Young Rascals, The
The Young Rascals (the 'young' prefix was dropped when the band members left their teens) initially gained a following in New Jersey around 1965,...
Young Tradition, The
Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood and Heather Wood (no relation) came together in April 1965 as The Young Tradition.
While the Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention...
Youngbloods, The
Native New Yorkers The Youngbloods formed under the leadership of Jesse Colin Young in 1967 and played soft rock numbers with a light jazz...
Your Hit Parade
1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 9 (USA)
Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC as a summer replacement for Robert Montgomery Presents on 10 July...
Yvonne Barrett
Born in 1946, Yvonne Barrett became a regular on Australian pop television show The Go! Show in the 1960s, which resulted in a successful...
Zenda Jacks
Billed as "The Goddess of Rock", Zenda Jacks (whose real name was Sue McCloskey) was Magnet Records' Glam answer to Suzi Quatro.
Her first single, Rub...
Zipps, The
The Zipps formed in Holland in 1965 from the remains of popular local folk group The Beat Town Skifflers.
They were soon signed by the Muziek...
Zombies, The
The Zombies were the only British group of the 60s who could have seriously given The Beatles a real run for their money.
Although comparatively unrecognised, their...
Zoot
When Australian band Zoot moved from their hometown of Adelaide (where they had played as Times Unlimited and Down The Line) to Melbourne in...
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
The most fondly remembered London club act of the 1960s was, perhaps, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band whose Big Time Operator was their only Top 30...
ZZ Top
This sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas formed in 1970 in and around Houston, from rival bands The Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) and The American...