The Music of Political Causes and Campaign
Music and politics has been linked for quite a long time. FDR began the trend of using popular music for the campaign when he used “Happy Days Are Here Again” for his campaign. From political movements to presidential elections, music is used to express feelings....
The Greatest Singers of All Time (Part 2)
The Greatest Singers of all Times (Part 1) | The Greatest Singers of all Times (Part 2) Mick Jagger Mick Jagger is an English singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and a co-founder of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over 50 years,...
The Greatest Singers of All Time (Part 1)
The Greatest Singers of all Times (Part 1) | The Greatest Singers of all Times (Part 2) Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin is an American singer–songwriter and musician. Franklin's church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career,...
The Counterculture Movement
The Counterculture Movement Counterculture refers to an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that started in the United States and then spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s. New York City and San Francisco were the...
British Invasion
British Invasion The British Invasion was a phenomenon that occurred in the mid-1960s when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom, as well as other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States, and significant to the rising "counterculture"...
Flower Power
Flower Power Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence ideology. It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. The expression was coined by the American beat poet Allen...
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of...
Keith Richards
Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, best-selling memoirist, and founding member of the rock band The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone Magazine credited Richards for "rock's greatest single body of riffs" on...
The Osmond’s
The Osmond’s/Donny and Marie The Osmond’s are an American family music group with a long and varied career, formed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are devout members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their religious values have influenced in their...
The Beatles
The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Their sound was a...