1960s music videos
Explore 1960s music videos on AltSounds.TV, a human-curated channel for watching classic videos, live performances, archive clips, television appearances, promotional films and genre-spanning visuals from one of the most important decades in modern music history. The 1960s music video channel currently features 122 videos spanning 1960-1969, including videos connected to artists such as The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, The Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, The Kinks and The Everly Brothers.
This page is designed for anyone looking for the best 1960s music videos, official 60s music videos, British Invasion clips, Motown performances, soul videos, rock and roll videos, folk rock visuals, psychedelic rock videos, surf rock clips, girl group performances and early pop music videos from the decade. Instead of relying only on search engines, autoplay or disconnected video results, AltSounds.TV organises music videos by decade, artist, genre and related channel.
The 1960s were different from later music video decades because the modern music video format had not yet become standardised. Many important visuals from this period are promotional films, television performances, live clips, archive footage or later official video presentations of songs from the decade. That makes the 1960s archive especially useful as a visual record of how artists appeared on screen before the music video became a fully established industry format.
What the 1960s music video channel covers
The 1960s channel brings together videos from across rock and roll, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, Motown, folk rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, surf rock, country, gospel, blues, bubblegum pop, baroque pop and early alternative sounds. It includes official videos, promotional films, live performances, television clips, archive footage and classic songs that continue to shape how the decade is remembered.
The page is organised as a decade channel, which means viewers can explore music videos connected to the 1960s without needing to search artist by artist. You can start with the full 1960s music videos channel, then move into wider discovery routes such as All Genres, Time Travel, Rock, Pop, R&B, Country, Alternative and Dance.
The 1960s page also sits before the 1970s music videos archive and the 1980s music videos channel, making it useful for comparing the promotional film and television-performance era with the later decades that turned music videos into a mainstream visual format.
Why the 1960s matter for music videos
The 1960s were a foundation decade for music on screen. The music video had not yet become the dominant promotional format it would become later, but artists, labels and television producers were already experimenting with filmed performances, promotional clips and visual presentation. These early formats helped prepare the ground for the music video culture that followed.
The decade was also one of the most important periods for modern popular music. The British Invasion, Motown, soul, folk rock, garage rock, surf rock, psychedelia, girl groups, protest music and singer-songwriter culture all changed how artists sounded and how audiences understood them. Visual media helped carry those changes into homes, cinemas and television sets.
That makes the 1960s channel more than a nostalgia page. It is a useful way to see how artists presented themselves before music videos became a standard industry product, and how many later music video ideas were already developing through performance, fashion, staging, camera movement, editing and television exposure.
Artists represented in the 1960s archive
The 1960s channel includes artist pathways that make it easier to move from a decade view into a specific catalogue. These artist channels help connect individual videos to wider bodies of work.
The Beach Boys
The The Beach Boys music video channel includes 6 videos from 1963-1988. On AltSounds.TV, The Beach Boys are connected to rock and roll, pop music and surf music, with videos across rock, pop, pop rock, baroque pop, sunshine pop and surf-related categories. Their channel is a useful route into the surf, harmony pop and California sound side of the 1960s archive.
The Zombies
The The Zombies music video channel includes 3 videos from 1964-1968. The band is connected to psychedelic rock, rock music and pop rock, with videos across psychedelic pop, pop, R&B, rhythm and blues, experimental, jazz, rock and pop rock categories. Their channel is useful for exploring the more melodic and psychedelic side of 1960s British pop and rock.
The Kinks
The The Kinks music video channel provides a route into one of the most important British rock and pop catalogues of the 1960s. Their videos and archive entries connect the decade to British social observation, melodic pop, rock and early music video experimentation.
The Monkees
The The Monkees music video channel includes 3 videos from 1966-1967. On AltSounds.TV, The Monkees are connected to rock music and pop rock, with videos across pop, rock, classic rock, country rock, folk rock and country categories. Their channel is useful for exploring the connection between television, pop performance and early music video-style presentation.
The Everly Brothers
The The Everly Brothers music video channel includes 3 videos from 1960-1968. The channel connects country, rock and roll, rockabilly and vocal harmony traditions, making it a useful bridge between 1950s rock and roll, 1960s pop and country-influenced music performance.
The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and The Rolling Stones
The visible artist pathways on the 1960s channel also include The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and The Rolling Stones. These artists point to several major areas of 1960s music culture, including the British Invasion, psychedelic rock, album-era experimentation, solo songwriting, pop rock and the development of promotional films as part of artist identity.
Selected 1960s music videos to start with
The full 1960s channel includes 122 videos. These selected examples provide a useful starting point for exploring the range of the archive.
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar is listed on AltSounds.TV as a 1969 video directed by Hal Sutherland. It connects to bubblegum pop, pop and rock categories. The video is useful for exploring the animated and fictional-band side of late-1960s pop culture.
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds is listed as a 1969 video connected to country, gospel, pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul and soundtrack categories. It represents the late-1960s period where live performance footage and television visibility remained central to how major artists were seen.
Aretha Franklin - Respect (Live)
Aretha Franklin - Respect (Live) is listed in the 1960s archive and connects to rock and soul categories. It is a key route into the soul, gospel-rooted performance and vocal power side of the decade.
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
The Ronettes - Be My Baby is listed as a 1963 video connected to pop and rock categories. It represents the girl group and Wall of Sound side of the 1960s archive, where vocal arrangement, image and television performance helped define a new kind of pop presence.
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon is listed as a 1966 video directed by Peter Whitehead. It connects to pop and rock categories and is a useful example of British songwriting, social observation and promotional-film-era visual presentation.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe is listed in the 1960s archive and connects to acid rock, blues, blues rock and classic rock categories. It is a useful entry point into the guitar-led, psychedelic and blues-rooted side of the decade.
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man is listed as a 1965 video connected to folk rock and rock. It represents the folk rock side of the decade, where acoustic songwriting, electric guitars and group harmonies helped create a major 1960s sound.
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun is listed as a 1964 video connected to blues, blues rock, classic rock, folk rock and rock categories. It shows how traditional material, electric band performance and television-era visuals helped shape the early rock archive.
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil is listed in the 1960s archive and connects to alternative, rock and samba rock categories. It is a useful example of the darker, more experimental side of late-1960s rock culture.
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man is listed as a 1968 video connected to gospel, pop, rhythm and blues and soul. It is a strong entry point into the soul-pop and vocal performance side of the decade.
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back is listed in the 1960s archive and connects to gospel, pop, rhythm and blues and soul. It represents the late-1960s Motown and family-group side of the archive.
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) is listed as a 1965 video connected to gospel, rhythm and blues and soul. It is a useful starting point for the funk, soul and performance-energy side of the 1960s archive.
The Turtles - Happy Together
The Turtles - Happy Together is listed as a 1967 video connected to pop, psychedelic pop and sunshine pop. It represents the melodic, bright and harmony-led side of 1960s pop.
1960s British Invasion and rock videos
The British Invasion is one of the defining parts of the 1960s archive. British bands changed popular music through songwriting, performance style, television appearances, promotional clips and international touring. Their visual presence helped define how rock groups appeared on screen, from sharp suits and studio performances to more experimental late-decade imagery.
This part of the archive includes artists and pathways connected to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Animals, The Zombies and other British acts. Some entries are structured as promotional clips, while others reflect television appearances, performance footage or later official archive presentation.
Useful routes into this part of the archive include the Rock music video channel, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Animals - House of the Rising Sun and The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil.
1960s soul, Motown and R&B videos
Soul, Motown and rhythm and blues are central to the 1960s archive. The decade produced some of the most important vocal groups, solo performers and performance traditions in modern popular music. Visuals from this area often emphasise vocal power, choreography, group formation, live presence, styling and emotional directness.
Because many 1960s soul and R&B visuals come from television performances or live clips, they offer a strong record of how artists performed for audiences before the music video became a standard release format. These clips show the importance of stagecraft, voice, movement and group identity.
The R&B music video channel provides a broader route into this side of the archive. Useful starting points include Aretha Franklin - Respect (Live), Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man, The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back and James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good).
1960s pop, girl group and bubblegum videos
Pop music in the 1960s was highly visual even before the modern music video era. Television performances, promotional clips and group appearances helped shape how audiences recognised artists. Styling, choreography, vocal arrangements, close-up performance and set design all contributed to the way songs were remembered.
Girl groups, bubblegum pop, sunshine pop and harmony-led groups were especially important to this part of the archive. These videos and performances often place emphasis on melody, youth culture, vocal arrangement and image. They also show how television helped package pop music for a rapidly growing youth audience.
The Pop music video channel provides a broader route into this side of the catalogue. Useful starting points include The Ronettes - Be My Baby, The Archies - Sugar, Sugar, The Turtles - Happy Together and the The Monkees music video channel.
1960s folk rock and singer-songwriter videos
Folk rock and singer-songwriter culture were major parts of the 1960s. This area of the archive connects acoustic songwriting, electric arrangements, protest culture, poetic lyrics and group harmonies. Visuals from this area often feel more direct than later music videos because the focus is usually on the performer, the song and the cultural moment.
Folk rock helped bridge traditional songwriting and modern rock presentation. It also gave the decade a more reflective visual tone, especially when compared with pop performance clips or high-energy rock and soul footage.
Useful starting points include The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man, The Everly Brothers and related browsing through All Genres.
1960s psychedelic rock and garage rock videos
Psychedelic rock, acid rock and garage rock give the 1960s archive a more experimental edge. These styles often used distortion, unusual performance energy, bold colour, surreal imagery, looser structures and a stronger connection to counterculture. Visuals from this area show how music on screen began to move beyond simple performance documentation.
This part of the archive is important because psychedelic and garage rock helped expand the visual vocabulary of popular music. Artists and directors started to treat video and film as spaces for mood, atmosphere, symbolism and experimentation, not just documentation.
Useful routes into this part of the archive include The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe, The Zombies, The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil and the Alternative music video channel.
1960s surf rock and sunshine pop videos
Surf rock and sunshine pop are important parts of the 1960s archive, especially through artists connected to California pop, vocal harmonies and youth culture. These videos and clips often carry a lighter visual tone, with emphasis on melody, group identity, leisure, fashion and regional atmosphere.
The The Beach Boys music video channel is the clearest route into this part of the archive. It connects surf rock, sunshine pop, baroque pop and pop rock with the wider development of 1960s pop visuals.
1960s country, gospel and early rock and roll videos
The 1960s archive also includes country, gospel, rockabilly and early rock and roll traditions. These genres show how older performance styles continued to influence the decade while new pop and rock forms were developing around them.
Country and gospel-linked videos often place strong emphasis on voice, songcraft, direct performance and emotional clarity. Rock and roll clips show how the energy of the 1950s carried into the 1960s, while artists such as Elvis Presley remained central to the visual memory of popular music.
Useful routes into this part of the archive include Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds, The Everly Brothers and the Country music video channel.
1960s promotional films, television performances and early music video language
The 1960s are especially important because the decade sits before the music video became a fully standardised format. Many of the visuals in this period come from promotional films, television shows, staged performances, concert footage and later archive presentations. These formats were not always called music videos at the time, but they performed many of the same functions.
They helped artists reach audiences visually. They gave songs a screen identity. They showed how performers dressed, moved and presented themselves. They also gave labels and broadcasters a way to promote music beyond radio, records and live shows.
That makes the 1960s channel a foundation layer for the wider AltSounds.TV archive. It shows the period where popular music became increasingly visual, setting up the 1970s promotional film era and the 1980s music television explosion.
How to explore 1960s music videos on AltSounds.TV
The easiest way to start is with the full 1960s music video channel. From there, viewers can move into individual artist channels, related genres, other decade pages or the wider AltSounds.TV discovery system.
For genre-led browsing, use All Genres. For decade-led browsing, use Time Travel. To compare the 1960s with the next era, continue forward into the 1970s music videos archive or the 1980s music videos channel.
This structure makes the page more useful than a simple list. A viewer can start with one video, follow the artist, explore the genre, move across the decade, or compare the same style with later periods of music video history.
AltSounds.TV and the AltSounds Music Video Database
AltSounds.TV is built for watching and browsing curated music video channels. AltSounds.com supports the wider archive as the AltSounds Music Video Database, with individual music video entries, archive pages and additional discovery routes.
Together, the two sites are designed to make music videos easier to watch, organise, research and rediscover. AltSounds.TV focuses on channel-based discovery, while AltSounds.com supports the broader database mission of documenting music videos across artists, genres, directors, countries and eras.
Why use AltSounds.TV for 1960s music videos?
AltSounds.TV gives 1960s music video discovery a clearer structure. Instead of searching through disconnected uploads or relying only on recommendation feeds, the 1960s channel gives viewers a decade-based way to explore videos, performances and related archive entries.
- Decade-based discovery: browse music videos, live performances, television clips and archive footage connected to the 1960s.
- Genre coverage: explore rock and roll, pop, soul, Motown, R&B, folk rock, psychedelic rock, surf rock, country and more.
- Artist pathways: move from the decade channel into artist channels such as The Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Monkees and The Everly Brothers.
- Pre-MTV context: explore videos and performances from the period before music videos became a fully mainstream television format.
- Human curation: use a structured music video archive instead of relying only on algorithmic discovery.
Frequently asked questions about 1960s music videos
What is the 1960s music video channel?
The 1960s music video channel is the main AltSounds.TV decade page for browsing videos connected to the 1960s. It includes official videos, promotional films, television clips, live performances, archive footage, classics and deeper catalogue entries from across the period.
How many 1960s music videos are on AltSounds.TV?
The 1960s channel currently lists 122 videos spanning 1960-1969.
Can I browse 1960s music videos by genre?
Yes. You can browse related genre channels including Rock, Pop, R&B, Country, Alternative, Dance and All Genres.
Which artists can I explore from the 1960s channel?
Visible artist pathways from the 1960s channel include The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, The Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, The Kinks and The Everly Brothers. Verified linked artist channels in this page include The Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Monkees and The Everly Brothers.
Can I compare 1960s music videos with other decades?
Yes. Use Time Travel to browse decade channels, including the 2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s and 1970s.
Is this a 1960s songs list?
No. This is a 1960s music video archive. The focus is on videos, promotional films, live performances, television clips, artist channels, genre pathways and the visual presentation of music during the decade, rather than a simple list of songs.
