Bob Dylan's Performance at the White House: "The Times, They are a Changin"

Bob Dylan performs "The Times, They are a Changin'" in his first performance ever at the White House: "A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement" airs on PBS stations nationwide on Thursday, February 11 at 8 p.m. ET.

Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

A segment taken from Bob Dylan's tour of England documentary in 1965 "Don't Look Back" by D.A. Pennebaker, Subterranean Homesick Blues music video feature single scene where Dylan holds up cue cards for the audience with words from the song on them and flips the cards as the song plays. The video takes place in an alley behind The Savoy Hotel, London where poet Allen Ginsberg makes a cameo appearance. JG2000

Pennies from Heaven - Billie Holiday (1936)

"Pennies from Heaven" was first introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1936 film of the same name and was recorded in the same year by Billie Holiday. Music by Arthur Johnston and words by Johnny Burke.

"Pennies from Heaven" afterwards performed by many other jazz and pop singers including Frank Sinatra, Gene Ammons, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Clark Terry, Arthur Tracy, Big Joe Turner, Dean Martin, Skrewdriver, The Skyliners (a major hit in 1960), and Louis Prima.

This recording was done in late 1936, with Jonah Jones (trumpet) Ben Webster (tenorsax), Allan Reuss (guitar), John Kirby (bass), and Cozy Cole (drums).

Bob Dylan: The Times they are Changin' (1964)

The Times They Are a-Changin released on Dylan's 1964 album of the same name. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Times They Are a-Changin' has been covered by many other singers, including Billy Joel, Marc Bolan, Phil Collins, Joan Baez, The Seekers, The Byrds, Peter Paul & Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen and Nina Simone, and Blackmore's Night and Les Fradkin.

Less than a month after Dylan recorded the song, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. The next night, Dylan opened a concert with "The Times They Are a-Changin'"; he told biographer Anthony Scaduto: "I thought, 'Wow, how can I open with that song? I'll get rocks thrown at me.'

Cab Calloway Performed "Minnie The Moocher" (1942)

"Minnie the Moocher" recorded in 1931 and remain as Calloway's most famous song. He even gaining the nickname "The Hi De Ho Man" (scat phrase from the lyrics) following the success of the song.

Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" is based on Frankie Jaxon's 1927 "Willie the Weeper". Its lyrics are heavily laden with drug references. The phrase "kicking the gong around" in the lyrics was a slang reference to smoking opium, and "Smoky" is described as "cokey" meaning a user of cocaine.

"Minnie the Moocher" also performed in a series of short films for Paramount in the 1930s, and in 1932 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon, starring Betty Boop and Bimbo.

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Jimi Hendrix's The Star-Spangled Banner Solo Improvisation

Jimi Hendrix solo improvisation which is now regarded as a special symbol of the 1960s era. Climax of Woodstock Festival 1969.

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Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man (1965)

"Mr. Tambourine Man" featured on Bob Dylan's 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. Rock band The Byrds also recorded a version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" that was their first single and title of their first album. As for Dylan's version, in a 2005 reader's poll reported in Mojo, "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the #4 all time Bob Dylan song.

The song has become famous in particular for its surrealistic imagery that has evoked speculation about its meaning and theme. It said that major influence on the song is the poetry of 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud and Federico Fellini's movie La Strada.

Bob Dylan singing Mr Tambourine Man Live At Newport Folk Festival 1965:

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Mama Cass Elliot's "Dream a Little Dream of Me"

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" lyrics were written by Gus Kahn. The song usually credited to Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt, but well received by public after performed by The Mamas and Papas' with solo voice by Cass Elliot, released as their single during 1968, and for the Mamas & the Papas April 1968 album release The Papas & The Mamas.

According to NPR "Dream a Little Dream of Me" being one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century, and the 1968 recording of this song by Cass Elliot and The Mamas and the Papas sold nearly 7 million copies nearly forty years after its composition.

In the video below the song live performed by Mama Cass Elliot on the 1968 Smothers Brothers Show (uploaded by r3mold).

The song now included in Mama Cass Elliot's album Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Music of Mama Cass Elliot.

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

"What a Wonderful World" was first recorded in 1967 and released as a single in January 1, 1968. The song - a hopeful, optimistic tone with regard to the future, intended as an antidote for the increasingly racially charged climate of everyday life in the United States. What a Wonderful World was re-released in U.S shortly after Armstrong's death in 1971 and became a top ten hit.

The clip below is from the first of two BBC-TV shows, taped on the same day, July 2, 1968. Aside from Louis the rest of the band is Tyree Glenn (trombone), Joe Muranyi (clarinet), Marty Napoleon (piano), Buddy Catlett (bass) and Danny Barcelona (drums). Louis died three years later, on July 6, 1971 (uploaded by davidnob.