In 1967, Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution made history by treating pop and rock not as fleeting fads, but as serious art. Hosted by Leonard Bernstein and directed by David Oppenheim, the CBS documentary featured performances by Janis Ian and Brian Wilson, and examined how young musicians were shaping and responding to the era’s social upheaval. It marked one of the first major acknowledgments of rock music as a legitimate cultural force on American television.


