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  2. British folk rock - Wikipedia

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    British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the success of "The House of the Rising Sun" by British band the Animals in 1964 was a catalyst, prompting Bob Dylan to "go electric", in which, like the ...

  3. American folk music revival - Wikipedia

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    Peter, Paul, and Mary debuted in the early 1960s and were an American trio who ultimately became one of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. They were one of the main folk music torchbearers of social commentary music in that decade. During the 1960s, they won five Grammy ...

  4. English folk music (1970–1979) - Wikipedia

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    1972: Writer of Songs (Harvey Andrews) 1973: Rosie (Fairport Convention) 1973: Nine (Fairport Convention) 1973: Parcel of Rogues (Steeleye Span) 1973: Battle of the Field (Albion Country Band) 1973: Friends of Mine (Harvey Andrews) 1974: When the Frost is on the Pumpkin (Fred Jordan) 1974: Fairport Live Convention (Fairport Convention)

  5. English folk music (1960–1969) - Wikipedia

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    1966: Songs of a Shropshire Farm Worker (Fred Jordan) 1965: Frost and Fire (The Watersons) 1966: The Bird in the Bush (Anne Briggs, Frankie Armstrong, A.L. Lloyd) 1966: A Yorkshire Garland (Watersons) 1967: Leviathan (A.L. Lloyd) 1967: Nicola (Bert Jansch) 1968: Fairport Convention (Fairport Convention) 1968: What We Did on Our Holidays ...

  6. Music of California - Wikipedia

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    California was an important part of the American folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, led by the San Francisco Bay Area group the Kingston Trio. Their first hit, the 1958 single " Tom Dooley " ( a Billboard #1 Hot 100 hit), sold more than 3 million copies [ 2 ] and inspired the addition of a "folk" category to the Grammy awards ...

  7. Which Was Your Favorite? A List of the 30 Best Songs of the '70s

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    Because music from the ‘70s is so iconic, many songs are still used and referenced in pop culture today (i.e. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), a biopic of the band Queen; the Guardians of the Galaxy ...

  8. Troubadours of Folk - Wikipedia

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    Troubadours of Folk is a five volume series of compact discs released by Rhino Records in 1992. The series documents several decades worth of "contemporary" folk music.The first three volumes focus on the American "folk revival" of the 1960s while the final two volumes focus on singer-songwriter music of the 1970s and 1980s.

  9. List of folk rock artists - Wikipedia

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    2 1960s North American folk rock vocal groups. 3 British folk rock. 4 Celtic rock. 5 Folk punk. ... "Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music" (audio). Pop ...