"that got significant airplay on WIBG. Co-composers White and Medora had previously co-written several hit singles, including ""At the Hop"" for Danny and the Juniors; ""You Don't Own Me"" for Lesley Gore; and ""1-2-3"" for Len Barry. The Spokesmen The Spokesmen were an American pop music trio. They scored a hit single in the U.S. in 1965 with the tune ""The Dawn of Correction"", which was a partially sarcastic counterpoint and answer record to Barry McGuire's protest song, ""Eve of Destruction"". The song was written by the group's members, John Medora, David White, and Ray Gilmore, the latter a long"
"peaked at No. 37 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart during the week ending September 25, 1965. That same week the single went to No. 1 on both the ""Cashbox"" and ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. McGuire was never again to break into the Top 40. The song knocked ""Help!"" by The Beatles out of the top spot on the chart. According to McGuire, ""Eve of Destruction"" was recorded in one take on a Thursday morning (from words scrawled on a crumpled piece of paper) and then he got a call from the record company at 7:00 the next Monday morning,"
"the Christys in January 1965, after recording the album ""Cowboys and Indians"", although, on the 1965 album ""Chim Chim Cher-ee"", he sang on the title cut. As a folk rock solo singer in the 1960s, he was best known for his hits ""Eve of Destruction"" and ""Sins of a Family"", both written by P.F. Sloan. Barry's other chart successes were ""Child of Our Times"" and ""Cloudy Summer Afternoon (Raindrops)"" (penned by Travis Edmonson of the 1960s folk-duo, Bud & Travis). ""Eve of Destruction"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The album, ""The Eve of Destruction"","
"P. F. Sloan P. F. ""Flip"" Sloan (born Philip Gary Schlein; September 18, 1945 – November 15, 2015) was an American pop-rock singer and songwriter. He was very successful during the mid-1960s, writing, performing, and producing Billboard top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire, The Searchers, Jan and Dean, Herman's Hermits, Johnny Rivers, The Grass Roots, The Turtles and The Mamas & the Papas. Many of his songs were written in collaboration with Steve Barri. His most successful songs as a writer were three top ten hits. Barry McGuire's 1965 ""Eve of Destruction"", Johnny Rivers' 1966 ""Secret Agent"
"Eve of Destruction (album) Eve of Destruction is a 2-CD/1-DVD boxed set by punk rock guitarist/singer/songwriter Johnny Thunders. The set consists of three different live recordings from various points in Thunders' life and career. The first CD consists of the full live set featuring a reunion of Thunders with fellow ex-New York Dolls and Heartbreakers drummer Jerry Nolan and ex-Dolls bassist Arthur ""Killer"" Kane, recorded at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, California on January 4, 1987. It would be the last time Kane would ever play with Thunders and Nolan, as the two musicians would pass away within a"
"This concept of intimate involvement reached new heights in May 1968 when the ""Composers and Musicians for Peace"" concert was staged in New York. As the war continued, and with the new media coverage, the movement snowballed and popular music reflected this. As early as the summer of 1965, music-based protest against the American involvement in Southeast Asia began with works like P. F. Sloan's folk rock song ""Eve of Destruction"", recorded by Barry McGuire as one of the earliest musical protests against the Vietnam War. A key figure on the rock end of the antiwar spectrum was Jimi Hendrix"
"debut album ""It Ain't Me Babe"", shortly before McGuire's version was cut; it was eventually released as a single and hit #100 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1970. The song was also recorded by Jan and Dean on their album ""Folk 'n Roll"" in 1965, using the same backing track as the McGuire version, and by The Grass Roots on their first album ""Where Were You When I Needed You"" in 1966. McGuire recalled in later years that ""Eve of Destruction"" had been recorded in one take on a Thursday morning, reading lyrics scrawled on a crumpled piece of"
"Tom Paxton (""Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation"" - about the escalation of the war in Vietnam, ""Jimmy Newman"" – the story of a dying soldier, and ""My Son John"" – about a soldier who returns from war unable to describe what he's been through), among others. The first protest song to reach number one in the United States was P.F. Sloan's ""Eve Of Destruction"", performed by Barry McGuire in 1965. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s often used Negro spirituals as a source of protest, changing the religious lyrics to suit the political mood of the time."
"Steve Barri Steve Barri (born Steven Barry Lipkin in Brooklyn, New York on February 23, 1942) is an American songwriter and record producer. Early in his career, Barri was a staff writer with Dunhill Records. He produced such huge hits as ""Dizzy"" by Tommy Roe. He frequently collaborated with P. F. Sloan and the partners were responsible for the success of The Grass Roots and contributed largely to the band's first album. The writing partners' biggest global hit was ""Eve of Destruction"" by Barry McGuire originally from the New Christy Minstrels. Barri also wrote and/or produced many other hit songs"
"and recorded ""Eve of Destruction"" in 1965. Other performers such as Simon & Garfunkel and the Mamas & the Papas created new, hard-to-classify music that was folk-inflected and often included in discussions of folk rock. During this period, the term ""protest music"" was often used to characterize folk music with topical political themes. The convergence of the civil rights movement and folk music on the college campus led to the popularity of artists like Bob Dylan and his brand of protest music. As Folk singers and songwriters such as Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Arlo Guthrie and Tom Paxton followed in"
"Records as a producer and was promoted to senior vice president in 2001. Steve Barri Steve Barri (born Steven Barry Lipkin in Brooklyn, New York on February 23, 1942) is an American songwriter and record producer. Early in his career, Barri was a staff writer with Dunhill Records. He produced such huge hits as ""Dizzy"" by Tommy Roe. He frequently collaborated with P. F. Sloan and the partners were responsible for the success of The Grass Roots and contributed largely to the band's first album. The writing partners' biggest global hit was ""Eve of Destruction"" by Barry McGuire originally from"
"Destroyer (The Kinks song) ""Destroyer"" is a song by British rock band The Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released as a track on the group's nineteenth album, ""Give the People What They Want"", in August 1981, and was the album's lead single in the US. It was not released as a single in the UK. The song features references to the band's earlier hits, including the riff from 1964's ""All Day and All of the Night"" and lyrics inspired by 1970's ""Lola."" Like other Kinks songs of the period, ""Destroyer"" features a heavier, rock-based sound. After being abandoned"
"Hot 100. In the UK, the track was available only when the album was released there in January 1982. Destroyer (The Kinks song) ""Destroyer"" is a song by British rock band The Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released as a track on the group's nineteenth album, ""Give the People What They Want"", in August 1981, and was the album's lead single in the US. It was not released as a single in the UK. The song features references to the band's earlier hits, including the riff from 1964's ""All Day and All of the Night"" and lyrics inspired"
"Symphony of Destruction ""Symphony of Destruction"" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released as a single from their 1992 album, ""Countdown to Extinction"". The lyrics explore the hypothetical situation where an average citizen is placed in a position where he runs the country while the public is led by a phantom government. Penned by vocalist and frontman Dave Mustaine, the song received significant radio play and charted in various territories, making it one of Megadeth's best known songs. The song was generally well received by critics, and its accompanying music video by Wayne Isham initially received heavy"
"Larry Finnegan John Lawrence Finneran, better known by his stage name Larry Finnegan (Some have him listed with stage name ""Larry Finneran"" but that is incorrect)(October 10, 1938 – July 22, 1973) was an American pop singer. Born in New York, Finnegan's only hit in the U.S. was 1962's ""Dear One"", which went to #11 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and climbed to #1 in Australia. The recording had sold one million copies by 1966, earning a gold disc. In the mid-1960s Finnegan moved to Sweden, where he had more hits. In 1966 he started his own record label"
"Georgie Fame Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still a popular performer, often working with contemporaries such as Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the only British pop star to have achieved three number one hits with his only Top 10 chart entries: ""Yeh, Yeh"" in 1964, ""Get Away"" in 1966 and ""The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"" in 1967. Fame was born in Leigh, Lancashire. He took piano lessons from the age of seven and"
"Only Love (Nana Mouskouri song) ""Only Love"" is a 1985 song by Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. It is the theme song to the American TV series ""Mistral's Daughter"" — based upon the novel by Judith Krantz — and when released as a single it reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in early 1986. The song was also a hit in its other versions: ""L'Amour en Héritage"" (French), ""Come un'eredità"" (Italian), ""La dicha del amor"" (Spanish), and ""Aber die Liebe bleibt"" (German). The German version was also recorded with an alternate set of lyrics under the title ""Der wilde"
"""Elvis Aron Presley"" (on the record 8 titled ""Lost Singles""). It's Only Love (B. J. Thomas song) ""It's Only Love'"" is a 1969 song by B. J. Thomas from his LP ""Young and In Love"". Elvis Presley made the song into a major hit in the UK, reaching #3 in 1980. Thomas' original of ""It's Only Love"" was released in the spring of 1969. It became a modest hit in the United States (U.S. ""Billboard"" #45, ""Cash Box"" #28; AC #19), performing somewhat better in Canada (#24). ""It's Only Love"" was covered two and a half years later by Elvis"
"many performers, including ""Eve of Destruction"" (Barry McGuire); ""You Baby"" and ""Let Me Be"" (The Turtles); ""A Must to Avoid"" and ""Hold On!"" (Herman's Hermits); ""Take Me For What I'm Worth"" (The Searchers); and ""Secret Agent Man"" (Johnny Rivers). This last song was the theme tune for ""Danger Man"", a British TV series that had been given a new title (""Secret Agent"") and theme for the US market. Due to its line ""You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'"", ""Eve of Destruction"" was used as a rallying cry by supporters of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States"
"(Part 2 of a 2 CD Set)"" ""Track Listing (Maxi-Single, picture disc, CD 1)"" Only (Anthrax song) ""Only"" is a song by New York City heavy metal band Anthrax off their 1993 album ""Sound of White Noise"". It is one of their most popular songs from the John Bush era, and has also appeared on their compilation album, ""Return of the Killer A's"". Recently Joey Belladonna has sung this song on the big four tours. The song was issued as a two-CD set featuring alternate color schemes of the single's artwork, one the regular color and the other would be"
"hit, ""Let's Live for Today"" (by the British band The Rokes). After that, though, the new Grass Roots wanted to write their own songs, and Sloan, who still wanted to be a recording artist, became alienated from both Barri and Dunhill management. According to Barri, Sloan changed after the success of ""Eve of Destruction"": ""He was two people. We were just two Jewish kids from New York. We liked the same movies. We played Wiffle ball together. But when 'Eve of Destruction' became such a smash, he went with Barry McGuire to England, and he came back a different person."
"progressed. The vast majority of the urban folk revivalists shared a disdain for the values of mainstream American mass culture and led many folk singers to begin composing their own ""protest"" material. The influence of this folk-protest movement would later manifest itself in the sociopolitical lyrics and mildly anti-establishment sentiments of many folk rock songs, including hit singles such as ""Eve of Destruction"", ""Like a Rolling Stone"", ""For What It's Worth"", and ""Let's Live for Today"". During the 1950s and early 1960s in the UK, a parallel folk revival referred to as the second British folk revival, was led by"
"Trevor Gordon Trevor Gordon Grunnill (5 May 1948 - 10 January 2013) was a British-Australian singer, songwriter and musician. He was a member of the late 1960s English group the Marbles, whose biggest hit was the UK No. 5 ""Only One Woman"". Gordon was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England as Trevor Gordon Grunnill He emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in the late 1950s. While still in high school, Gordon found work as a boy singer on the popular ""Johnny O'Keefe"" TV show leading to an exclusive contract with ABC, the Australian Television Network. This led to many live"
"Trevor Gordon Trevor Gordon Grunnill (5 May 1948 - 10 January 2013) was a British-Australian singer, songwriter and musician. He was a member of the late 1960s English group the Marbles, whose biggest hit was the UK No. 5 ""Only One Woman"". Gordon was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England as Trevor Gordon Grunnill He emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in the late 1950s. While still in high school, Gordon found work as a boy singer on the popular ""Johnny O'Keefe"" TV show leading to an exclusive contract with ABC, the Australian Television Network. This led to many live"
"It's Only Love (B. J. Thomas song) ""It's Only Love'"" is a 1969 song by B. J. Thomas from his LP ""Young and In Love"". Elvis Presley made the song into a major hit in the UK, reaching #3 in 1980. Thomas' original of ""It's Only Love"" was released in the spring of 1969. It became a modest hit in the United States (U.S. ""Billboard"" #45, ""Cash Box"" #28; AC #19), performing somewhat better in Canada (#24). ""It's Only Love"" was covered two and a half years later by Elvis Presley in the fall of 1971 and released as a"
"There Is Only One Roy Orbison There Is Only One Roy Orbison is the seventh album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his first for MGM Records, released in July 1965. It features his studio recording of ""Claudette"", an Orbison-penned song which had become a hit for The Everly Brothers in 1958. Ironically, at the time he recorded the song in 1965, he had divorced his wife Claudette who had inspired the lyrics. Orbison later re-recorded the song for """" in 1985. (They later reconciled in 1966, before her death in a motorcycle accident in June of that year near Galatin,"
"is waiting for her date to arrive. He vows to try ""over and over"". In 1965, the most successful version, was recorded by the Dave Clark Five, one of the early British Invasion bands of the mid-1960s. This version was sung by lead singer and keyboardist Mike Smith. It followed the group's signature sound of thumping, 4/4 drum beats accompanied by a wailing saxophone. It omits the final verse of the song. In the US, ""Over and Over"" was the group's 12th Top 40 hit and was their only #1 hit. It was also the last #1 hit of 1965."
"Amory Kane Amory Kane (born Jack Daniel Kane, March 28, 1946) is a British-based American musician, most renowned for his work in late 1960s ""swinging London"", perhaps for his single ""Reflections of Your Face"", which was covered by artists such as P.J. Proby. He is also notable in that members of Led Zeppelin played in his band. Kane worked as a session musician in London, playing on recordings credited to bands such as The Magic Lanterns. He released two solo albums: ""Memories of Time Unwound"", released in 1968 on MCA and ""Just to Be There"", released in 1970 by CBS,"
"severe tension when the West boycotted the first Russian Olympics in 1980. Musicians of these decades, especially in Jazz and Folk Music, were influenced by the shadow of nuclear war. Probably the most famous, passionate and influential of all was Bob Dylan, notably in his songs Masters of War and A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (written just before the Cuban Missile Crisis). In 1965 Barry McGuire's version of P. F. Sloan's apocalyptic Eve of Destruction was a number one hit in the United States and elsewhere. Van Cliburn was a pianist who was celebrated with a ticker tape parade after"
"Desolation Row ""Desolation Row"" is a 1965 song written and sung by Bob Dylan. It was recorded on August 4, 1965 and released as the closing track of Dylan's sixth studio album, ""Highway 61 Revisited"". It has been noted for its length (11:21) and surreal lyrics in which Dylan weaves characters from history, fiction, the Bible and his own invention into a series of vignettes that suggest entropy and urban chaos. ""Desolation Row"" is often ranked as one of Dylan's greatest compositions. Although the album version of ""Desolation Row"" is acoustic, the song was initially recorded in an electric version."
"1961, a version of the song ""Lollipop"", originally by Ronald & Ruby, which also became a success. Vee had a total of ten hit singles in the UK, ending with ""Bobby Tomorrow"" (UK number 21) in 1963. In 1963, American Bandstand signed Vee to headline Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars national U.S. tour which was scheduled to perform its 15th show on the night of November 22, 1963 at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, Texas until suddenly the Friday evening event had to be cancelled moments after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated that afternoon while touring Dallas in"
"Only Lonely ""Only Lonely"" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was the first single taken from their second album, ""7800° Fahrenheit"" (1985). Debuting on the Hot 100 on April 20, 1985, it peaked at #54 and remained on the charts for eight weeks. The song fared better on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at #28 in May. In the UK, it reached #24. ""Only Lonely"" was played in the 1987 drama film Light of Day starring Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett and Michael McKean. Only Lonely was performed as a part"
"Only Sixteen ""Only Sixteen"" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1959. The song was a top 15 hit on ""Billboard's"" Hot R&B Sides chart and also charted within the top 30 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. In the UK it was covered, and taken to No. 1, by Craig Douglas. ""Only Sixteen"" was inspired by the sixteenth birthday of Lou Rawls' stepsister, Eunice. The song was originally intended for actor Steve Rowland, who often hung around the Keen studio. Rowland asked Cooke to write a song for him, and Cooke"