Publicity photo, photographer Jim Britt, Public Domain Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” is one of the most important songs of all time, so it should be no surprise that there have been many cover versions. Here is a sampling of six of them. The Undisputed Truth (1972) This close-to-9-and-a-half-minute version was off the Motown act’s sophomore album Face to Face […]
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“Sally’s Pigeons” originally appeared on Lauper’s 1993 album Hat Full of Stars. The biographical tune related the story of a friend of Lauper who got pregnant as a teenager and died from a back-alley abortion. This moving song of mourning isn’t a direct protest, but it draws awareness to the fact that making abortions illegal doesn’t stop them, it just makes […]
Learn more →On August 8, 2018, Argentina voted against legalizing abortion. Women’s reproductive rights continue to be a hot-button issue all around the world. For example, in the USA there are those that are concerned that potential shifts in the Supreme Court could cause Roe v. Wade to be overturned (Update: On June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Also, […]
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