Variation 4

Chubby Checker is a popular singer-songwriter of the 1960s.  His big break came with a recording he made called The Class which had Checker singing Mary Had a Little Lamb in the style of Fats Domino, Frankie Avalon, and The Chipmunks.  His really big break came with the recording and release of a cover of the Hank Ballard song The Twist.  The song was an instant smash and in some ways typecast Checker as a dance artist and not a singer.  Nevertheless, Checker went on to record lots of dance songs, including The Hucklebuck, The Fly, and Let's Twist Again. 

Bob Dylan Nee Robert Allen Zimmerman, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has become a living cultural icon of the folk music and early rock movement.  His unusual voice and singing style is a hallmark that has distinguished him and made him a target of criticism.  But his music is good.  His well-known All Along the Watchtower was written in 1967 and features lyrics derived from the Book of Isaiah.  Jimi Hendrix did a "definitive" cover of Watchtower, but the best version in my book will always be the studio recording and any and all live cuts of the song done by the Dave Matthews Band. 

Woodstock was a music festival that took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, NY in August 1969.  Over half a million attendees flooded the grounds to witness four days of music history.  Headliners include Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, Joe Cocker, The Band, Johnny Winter, Blood Sweat and Tears, Sha-Na-Na, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, among others.  I'm exhausted just listing the talent.