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MUSIC: “A Change is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke, 1964

on September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 By Sheila Gallagher

Sam Cooke, one of the greatest voices of popular music, was inspired by Bob Dylan’s song “Blowin’ in the Wind” and how a white person could write so powerfully about racism. Cooke wrote “A Change is Gonna Come” after he and his friends were refused lodging in a ‘whites only’ motel in Louisiana. Cooke was risking his career in doing so.

MUSIC: “Masters of War” – Bob Dylan, 1963

on September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 By Sheila Gallagher

Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” was written as an indictment of the ‘military industrial complex’.

MUSIC: “The Times They Are a-Changin’” – Bob Dylan, 1963

on September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 By Sheila Gallagher

Bob Dylan was called the ‘conscience and voice of a generation.’ He put into song what people wanted to express but had not the words. The song “The Times They Are a-Changin’” would resound throughout the years of the 1960s.

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968

on August 28, 2018August 29, 2018 By Sheila Gallagher

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1968

Review: The Beatles’ ‘White Album’

on August 26, 2018September 2, 2018 By Sheila Gallagher

Review: The Beatles’ ‘White Album’

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