Sounds of the Sixties

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Sounds of the Sixties

Series featuring rock, pop and R'n'B performances from the BBC archives, with Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Long John Baldry, Tom Jones and Cliff Richard.

2023
30:00
A trawl through the BBC's archives for 60s music with an acoustic bent. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley feature.
Episodes 2022
Music from the vaults. This edition spotlights psychedelia and counter-culture, with far out performances by the Who, Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Episodes 2021
Archive hits from the height of the flower-power era, featuring the music - and clothes - of Manfred Mann, Herman's Hermits and the Alan Price Set.
Relive the mid-1960s folk rock boom with these timeless performances from seminal artists such as Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley.
Archive pop performances from the decade of miniskirts and free love. Music comes from the Springfields, the Rolling Stones and, of course, the Beatles.
Top performances from the artists who helped usher in a new era of music in the 1960s, including Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and Peter Sarstedt.
Groovy hits. A rare chance to see vintage performances from the likes of Tom Jones, the Kinks and John Lee Hooker on the long-defunct music show The Beat Room.
Archive hits. Back in the 1960s, Top of the Pops could make a band's career. Catch the Foundations, Procul Harum and the Bee Gees appearing on the show here.
The BBC's flagship music show Top of the Pops debuted in 1964 - catch the Supremes, the Dave Clark Five, Roy Orbison and others appearing on stage here.
Episodes 2020
Vintage music. The focus here is on the late 1960s, a time of supergroups and guitar heroes including Cream, Pink Floyd, Donovan and Fleetwood Mac.
Rare clips from the pioneering 60s music show Colour Me Pop. Acts featured in glorious technicolour include the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Small Faces and the Kinks.
Archive hits. Back in the 1960s, Top of the Pops could make a band's career. Catch the Foundations, Procul Harum and the Bee Gees appearing on the show here.
Archive hits. Back in the 1960s, Top of the Pops could make a band's career. Catch the Foundations, Procul Harum and the Bee Gees appearing on the show here.
Relive the mid-1960s folk rock boom with these timeless performances from seminal artists such as Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley.
Relive the mid-1960s folk rock boom with these timeless performances from seminal artists such as Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley.
The BBC's flagship music show Top of the Pops debuted in 1964 - catch the Supremes, the Dave Clark Five, Roy Orbison and others appearing on stage here.
The BBC's flagship music show Top of the Pops debuted in 1964 - catch the Supremes, the Dave Clark Five, Roy Orbison and others appearing on stage here.
Groovy hits. A rare chance to see vintage performances from the likes of Tom Jones, the Kinks and John Lee Hooker on the long-defunct music show The Beat Room.
Groovy hits. A rare chance to see vintage performances from the likes of Tom Jones, the Kinks and John Lee Hooker on the long-defunct music show The Beat Room.
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