(1900-08-23)August 23, 1900 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
March 17, 1978(1978-03-17) (aged 77) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Genres
Folk music, blues
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter, political activist
Instrument(s)
Vocals, acoustic guitar
Labels
Columbia/CBS Records
Musical artist
Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978)[1] was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown Ride".[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 2078/9. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^Biography at Western Kentucky University by Charles H. Smith and Nancy Schimmel – Accessed Nov 2006
MalvinaReynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting...
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largest slice for herself despite not doing any work. A version by MalvinaReynolds adapts the story into a pro-work socialist anthem as the hen retains...
mother for having an abortion. "Back Alley Surgery" by MalvinaReynolds (1978) A song Reynolds wrote to protest a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing...
For the first time since the fourth season, the show featured the MalvinaReynolds song Little Boxes as its theme music, along with a new opening title...
basis of suburbia; notable examples are the songs "Little Boxes" by MalvinaReynolds, "Suburbia" by the Pet Shop Boys and "Subdivisions" by Rush. It is...
is a protest song against above-ground nuclear testing written by MalvinaReynolds. The song has been sung by many singers such as Joan Baez, and a version...
words and music to newly written folk and topical songs by Bob Dylan, MalvinaReynolds, Phil Ochs, Janis Ian, Tom Paxton, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and many others...
singer-songwriter material from Bob Dylan, Richard Fariña, Phil Ochs and MalvinaReynolds. A number of the songs were topical in nature, particularly Ochs' "In...
album's second single, "No Hole in My Head", originally written by MalvinaReynolds, was released roughly two weeks later on 27 January alongside a music...
in the lyric, "...It should have been me, driving that Dynaflow!" MalvinaReynolds' song "The Day the Freeway Froze" (1959) mentions the Dynaflow in the...
albatross, alluding to the symbology among sailors and Coleridge's poem. MalvinaReynolds's song "The Albatross" is based on the poem and applies its moral to...
admiration for nature, taking its title from the included song written by MalvinaReynolds. The songs advocate awareness of the environment and appreciation for...
(also titled "The Ballad of Medgar Evers") in response to the killing. MalvinaReynolds referenced Evers's murder in her song, "It Isn't Nice". Matthew Jones...
Seeger toured Australia in 1963. His single "Little Boxes", written by MalvinaReynolds, was number one in the nation's Top 40. That tour sparked a folk boom...
"Morningtown Ride" is a lullaby, written and performed by MalvinaReynolds. It was covered by The Seekers and their recording reached No. 2 on the UK Singles...
– Tom Paxton (1965) "Masters of War" – Bob Dylan (1963) "Napalm" – MalvinaReynolds (1965) "Ohio" – Crosby, Stills, and Nash Young (1970) "People, Let’s...
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