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April 17: Johnny Cash performed at the White House On this day in 1970, Johnny Cash performed at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon. The artist performed his famous “A Boy ...

The 1970s represented a vibrant and extraordinarily diverse era for popular music, producing an incredible range of sounds that reflected the cultural shifts and musical experimentation of the decade.