What is Phil Ochs?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Phil Ochs | image = File:Mackay305.jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Philip David Ochs | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|12|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1976|4|9|1940|12|19}} | death_place = [[Far Rockaway, Queens|Far Rockaway]], [[New York City]], U.S. | origin = | instrument = Guitar, vocals, piano | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Protest song|protest music]], [[folk rock]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1962–1976 | label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]], [[A&M Records|A&M]] | website = }} '''Philip David Ochs''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|k|s}}; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and [[protest song|protest singer]]. He wrote songs during the [[Free Speech movement]] in [[Berkeley, California]] and during many political events during the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|1960s counterculture era]] such as the [[Civil rights movement]] and protests against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dbs9f8S7mVYC&q=left+social+democrat&pg=PT815|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music: From Adele to Ziggy, the Real A to Z of Rock and Pop|last=Jones|first=Dylan|date=2012-10-30|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250031884|language=en}}</ref> Ochs [[suicide|hung himself]] at an apartment building on April 9, 1976 in [[New York City]], aged 35. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochs, Phil}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:1976 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides by hanging in the United States]] [[Category:People with bipolar disorder]] [[Category:American folk musicians]] [[Category:American folk singers]] [[Category:American rock guitarists]] [[Category:American