Protest songs in the United States Tom Paxton ("Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" - about the escalation of the war in Vietnam, "Jimmy Newman" – the story of a dying soldier, and "My Son John" – about a soldier who returns from war unable to describe what he's been through), among others. The first protest song to reach number one in the United States was P.F. Sloan's "Eve Of Destruction", performed by Barry McGuire in 1965. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s often used Negro spirituals as a source of protest, changing the religious lyrics to suit the political mood of the time.
Christmas Eve (Gwen Stefani song) Christmas Eve (Gwen Stefani song) "Christmas Eve" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani for her fourth studio album, "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" (2017). It was released digitally as the album's second and final promotional single on October 5, 2017, through Interscope Records. The track was written by Stefani, Justin Tranter, and Michael Busbee while production was handled by busbee and Eric Valentine. Commercially, it peaked at number twenty on both "Billboard"s Holiday Digital Songs and Holiday Digital Song Sales charts in the United States. During 2017, Stefani attended recording sessions where she worked