Musicology by Jesus Sanchez
Musicology by Jesus Sanchez
MUSICOLOGIST JESUS SANCHEZ AT WORK / CITY: PARLIER
“The Decade of Change: 1960-1970”
1960 – FDA Approves Birth Control Pill / Founding of Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
PLAY > “THE TWIST” BY CHUBBY CHECKER
1961 – First Civil Rights Freedom Ride To South / Bob Dylan Releases First Album
PLAY > “EXODUS” BY FERRANTE & TEICHER
1962 – Second Vatican Council Begins / Cesar Chavez Founds National Farm Workers Association
PLAY > “IF I HAD A HAMMER” BY PETER, PAUL & MARY
1963 – Civil Rights March On Washington D.C. / Beatles Release “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
PLAY > “DOMINIQUE” BY THE SINGING NUN
1964 – U.C. Berkeley Free Speech Movement / U.S. Congress Passes Civil Rights Act
PLAY > “DANCING IN THE STREETS” BY MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELAS
1965 – Delano Grape Strike Begins / Malcolm X Assassinated
PLAY > “LIKE A ROLLING STONE” BY BOB DYLAN
1966 – Cesar Chavez’s March to Sacramento / Founding of Black Panthers
PLAY > “CALIFORNIA DREAMING” BY MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
1967 – San Francisco’s “Summer of Love” / Founding of Brown Berets
PLAY > “IF YOU GO TO SAN FRANCISCO” BY SCOTT MACKENZIE
1968 – Cesar Chavez 25-Day Fast for Nonviolence / Martin Luther King & Robert Kennedy Assassinated
PLAY > “EVERYDAY PEOPLE” BY SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
1969 – Woodstock Festival / Chicano Moratorium
PLAY > “SANTANA AT WOODSTOCK 1969”
1970 – National Guard Shoots & Kills Four Kent State University Students Protesting the Vietnam War
Reference: Billboard Trade Magazine for the most played and most sold songs for each year.