1960s Cincinnati Garage Band Influences


Here's our list of the American and British bands who inspired Cincinnati's Garage Band boom of the '60s (1960-1969)... along with one or more of their most influential songs. If we left someone off the list, or if you see an error, let us know about it, and we'll fix it.

Artists are listed alphabetically by the group or performer's first name.
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? & The Mysterians (96 Tears)
American Breed (Bend Me Shape Me, Step Out Of Your Mind, Green Light)
Animals (House Of The Rising Sun, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place...)
Aretha Franklin (Respect, Think, Chain Of Fools...)
Association (Along Comes Mary, Windy, Six Man Band...)
Barbarians (Are You A Boy, Moulty)
Beach Boys (Surfer Girl, Surfing USA, Little Honda...)
Beatles (Day Tripper I Should Have Known Better, Twist & Shout...)
Beau Brummels (Just A Little, Laugh Laugh)
Ben E. King (Stand By Me)
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (I'll Keep You Satisfied, Little Children...)
Bill Cosby (Little Old Man)
Billy Joe Royal (I Knew You When, Down In The Boondocks)
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Spinning Wheel, You Made Me So Very Happy...)
Blues Magoos (We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet, One By One...)
Bo Dollar and the Coins (Soul Serenade, Any Day Now)
Bob & Earl (Harlem Shuffle)
Bob Dylan (It Ain't Me Babe, Mr. Tambourine Man, Like A Rolling Stone...)
Bobby Fuller Four (I Fought The Law, Love's Made A Fool Of You)
Booker T & The MGs (Groovin', Green Onions...)
Box Tops (The Letter, Cry Like A Baby)
Buck Owens (Act Naturally, Tiger By The Tail)
Buckinghams (Kind Of A Drag, Mercy Mercy Mercy)
Buddy Holly (50s) (Oh Boy, Words Of Love, Peggy Sue, It's So Easy, Rave On...)
Buffalo Springfield (For What It's Worth, Sit Down I Think I Love You...)
Byrds (Mr. Tamborine Man, Turn Turn Turn, Feel A Whole Lot Better...)
Canned Heat (On The Road Again...)
Cannibal & The Headhunters (Land Of 1000 Dances)
Carl Perkins (50s) (Blue Suede Shoes, Honey Don't, Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby...)
Casinos (Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye)
Castaways (Liar Liar)
Chad and Jeremy (Yesterday's Gone, Summer Song)
Chantays (Pipeline)
Chicago (Beginnings, Color My World, I'm A Man...)
Chubby Checker (The Twist, Do The Freddie)
Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode, Roll Over Beethoven...)
Classics IV (Spooky, Stormy, Traces...)
Count Five (Psychotic Reaction)
Cream (Sunshine Of Your Love, Strange Brew...)
Critters (Younger Girl, Mr. Dieingly Sad...)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Who'll Stop The Rain...)
Cryan Shames (Sugar And Spice)
Cyrkle (Red Rubber Ball, Turn Down Day)
Dave Clark Five (Glad All Over, Do You Love Me, Over And Over...)
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones (Miserlou, The Scavenger)
Dion (Runaround Sue, Ruby Baby...)
Donovan (Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, Season Of The Witch)
Doors (Light My Fire, Love Me Two Times, Touch Me...)
Duane Eddy (Rebel Rouser, Raunchy, Honky Tonk...)
Eddie Floyd (Knock On Wood)
Electric Prunes (I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night)
Elvis (Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up...)
Everly Brothers (Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Suzie...)
Every Mother's Son (Come On Down To My Boat)
Fireballs (w/Jimmy Gilmer) (Torquay, Goin' Away, Sugar Shack, Bottle Of Wine...)
Five Americans (Western Union, I See The Light)
Four Seasons w/Frankie Valli (Dawn, Stay, Let's Hang On...)
Four Tops (Can't Help Myself, Baby I Need Your Lovin'...)
Freddie & The Dreamers (I'm Telling You Now, Do The Freddie)
Gary Lewis and the Playboys (This Diamond Ring...)
Gentrys (Keep On Dancing, Cinnamon Girl)
Gerry And The Pacemakers (How Do You Do It?, It's Gonna Be Alright...)
Grand Funk Railroad (Time Machine, Paranoid...)
Grass Roots (Live For Today, Midnight Confessions, Temptation Eyes...)
Harber's Bizarre (59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy))
Herman's Hermits (I'm Onto Something Good, Henry VIII, Kind Of A Hush...)
Hollies (Look Through Any Window, Just One Look, Bus Stop...)
Hombres (Let It Out)
Human Beinz (Nobody But Me)
Iron Butterfly (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida)
Isley Bros. (Twist & Shout, Shout)
Jackie Wilson (Baby Workout, Lonely Teardrops)
J.J. Jackson (But It's Alright)
James Brown (I Got You (I Feel Good), Cold Sweat...)
Jan And Dean (Linda, Surf City)
Jefferson Airplane (Somebody To Love, White Rabbit...)
Jimi Hendrix (Hey Joe, Purple Haze, Foxy Lady...)
Joey Dee and The Starlighters (Peppermint Twist)
John Fred and His Playboy Band (Judy In Disguise)
Johnny Rivers (Memphis, Seventh Son, Secret Agent Man...)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Shotgun, Shake And Finger Pop, Road Runner...)
Kingsmen (Louie Louie, Money, Jolly Green Giant...)
Kinks (You Really Got Me, All Day And All Night, Well Respected Man...)
Knickerbockers (Lies, One Track Mind)
Larry Williams (Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Slow Down, Bad Boy...)
Leaves (Hey Joe...)
Led Zepplin (Whole Lotta Love...)
Lemon Pipers (Green Tamborine, Turn Around And Take A Look...)
Len Barry (1-2-3, Cry Like A Baby)
Little Anthony & The Imperials (Out Of My Head, Hurt So Bad...)
Little Richard (Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly...)
Lonnie Mack (Memphis, Wham, Chicken Pickin'...)
Los Bravos (Black Is Black)
Lovin' Spoonful (Do You Believe In Magic, Younger Girl, Summer In The City)
Major Lance (The Monkey Time, Um Um Um Um Um Um...)
Mamas and Papas (California Dreamin', Monday Monday)
Manfred Mann (Doo Wah Diddy, Sha La La, My Little Red Book...)
McCoys (Hang On Sloopy, Fever, You Make Me Feel So Good...)
Messengers (Michael & The...) (Midnight Hour)
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (Jenny Take A Ride, Devil With A Blue Dress...)
Mojo Men (Sit Down I Think I Love You)
Monkees (Last Train To Clarksville, Not Your Steppin' Stone...)
Music Explosion (Little Bit Of Soul)
Music Machine (Talk Talk)
Nashville Teens (Tobacco Road)
Nazz (Open My Eyes, Loosen Up...)
Neil Diamond (Cherry Cherry, Thank The Lord For The Nighttime...)
Nightcrawlers (Little Black Egg)
Otis Redding (Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, Try A Little Tenderness...)
Outsiders (Time Won't Let Me, Respectable)
Paul Revere & The Raiders (Just Like Me, Kicks, Hungry, Steppin' Out...)
Percy Sledge (When A Man Loves A Woman)
Peter & Gordon (A World Without Love, Nobody I Know...)
Peter Paul & Mary (I Dig Rock & Roll Music, Blowin' In The Wind...)
Procol Harum (Whiter Shade of Pale)
Rascals (Good Lovin', Lonely Too Long, Love Is A Beautiful Thing...)
Ray Charles (What'd I Say, I've Got A Woman...)
Reflections (Just Like Romeo And Juliet)
Righteous Brothers (Little Latin Lupe Lou...)
Ritchie Valens (50s) (La Bamba, Donna, Come On Let's Go)
Rivingtons (Poppa Oom Mow Mow)
Rolling Stones (Satisfaction, Get Off My Cloud, Paint It Black...)
Routers (Let's Go)
Roy Head (Treat Her Right)
Roy Orbison (Dream Baby, Oh Pretty Woman...)
Sam Cooke (You Send Me, Bring It On Home To Me...)
Sam & Dave (Soul Man, Hold On I'm Comin'...)
Sam The Sham & The Pharos (Wooley Bully, Li'l Red Riding Hood...)
Searchers (Sugar And Spice, Needles And Pins, Love Potion #9...)
Shadows of Knight (Gloria)
Simon & Garfunkle (Sounds Of Silence, 59th Street Bridge Song...)
Sir Douglas Quintet (She's About A Mover, Quarter To Three...)
Sonny & Cher (The Beat Goes On, I Got You Babe...)
Soul Survivors (Expressway To Your Heart)
Spencer Davis Group (Gimme Some Lovin', Keep On Runnin, I'm A Man...)
Spirit (I Got A Line On You)
Standells (Dirty Water, Good Guys Don't Wear White)
Steven Stills (Love The One You're With)
Stevie Wonder (Fingertips Part 2, Uptight Everything's Alright...)
Strangeloves (I Want Candy, Cara-Lin, Night Time...)
Strawberry Alarm Clock (Incense & Peppermints)
Surfaris (Wipe Out)
Swingin' Medallions (Double Shot Of My Baby's Love)
Syndicate of Sound (Hey Little Girl)
Temptations (My Girl, Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Get Ready...)
Them (Gloria, Here Comes The Night, Turn On Your Lovelight...)
Tommy James & The Shondells (Hanky Panky, I Think We're Alone Now, Mony Mony)
Tommy Roe (Sheila, Dizzy...)
Tony And The Bandits (It's A Bit Of Alright)
Trashmen (Surfin' Bird)
Troggs (Wild Thing, With A Girl Like You, Love Is All Around Us...)
Turtles (It Ain't Me Babe, Happy Together, Elenore, You Baby...)
Vanilla Fudge (You Keep Me Hangin' On, Season Of The Witch...)
Ventures (Walk Don't Run, Slaughter On 10th Avenue...)
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (The Game Of Love, Groovy Kind Of Love...)
Who (I Can See For Miles, My Generation, Substitute...)
Wilbert Harrison (50s) (Kansas City, Stagger Lee, C C Rider...)
Wilson Pickett (Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love...)
Yardbirds (For Your Love, Shapes Of Things, I'm A Man...)
Yes (Roundabout, I've Seen All Good People...)
Zombies (She's Not There, Tell Her No, Time Of The Season...)

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