Return of Rock

The Best Albums of 1972

The 1970s saw the emergence of hard rock as one of the most prominent subgenres of rock music. Bands like

This year, more popular names had their debut in music. Donna Summer begins her recording career under her real name

The albums released in 1970 represent a fantastic mix of rock, jazz, and soul, including some of history’s most important

In the early part of the 60s, Elvis Presley continued to score hits. For most of the 60s, Presley mostly

By 1968 the style largely disappeared from the national charts and at the local level as amateur musicians faced college,

Folk rock reached its peak of commercial popularity in the period 1967–68, before many acts moved off in a variety

The Byrds rapidly progressed from purely folk rock in 1966 with their single “Eight Miles High”, widely taken to be

Psychedelic rock particularly took off in California’s emerging music scene as groups followed the Byrds from folk to folk rock

British rock broke through to mainstream popularity in the United States in January 1964 with the success of the Beatles.

During 1963, the Beatles and other beat groups, such as the Searchers and the Hollies, achieved great popularity and commercial