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BobH07
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Jun 28, 2023 2:49 PM UTC

Songs That Refer To Historical Events

There are many songs that are based on actual events. Some are more accurate than others.

I'll start with The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

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    Jun 30, 2023 5:06 PM UTC

    Snoopy vs. The Red Baron: The Royal Guardsmen  (the song refers to the real-life WW I German flying ace Baron von Richthofen)

    BeatleloverKT
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    Jun 30, 2023 1:15 PM UTC

    The British are coming, Weezer

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    Jun 30, 2023 10:46 AM UTC

    Ballad Of Spring Hill:  Peter, Paul & Mary (mining disaster)

    nctarheel
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    Jun 30, 2023 3:46 AM UTC

    Birmingham Sunday- Joan Baez (The Bombing of the Black Church where 4 little girls died). Released 1964

    BeatleloverKT
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    Jun 30, 2023 1:34 AM UTC

    Strawberry fields forever, Fab 4️⃣

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    Jun 29, 2023 11:37 PM UTC

    Black Day In July:  Gordon Lightfoot (1967 riot in Detroit)

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    Jun 29, 2023 10:17 PM UTC

    Mull of Kintyre, Wings

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    Jun 29, 2023 3:12 PM UTC

    Garden Party: Rick Nelson   (His response to having been booed at MSG in 1971).

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    Jun 29, 2023 2:51 PM UTC

    Chicago, Graham Nash (Vietnam War, among

    other things)

    BeatleloverKT
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    Jun 29, 2023 2:48 PM UTC

    Eight miles high, Byrds (British Invasion, among

    other things)