#donovan #sunshinesuperman #sixtiesmusic #sixtiesrock #psychedelicrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky "Sunshine Superman" ... the hit 1966 song and album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan is released on August 26 that year. It was a pivotal work in the psychedelic rock and folk movement and is known for its blend of folk, pop, and classical. The meanings of the title and lyrics have been beat to death over the years.

#thebeatles #beatlesvi #sixtiesrock #60spop #music #musicsky #musiciansky #johnpaulgeorgeandringo #paulmccartney #johnlennon #georgeharrison #ringostarr #georgemartin The Beatles VI is released on June 14, 1965. It's a unique piece of rock 'n roll history in that it was only released in North America. It was actually the ninth Beatles album crammed into the US and Candadian markets in just a little over a year. Capitol Records was infamous for chopping up Beatles' UK releases to create more albums for the USA. This one combines leftovers from Beatles For Sale, a stray B-side, a couple sneak peeks at the upcoming…

#themamasandthepapas #sixtiesrock #sixtiespop #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rockmusic #johnphillips #michellephillips #dennydoherty #casselliot The Mamas & The Papas -- John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot -- released their second album on August 0, 1968. Backed by the The Wrecking Crew, the stand-out Los Angeles session musicians -- the album expanded on their four-part folk-pop harmonies. But what a scene…

#thebeachboys #allsummerlong #brianwilson #rocknroll #teenpop #mikelove #denniswilson #glencampbell #halblaine #sixtiesmusic #sixtiesrock #music #musicsky #musiciansky July 13, 1964 -- The Beach Boys release their first album after Brian fired his Dad as the band's manager. Murray was just a tad overbearing and with that cloud gone, Brian began introducing more sophisticated stuff -- saxophones, timanis, a horn section -- it all helped the band move away from the surf rock standards towards a more complex and layered sound that would later help define…

#themoodyblues #insearchofthelostchord #sixtiesrock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #progressiverock #progrock July 26, 1968 -- The Moody Blues release their third album and it becomes a cornerstone of the oncoming psychedelic and progressive rock genres. After the monster success of Days of Future Passed -- which featured a lot of the London Festival Orchestra -- the band decided they wanted this album to be only them on every single instrument.

#thebyrds #sweetheartoftherodeo #sixtiesrock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #countryrock #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #gramparsons August 30th, 1968 -- The Byrds release the blueprint for country rock -- Sweetheart of The Rodeo. Primarily into folk and a little psychedelia before this one, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman went looking for someone after David Crosby and Mike Clark departed. They found a 21 year-old musician by the name of Gram Parsons and hired him as a backing keyboardist.

The songs endure, after an exile, the singer returns but...

#thebeachboys #allsummerlong #brianwilson #rocknroll #teenpop #mikelove #denniswilson #glencampbell #halblaine #sixtiesmusic #sixtiesrock #music #musicsky #musiciansky July 13, 1964 — The Bea…

#troutmaskreplica #CaptainBeefheart #CaptainBeefheartandhisMagicBand #sixtiesrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #experimentalrock #blues #avantgarde Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vlie…

#thebeatles #beatlesvi #sixtiesrock #60spop #music #musicsky #musiciansky #johnpaulgeorgeandringo #paulmccartney #johnlennon #georgeharrison #ringostarr #georgemartin The Beatles VI is released on …