What presidents were mentioned in Billy Joel’s video we didn’t start the fire
The following presidents were mentioned in Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire":
1. Harry Truman (33rd President)
2. Doris Day (Not a President, American actress/singer)
3. Red China (Refers to the Communist takeover of China in 1949 under Chairman Mao Zedong)
4. Johnnie Ray (Not a President, American singer and songwriter)
5. South Pacific (Refers to the musical and movie "South Pacific" released in 1949)
6. Walter Winchell (Not a President, American newspaper and radio gossip commentator)
7. Joe DiMaggio (Not a President, American baseball player)
8. Joe McCarthy (Not a President, American politician and anti-communist activist)
9. Richard Nixon (37th President)
10. Studebaker (Not a President, American automobile manufacturer)
11. Television (Not a President, refers to the rise of television culture in the 1950s)
12. North Korea (Refers to the Korean War and the division between North and South Korea)
13. South Korea (Refers to the Korean War and the division between North and South Korea)
14. Marilyn Monroe (Not a President, American actress and model)
15. Rosenbergs (Not Presidents, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, convicted and executed for espionage)
16. H-bomb (Refers to the development and testing of the hydrogen bomb)
17. Sugar Ray (Not a President, Sugar Ray Robinson, American professional boxer)
18. Panmunjom (Refers to the peace talks held in Panmunjom during the Korean War)
19. Brando (Not a President, refers to American actor Marlon Brando)
20. The King and I (Refers to the musical and movie "The King and I" released in 1956)
21. Eisenhower (34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower)
22. Vaccine (Refers to the development of the polio vaccine by Jonas Salk)
23. England's got a new queen (Refers to Queen Elizabeth II ascending to the throne in 1952)
24. Marciano (Not a President, refers to American boxer Rocky Marciano)
25. Liberace (Not a President, American pianist and entertainer)
26. Santayana (Not a President, refers to philosopher and writer George Santayana)
27. Disneyland (Not a President, refers to the opening of Disneyland in 1955)
28. Bardot (Not a President, refers to French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot)
29. Budapest (Refers to the Hungarian Revolution in 1956)
30. Alabama (Not a President, refers to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Civil Rights Movement)
31. Krushchev (Not a President, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union leader)
32. Princess Grace (Not a President, refers to American actress Grace Kelly who became Princess Grace of Monaco)
33. Peyton Place (Not a President, refers to the novel and TV series "Peyton Place" by Grace Metalious)
34. Troubles in the Suez (Refers to the Suez Crisis in 1956)
35. Little Rock (Refers to the desegregation crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957)
36. Pasternak (Not a President, refers to Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak)
37. Mickey Mantle (Not a President, American baseball player)
38. Kerouac (Not a President, refers to American writer Jack Kerouac)
39. Sputnik (Refers to the launch of the first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union in 1957)
40. Chou En-Lai (Not a President, Chinese Premier under Mao Zedong)
41. Bridge on the River Kwai (Refers to the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai" released in 1957)
42. Lebanon (Refers to the Lebanon Crisis in 1958)
43. Charles de Gaulle (Not a President, President of France)
44. California baseball (Not a President, refers to the relocation of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles)
45. Starkweather (Not a President, refers to American spree killer Charles Starkweather)
46. Homicide (Not a President, refers to rising crime rates during the 1950s)
47. Children of Thalidomide (Refers to the pharmaceutical drug Thalidomide and its effects on babies)
48. Buddy Holly (Not a President, American musician)
49. Ben-Hur (Refers to the movie "Ben-Hur" released in 1959)
50. Space Monkey (Refers to the first monkey sent to space)
51. Mafia (Not a President, refers to organized crime in the United States)
52. Hula hoops (Not a President, refers to the popular children's toy)
53. Castro (Not a President, Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician)
54. Edsel is a no-go (Refers to the failure of the Ford Edsel automobile)
55. U-2 (Refers to the U-2 spy plane incident in 1960)
56. Syngman Rhee (Not a President, first President of South Korea)
57. Payola (Not a President, refers to the illegal practice of paying radio DJs to play certain songs)
Note: Some references in the song are not related to Presidents but rather significant events, people, or cultural phenomena during the time period covered by the song.