Politically Influential Music of the 1960s
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Summary
Folk Music
Origins
Causal Factors:
- growing social consciousness
- Kennedy
- Mass conformity of 1950s in face of a Russian Threat
- Disenchantment with false promises
- Growing racial tensions
- Repercussions and Implications of WWII
Goals of the Movement:
- Social Equality
- Freedom (Political and Racial)
- Democracy
- Peace
Chronology
- 1958: Kingston Trio releases "Tom Dooley" [1]
- 1961: Joan Baez releases "Joan Baez, Vol. 2" [2]
- 1962: Bob Dylan releases "Bob Dylan"
Pete Seeger releases "The Bitter and The Sweet", which contains the folk anthem Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Peter, Paul and Mary release "Peter, Paul and Mary"
- 1963: Bob Dylan releases "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"
Dylan refuses to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show when he was prohibited from performing "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" [3]
Peter, Paul and Mary release "Moving" and "In the Wind"
- 1964: Bob Dylan releases "The Times They Are A'Changin'" and "Another Side of Bob Dylan"
During the week of April 4, The Beatles hold top five spots on Billboard's singles chart
Joan Baez releases "Joan Baez in San Francisco"
Simon and Garfunkel release "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."
- 1965: Bob Dylan releases "Bringing It All Back Home", his first recording with electric instruments, launching the electric Dylan controversy
Joan Baez launches "Farewell, Angelina"
Pete Seeger hosts a television show, Rainbow Quest, devoted to showcasing folk music
Bob Dylan releases "Highway 61 Revisited"
Peter, Paul and Mary release "A Song Will Rise" and "See What Tomorrow Brings"
- 1966: Simon and Garfunkel's single Sounds of Silence reaches number on on the pop charts [4]
Simon and Garfunkel release "Sounds of Silence"
Simon and Garfunkel release "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"
Bob Dylan Releases "Blonde on Blonde"
- 1967: Peter, Paul and Mary release "Album 1700"
- 1968: Simon and Garfunkel release the soundtrack to The Graduate
Peter, Paul and Mary release "Late Again"
- 1969: Peter, Paul and Mary release "Peter, Paul and Mommy"
- 1970: Simon and Garfunkel release their last album as a duo, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Bob Dylan releases "New Morning"
Significant People:
Bob Dylan
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| You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone,
For the times, they are a-changing |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ced8o50G9kg&feature=related
Simon and Garfunkel
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| Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war |
Peter, Paul and Mary
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| It's the hammer of Justice; it's the bell of Freedom
It's the song about Love between my brothers and sisters |
Pete Seeger
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| Where have all the flowers gone? |
Joan Baez
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| Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall |
Joni Mitchell
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| Still I sent up my prayer, wondering where it had to go
With heaven full of astronauts, and the Lord on death row |
Outcomes/Long Term Effects on U.S. Culture:
Rock and Roll
Origins
- causal factors
- goals
Chronology:
- Significant events & actions
- watershed moments
- turning points and phases of the organization
Significant People:
- individuals both inside the organization and out who impacted it’s course
Outcomes/Long Term Effects on U.S. Culture:
References:
- ↑ "Joan Baez: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joanbaez/discography>.
- ↑ "The Kingston Trio". The Kingston Trio . 22 Aug. 2005. 1 Sept. 2008 <http://www.kingstontrio.com/content/the_trio1.htm>.
- ↑ Simon, Ron. "The Ed Sullivan Show". The Museum of Broadcast Communications . 29 Nov. 2007. 2 Sept. 2008 <http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/htmlE/edsullivans/edsullivans.htm>.
- ↑ "Number One Hits: 1966". The Menzies Era . 2 Sept. 2008. 2 Sept. 2008 <http://www.menziesera.com/number_1_hits/1966.shtml>.
