Description
Title: Sing for Freedom-Civil Rights Movement / Various
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093074003220
Genre: Nostalgia
Release Date: 1992-07-13
Number of Discs: 1
You may or may not recognize the artists here as this collection compiles field recordings from the ”60s south. Hymns, prayers, spirituals and speeches are sequenced here to capture this time and place in history. Songs from the Montgomery Improvement Association, The Nashville Quartet, Betty Mae Fikes, The Freedom Singers and others join speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers and more. Smithsonian-Folkways.
Tracks:
1.1 We Are Soldiers in the Army – Mary Ethel Dozier, Minnie Hendrick, Gladys Burnette Carter
1.2 Keep Your Hands on the Plow – Mary Ethel Dozier, Minnie Hendrick, Gladys Burnette Carter
1.3 This Little Light – Mary Ethel Dozier, Minnie Hendrick, Gladys Burnette Carter
1.4 You Better Leave Segregation Alone – James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Joseph Carter, Samuel Collier
1.5 Your Dog Loves My Dog – James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Joseph Carter, Samuel Collier
1.6 Ain”t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
1.7 I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom – Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
1.8 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize – Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
1.9 Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly – Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
1.10 Up Above My Head – Betty Mae Fikes
1.11 This Little Light – Betty Mae Fikes
1.12 Brown Baby – Betty Mae Fikes
1.13 Which Side Are You On? – Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Cordell Reagon
1.14 I”m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table – Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Cordell Reagon
1.15 Mass Meeting and Prayer – Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Cordell Reagon
1.16 Guide My Feet – Doc Reese
1.17 I”m on My Way – Mamie Brown, Carlton Reece ; the Birmingham Movement Choir
1.18 Rev. Ralph Abernathy – Mamie Brown, Carlton Reece ; The Birmingham Movement Choir
1.19 Yes, We Want Our Freedom – Cleo Kennedy, Carlton Reece
1.20 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Cleo Kennedy, Carlton Reece
1.21 Ninety-Nine-And-A-Half Won”t Do – Carlton Reece ; the Birmingham Movement Choir
1.22 Get on Board – Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses
1.23 No Danger in the Water – Bob Moses
1.24 Medgar Evers Speaking – Bob Moses
1.25 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize – Bob Moses
1.26 We Shall Overcome – Cordell, Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett, Dorothy Cotton, Pete Seeger
