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Jimi Hendrix

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The Ronettes

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The Rolling Stones

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The Beatles

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The Beach Boys

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Johnny Cash

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Charley Taylor - Born in Grand Prairie, Texas in 1941. Taylor was the second of seven children. Went to school at Dalworth High School, a segregated school. during baseball practice, Taylor was hit on a knee by a line drive, which ended his baseball career in high school.
Taylor played college football at Arizona State University as a halfback and defensive back. Suffered neck injury in college football practice and was not able to move for 2 days.  Taylor was the third overall selection of the 1964 NFL Draft, taken by the Washington Redskins. He was also selected in the AFL Draft, taken ninth by the Houston Oilers. Scored 90 touchdowns (team's career record) and ran over 10,000 yards in his career. Known by his teammates for his speed and retaliatory attitude. Charley Taylor was significant because his accomplishments and resilience through multiple athletic injuries throughout his life. Charley was also one of the only 14 black players in the NFL at the time.

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Redskins Top Plays: Charley Taylor Goes Deep 12/31/1972

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Bill Russell - Born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1934. West Monroe was a highly segregated place, and the Russell's family often struggled with racism in their daily lives. Russell's father moved the family out of Louisiana when Russell was eight years old and settled them in Oakland, California. While there the family fell into poverty, and Russell spent his childhood living in public housing projects. In college, Russell realized that basketball was his one chance to escape poverty and racism. He became known for his strong defense and shot-blocking skills, once denying 13 shots in a game. At the start of the 1957-58 season, the Celtics won 14 straight games, and continued to succeed. Russell averaged 16.6 points per game and a league-record average of 22.45 rebounds per game. Led Celtics to 11 championships in his 13 year career. Won a championship in his first year with NBA. Still is the most decorated NBA player today. Bill Russell was significant because despite his childhood of racism, poverty, and inequality in sports, Bill Russell endured through it all and managed to become incredibly accomplished in sports, and the NBA.

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We take a dive into our archives with NBA Vintage as it looks back on the career of Bill Russell. About the NBA: The NBA is the premier professional basketball league in the United States and Canada.

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Johnny Cash

Songs

Ring of fire(1963)

Cocaine blues(1968)

Information:

He enlisted in the air force.

He died from a diabetes malfunction in 2003.

Impact:

Johnny cash was significant because during the 60’s and all of his life he experienced drug problems. America had a horrible drug problem through those times and Johnny cash sang about the drug problem he had with himself, and America. Troughout his life he became a role model and influence on many people in America.

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The Beach Boys:

Members: Mike Love, Al Jardine,Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson (original members)

Songs

Wouldn't it be nice (1966)

I just wasn't made for these times (1966)

Information:

Three of the five original members were brothers, one other was a cousin, and the last was a friend.

Impact:

The beach boys were significant because they started a new kind of music genre that influenced so many other bands. Their songs gave a beachy theme that brought joy across America through the 50’s and 60’s.

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Beach Boys "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"

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The Ronettes

members: Ronnie Spector, Estelle Bennett, Nedra talley, chip fields.

Songs:

Be my baby(1964)

I wish I never saw the sunshine(1963)

Information:

Three of them were sisters

Another groundbreaking artist, Cher, background sang in their song “Baby, I love you”.

Their song “be my baby” was later featured in the movie dirty dancing.

Impact:

The Ronettes were significant because they were one of the firsts all female power groups and empowered women all over to do what they want and fight for their rights. The civil rights movement was going on at this time but they were for black people and women, which involved The Ronettes because they were black women. All women bands like this showed women they deserved what they wanted. Which was more the to stay home and clean.

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The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine

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The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine

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Jimi Hendrix

Songs:

Purple haze (1969)

Hey Joe (1965)

Information:

He dropped out of school.

Was arrested in 1961

Joined military and left military to go to nashville, Tennessee.

Created the band “the Jimi Hendrix experience”.

Impact:

Jimi hendrix was very significant because he was a part of everything going on in the 60’s. He was a black american during the times of the civil rights and fought in the vietnam war. His music reflected the problems america was experiencing without directly attacking anything politically.

“Hendrix cancelled a scheduled performance after Martin Luther King was assassinated and gave $5,000 to a memorial fund but received criticism for not speaking out against the riots and upheaval that followed.”As stated on the Gale website “Hendrix reflected the turmoil of the times in his music, as the civil rights movement, youth and sexual revolution, and Vietnam War era all were a part of his personal experience as an African American musician, military veteran, and expatriate”.

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe (Official Audio)

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Members: Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Ian Stewart.

Songs:

You can’t always get what you want(1968)

(I can't get no) Satisfaction(1965)

Other information:

There was a magazine after their name reviewing all the famous bands and artists.

Impact:

The Rolling Stones were significant because like the Beatles they sang about on going problems in the world. ON the Gal website it is stated that  “They channeled the anger of young people in the late 1960s and early 1970s over the Vietnam War and racial prejudice into stormy and sometimes blatantly erotic music”. Also when they sang "You can't always get what you want,"they reflected the harsh realities of a violent period on both sides of the Atlantic.

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The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want   [Official]

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The Beatles

Members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best.

Songs:

Lucy in the sky with diamonds (1967)

Hey  Jude (1968)

Information:

The Beatles came from England along with many other bands including The Rolling Stones. It was called the British invasion.

Impact:

The Beatles were significant because they  sang about peace and social issues. They gave many people hope and were a huge icon all the way through the 70’s.

Some even considered them like “conquering heroes”.

“the Beatles created a uniquely ebullient rock and roll that the United States supposedly embraced as a tonic after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, though the music was an international success, too”(go.galegroup.com)

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The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1 / Audio)

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These are 3 of the most popular shows during the 1960's Highlighting some of the best actors and actresses from the time as well. These shows, told the every day shows of 3 different characters lives and let The American economy be entertained weekly by the airing of them.

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Bill Russell Receives the 2017 NBA Lifetime Achievement Award | NBA on TNT

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NBA Legend Bill Russell receives the 2017 NBA Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Peggy Fleming - Born in San Jose, California in 1948. Started figure skating at age 9. Family moved to Cleveland and soon began skating immediately on the advice of her father. In 1961, when Peggy was twelve years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548, along with the rest of the United States figure skating team while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. Won five U.S. titles, and three World titles. Participated in 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal for the U.S. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. Successfully underwent surgery and chemotherapy to cure it. Peggy Fleming was significant. Her award in 1968 was singularly important for the American athletes and the nation as a whole, for this was the only gold medal that the U.S. Olympic team won in the 1968 Winter Games. It signaled a return to American dominance in the sport of women's figure skating following the tragedy of the 1961 plane crash.

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Many thanks to quillerpen for the DVD. This is a near complete LP in great quality. There's about 20 seconds missing just before her flubbed lutz jump. However the rest is lovely and while not her best skate - 1968 Nationals was the performance of her career - it's still a great historical moment in the history of Figure Skating.

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Wilma Rudolph - Born in
Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee in 1940. Born into poverty in the racially segregated south, was the twentieth of twenty-two siblings.   initially home schooled due to the frequent illnesses that caused her to miss kindergarten and first grade. Wore a brace on left leg as a child due to polio, which she recovered from.  When Rudolph was sixteen and a junior in high school, she attended the 1956 U.S. Olympic track and field team trials in Seattle Washington, and qualified to compete in the 200-meter individual event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia. Won her first medal at age 16. Won three gold medals in track and field in 1968 Olympics.   Formed Wilma Rudolph Foundation to promote amateur athletics. Wilma Rudolph was significant because of her ability to overcome her childhood disabilities and sicknesses, her poverty and racist past.

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Wilma Rudolph Beats Polio To Become Olympic Champion - Rome 1960 Olympics

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Pittsburgh Pirates - Team established in 1887. Won third World Series in 1960. 1960 World Series became one of the most publicized in history.  Team's record in 1960 was 95-59, first place in the league. This team was significant because of its extremely popular world series game where the team came out victorious against the New York Yankees. each team only had a combined 11 African american players.

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The main character, Andy Griffith, was a widowed father of a boy named Opie. Andy is a sheriff, who works with Barney Fife. They all live in the nice southern town of Mayberry. But, Mayberry can get a little dangerous when the town drunk, Otis Campbell, is on the loose. Aunt Bee is the very loving and caring but stern housekeeper for Andy and Opie. The Andy Griffith show won Emmy’s in the years, 1961,62,63,66, & 67. The show was very significant because it did an amazing job of depicting the average American lifestyle, that 90% of viewers could relate to. Griffith described meeting another young actor, Dick Van Dyke, in 1954 while working in nightclubs in New York City. They later became best friends. Danny Thomas gave Griffith an opportunity to star in a spin-off of “Make Room for Daddy”. That project became The Andy Griffith Show. The following year, Van Dyke got The Dick Van Dyke Show.

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Darrin and Samantha Stephens are a young, bi-species married couple: he's a mortal human being, she's a witch. (Which she does not tell him until after their wedding.) Darrin just wants them to live a simple, mortal life, to which Samantha agrees, meaning no witchcraft and no telling any of their mortal friends and relatives of her being a witch. However, that no witchcraft vow is difficult to maintain especially since her mother is against the marriage and the idea of denying Samantha's heritage as a witch. That complicated life gets even more complicated when they start a family. The children who could be mortal or who could be witches and warlocks. Bewitched became a ratings success, it was, at the time, the highest-rated series ever. The series aired for eight seasons, from 1964 to 1972. The show has been described as a sitcom, for all of the funny relatable moments that it has. It’s significant because people have described being able to closely related to its plot when Samantha’s mother, is constantly at her throat trying be be a good supportive mother. Although described as a sitcom, it is also a drama. Throughout the series, every episode is filled with some sort of drama, from character to character. The show has been nominated for 4 Golden Globes awards, 6 Emmy’s, and 5 TV Land Awards. Elizabeth Montgomery had won 5 Emmy’s for the performance of her character, Samantha Stephens, on the show.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom. The two main settings of the show, show the work and home life of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), the head writer of a comedy/variety show. Its significance is shown when viewers are given an inside look at how a television show was written and produced. Many scenes deal with Rob and his co-writers, Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers. Other scenes focus on the home life of Rob, his wife Laura, and son Richie, who live in suburban New Rochelle, New York. Dick Van Dyke received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. Van Dyke also received a Grammy Award in 1964 for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins. Dick Van Dyke has had a career in acting for 70 years now. He has also been in many commonly known movies and TV shows throughout the 60’s including: Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, The Art of Love, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Some Kind of Nut, and Never A Dull Moment. In the span of 10 years Van Dyke won a Tony Award, A Grammy, 2 Golden Globes, and 3 Emmy’s.

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Here are 3 of the most popular movies that came out during the 1960's and where all three based on true events that were taking place during the 20th century. Along with them, there are three actors/actresses included to show how they played important roles in these movies.

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In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout Finch (Mary Badham), 6, and her older brother, Jem (Phillip Alford), live in Maycomb, Alabama, spending their time with their friend Dill and spying on their neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus (Gregory Peck), their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping. The film was based off of the original book, written by Harper Lee. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor. Gregory Peck was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture. In 2003, Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch was named the greatest film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. Gregory Peck also received many Golden Globe awards. He won in 1947 for The Yearling, in 1963 for To Kill a Mockingbird, and in 1999 for the TV miniseries Moby Dick. The significance of this film, was to further the point made by Harper Lee in the book, and that is to end all racism in our country.

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The Sound of Music came out in 1965, and is an American musical drama film. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and is starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. “It is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era  preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.”  The Sound of Music received five Academy Awards. Most for Best Picture and Best Director. It also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. A fun fact, Christopher Plummer, who played the father of the Von Trapp family children, described his role as "so awful and sentimental and gooey" He found all aspects of making the film, except working with Julie Andrews, unpleasant. He was the first winner of Canada's Genie Award, for Best Actor in Murder by Decree (1980) and has received three other Genie nominations. Christopher Plummer has won two Tony Awards and two Emmy Awards in the United States, and Great Britain's Evening Standard Awards. The significance of the movie  was to show the American people how hard times were for the people in Austria and countries
nearby in the years following World War 2.

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Mary Poppins was made into a film/musical based on the first four books in the series by Walt Disney Productions in 1964. The process of planning the film and composing the songs took about two years. The songs in the film are by the Sherman Brothers. Mary Poppins is played by British actress Julie Andrews. Disney cast Dick Van Dyke in the role of Bert, while Banks children were played by Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. The movie takes place in the year 1910. The film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture with Julie Andrews winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mary Poppins. The film won an additional four Oscars for Best Original Song, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score. Julie Andrew was an amazing singer when she was starring in Mary Poppins, but unfortunately she developed hoarseness in her voice, in 1997. She underwent surgery to remove nodules from her throat. This movie is significant because she emerged from the surgery with permanent damage that destroyed her singing and gave a rasp to her speaking voice. She then sued the doctor who had performed this surgery on her. The surgery ended her singing career.

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During the 1960’s the movie industry in Hollywood was thriving. Families got together frequently to watch their favorite TV shows, and as a treat, go to the theater, to see the latest movies. “The sound of Music”, came out in theaters in 1965, starring Julie Andrews. It’s based on the true story of the Von Trapp family, during the years following World War 2, taking place in Salzburg, Austria. The movie is the 3rd Highest grossing film of all time. Overall it has won 5 oscars for: Best director, Best actress, Top ten films, Best film editing, Best foreign actress, & best written american musical. Julie Andrews won the award for best actress, and she also won that same award the year before, for the movie “Mary Poppins” which she also starred in, as the main character. Mary poppins is a movie about 2 children, Jane and Michael, whom are the son and daughter of a wealthy, uptight couple. The children are surprised with the arrival of their fun, new nanny, Mary Poppins. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was a film based off of the original book, written by Harper Lee, that hit theaters in 1962, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture.

-As television technology developed into the 60's, televisions continued to dominate as the entertainment preference in most people. By 1965, it was estimated that 9 out of 10 families owned a TV set. American television shows continued to remain popular, in particular, comedies, such as I Love Lucy, and Leave it to Beaver.

-With the major increase in ownership of tv’s in the 1960's, cinema attendance began to drop. But, in the following years, cinema viewership regained some strength.

-TV Shows in the early 1960s were mostly in black and white. But color started to catch on in the mid-60s and by 1967 every show was broadcast in color.

-In 1964 there were about 2.8 million color TV sets in the home vs. 55 million black and white sets.

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The television or TV for short was first created in 1925 by a Scottish inventor named John Logie Baird. the TV was revolutionary, it was significant because it brought new forms of entertainment and brought new and easier ways for advertisers to show their products. The TV also became the first way for everyone to view the presidential debate.

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The hippies brought a new wave of fashion, from the bell bottom jeans to the tie die shirts with tassels.
the hippie fashion came from a belief in an alternative lifestyle.
This breed of fashion began with very open and flowery sandals, then bell bottom jeans or a long and loose skirt, after that they would usually wear a loose and colorful shirt with a vest laid over top. The hippie fashion and ideal was significance because in promoted a new lifestyle and a life of peace and tranquility.

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National Basketball Association - The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association or America (BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL). The NBA is significant because it featured a number of prominent African-Americans in America's racially divided history who never would have come to fame and realized their potential if the league had not existed. The NBA has also brings entertainment to millions of Americans and revolutionized basketball.

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Originally named "the magic screen" The etch a sketch was the first of its kind. It used two knobs in the bottom corners to move a stylus that seemed to "magically" draw on this canvas that could be clear back to a blank canvas with an simple shake. the etch a sketch was significant because it brought a cheap and fun way to draw cool art with a simple spin of two knobs

the etch a sketch was later included in the national toy hall of fame in 1998

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The twist was a significant dance during the early 60's. Even though know one truly knows who originally created the twist, it brought about by singer song writer chubby checker when he made the song "the twist." that he first preformed on the Dick Clark show

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The board game is a head to head military game based completely based around strategic placement and movement of different ranking soldiers on a 10x10 board the game is won once a player captures the opposing players flag the game was significant because it brought a new and fun way to challenge your mind and strategic skills.

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The invention of high fructose corn syrup

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The invention of high fructose corn syrup

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High fructose corn syrup, first created in the late 60's the sweetener used in almost every packaged item now. It was first used in Milk, meats, and vegetables.  It was significant because it brought the sweetener used in virtually everything now.