{"id":39047,"date":"2025-07-14T18:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:49:49","slug":"superstar-sixties-singer-and-songwriter-passed-away-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047","title":{"rendered":"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Colin Young, the renowned guitarist and frontman of the classic rock band The Youngbloods, has passed away at the age of 83. A representative confirmed his d**th to PEOPLE on Sunday, March 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep sadness that we announce music legend Jesse Colin Young, who left a unique mark on the intersecting worlds of folk, blues, jazz, country, and rock &amp; roll, d**d in his home in Aiken, South Carolina yesterday afternoon,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the frontman of The Youngbloods, he immortalized the ideals of the Woodstock generation with \u2018Get Together,\u2019 an international hit that called for peace and brotherhood during the turbulent 1960s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesse Colin Young - Get Together (ft. Steve Miller)\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/95a3tw1xq_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Colin Young, born Perry Miller on November 22, 1941, in Queens, New York, was a singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman of the folk-rock band The Youngbloods. His career spanned more than six decades, during which he became a defining voice of the 1960s counterculture movement.<\/p>\n<p>Young grew up in Pennsylvania and later attended Phillips Academy in Massachusetts before enrolling at Ohio State University. However, his love for music led him to drop out and pursue a career as a folk musician. In the early 1960s, he released two solo albums,\u00a0The Soul of a City Boy\u00a0(1964) and\u00a0Young Blood\u00a0(1965), before forming The Youngbloods with guitarist Jerry Corbitt, drummer Joe Bauer, and bassist Lowell Levinger.<\/p>\n<p>The band gained widespread recognition with their 1967 hit \u201cGet Together,\u201d a call for unity and peace that became an anthem of the era. Though it initially had modest success, the song\u2019s re-release in 1969 propelled it to mainstream popularity. The Youngbloods recorded several albums, including\u00a0Elephant Mountain\u00a0(1969), before Young embarked on a solo career in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>As a solo artist, Young blended folk, rock, jazz, and blues influences, releasing albums such as\u00a0Song for Juli\u00a0(1973),\u00a0Light Shine\u00a0(1974), and\u00a0On the Road\u00a0(1976). His music often reflected his passion for social justice and environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing personal and professional challenges, including a Lyme disease diagnosis in the 1980s, Young continued to perform and release music. His later albums, including\u00a0Dr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Colin Young, the renowned guitarist and frontman of the classic rock band The Youngbloods, has passed away at the age of 83. A representative confirmed his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83 - Popular News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83 - Popular News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jesse Colin Young, the renowned guitarist and frontman of the classic rock band The Youngbloods, has passed away at the age of 83. A representative confirmed his...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Popular News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T18:49:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f55ca85cd4bcb4dbdbc7850fdb55c958\"},\"headline\":\"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T18:49:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047\",\"name\":\"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83 - Popular News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T18:49:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f55ca85cd4bcb4dbdbc7850fdb55c958\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?p=39047#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"Popular News\",\"description\":\"Popular News BLOG\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f55ca85cd4bcb4dbdbc7850fdb55c958\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df164187d96b834105a2223ed57af8aeaa0a3d4b083020a3fb75228b39834d7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df164187d96b834105a2223ed57af8aeaa0a3d4b083020a3fb75228b39834d7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df164187d96b834105a2223ed57af8aeaa0a3d4b083020a3fb75228b39834d7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.popularnews71.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/popularnews71.net\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83 - Popular News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83 - Popular News","og_description":"Jesse Colin Young, the renowned guitarist and frontman of the classic rock band The Youngbloods, has passed away at the age of 83. A representative confirmed his...","og_url":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047","og_site_name":"Popular News","article_published_time":"2025-07-14T18:49:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ca85cd4bcb4dbdbc7850fdb55c958"},"headline":"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83","datePublished":"2025-07-14T18:49:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047"},"wordCount":358,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047","url":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047","name":"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83 - Popular News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-14T18:49:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ca85cd4bcb4dbdbc7850fdb55c958"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/517965949_122273680772009108_257365026122066641_n.jpg","width":512,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=39047#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Superstar Sixties Singer And Songwriter Passed Away At 83"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/","name":"Popular News","description":"Popular News BLOG","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ca85cd4bcb4dbdbc7850fdb55c958","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df164187d96b834105a2223ed57af8aeaa0a3d4b083020a3fb75228b39834d7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df164187d96b834105a2223ed57af8aeaa0a3d4b083020a3fb75228b39834d7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df164187d96b834105a2223ed57af8aeaa0a3d4b083020a3fb75228b39834d7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.popularnews71.net"],"url":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39049,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39047\/revisions\/39049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}