No way. Big bands of the 1930s and 40s. Good music. Clean music. The best music from the greatest generation.
A groovy, boss, wicked and out-of-sight decade for good vibes!
The reason for this was the baby boom and boredom. At the end of WWII, there was an explosion of suburbs especially in the new, western cities. But except for a few broadcast TV channels, and movie theaters, the radio was where young people could get entertainment.
And with few amenities, you could buy instruments, so garage bands proliferated. Of course most groups wanted to sound either like the Beatles or Pink Floyd, but the competition was fierce. If you could make it to either coast, your group had a chance.
Here is a website that streams many of the “also-rans” of the period. It is pretty entertaining if you are in that kind of mood:
http://www.beyondthebeatgeneration.com/
I’ll second that!