The Summer of 69

In 1969, the world was in flux. Man walked on the moon, and hundreds of thousands flocked to the world's most famous music festival, Woodstock. Nixon was U.S. president, and the country was at war in Vietnam. This playlist beautifully captures that conflicted summer, from The Archies' sugary escapism to Frank Sinatra's ode to self-empowerment, with an ominous warning from Creedence Clearwater Revival.