#thesixties — Public Fediverse posts

I Shall Be Released

Mama Cass Elliot (The Mamas & the Papas), Mary Travers (Peter Paul & Mary), + Joni Mitchell teamed up on "The Mama Cass Television Program" to sing a version of Bob Dylan's song. The program taped on January 18 + broadcast on June 26, 1969.

#mamacass #marytravers #jonimitchell #ishallbereleased #casselliot #thesixties #sixtiesmusic #the60s #music

🎡 RIP Freddy Cannon 🎡

I played his 1962 single Palisades Park over and over as a child ...

🎵 You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a ferris wheel 🎵

Born in Revere, Mass in 1936, he was 89 when he passed

#freddycannon #palisadespark #60smusic #the60s #rip #music #musicworld #thesixties #summersongs

Peter O'Toole

The legendary actor captured by British photographer Lewis Morley in 1963 during rehearsals for Bertolt Brecht’s play Baal, staged at the Phoenix Theatre in London + directed by William Gaskill.

#peterotoole #lewismorley #portraitphotography #photography #baal #actor #thesixties #the60s

Peter O'Toole

The legendary actor captured by British photographer Lewis Morley in 1963 during rehearsals for Bertolt Brecht’s play Baal, staged at the Phoenix Theatre in London + directed by William Gaskill.

#peterotoole #lewismorley #portraitphotography #photography #baal #actor #thesixties #the60s

🕯️ RIP David Clayton-Thomas 🕯️

Lead singer of Blood Sweat & Tears ... part of the soundtrack to my childhood. He was 84

#bloodsweatandtears #davidclaytonthomas #rip #andwhenidie #60smusic #thesixties #the60s

Herb Alpert

This Guy's in Love With You ...

Damn he was smooth! The song was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David. Released in May of 1968, it went all the way to #1

#herbalpert #thisguysinlovewithyou #burtbacharach #the60s #thesixties #music #nowplaying #nowhearthis #listenup #mixtape #randomplay

Gorgeous Teacher

Candid Camera, 1965

#candidcamera #gorgeousteacher #teacher #thesixties #the60s #schooldaze #smile #teachercrush

1968

News footage of the University of California, Berkeley during the Free Speech movement ...

#thesixties #the60s #freespeech #gathering #universiryofcalifornia #protest #demonstration #hippy #hippies #1960s #1968 #nineteensixtyeight #berkely #berkelyca #california #newsfootage #love #youngbloods #gettogether

The Bikeriders

Photography by Danny Lyon in the 1960s

#dannylyon #thebikeriders #bikers #photography #photographer #bwphoto #thesixties #the60s #blackandwhite #fotografia #fotografie #fotografo

Benny Bauer from The Bikeriders

Photography by Danny Lyon in the 1960s

#dannylyon #thebikeriders #bikers #photography #photographer #bwphoto #bennybauer #thesixties #the60s #blackandwhite #fotografia #fotografie #fotografo

I Got the Blues ...

Barbra Streisand from her 1965 television special My Name Is Barbra ...

“I can't believe it's done! It's on tape. I mean, forever. I don't have to do it again.”

#barbrastreisand #barbra #igottheblues #mynameisbarbra #thesixties #1960s #the60s #streisand #tvspecial #televisionspecial #barbra #filmclip #music #musicworld #singer #vocalist