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" [3]
    Pete Seeger releases "The Bitter and The Sweet", which contains the folk anthem Where Have All the Flowers Gone? [4]
    Peter, Paul and Mary release "Peter, Paul and Mary" [5]
  • 1963: Bob Dylan releases "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" [6]
    Dylan refuses to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show when he was prohibited from performing "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" [7]
    Peter, Paul and Mary release "Moving" and "In the Wind" [8]
  • 1964: Bob Dylan releases "The Times They Are A'Changin'" and "Another Side of Bob Dylan" [9]
    During the week of April 4, The Beatles hold top five spots on Billboard's singles chart [10]
    Joan Baez releases "Joan Baez in San Francisco" [11]
    Simon and Garfunkel release "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." [12]
  • 1965: Bob Dylan releases "Bringing It All Back Home" [13], his first recording with electric instruments
    Joan Baez launches "Farewell, Angelina" [14]
    Pete Seeger hosts a television show, Rainbow Quest, devoted to showcasing folk music
    Bob Dylan releases "Highway 61 Revisited" [15]
    Peter, Paul and Mary release "A Song Will Rise" and "See What Tomorrow Brings" [16]
  • 1966: Simon and Garfunkel's single Sounds of Silence reaches number one on the pop charts [17]
    Simon and Garfunkel release "Sounds of Silence"
    Simon and Garfunkel release "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" [18]
    Bob Dylan Releases "Blonde on Blonde" [19]
  • 1967: Peter, Paul and Mary release "Album 1700" [20]
  • 1968: Simon and Garfunkel release the soundtrack to The Graduate
    Simon and Garfunkel release "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." [21]
    Peter, Paul and Mary release "Late Again"
  • 1969: Peter, Paul and Mary release "Peter, Paul and Mommy" [22]
  • 1970: Simon and Garfunkel release their last album as a duo, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" [23]
    Bob Dylan releases "New Morning" [24]

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

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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:

  1. ↑ "The Kingston Trio". The Kingston Trio . 22 Aug. 2005. 1 Sept. 2008 <http://www.kingstontrio.com/content/the_trio1.htm>.
  2. ↑ "Joan Baez: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joanbaez/discography>.
  3. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.
  4. ↑ Pollock, Bruce. When the Music Mattered: Rock in the 1960's . New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
  5. ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 29 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peterpaulandmary/discography>.
  6. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.
  7. ↑ 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>.
  8. ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 29 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peterpaulandmary/discography>.
  9. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.
  10. ↑ "Worldwide Charts." The Beatles' Record Sales . 2005. 1 Sept. 2008 <http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/the-beatles-record-sales,-worldwide-charts/worldwide-charts.html>.
  11. ↑ "Joan Baez: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joanbaez/discography>.
  12. ↑ "Simon and Garfunkel: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/discography>.
  13. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.
  14. ↑ "Joan Baez: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joanbaez/discography>.
  15. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.
  16. ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 29 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peterpaulandmary/discography>.
  17. ↑ "Number One Hits: 1966". The Menzies Era . 2 Sept. 2008. 2 Sept. 2008 <http://www.menziesera.com/number_1_hits/1966.shtml>.
  18. ↑ "Simon and Garfunkel: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/discography>.
  19. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.
  20. ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 29 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peterpaulandmary/discography>.
  21. ↑ "Simon and Garfunkel: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/discography>.
  22. ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 29 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peterpaulandmary/discography>.
  23. ↑ "Simon and Garfunkel: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/discography>.
  24. ↑ "Bob Dylan: Discography". Rolling Stone . 2008. 28 Aug. 2008 <http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/discography>.

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