Re: Protest songs on radio

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

>it was written
>
>None of their antiwar songs were hits. WDRC-FM Hartford is still playing
>Edwin Starr's "War," Tommy James and the Shondells' "Sweet Cherry Wine"
>and Jackie DeShannon's "What the World Needs Now Is Love," though. Yes,
>even Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction."

Umm, and let's not forget "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with its 
derogetory reference to Nixon-- I was in college radio when that song came 
out, and we rushed it onto the air, but so did a lot of top 40s, even those 
who thought it was controversial... And while it wasn't really an anti-war 
song, "For What it's Worth" (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) got a ton of 
to-40 airplay.  "Get Together" by the Youngbloods is still played too.  But 
the late 60s saw the rise of so-called "Progressive Rock" FM stations, and 
it was there that you would hear most of the anti-war songs by 
album-oriented artists.  I played lots of 'em...