This was one of my favorite songs as a teenager, still is and yes I was a Beatles fan!
Imagine was written in one sitting in May-1971 and was released Oct-1971.
https://www.biography.com/musicians/john-lennon-imagine-song-facts
Another favorite of mine and 56 years later it still rings true today.
Written by Walter Earl Brown in 1968 for Elvis to record. He decided to dedicate it to MLK and RFK for his "68 Comeback Tour because he admired them both so much.
Elvis was born a twin (his brother Jessie Garon was stillborn) in 1935, dirt poor in a 2-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi.
All he ever wanted to do was sing gospel (his first love) and make people happy every time he sang.
Joe South wrote this song and made it a hit in 1970. He wrote this song because of the racial intolerance and wanted to sing about the need for perspective and compassion.
Joseph Alfred Souter was born Feb. 28, 1940 in Georgia and died Sept. 5, 2012.
This song was written by Luther Ingram and The Staple Singers released it in 1971. It was a song about respecting oneself and others while cutting to the heart of the matter on social issues that still are with us in 2024.
This song written by James Rado, Jerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot for the Rock Musical "Hair" and released in 1969.
It reflects on the heartless and cruel nature of people and it questions how people can find it easy to be hard and cold to people who might need compassion and understanding.
Overall it addresses the lack of empathy in our society and the need for a change.
Michael Jackson has always been one of my top favorite musicians...like Elvis Presley he knew how to get through to the heart and soul of people to make them feel his song...
We all need to reach down into our heart and find that place that makes us human and empathetic to others and heal our world!
We all need to take stock how we speak to each other and how we treat each other, both out in the world and especially inside our own family...because God gave us no guarantee how long He would leave us here, before we are called home.
Dolly Parton is a wonderful song writer for herself and others.
She has been singing her music for like 60 years and is still going strong! This song makes me think this is exactly what God might say to any one of us here on earth right now.
Sam Cooke was born Jan. 22, 1931 in Mississippi and died Dec. 12, 1964 in Los Angeles by a gunshot wound.
He wrote this song in 1963 and recorded it in January of 1964, the year he died. He drew inspiration from Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind"...
He was one of 8 children and his father was a Baptist minister. Sam wrote this song because he felt the need to address the racial divide and the struggle he grew up with and others around him at the birth of the Civil Rights movement.
Bob Dylan wrote this song in 1962 with the undertones of a protest song and poses questions in your mind about peace, war and freedom.
Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard recorded this song together because they thought it spoke to the world and what all people need right now.
Their idea was that we need to love people in general, in spite of how different we are.
Most importantly, we need to put God back in all aspects of our lives and let Him be in control and lead us!
Aretha, The Queen of Soul was born March 25, 1942 in Memphis and died August 16, 2018 in Detroit.
Her mother died when she was 10, she traveled with her father singing with his gospel programs.
Aretha died at 76 of pancreatic cancer..she had four sons!
LeAnn was born August 12, 1982 in Mississippi. She topped the charts with this recording at 13 years old...this song was written in 1958 by Bill Mack but LeAnn made it a chart topper.
This medley was written for the rock musical "Hair" in 1967, by James Rado and Gerome Ragni.
Billboard listed it as the 66th greatest song of all time.
Lyrics of the song were based on the astrological belief that the world would soon be entering the "Age of Aquarius," an age of love, light and humanity, unlike the current (then) "Age of Pisces."
This song, recorded by Edwin Starr in 1970 became the anthem against war for generations to come. It was written in the midst of the Vietnam War, which we should have never been involved in.
The original band who sang it was The Temptations.
This song was released by Motown in 1970.
This song was a political statement on disruption in the norm and disorder in our streets.
Really, this song has many similarities to today and many of the issues back then still are relevant in 2024...
This song was written by Ashford and Simpson and released in April of 1970.
A simple yet powerful song to get across a message throughout the world of needed love and unity for all.
It tries to get every listener to reach out and touch someone, connect and make a difference in their life!
Merle wrote this song and released it in 1982.
He was singing about the changes in the times and moral values that make the world a whole new place from what he and most of us remember from our younger days.
You're so Vain
Written by Carly and released in 1973. It was about different relationships she had during the years, not any one person.
That's the way I always heard it should be
Written by Carly about family life being in shambles underneath the picture of being normal, and being afraid to venture out because of fear her life will be a repeat.
Nobody does it better
was actually written by Carole Bayer Sager and music was by Marvin Hamlisch for the James Bond movie "The spy who Loved me."
It was inspired by romantic passion, love and longing which was set forth in this movie.
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