On September 25, 1965, the brand-new No. 1 song in the United States was Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction," frantic and urgent in both its creation and its content. "Eve of Destruction" is one of ...

Some of the most memorable and iconic songs that went down in history challenged the status quo or were a response to real events. Musician and producer P.F. Sloan developed an anti-war song in 1965, ...