The 1960's

he 1960’s are greatly remembered as a decade of music, drugs, formalities, and most important, fashion. Many people refer to the 1960’s as the decade of schooling, and it is also remembered for a tremendous amount of crime. The 1960’s is often referred to as the “Baby Boom Decade” because of the seventeen million babies born. The 1960’s are greatly remembered for the following: gangs, hippies, Civil Rights decade, and the Vietnam War. The few things that people talk and remember about the 1960’s were the gangs, such as greasers, clothing, style, music, and culture. Many breakout actors and actresses had their best years in the 1960’s. if someone were to take away three main things about the 1960’s it would be gangs, style, and music.

Early in the 1950’s, a new street style was created. This new look was the “greaser” image. Greasers could be spotted wearing Chuck Taylors, baggy or wrangler jeans, wife beaters, and leather jackets. Of course, their main trademark were the five bottles of grease they used in their hair every day. Greasers could be found doing anything that would get them in trouble. Acting out, smoking, vandalizing, beating up and harassing people, and racing were just a few of the things they did for fun. According to Greaser Life.com, people believe that these boys and girls acted out because of their home lives. A lot of the time, greaser teenagers parents were either not together, or never home because they were trying to make money. People believed that these troubled teens acted out for some kind of attention. Others beg to differ, and say that they were just teenagers trying to have fun. However, they were different types of greasers. There were the greasers of Oklahoma, who acted out and caused trouble,...

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...s being the decade of the British Invasion. Some of the artist were: The Beadles, The Who,

The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Yardbirds, Donoran, Manffred Man, The Kinks, Herman’s

Hermit, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, and The Animals. Other bit music inspirations were: Bob

Dylan, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Buffalo Springfield. (1960’s Music)

The 1960’s was a decade to remember. It was very contraversal, but indeed, it was very successful. The 1960’s was known for all of the parties, drugs, music, and culture, but the three main things that people remember were the gangs, fashion, and the music. A few more things that happened to make this decade special were all the Civil Rights moments that happened, a war occurred, and more music was made in this decade than any other one. The 1960’s will forever and always be remembered as one the greatest decades.