The Sixties
1966 · Decca 31918 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Burl Ives
- Title
- The Sixties
- Release
- The Sixties / Don't Forget Your Paddle-O
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Decca # 31918
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Boudleaux Bryant
- Genre
- Novelty · Novelty
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Burl Ives - contemporary folk, novelty artist, born 14 June 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois, USA. Died 14 April 1995 in Anacortes, Washington, USA. The song "The Sixties" (Decca Records [USA] # 31918), a novelty track about the 1960s, looking at hippie counter-culture and protest movements, from Vietnam to Civil Rights and the atomic bomb: "shooting wars and freedom marches all over... thinking of the bomb".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Long hair boys and streaming females all over / Population explosion, no place folks can be alone / That's the sixties, six, six, sixties / Shooting wars and freedom marches all over / Moon shot pictures and UFOs and...vision phones / That's the sixties, six, six, sixties / Everyone uneasy, from the bottom to the top / Thinking of the bomb that they hope no ones gonna drop / Change is the air, and I mean all over / Jet planes everywhere, cars by millions / Tires screech and groan / That's the sixties, six, six, sixties
Notes
Decca 31918 (116,938), pink promotional label marked "Promotion Copy – Not For Sale"; "The Sixties" (Boudleaux Bryant), 2:34, Acuff-Rose Publ., Inc. (BMI); vocal with chorus and orchestra directed by Owen Bradley. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 14 June 1909, Hunt City, Illinois. Died 14 April 1995, Anacortes, Washington, USA.
Themes
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]