Until the 1960s, the predominant forms of music played on the flat-top, steel-string guitar remained relatively stable and included acoustic blues, country, bluegrass, folk, and several genres of rock.

Until the late 1960s, the standard hi-hats were, with available as a less-common alternative in professional cymbal ranges and smaller sizes down to restricted to children's kits.

Until the 1960s mild was the most popular beer style in England.

Until the Quiet Revolution of the early 1960s, Tremblay saw Quebec as a poor, working-class province dominated by an English-speaking elite and the Roman Catholic Church.

Until the 1960s, nucleons were thought to be elementary particles, each of which would not then have been made up of smaller parts.

Until the 1960s, paleomaps were not very satisfactory, since it was difficult to understand many quite distinctive features.

Until the 1960s, most of the population was nomadic or seminomadic ; due to rapid economic and urban growth, more than 95 % of the population now is settled.

Until the 1960s, it was common practice for the vice president to preside over daily Senate sessions, so the president pro tempore rarely presided unless the vice presidency became vacant.

Until the 1960s, the United States not only grew but also manufactured and exported more tobacco than any other country.

Until the 1960s, the city was divided into European ( the center of the city ) and African sections ( Poto-Poto, Bacongo, and Makélékélé ).

Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists.

Until the 1960s ununoctium was known as eka-emanation ( emanation is the old name for radon ).

Until the 1960s it was common for other car manufacturers ' engines to need full strip downs and rebuilds at as little as intervals ; un-rebuilt 2CV engines are still running that are passing.

Until the 1960s, Ganda was also the official language of instruction in primary schools in Eastern Uganda.

Until the 1960s Low German was the prevailing language of everyday communication.

Until the 1960s, a branch line of the former Great Eastern Railway network crossed the Wood Green High Road, at a station called Noel Park, providing connections to Stratford and North Woolwich.

Until the 1960s, DeKalb was a mainly agricultural county, but as the sprawl of the metropolitan Atlanta region expanded, DeKalb became increasingly urbanized.

Until the 1960s, the majority of the Chinese population in Chinatown emigrated from Guangdong province and Hong Kong, thus they were native speakers of Cantonese, especially the Canton and Taishan dialects.

Until the 1960s, most prisons in the United States were racially segregated.

Until the 1960s the town had a grocery store run by Belle Lutter, who claimed to have ridden Ulysses S. Grant's horse as a girl.

to the 1980s, Until 1950 the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad provided both passenger and freight service from Annapolis to Baltimore ; passenger service ended in February 1950 due to increased competition from buses and private automobiles, but freight service continued until Hurricane Agnes did so much damage to a trestle crossing the Severn River in Annapolis that the trestle was condemned for use by trains by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s ( The trestle remained as a haven for fishermen and crabbers until it was dismantled ).

Until 1960s, Tracy was a highly active railroad town on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway as a concentration point for numerous branchlines in the area serving heavy agriculture.

Until the 1960s one could board the Knickerbocker Limited in Sidney and then step down in Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Until the 1960s, people occasionally did cash in their tokens, but the remaining pieces have become very valuable through scarcity and historical interest.

Until the late 1960s, Tamaqua was a hub of railroad activity, namely the Reading Company ( RDG ) and Lehigh & New England ( LNE ).

Until toppled by a truck in April 2004, a lower-quadrant Magnetic Flagman wigwag protected a private crossing of a BNSF main mostly hidden from public view by a sound barrier in Pittsburg, California.

Until 3 July 2011, when Arriva took over bus operations, there were approximately 500 buses in public transit service in Malta, most of them privately owned by the bus drivers themselves, and operated to a unified timetable set by the transport authority.

* 2010: Until mid 2010 Cityrail train drivers were required to sound the horn upon departing platforms, but after years of complaints, this practise was dropped.

Until 2005, drivers crossing the Peace Bridge between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York, paid a toll before crossing to Canada.

Until 2003, drivers had to pay a charge to cross The Cob.

* Until 2008, drivers who win the pole award at a race must have had an Anheuser-Busch decal ( the Busch brand from 1979 – 2000, and the Budweiser brand 2001-07 ), or the corporate logo affixed to their car ( for drivers under 21 years of age ) at the time in order to earn the berth for the Budweiser Shootout.

* Until the end of the 2012 season, drivers under 21 were not permitted to participate in formal activities relating to the race, such as the draw for position and other activities such as conferences related to the race because of the alcohol sponsorship.

Until 2009 Aircoach did not carry corporate branding, although recently drivers had begun to receive standard FirstGroup uniforms with additional Aircoach branding.

Until the 1980s, there were teams in which only two drivers competed, but by the end of the decade, the rules were changed to stipulate that at least three drivers must drive each car.

Until this took place, no driver had ever won both the Busch and NEXTEL Cup Series races in the same weekend at Atlanta, although the feat had been pulled off numerous times before at other tracks by other drivers.

Until Highway 69 between Parry Sound and Sudbury was completed, drivers from Southern Ontario that wanted to reach Sudbury or Sault Ste.

Until 1995, teams were only permitted to fit aerodynamic device that were available through dealers, but that changed when, in 1994 BTCC season, Alfa Romeo entered a 155 with Gabriele Tarquini and Giampiero Simoni as drivers.

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Until the establishment of the prison, the area was entirely dependent on agriculture, and, after the close of the prison, the town continued economically dependent on agriculture.

Until 1962, the martial law continued while Field Marshal Ayub Khan purged a number of politicians and civil servants from the government and replaced them with military officers.

Until 1946 Zahir Shah ruled with the assistance of his uncle Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, who held the post of Prime Minister and continued the policies of Nadir Shah.

Until 1935, the 1926 manual Directives for the Conduct of the Operational Air War continued to act as the main guide for German air operations.

Until 2011, it continued to be used on home video and DVD releases, even after Gulf + Western / Paramount Communications ' ownership ended.

Until 1938, it continued east to Wading River.

Until the arrival of the Normans, Bari continued to be governed by the Byzantines, with only occasional interruption.

Until 1999 the islanders received US $ 180M for continued American use of Kwajalein atoll, US $ 250M in compensation for nuclear testing, and US $ 600M in other payments under the compact.

Until the recession of the 1990s, however, Bermuda continued to rely on large scale immigration of temporary Portuguese workers who laboured at jobs Bermudians considered unworthy ( notably, anything to do with agriculture or horticulture ).

Until 1992, Uzbek continued to be written using a Cyrillic alphabet almost everywhere, but now in Uzbekistan the Latin script has been officially re-introduced, although the use of Cyrillic is still widespread.

( Until 1965, Route 128 continued further, southeast along Route 3 and roughly north on Route 228 to Hull.

Until this time, and even after the Franco-Prussian War, military science continued to be divided between the formal thinking of officers brought up in the " shadow " of Napoleonic Wars

Until the early 1930s, Boyer mainly continued making French films, and Mayerling co-starring Danielle Darrieux in 1936 made him an international star.

Until the 1950s, coal industries would be the area's primary economic activitiy, served by the Washington Run branch of the P & LE Railroad that continued on to Star Junction, Pennsylvania.

Until recently, the number of weekend incidents in Ridgeley continued to rise despite a higher-than-state-average police force for its population.

Until 1969 the rail link continued to Lewes ; after it was closed Uckfield became the terminus ; the station building was rebuilt in 1991 to avoid the necessity of a level crossing.

Until the 1470s the main market of the city was held on and around the campidoglio, while cattle continued to be taxed and sold in the ancient forum located just to the south.

Until they ended their show on WGN, Steve and Johnnie continued to honor Les on Tuesday Mornings at 2: 35 AM with their segment " A Little More Les " drawing from around 30 hours of recorded conversations with Les.

Until this time the British, at RAF insistence, continued their World War I use of machine guns, and introduced twin MG mountings for AAAD.

Until 1932, Cumann na nGaedheal continued to form the Government of the Irish Free State, with Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council.

Until 1924, the government continued to pay stipends to Manchu bannermen ; however, many cut their links with their banners and took on Han-style names in shame and to avoid persecution.

Until the end of Gaelic Ireland they continued to fluctuate, expand and contract in size, as well as dissolving entirely or being amalgamated into new entities.

Until the 1960s and 70s, however, most musical scholars in the United States continued to study European music, limiting themselves only to certain fields of American music, especially European-derived classical and operatic styles, and sometimes African American jazz.