This is a sample list of the beatnik generation (silent generation) who ran the 1960s.
John Denver, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Paul & Mary, Grace Slick, Neil Young , Beatles, Van Morrison, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, Pete Townsend, Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Jimmy Page, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, and on and on and on....
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Oh, you were serious!