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ROCK MUSIC
TIMELINE
1961
- Regional music scenes develop across the U.S. with surf music emerging from Southern California.
- Girl groups and the Brill Building sound emanate from New York.
- Stax studio and record label in Memphis works with Atlantic Records for distribution creating southern soul music hits.
- In Detroit, Berry Gordy's Tamla/Motown label has it's first number one hit.
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