If I Had a Hammer
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)” is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by...
Tagged: folk
Coming into Los Angeles
It was the most inspiring voyage of Arlo Guthrie’s itinerant music career, but a lot of the details are a bit of a blur now, like so much of the late 1960s. “I was...
Get Together
Get Together”, also known as “Let’s Get Together”, is a song written in the early 1960s by American singer-songwriter Chet Powers (aka Dino Valenti). The song is an appeal for peace and brotherhood, presenting...
Space Oddity
“Space Oddity” is a song written and performed by David Bowie and released as a music single in 1969. It is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut; its title alludes to...
I Scare Myself
Daniel Ivan Hicks (born December 9, 1941, in Little Rock, Arkansas), is an American singer-songwriter who combines cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music in his sound. He is perhaps best...
House of the Rising Sun
The House of the Rising Sun” is a traditional folk song, sometimes called “Rising Sun Blues”. It tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964...
You’ve Got a Friend
You’ve Got a Friend” is a song from 1971, written by Carole King, and included in her album Tapestry and James Taylor’s album Mud Slide Slim, which were recorded simultaneously in 1971 with shared...
