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Male Singers From The 1960’s
Hi all and welcome back to my eighth blog! Today I am going to be talking about male singers from the 1960’s. The male singer I’m going to talk about first is Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison (picture above) was very famous in the 1960’s he had classics like ‘Only The Lonely’, ‘Crying’, and ‘Running Scared’. The singers style was Rock and Roll, Rock, Rockabilly, Country and Pop. He was very popular amongst the women.
Louis Armstrong was a prominent figure in the 1960’s. He played ‘King Louis’ in ‘The Jungle Book’. He released songs like ‘What a Wonderful World’, ‘Bout Time’ and ‘Hello Dolly’ He was well known for playing the cornet and trumpet. His style was Dixieland, Jazz, Swing and Traditional Pop. He was a very famous artist.
Paul Anka was a well known singer in the 1960’s as well as the 1950’s and 1970’s. He sang songs such as ‘Medley’, ‘Oh Carol’, and ‘Puppy Love’. He was a very talented musician. He wrote ‘My Way’ for Frank Sinatra and wrote ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ for Buddy Holly which he got to record just before he died in 1959. Paul Anka became one of the biggest teen idols At the age of 17 in 1958. His style was Soft Rock, Jazz, and Doo-Wop.
Van Morrison was a very well known sensation in the 1960’s. He released remarkable songs such as ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, ‘Sweet Thing’ and ‘Madame George’. He was a very talented musician in the early 1960’s and is still going strong at the age of 73. His song ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ was featured in the 1991 movie ‘Sleeping With The Enemy’ starring Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin.
One of the top hits in the 1960’s for the male singers were ‘It’s Now Or Never ‘by Elvis Presley which spent five weeks at no.1. It reached no.1 on august 15th 1960.
I hope you all enjoyed reading my blog today and gained some knowledge. Thank you all and I shall see you all in my next post ‘Vinyl Times’ blog nine.
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