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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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Desert Angel, Stevie Nicks (About the Gulf War)

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When The Levee Breaks: Led Zeppelin (1927 Mississippi River flood)

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The Way It Is: Bruce Hornsby (Civil rights movement)

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Eight miles high, Byrds (British Invasion, among

other things)

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Chicago, Graham Nash (Vietnam War, among

other things)

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

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Mull of Kintyre, Wings

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

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Strawberry fields forever, Fab 4️⃣

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

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