Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History

Following the killings of four Kent State University students during the anti-Vietnam War protests, politically driven songs of Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield and others became popular.

Exploring the music that kept the spirit of the civil rights movement alive following Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.

After Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in the USA, international artists from U2 to Kanye West joined New Orleans musicians in benefit concerts to help ensure the city's rich traditions survived.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's moonwalk inspired musicians from David Bowie and the Byrds to Parliament-Funkadelic and Sun Ra to imagine a cosmic future for mankind.

The episode gives a glimpse of some folded page of the history that witnessed rise in celebrating and preaching tolerance of the LGBT community, all influenced by music!

Billie Jean King's win against Bobby Riggs in their famous tennis match was a galvanizing moment for the women's movement that ushered in music and delivered messages of female empowerment.

Charting the course of the Cold War in Berlin through music revealing how it helped to sow the seeds of rebellion.

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, songs like Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" took on a new and heightened meaning and politically charged country music took center stage.