Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War This concept of intimate involvement reached new heights in May 1968 when the "Composers and Musicians for Peace" concert was staged in New York. As the war continued, and with the new media coverage, the movement snowballed and popular music reflected this. As early as the summer of 1965, music-based protest against the American involvement in Southeast Asia began with works like P. F. Sloan's folk rock song "Eve of Destruction", recorded by Barry McGuire as one of the earliest musical protests against the Vietnam War. A key figure on the rock end of the antiwar spectrum was Jimi Hendrix
Day Is Done (Peter, Paul and Mary song) earlier for their "Album 1700" released in 1967). The song was released in March 1969 and reached No. 21 on "Billboard" Hot 100 for chart dated June 21, 1969. The song was written as an anti-war song during the Vietnam War era, and Yarrow performed it as the opening song at a concert during the anti-war march he helped organized in Washington in November 1969. It became one of the well-known protest songs in the era. According to Yarrow, the message of the song is that "children will lead us to a better world". The song was recorded live at