Has anyone found any other songs that relate to any of the topics in the document? If so, let us know by clicking on “thoughts and comments” below this post.
- Preface
- World War I
- The Industrial Age, Immigration and Labor Wars
- The Roaring Twenties
- Preface – The League of Nations
- The Twenties Zeitgeist – Cultural Wars
- The Arrival of the Flapper and Sheik
- The Lost Generation
- The “Algonquin Round Table”
- The Harlem Renaissance
- Ballyhoo, Fads, Fashions and Follies
- Charles A. Lindbergh
- The Scopes Trial
- Religious Celebrities
- Car Culture and Consumer Economy
- Radio, Hollywood, and Art Deco
- Reaction to all the Cultural Change
- Prohibition
- Speakeasies and Gangsterism
- Jazz was the Sound of the Speakeasies
- The Politics of Passivity
- “The Boom”
- The Great Stock “Bubble”
- SUMMARY
- The Great Depression
- The Great Economic Disaster
- Homelessness and Hoovervilles
- The Plight of the Farmer
- The Dust Bowl
- Hoboes
- The Bonus Army
- Dance Marathons
- Hoover’s Failures
- The Liberal Reaction
- The Election of 1932
- The New Deal
- Social Security
- Opposition to the New Deal
- Prohibition and Gangsters
- Pop Culture during the Great Depression
- Race Relations
- Introduction
- The Jim Crow Experience
- Lynchings
- The Scottsboro Boys
- Racial Equality Organizations
- Segregation, Racial Hatred and Integration
- The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
- School Integration
- The Lunch Counter Sit-ins
- The Freedom Riders
- James Meredith’s Attempt to Enroll
- Desegregation in Birmingham, Alabama
- The Killing of Medgar Evers
- The March on Washington
- Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
- Freedom Summer
- The Marches from Selma
- Northern Urban Riots
- Black Nationalism and Militancy
- The Black Panther Party
- The Assassination of Martin Luther King
- World War II
- Post World War II
- The Fifties
- Introduction
- Post-war Politics
- Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech
- Suburbanization
- The Stereotypical Family of the Fifties
- Baby Boomers, The Consumption Society and Conformity
- Downtown Gives Way to the Shopping Mall
- Fifties Diners (Drive-ins)
- Advent and Growth of Television
- Television Shaped Family Life in The Fifties
- Religion on TV
- Sports on TV in The Fifties
- Television of News, Current Events and Politics in the Fifties
- Significant TV News Events of the Fifties
- Criticism of 1950s Television
- Polio and The Salk Vaccine
- Social Criticism in The Fifties
- The Rise of Rock & Roll in The Fifties
- Criticism of the Fifties’ Culture
- The Beat Generation
- Conclusion – The Day the Music Died
- The Vietnam War
- French Indochina after World War II
- Early American Vietnamese Policy
- The Kennedy Administration on Vietnam
- President Johnson Expands the War
- The Draft
- The Soldier’s Experience in Vietnam
- The My Lai Massacre
- Agent Orange and Napalm
- Hawks and Doves
- The Tet Offensive and its Consequences
- Nixon’s Plan for Peace
- The Troops Come Home
- Cultural Rebellion
- Woman’s Rights/The Feminist Movement
- LGBT Civil Rights
- Post Vietnam
- Conclusion
- Index of Songs
- Bibliography
- Sources
- Discography
- Copyright Disclaimer
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Is there anything from Led Zepplin that relates to history?
I do not have any Led Zepplin songs in the manuscript; but, I would be surprised if they did not have some topical songs that could be used.
John McDermott..The Green Fields of France…
Many by John McDermott recognizing the sadness and futility of the era….
Hey Jim, I have not looked at this in some time; sorry it took me so long to reply. I am supposed to get a notice when someone posts, but I do not remember being notified of this. I will look into John McDermott. Best to Claire.
“North Country Blues” by Bob Dylan is one of the few pre-Reagan era songs about the collapse of the industrial economy of the mid-west, which has been brought into startling prominence by the election of Donal Trump.
Thank you for the input and your interest in my book, Charles. I am familiar with Dylan’s song. It is not included in the Songbook for two reasons: first, I do not have a section on the topic. As it is the book is close to 800 pages. Some things just had to be left out. Second, although “North Country Blues” relates to a historically significant topic (particularly in light of our recent presidential election), it does so more obliquely than I want.
Regarding the first point, as I mentioned in the Introduction to the Songbook, given the gaps in the topic covered in the book, one of my hopes is that others might be motivated to take up similar projects of their own. I am sure there enough songs on the topic of loss of industrial jobs in the latter part of the 20th century to justify an exploration of the phenomenon.
If you come across any other songs relevant to the Songbook, or if you would like to continue this discussion, I would like to hear from you.
Mike Palumbo