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
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
About the artist
Born 14 June 1909, Hunt City, Illinois. Died 14 April 1995, Anacortes, Washington, USA.