1960’s Culture

1960’s Culture

• Facts of the 1960’s• Music• Fashion

– Women’s– Men’s

• Fads• Influential Books

• Slang• Inventions• War Draft• Events

– Woodstock– Monterrey Music Fest– Altamont

Woodstock

Altamont

• December 6, 1969: Altamont Raceway• Supposed to be another Woodstock• Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Jefferson

Airplane, CSNY, and others were on the bill• “Security” was provided by the Hell’s Angels• Violence irrupted leading to one death and

countless others being hurt• Rolling Stones were supposed to shoot a

video• Grateful Dead refused to perform because of

the violence by the Hells Angels and the crowd.

Monterrey Music Festival

1960’s Facts

• FACTS about this decade.  • Population 177,830,000 • Unemployment 3,852,000 • National Debt 286.3 Billion • Average Salary $4,743 • Teacher's Salary $5,174 • Minimum Wage $1.00 • Life Expectancy:  Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years • Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000 • An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter

college; emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps.

Influential Books of the 1960’s

•   Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

• Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at any Speed

• Betty Friedan, author of  The Feminine Mystique

• In Cold Blood - Truman Capote 

• Catch-22 • One Flew Over the C

uckoo's Nest.

• Maurice Sendak  Where the Wild Things Are,

• Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe 

Women’s Fashion

• Hair– Women’s Hair– Teenage Hair

• Ribbons and Bows

• Mod Fashion• Teen Fashion• Make-up• Pants• Mini skirt• Go Go Boots

• Mrs. Kennedy• Groovy Quick Refere

nce• Hippie Clothes

1960’s Events

• 1960• 1961• 1962• 1963• 1964

• 1965• 1966• 1967• 1968• 1969

1960

• Francis Gary Powers shot down over Russia• School Integration starts in New Orleans• House looks into payola scam: Dick Clark and Alan

Freed investigated• Emily Post dies• Wilma Rudolph wins 3 gold medals in olympics• Enovil 10, first contraceptive pill sells for $.10 a pill• Kruschev takes his shoe off at UN• Pete Rozelle becomes NFL Commissioner• Barry Gordy borrows $800 to start Motown• Harper Lee wins a pulitizer prize for TKAM

1961

• Bay of Pigs fiasco• Ray Krock opens 200

McDonalds in California• Hemingway commits

suicide• Kennedy creates the

Peace Corps• 1000’s flee East

Germany before the wall is finished

• Fall out shelters are recommended

• The Supremes join Motown

• The Twist craze hits the US

• West Side Story is picture of the year

• Wide World of Sports with Jim McKay premiers

1962

• Marilyn Monroe dies of “overdose”

• Federal troops help James Meredith register at Ole Miss.

• Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a game

• Diet Rite and Tab come out

• John Glenn orbits Earth 3 times, first American to do this

• Polaroid Color film comes out

• Jack Nickalaus beats Arnold Palmer for his first major tournament victory

• Cuban Missile Crisis

1963

• Gideon v. Wainright• JFK Assassinated• Alford Hitchcock’s

“Birds” a big hit• Pope John XXIII dies• Football Hall of Fame

starts

• Pepsi Generation starts

1964• Warren Commission

says Oswald acted alone.

• Beatles invade America

• Jack Ruby sentenced to death

• Smoking is linked to cancer

• Hells Angels get media attention

• Lucky Charms comes out

• Gilligan’s Island is a tv hit

1965• Malcolm X Assassinated in Harlem

• UFO’s Make headlines

• Watts Riot leaves 34 dead

• Diet Pepsi is born

• Sonny and Cher “I got you Babe”

• Grateful Dead make first appearance

• “Vietcong are going to collapse in weeks”

1966

• Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali• Packers win third NFL title in a row• Draft calls for 50,000 men to enlist a month• DJ’s screen records for drug and satanic

messages• B52 Crashes with tanker 1 H bomb missing• Miranda v. Arizona case is decided• Sniper in Texas shoots 45 people

1967

• First Heart Transplant done• Jane Mansfield dies in crash• Ali is not exempt from the draft, won’t

serve and loses his title• Coed dorms start in some colleges• Thurgood Marshall is appointed to

Supreme Court• Mickey Mouse a big fad

1968

• 60 minutes premieres• Nightly news shows a prisoner being

shot by Saigon Police chief on tv• Yale admits women• Laugh In premieres• Jackie Kennedy remarries• MLK assassinated• 1968 Civil Rights Act

1969• Ted Kennedy drives off a bridge• Fred Hampton is killed in raid by police• Lt. Calley is tried for My Lai massacre• Woodstock-400,000 or more attend• Manson Family• Sesame Street Begins• Measles vaccine is available• Bobby Seale is bound and gagged

1960’s Inventions

• Astroturf• Rayon• Felt Tip Pin• Braille Typewriter• Laser Eye Surgery• Valium• Pop Tarts

• Ford Mustang• Space Race

Astro Turf

• Patented in 1967• Originally called

Chem grass• Changed name to

Astro Turf, after it was installed in the Astro Dome in Houston

Ford Mustang

• Started in 1964, early models of the Mustang were produced at the same plant as the Ford Falcon. This was meant to compete with the Corvette to some extent. This model has changed over time, but is still a big part of Ford.

Space Race

• The Space Race, begun by the Soviets in 1957, was highlighted by Alan Shepard, the first American in space in 1961.  In 1963, John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in Apollo XI, were the first men to walk on the moon in 1969.

Pants

A quick reference on what's groovy!

                                

             

1. Pocahontas headbands - in! The curlier the hair, the better.

2. New place for beads, beads, beads!

3. Gaucho, gaudy and great!

4. The wider the collar, the better!

5. Medallions - a must for today's meditative maidens

6. Fringe benefits from leather

7. Embroidery enters fashion scene

8. Belts - start collecting!

9. Skirts staging comeback

10. Join the chain gang

11. The bold leg for campus

12 The new boot look

Protest Music

• Crosby Stills and Nash

• Country Joe and The Fish

• Creedence Clearance Clearwater Revival

• Merle Haggard

• Bob Dylan

• The Byrds

Make up

Ribbons and Bows

       

                                                     

And ribbons made into bows.

                  

            

                

          

     

          

         

          

     

Mod Fashion

Women’s Hair

Bouffant hairstyle

Hippie Clothes

Teen Hair

Real Teens - From the Class of 1968

            

                  

The Homeco

ming Queen

Cheerleading

Captain

            

                  

The Prom

QueenBest All Around

            

                  

Best Looking

            

                  

Wittiest

            

                  

Most Dependa

ble

Teen Fashion

1960’s Fads

• Banana Seats• Superballs• Troll Dolls• Ouija Boards• Fallout Shelters

• Surfing• Lava Lamps• The Twist• Mood Rings• Sea Monkeys

Sea Monkeys• In 1957, Harold von Braunhut

discovered a true freak of nature and recognized its potential to become one of the greatest marketing opportunities in history. After watching the creature known as Artema nyos, a relative to the bryn shrimp. Out of water it would appear dead and once introduced back into water it would mysteriously come back to life, without any suffered ill effects. He then began to sale them through mail order, around the early 1960's, packaging them in a box labeled "Instant Life" and they were sold for $.49 thought comic book advertisements. The fad kept growing and now 40 years later, his freaks of nature are still charming kids everywhere.

The Twist

• Chubby Checker made this dance style very popular when he appeared on American Bandstand in the early 1960's. It originated in a small New York club called The Peppermint Lounge in 1961. The dance was featured in a few films in the early sixties but quickly faded when other dances such as the Mashed Potato and the Watusi were introduced to TV shows and movies.

Lava Lamps• 1965 - Wow! Groovy lamp, man! • In the mid-sixties, LAVA® invited a

generation to turn on (their LAVA® brand lamps), tune in, and drop out. The introduction of the Century LAVA® brand motion lamp started it all. Originally sold as the Astro Lamp, with its large gold base and tiny holes, it produced a simulated starlight that was definitely far out. The Century's Medium was the Message: a 52 ounce globe containing red or white blobs and yellow (some called it mellow yellow) or blue liquid.

Surfing

• California surf music and films like "Gidget" made it cool to ride the waves, and all those beach party movies made us wish we could have an endless summer, too.

Mood Rings

• The famous black oval ring that changed colors when the mood of the person changed. As the moods of society changed, someone thought we needed a way to monitor this change. Tada - the birth of the mood ring.

Fallout Shelters

• With the threat of a nuclear war on the horizon, some Americans looked for ways to protect themselves from horrible destruction. They decided upon bomb proof, fallout shelters. Most looked like basic units, providing space only for necessities (which were generally only two-week supplies) while others looked like small guesthouses, equipped with pool tables, paintings and wine cellars. The fallout shelter fad reached its peak in the early 60's as the Cuban Missile crisis loomed. But it was waned in the 70's as various treaties were signed, calming apocalyptic fears.

Ouija Boards• First brought about after many

viewed the movie "The Exorcist", where a young girl was possessed by the devil while playing with a Ouija board. A once thought dangerous game that in the late 1960's outsold the venerable game Monopoly. Thought to believe that we could communicate with the dead through a Ouija board, the game was born in the mid nineteenth century brought upon by a spiritualism craze that sweeped through Europe and spread to New York.

Superballs

Troll Dolls• Troll Dolls

Created by Thomas Dam, the inventor of the Dammit doll, names after Thomas. The dolls were established into a company called Dam Things in 1964. A year which more than one million of these trolls were sold in the United States. The doll was made for his daughter, cause he couldn't afford to buy her a birthday present. The doll was inspired by the legend of trolls whom inhabited deep dark forests and brought good luck to the human that could catch one. It would seem many humans at that time were catching them.

Banana Seats

1960’s Music

• Motown

• The British Invasion

• Protest

• American Rock

American Rock

• Jimi Hendrix

• The Doors

• Jefferson Airplane

• The Beach Boys

Protest

• Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

The Who Songs

My Generation

Magic Bus

Who are You

The Who HistoryThe Who formed originally in 1963 and were called the Detours. Of the 4 members in Who in 1965, Only 3 were in the original band. Keith Moon joined in 1964 when Doug Sandom and Colin Dawson. Moon later dies in 1979 and is replaced by Kenny Jones. The Who remain active in the 1980’s. The Who stop touring in 1982, but appear on a few occasions in 1982 and 1985, at benefit concerts or in support of an album. They were given the distinction of being the loudest band according to the Guiness Book of World Records. The Who were part of the British invasion of Rock groups that included the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. Early on, The Who appeared on Ed Sullivan’s show, performing My Generation. Pete Townsend also had a solo career that had some success.

The Who History

The Who formed originally in 1963 and were called the Detours. Of the 4 members in Who in 1965, Only 3 were in the original band. Keith Moon joined in 1964 when Doug Sandom and Colin Dawson. Moon later dies in 1979 and is replaced by Kenny Jones. The Who remain active in the 1980’s. The Who stop touring in 1982, but appear on a few occasions in 1982 and 1985, at benefit concerts or in support of an album. They were given the distinction of being the loudest band according to the Guiness Book of World Records. The Who were part of the British invasion of Rock groups that included the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. Early on, The Who appeared on Ed Sullivan’s show, performing My Generation. Pete Townsend also had a solo career that had some success.

The British Invasion

• The Beatles

• The Rolling Stones

• The Who

Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger(Vocals)• Keith Richards(Guitar)• Brian Jones(Guitar)• Bill Wyman(Bass)• Charlie Watts (Drums)• Mick Taylor(Bass)

• Self-Proclaimed World’s Greatest Rock Band

• Formed in England

• Blended Rock with Blues

• Defined a style that has influenced Rock ever since

• Still actively performing

Rolling Stones• Brown Sugar6

• Gimme Shelter5

• Let’s Spend the Night Together4

The Beatles

• Formed in Liverpool, England: Originally called the Quarrymen and the Silver Beatles

• The Popular four were united in 1962

• John Lennon• Ringo Starr• Paul McCartney• George Harrison• One of the greatest and

well known groups of all time.

• First appeared on Ed Sullivan Show in Feb. of 1964

The Beatles• I wanna Hold Your Hand10• Yesterday11• Let It Be12

Motown

• The Supremes– Music

• Smokey Robinson– Music

• The Temptations– Music

The Temptations

• Teamed up with Smoky Robinson who wrote some of their songs

• Had 6 #1 R&B records in a 3 Year Period

• They changed their style to fit the times

•The most successful Black Group in Music History

•Originally called the Elgins

•Eddie Kendricks, PaulWilliams, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams

The Temptations

• My Girl

17• I Wish It Would Rain

18• I Can’t Get Next to

You

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The Supremes

• Diana Ross• Mary Wilson• Florence Ballard• Originally a Quartet,

they met in the Brewster Housing Project in Detroit

• Had 5 #1 records in a row at their height

                                                  

The Supremes Songs

• You Can’t Hurry Love

13• Where Did Our Love Go

14• Come See About Me

15• I Hear A Symphony

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Smokey Robinson

• America’s Greatest Living Poet-by Dylan

• One of Motown’s earliest act

• Played with the Miracles and later as a solo act

• 25 Top 40 Hits in a decade

Smoky Robinson and the Miracles

• I Second That Emotion

7• The Tracks of My

Tears

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