1960s

1960s

• Steelband began to use pan racks or canopies
• Hurricane Force (Reading) was formed
• Irwin Clement Steelband (London) was formed

1960

• Daphne Oram electronically manipulated the steelpan sound
• Shell Oil Company became the first corporate company to sponsor a steelband: Invaders, Trinidad 
• Harold Phillips formed the Rhythm Calypso Boys, a combination of steelpans and electric guitars
• Esso Steel Band (Leeds) was formed

1961

• The first steelband performance at Queen's Royal College, Trinidad
• Cherry Pickers (Manchester) was formed

1962

• Tenor bass was introduced
• Trinidad and Tobago gained Independence from Britain
• The Paradise Steelband (Leeds) was formed

1963

• Double Tenor was introduced
• The first official Bomb Competition, Trinidad
• The first Panorama Competition, Trinidad
• The first Trinidad Anniversary Independence Steelband Festival

1964

• The first Steelband Music Festival, Trinidad
• The first Solo Ping Pong Competition, Trinidad
• Trinidad's National Steelband was formed
• Sterling Betancourt formed Nostalgia steelband, 'pan around the neck' (UK)
• The Invaders Combo (London) was formed

1965

• Trinidad's National Steelband performed at the first Commonwealth Arts Festival in London
• The All Caribbean Steelband, from Liverpool, performed on ITVs talent show Opportunity Knocks
• The United Caribbean Association's steelband (Leeds) was formed 

1966

• TTSBA was re-named the National Association of Trinidad and Tobago (NATTS)
• Carnival began in Notting Hill

1967

• Carnival began in Bristol and Leeds
• The Hollies used the steelpan in their record 'Carrie Ann'
• The first steelband competition in Leeds was held

1968

1969

• Strumming changed from four beats to the bar to three
• Teaching steelpan began in UK schools
• Ebony Steelband (London) was formed
• Islington Green School (London) was formed
• Notting Hill Carnival moved from September to August