Sly and the Family Stone

Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Albert Ayler, the Velvet Underground, Eric Dolphy, Dusty Springfield, and the other artists who changed music forever

From 10cc to XTC, from London to Lagos, from 7” singles to side-long epics, and from punk to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of music’s greatest decades

We take a final look at our favorite songs of the 1960s, listing our individual top 10s and musing on a handful of tracks our writers believe should have made the final cut.

From James Brown to Etta James, Jimi Hendrix to Patsy Cline, here are the tracks that lit up the decade

A decade of innovation starring Brian Eno, the Clash, Kraftwerk, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie, and more.