By GB News (World News) | Created at 2025-03-18 07:46:29 | Updated at 2025-03-18 14:19:58
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Jesse Colin Young, the singer-songwriter and frontman of the 1960s folk-rock band the Youngbloods, has died at the age of 83.
Young passed away on Sunday at his home in Aiken, South Carolina, according to his wife and manager, Connie Young.
His publicist, Michael Jensen, confirmed that the musician died of a heart attack.
Young was best known for the Youngbloods' iconic hit "Get Together," which became an anthem of the hippie era.
Young has died aged 83
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"Get Together," released on the Youngbloods' 1967 debut album, initially reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song gained renewed popularity in 1969 after being featured in a public service announcement by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, climbing to No. 5.
Its chorus, calling for peace and brotherhood with the refrain "Come on, people now / Smile on your brother," captured the spirit of the Woodstock generation.
Young was born Perry Miller in Queens, New York in 1941 to musical parents who encouraged his early piano studies.
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