Songs That Refer To Historical Events

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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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Eight miles high, Byrds (British Invasion, among

other things)

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

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

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Desert Angel, Stevie Nicks (About the Gulf War)

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The ballad of Billy the kid, Billy Joel

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Illume, The Mac (Also about 9/11)

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Freedom:  Paul McCartney (about 9/11 attack)

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Penny lane, Fab 4️⃣

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Save The Country:  Fifth Dimension (about the assassination of Robert Kennedy)

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Red River Valley:  Gene Autry

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Mr Powell:  Ozark Mountain Daredevils (about the discovery of the Grand Canyon)

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Monterey:  Animals

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Ludlow Massacre:  Woody Guthrie

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Still in Saigon, Charlie Daniels Band

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John Wesley Harding:  Dylan   (the outlaw)

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I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag: Country Joe & The Fish (Vietnam)

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Her Majesty, Fab 4️⃣

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The Death of Emmett Till -- Bob Dylan

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For What It's Worth -- Buffalo Springfield

(about 1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots)

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Man On the Moon -- REM

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Old Dan Tucker:  Bruce

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30,000 Pounds Of Bananas:  Harry Chapin (About a truck crash in Scranton PA)

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Helter Skelter, Fab 4️⃣

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The Star Spangled Banner: Sung by...just about everybody (Battle Of Baltimore, Fort McHenry, 1814)(admittedly not rock&roll, unless you count Jimi Hendrix).

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Eve of destruction, Barry McGuire

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Jack Ruby:  Deep Purple

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A day in the life, Fab 4️⃣

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Lay Down (Candles In The Rain):  Melanie  (about Woodstock)

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Joe Hill: Paul Robeson; Joan Baez

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The Night Chicago Died:  Paper Lace