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The 1960s: Its History and Its Music

The 1960s: Its History and Its Music. The 1960s were about:. T he sixties were the age of youth in the United States, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. 

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The 1960s: Its History and Its Music

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  1. The 1960s:Its History and Its Music

  2. The 1960s were about: The sixties were the age of youth in the United States, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults.  The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life.
  3. FACTS ABOUT THE 1960s Population 177,830,000 Unemployment 3,852,000 National Debt 286.3 Billion Average Salary $4,743 Teacher's Salary $5,174 Minimum Wage $1.00 Life Expectancy:  Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000 An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter college; emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps
  4. Historical Influences of the 1960s 1960 John F. Kennedy elected youngest president of U.S. ever at the age of 43-1/2 1962 The CIA attacked Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. Long range missiles identified in Cuba. 1963 Pres. John F. Kennedy shot and killed 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law 1964 War in Vietnam is aided by the U.S. secretly and later continues openly until 1972 1965 Watts riots L.A., CA
  5. More Historical Influences 1965 Comstock Law overturned making the private use of birth control a constitutional right 1967 First invertebrate is cloned 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy shot and killed. 1969 Neil Armstrong is the first man to land on he moon 1969 First artificial heart transplanted (Dr. Denton Cooley) 1969 Woodstock
  6. Influences on the Music. The modular synthesizer (aka moog synthesizer), developed in 1960 by Robert Moog and Donald Buchla, marked a major change in serious music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2AeD0Tn4Y Morton Subotnik'sSilver Apples of the Moon;  Robert Ashley'sWolfman.  In 1967, Alvin Lucier, one of the co-founders of the Sonic Arts Union, created "Music for a Solo Performer," in which electrodes were attached to the performer's scalp.
  7. What was important about the music of the 1960s? Acid Rock (highly amplified) Psychedelic Rock (mellower, but amplified) Counterculture Hippies Folk Music (lyrics are poetic, music is simple) Surf Music (everyone wants to have blond hair and blue eyes) Blue-eyed soul Electronic music Lyrics still important and understandable
  8. Top 10 Songs of the 1960s (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – Rolling Stones Respect – Aretha Franklin Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan Good Vibrations – Beach Boys Hey Jude – The Beatles Louie Louis – The Kingsmen Yesterday – Paul McCartney A Day In the Life – The Beatles I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
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