Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young began his music career in New York City in the 1960s. He was a fixture at Greenwich Village coffee houses and released two solo albums during that period: Soul Of A City Boy and Young Blood. Following the solo releases, Young formed The Youngbloods and achieved a worldwide Top Ten hit with the anthem "Get Together" followed by "Sunlight" and "Darkness, Darkness", both written by Young for the Youngbloods critically acclaimed album, Elephant Mountain.

After releasing seven albums with The Youngbloods, Young returned to solo recording in 1972 with the album TOGETHER, which charted in Billboard's Top Albums. Young followed it with another solo album, Song For Juli, released in September 1973. Song For Juli stayed on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart for nearly a year and was followed onto the chart by Light Shine in 1974, Songbird in 1975, On The Road in 1975, and Love On A Wing in 1976.

Jesse Colin Young was instrumental in establishing the "No Nukes" movement, a grassroots effort to make the world a safer place, and he closed the 1979 No Nukes concert and movie joined by Jackson Browne, Steve Stills, Graham Nash, and everyone else in attendance singing "Get Together". Young also recorded a new solo version of "Get Together" for the 1988 motion picture, 1969, during this period.