Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...
The Beatles were insistent that 'Yellow Submarine' was a purely innocent novelty song, but the swirling theories behind it indicate anything but ...
Later in the 1960s, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" became a popular protest song against the Vietnam War. 7. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Another Seeger song, "Turn! Turn! Turn!," also became part of ...
Peter Yarrow, one third of the beloved 1960s folk trio Peter ... helping to organize the anti-Vietnam National Mobilization to End the War protest in 1969 in Washington that drew nearly 500,000 ...
Washington area residents attended the candle light vigil to protest against a US-led war on Iraq on ... was known for its anti-war songs since the 1960s, including covers of US musician Bob Dylan’s ...
Despite a lingering suspicion over the years, Yarrow always denied that the song was ... Throughout the 1960s they participated in countless demonstrations against the war in Vietnam.
The jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s. Jan. 19 ... An apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand ...
She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a ... After marrying disc jockey Bob Green in 1960 and settling down in Miami Beach, Bryant released a string of albums; earned Grammy ...
She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice before her career came ...