The Buffalo Springfield--For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) (1967)

     It was a theme that would be echoed over the rest of the decade. Adults telling teens what to do, and feeling as if their rights were impinged upon. In this case, the residents and business owners on the Sunset Strip were becoming annoyed at the all night partying going on in their area. They encouraged the local government to incorporate a curfew.  (they thought 10pm was a nice time to shut all things down)
     Filers were distributed to all that a demonstration would be held on November 12, 1966. About a thousand showed up and more than a few (including a young Peter Fonda) were arrested. Three weeks later, Stephen Stills of The Buffalo Springfield (who had a gig at the Whisky a Go Go, a Sunset Strip club at the time) wrote a song that he presented to Atlantic records, "for what it's worth". That became the songs name, and not only documented a specific event, but became a musical touchstone for the many demonstrations that were to take place over the next five years.
     The Springfield recorded three albums, but personality conflicts and drugs caused divisions that would prove fatal to the group. The disc, "Buffalo Springfield Again" is now considered a classic, but except for this single, they just had moderate success on the chart.  The profile of the group has grown over the years because of the output of it's members after the breakup
     Stephen Stills and later Neil Young would join Graham Nash and David Crosby to form CSNY. Richie Furay formed Poco with Jim Messina, who left after 3 albums to form a duo with Kenny Loggins.