{"id":1566,"date":"2023-06-13T17:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/musiclegacy\/?page_id=1566"},"modified":"2023-06-13T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T18:04:57","slug":"class-of-1963","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/musiclegacy\/class-of-1963\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 1963"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Before 1963, the music of the sixties still reflected the sound of the previous decade with hits still topping the charts by artists who had found mainstream success in the 1950s, like Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Dion, and The Everly Brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in 1963 a major musical sea-change occurred with world altering events like the assassination of President Kennedy, the escalation of the war in Vietnam and the forward-progress of the Civil Rights Movement. The music of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez reflected this change. The summer before the graduating class of 1963 returned to campus, Bob Dylan released \u201cBlowin\u2019 In The Wind\u201d with a strong message of equal rights and anti-war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “British Invasion” also began around 1963 with the arrival of The Beatles and the type of crazy fandom that followed them would change the way people viewed and interacted with music and musicians forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UK, The Beatles released \u201cPlease Please Me\u201d and Beatlemania quickly began its ascent in the U.S. and the British Invasion began to take over the listening habits of young people all over the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Martin Luther King Jr. \u2013 \u201cI Have A Dream\u201d Speech<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

August 28, 1963, Washington DC <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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