Pete Seeger’s original song, “Turn, Turn, Turn” written in the 1950s and first recorded in 1959, took a page out of the book of Ecclesiastes, specifically the first eight verses of the third chapter. It was originally released in 1962 under the title, “To Everything There Is a Season” on the folk group, the Limelighters’ album, Folk Matinee, and then some months later on Seeger’s album, The Bitter and the Sweet.
The folk rock group, theByrds, turned into an international hit in late 1965. The single entered the U.S. chart at number 80 on October 23, 1965, before reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 4, 1965. In Canada, it reached number 3 on November 29, 1965, and also peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.
It is just as relevant today as it was the day it was written, in approximately 1,000 BC.
Enjoy.
Namaste