{"id":31668,"date":"2025-03-18T03:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/jesse-colin-young-who-sang-the-youngbloods-get-together-dead-at-83\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T03:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:02:43","slug":"jesse-colin-young-who-sang-the-youngbloods-get-together-dead-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/jesse-colin-young-who-sang-the-youngbloods-get-together-dead-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Colin Young, who sang the Youngbloods’ ‘Get Together,’ dead at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesse Colin Young in 1975; Ed Perlstein\/Redferns\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jesse Colin Young<\/strong>, the voice heard on the Youngbloods<\/strong>‘ iconic hit “<\/span>Get Together<\/span><\/a>,” died Sunday at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. He was 83.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Get Together,” written by future Quicksilver Messenger Service<\/strong> member Dino Valenti<\/strong>, was recorded by the Youngbloods after Young saw a folk singer perform it in a New York City club. It appeared on the band’s 1967 debut album, but only became a hit in 1969 after it was featured in a PSA by the<\/span> National Conference of Christians and Jews.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song, which peaked at #5, became an anthem for the Woodstock generation. Its chorus — “Come on people now\/ smile on your brother\/ everybody get together\/ try to love one another right now” — has become part of pop culture, appearing in multiple movies and TV shows. Nirvana<\/strong> even sarcastically quoted those lyrics in their Nevermind<\/em> track “Territorial Pissings<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Young wrote many of the Youngbloods’ other songs, including “Darkness, Darkness,” covered by Robert Plant<\/strong> in a Grammy-nominated 2002 version, as well as by Eric Burdon<\/strong>, Richie Havens<\/strong>, Ann Wilson<\/strong> and Mott the Hoople<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Youngbloods disbanded in 1972, but briefly reunited for a tour in 1984 and then disbanded again. Meanwhile, Jesse Colin Young resumed a solo career he’d initially started in 1964, releasing more than a dozen albums over the years. His most recent release was 2019’s Dreamers<\/em>. He also founded his own record label, hosted a podcast and was involved in both social and environmental activism.<\/p>\n