1966-2000
The music of the late 20th century is an explosion in the genres of music. The old forms of music like rock and R&B go through an evaluational change in how the played and sounded. There was also a creation of three new genres of music during the late 20th century. These genres were disco, funk and rap. The musical tastes would become wildly popular when they came out, and some others would have to slowly build their following.
1966-1969
The late 6Os's can be summed up by two events. Woodstock and Marvin Gaye. In 1967, Marvin Gaye had his biggest hit. I heard it through the Grapevine. it was his musical masterpiece. Woodstock is three days of music, love and drugs. This is an accurate portrail of the late 60's. This would also kick start the 70's.
The most memorable moment of wood stock was when Jimmi Hendrix played the National Anthem on his guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4AU7oK-xMQ and also the Vietnam protest song.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5btZWbViPA (waring explicit lyrics).