Question: What popular pop group of the sixties had a hit record "Turn! Turn! Turn!" based on Ecclesiastes chapter three?
Answer: The Byrds
Comments: The Byrds released "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)" in October of 1965 and the tune eventually spent three weeks atop the pop charts in the United States, beginning on December 4.
Though the Byrds' rendition of the song is most famous, the song was written in 1952 by legendary folk artist Pete Seeger. The song's lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the King James Version of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
Nearly thirty years after its initial release, the song's popularity was rejuvenated by its inclusion on the soundtrack to the 1994 movie Forrest Gump. The song also holds the distinction of being the first song featured in the popular coming-of-age series "The Wonder Years" (1988-1993) after its theme.
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