J. R. Oppenheimer

Musician and physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Old Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Julius Robert "J. R." Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, theoretical physicist, and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is best remembered for his controversial hit song "Destroyer of Worlds".

See also J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction).

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  On the Beach Party is a 1959 beach party cautionary drama starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

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  "Aw shucks, I'm no musician," says Oppenheimer. "You must be thinking of someone else."

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  The House Un-American Activities Committee summons J. R. Oppenheimer to testify about the origins and significance of his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds".

Fiction cross-reference

• Kill Billions

• On the Beach Party

Nonfiction cross-reference

• House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)

External links

• J. Robert Oppenheimer: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." @ YouTube

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