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Background Fact/ Misc. Info
The Beatles exerted an enormous influence on young men's fashions and hairstyles in the 1960s which included most notably the mop-top haircut, the Beatle boots and the Nehru jacket.hat actually happened to the Movie industry during this period of the counter-culture mentality was that, Movies were beginning to get rid of Social Taboos like sex and violence which we now see more often in our lives in spite of this. People were very controversial about this, and the rest of society fantasized over -
Start of the "Vietnam Era"
This is the point where I chose to start this because, I needed a clear starting and ending point for all popular culture so that i didn't have to do 20 years worth, I did a bit less, for my sake and for your viewing sake. -
MLK "I have a dream" Speech
Martin Luther Kings famous I have a dream speech was broadcasted everywhere on TV during this point and age. -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Releases "Electric Ladyland"
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Mary Poppins (film)
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John Cultrane releases "A love supreme"
One of the greatest jazz albums ever made in that era alone, and an important point in jazz music. It acutally wasn't released on feburary, it just isn't known what day it was released on. -
The Sound of Music (film) was released on this date.
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The Rolling Stones Release Hit Single, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
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Star Trek: The Original Series
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The Jungle Book (1967 film)
Nuff Said. -
Planet of the Apes (1968 film)
Nuff Said. -
2001: A Space Odyssey is released
Nuff Said. -
Led Zeppelin Album Released
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Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
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Start of Woodstock Music Festical
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Background Fact/ Misc. Info
The age of voting decreased from age 21 to 18. Funk was invented, Heavy Metal started getting popular with the Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols, KISS, Queen, The WHO, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, etc. Modern jazz was being invented, "Jiggle TV" was invented and getting more and more popular. Paying for TV became a first, when HBO set-up it's stations to broadcast Thrilla-in-Manilla the famous Ali fight, where you had to pay for it. -
The Godfather Movie Was Released.
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Ending of this Era
