In 1960 Elvis came back to the music scene from the U. Joining the other white male vocalists at the top of the charts. Bobby Darin, Neil Sedaka, Jerry lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Del Shannon, and Frankie Avalon. However america was ready for the change.
Rock and roll of the 1950's and folk music of the 1960's gave way to a new kind of rock. The beatles heavily influenced the music of this period. They took their native England and the United States by Storm. .
Mick Jagger from the rolling stones was a dramatic and electrifying show man on and off of stage. Janis Joplin a hard drinking singer whose powerful interpretations of classic blues songs captured her to the Superstardome.
The last true hippie marched out of Max Yasgur's muddy pasture more than 25 years ago. During those few days the Woodstock music and art fair drew more that 450,000 people to a pasture in Sullivan County. Woodstock took place with the minds of 4 very different young men, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld, and Michael Lang. The oldest of the 4 was 26 who was John Roberts. Roberts supplied the money. He was heir to a drugstore and toothpaste manufacturing fortune. The 4 men had met in February 1969 and all seemed interested in the idea of a cultural exposition/rock concert/extravaganza. .
By the end of the 3rd meeting the little party up in Woodstock grew to the Worlds biggest Rock and roll show. The 4 partners formed a corporation in March. Each held 25 percent. The company was called Woodstock Ventures, Inc., after the hip little Ulster County town where Dylan lived. The 4 men soon drove up to Wallkill in late March in order to find a site for the event. The 4 settled on a 300-acre industrial park, which offered perfect access. It was less than a mile from Rt. 17, which hooked into the New York state thruway. But on July 15th 1969. .
The Wallkill Zoning Board of Appeals officially banned Woodstock. To the applause of the residents, the board members said that the organizer's plans were incomplete.