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- The Byrds, “He Was a Friend of Mine” (1966): Bob Dylan cut a version of this traditional ballad for his first album (and didn’t end up including it). For their Turn!
- Phil Ochs, “Crucifixion” (1967): Coincidently, the first epic ballad about Kennedy came from Dylan’s friend and rival from the Greenwich Village folk days.
- Misfits, “Bullet” (1978): On one of their first recordings, Glenn Danzig and his early-punk bros didn’t mince words right from the start: “President’s bullet-ridden body in the street/Ride, Johnny ride/Kennedy’s shattered head hits concrete/Ride, Johnny ride.”
- Lou Reed, “The Day John Kennedy Died” (1982): Rarely did Reed let his guard down as much as he did on this thoughtful track from The Blue Mask. With his band playing and strumming respectfully behind him, Reed dreams of all the things he would do if he were the leader of the free world, which includes being able to forget that day in 1963.
Mark Swed has been the classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times since 1996. For most people, the image of John F. Kennedy’s assassination is documentary.
Nov 21, 2013 · One of the most moving documents to emerge from the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination is a radio broadcast.
Nov 25, 2023 · From Bob Dylan to The Byrds and Billy Joel, a host of classics songs have been written about the assassination of President JFK.
This song was recorded shortly after the November 22, 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy, an event that Chicago's Museum Of Broadcast Communications declared the most memorable political moment in American radio and television history (followed by the events of September 11, 2001 and the Nixon/Kennedy debate in 1960).
Nov 22, 2013 · Here's your JFK Assassination Playlist. 1. Steinski and Mass Media: "And the Motorcade Sped On" If you've never heard this track from 1987, today would be an excellent day to give it a...
newenglandhistoricalsociety.com · stunned-musicalThe Stunned Musical Reaction to JFK’s Assassination
Nov 22, 2013 · The News of JFK’s Assassination. Concertmaster Erich Leinsdorf telephoned William Shisler, the librarian for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He told him to pull the sheet music for Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony and bring it to the musicians.
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