Most influential musical decade

It have to be the 1980's. Rock thrived and heavy metal exploded. Rap was born in the 80's as well. We also so country take off and become more main stream thanks in part to Garth Brooks. Rap changed America and has given more people a chance to become famous without having the best voice in the world. It also helped revive poetry in the younger generation's world.

The 60's.

Three of the most influential bands to ever exist come to popularity in that time: The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. You also had individuals like Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown all come out in this decade.

The best types of music stemmed directly from those figures and bands and laid the foundation of the remaining good music that we have today.

I think you have to go with the 1950's. This was the beginning of the rock-and-roll era and started everything that was to follow.

The most influential has to be the 60s. Even today many young musicians claim to be influenced by 60s artists like the Beatles and Stevie Wonder.

In the 60s we had pirate radio stations to influence young people. It was a time when young people gained more freedom to choose and that was to some extent due to the differing styles in music.