Freedom: Songs From the Heart of America

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I’m on My Way (live)
Mahalia Jackson2:41
2In My Merry Oldsmobile
recording of:
In My Merry Oldsmobile
lyricist:
Vincent P. Bryan (in 1905)
composer:
Gus Edwards (in 1905)
Les Brown and His Band of Renown3:01
3Keep Off the Grass
James P. Johnson3:14
4Over There
Arthur Fields2:45
5When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine
recording of:
When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine (from "Ziegfeld Follies of 1919")
lyricist:
Francis DeWitt
composer:
Robert Hood Bowers
Bert Williams3:00
6The Death of Mother Jones
recording of:
Death Of Mother Jones (on 1931-02-25)
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Marvin (US country musician)
Gene Autry2:41
7(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?
recording of:
Black and Blue
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Louis Armstrong3:11
8Hittin’ the Ceiling
Smith Ballew3:01
9Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
recording of:
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (on 1932-10-25)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Jay Gorney
Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra33:15
10Dancing in the Dark
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra3:07
11The Gold Diggers’ Song
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra feat. The Boswell Sisters2:34
12God Bless America
recording of:
God Bless America
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Kate Smith1:59
13On the Trail (From “Grand Canyon Suite”)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra8:26
14This Land Is Your Land
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody & Arlo Guthrie2:32
15Union Maid
recording of:
Union Maid
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
composer:
Kerry Mills
is based on:
Red Wing
The Almanac Singers feat. Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie2:10
16Strange Fruit
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone and saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-04-20)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-04-20)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-04-20) and Stan Payne (on 1939-04-20)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-04-20)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1939, inducted: 2002) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 21)
recording of:
Strange Fruit (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
Billie Holiday33:12
17Trouble
Josh White3:24
18Joe Hill
Paul Robeson2:43
19We’ll Meet Again
cover recording of:
We’ll Meet Again
lyricist:
Hugh Charles
composer:
Hugh Charles and Ross Parker
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), World Music Co. and World Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman3:20
20Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
recording of:
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (on 1942-07-31)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra2:36
21The Freedom Train
Paul Weston & His Orchestra feat. Johnny Mercer, et al.3:13
22Atom and Evil
recording of:
Atom and Evil
writer:
Louis C. Singer (pianist) and Hy Zaret
The Golden Gate Quartet3:20
23Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
recording of:
Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson
publisher:
Sophisticate Music Inc.
Count Basie2:13
24The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly2:21
25Fanfare for the Common Man
engineer:
Robert Gooch (British classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's) and Hellmuth Kolbe
producer:
Paul Myers (classical record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1968-10)
conductor:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1968-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (from 1968 to present)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-10)
recording of:
Fanfare for the Common Man (for brass and percussion orchestra) (in 1968-10)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
was commissioned by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Eugene Goossens (Sir Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty)
premiered by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (on 1943-03-12) and Eugene Goossens (Sir Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty) (on 1943-03-12)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
London Symphony Orchestra3:16
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