Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960's (15) To many people at the time, they were the "swinging sixties".
Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960’s (15)
To many people at the time, they were the “swinging sixties”. They were a decade when fashions changed continuously and young people appeared to have more freedom then ever before. It was time that many people look back on with found memories, but which other blame for some of the failings in society.
The sixties consisted of stars like Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard and Marlin Monroue which I will be mentioning in this essay as well as other stars. These stars were like the modern David Beckham, Tom Cruise and J-lo. In 1958 the National Service ended which was a huge relief for some. People in England were looking to America for their icons, but America band members or artists were not allowed to enter the country, then so people like Cliff Richard was formed. Moreover in the 1960’s Britain had not yet developed its own style therefore was still in America’s shadow. The traditional and cultural values in the 1950’s were now about to change. These were many due to the development of TV, radio and theatre which I will be exploring in this essay. By the end of the 1950’s music was still heavily influenced by America a lot of people were listening to American stars like Elvis Presley. But by the beginning of the 1960’s British artists like Billy Fury, Cliff Richard and Adam Faith all started to appear in the charts. Many of these British starts were producing new records but mainly basing them Elvis rock music.
