The Summer of Love centered in the Bay Area arrived with Scott McKenzie’s “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers),” while the long, hot summer of civic unrest in other parts of the country found its ...

The summer of 1967 saw a surge in protests and the rise of the hippie movement. Frustration with the Vietnam War fueled social and political discontent. The Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco ...

When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...

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