 60s I agree they didn't have the crossover appeal, but by the late 60s their style of Soul was more popular with the rockers than the polished Motown acts. You can probably pinpoint it to Otis at Monterey and Aretha (who recorded at FAME, but was on Atlantic) as the breakthrough moment.

 

Ray Charles, James Brown , Sam Cooke were phenomenal artists.
There was more to the early 60s than the acts mentioned.
If interested in learning more and discovering the great music in this period, explore rhythm and blues.
My last post on this subject.

 

The Twist (1960),
Twist and Shout (1962),
Sherry (1962),
Big Girls Don't Cry,
The Wanderer (1961),
Runaround Sue (1961),
Runaway (1963),
Walk Like A Man (1963),
Then He Kissed Me (1963),
Stevie Wonder's Fingertips (1963),
Smokey Places (1962),
Blue Moon (1961),
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1960),
Angel Baby (1960),
Will You Still Love Me? (1960),
Daddy's Home (1961),
Be My Baby (1963),
Telsar (1962),
This Magic Moment (1960),
Stand By Me (1961),
Sweets for My Sweet (1961),
I Will Follow Him (1963),
Please Mr. Postman (1961),
Surfin' Bird (1963),
The Loco-Motion (1962),
Speedy Gonzales (1962),
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (1962),
Blowin' in the Wind (1963),
Rain Drops (1961),
Travellin' Man (1961)
Walk Right In (1963)
I Don't Know Why (But I Do) (1961)
Hello Mary Lou (1961)
Spanish Harlem (1961)
Mama Said (1961)
Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darin) (1961)
He's So Fine (1963)
My Boyfriend's Back (1963)
Puff the Magic Dragon (1963)
Love is Like a Heat Wave (1963)
Hello Stranger (1963)
Little Red Rooster (1961)
Walking the Dog (1963)
Back Door Man (1960)

 

James Brown: Please, Please, Please 1956. Ray Charles earliest releases 1949, "It Should Have Been Me" 1954, "I've Got A Woman" 1955. Sam Cooke: "You Send Me" 1957.
Sure, they continued innovating and releasing quality music in the 60s, but these were not new artists. In fact Ray Charles stopped writing new material and became a song interpreter after he left Atlantic.

 

That didn't stop Link Wray.

 

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None of what you say is going to happen. The "puritans" long ago lost the culture war and they know it. The side that "won" is in denial about it and lives in fear that the "clock will be rolled back." It won't be.

 

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Have to say though that this is one of those threads with the 'False Premise' problem. It's the first time I've ever heard anyone claim that the early sixties are disliked!

 

Disliked by whom?

 

I don't recall disliking the early 60s. I was only a bairn but was entertained by parents and relatives spinning discs by Lonnie Donegan, Adam Faith, Petula Clark, Cliff & the Shads, Johnny Leyton, B Bumble & the Stingers, Elvis, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates..... happy times. Who is judging and what's the criteria? The 'cool' factor? the hair? the style of clothes, crooning....? Actually being able to hear the words? The arrival of the Beatles swept a lot of slates clean but an argument could be made for the baby being thrown out with the bathwater. Not all early 60s acts were rubbish. Far from it.

 

Exactly why it's one of those threads that misrules what comes after the title by embedding a false premise.
As far as I am aware, nobody ever dissed the early sixties unless it was about the chart detritus like Singing Nuns, Black Lace and Steps that gunks up any period.

 

The funny thing is that Stax never had crossover appeal, which is probably why the rockers liked it so much.

BTW, Aretha only recorded one and a half songs in Muscle Shoals. It's a long story regarding the band and her then-husband drinking too much alcohol at the recording session, and racism. Otherwise, Aretha recorded all of her stuff in New York.

 

I think it's because rock-oriented fans usually focus on the British Invasion and afterward. They don't relate to the mostly softer sounds of the decade.

 

Like The Beach Boys, Fabian, etc., pretty ball-less stuff

I'd say look to the Northwest: Sonics, Wailers, Trashmen, or look to New Orleans: Cookie and the Cupcakes, rusty and Doug Keyshaw, tommy McCLain, Johnnie Allan, etc.

 

As many peeps pointed out, it was an exciting time for many things that were not rock n' roll. Consider what was going on in Latin jazz!

 

Early 60's disliked????????????
It was one of the greatest, hotest time in American R 'n' R. It was the heyday of the changing of the guard from the traditional pop singers to a new generation of music which continued to influence the next wave, the British Invasion. It was the best of times for the indie's, like Cameo-Parkway, Laurie, Swan, VJ and others. These independent labels also were some of the first to introduce the British Invasion like, The Beatles, Petula Clark, The Kinks and many more. The major labels continued with superstars like RCA's Elvis, who continued to occupy spaces of honor on the charts and in the movies.
There is NOTHING disliked about the early 60's.

 

A few years back I was listening to all of my singles in chronological order (on playlists). I found the late 40s & early 50s fascinating as I heard clues to rock music. The mid to later 50s were the original rock and roll years and were very exciting to listen to. But it was clear to my ears, listening in this manner, that "hard" music started to fade out by the end of the fifties. Yes, there was still a lot of great stuff, but rock and roll (mostly) went pretty soft. By the time 1963 ended I was feeling pretty restless and welcomed the blast of energy that the Beatles brought.

 

Because the Beatles were still a cover band?