Every artist, group, DJ, label and place in The Jersey City Sound documented as active in Jersey City in the 1960s, listed in order of era and name with a cited entry for each. This is one page of the archive's timeline; the full sequence from the 1960s to today is on the History page.
An entry appears here when its documented years active, an era row on its record card, or a dated event in its sourced facts (a release, a residency, a battle) falls within the period. Birth and death dates do not count as activity. Entries with no dated activity in their sources are not placed in an era until a date is sourced. The archive documents; it does not rank.
In the archive§
Musicians and singers (22)
Entry №. 044
Musician
Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 -- August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist born in Greenville, New Jersey.
1930s1940s1950s
Entry №. 053
Musician
Seymour 'Cy' Coben (April 4, 1919 -- May 26, 2006) was an American songwriter from Jersey City, New Jersey, whose hits were recorded by bandleaders.
1940s1950s1960s
Entry №. 096
Musician
Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer, actress, film producer, and author.
1950s1960s
Entry №. 219
Singer
Roy Hamilton was raised in Jersey City from his early teens, after his family moved from Leesburg, Georgia around 1943.
1950s1960s
Entry №. 227
Record producer · Arranger · Singer
Skip Jackson — born Tommy Brown — was a Jersey City singer, arranger, and producer who wrote.
1950s1960s1970s
Entry №. 106
Musician
Anthony Velona (November 16, 1920 – January 31, 1986) was an American author, lyricist, and composer.
1950s1960s
Entry №. 052
Musician
Anthony James Cirone (born November 8, 1941) is an American percussionist born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1960s2000s
Entry №. 048
Musician
Stephen Friedland (born September 29, 1940), known as Brute Force, is an American singer and songwriter from Jersey City, New Jersey.
1960s
Entry №. 098
Musician
Claydes Charles Smith (September 6, 1948 -- June 20, 2006) was a Jersey City-born guitarist and founding member of Kool & the Gang, the funk, soul.
1960s
Entry №. 101
Musician
Dennis 'Dee Tee' Thomas (February 9, 1951 -- August 7, 2021) was a founding member of Kool & the Gang, one of the group's most distinctive voices.
1960s
Entry №. 099
Musician
Diana Soviero (born March 19, 1942, in Jersey City) is an American operatic soprano of international stature.
1960s1970s
Entry №. 094
Musician
Ed Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 -- February 24, 2013) was an American jazz drummer from Jersey City, New Jersey.
1960s1990s
Entry №. 222
Comedian · Entertainer
Flip Wilson, born Clerow Wilson Jr. in Jersey City on December 8, 1933, grew up in the city.
1960s1970s
Entry №. 095
Musician
Frank Sinatra Jr. (January 10, 1944 -- March 16, 2016) was an American singer and musician, the son of Frank Sinatra.
1960s
Entry №. 070
Musician
Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931 -- December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1960s1980s
Entry №. 170
Vocalist · Bass singer
MacArthur J. Munford (January 20, 1943 – September 5, 2006) was a Jersey City soul and doo-wop singer, the bass voice of The Spellbinders
1960s1970s1980s
Entry №. 097
Musician
Peter Sliker (June 7, 1925 – June 25, 2010) was an American operatic bass-baritone.
1960s1980s
Entry №. 088
Musician
Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 -- September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer from Jersey City, New Jersey.
1960s1980s2000s
Entry №. 069
Musician
Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 -- April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter.
1960s
Entry №. 045
Musician
Robert Earl 'Kool' Bell (born October 8, 1950), also known as Muhammad Bayyan, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter.
1960s2010s
Entry №. 223
Record producer · Record store owner · Label founder
Stan Krause was the Jersey City record store owner, record producer, and label founder behind Stan's Square Records and Catamount Records.
1960s1970s1980s
Entry №. 058
Musician
The Duprees are a Jersey City doo-wop group who had a run of top-ten Billboard hits in the early 1960s.
1960s
Groups (7)
Labels and companies (1)
Places (2)
Questions, answered§
How does the archive decide which era an entry belongs to?
By the years active recorded in the entry, or failing that by dated events in its sourced facts. An artist active across several decades appears on each decade's page; birth and death dates never place an entry.
Where is the full Jersey City music timeline?
On the History page, which links every era page in sequence, and on the Chilltown page for the nickname's own history.
Also in the archive§
Musicians from Jersey City: the complete archive · Jersey City DJs and the mixtape era · Jersey City music history: the timeline · Chilltown · On the Charts
Rappers from Jersey City · Famous Musicians Born in Jersey City · Famous People from Jersey City: Music and Entertainment · Jersey Club and Jersey City · Jersey City Music Venues, Record Stores and Studios · Jersey City High Schools and the Music That Came Through Them · Jersey City Slang in Music: 201 and Chilltown · Jersey City Music Before 1960 · Jersey City Music in the 1970s · Jersey City Music in the 1980s · Jersey City Music in the 1990s · Jersey City Music in the 2000s
Sources§
Every fact above is carried by the linked entries, each with its own numbered sources.
Archive page by Robert Van Liew · Last updated 2026-10-01
