I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Memories of the 60s and 70s
2▶CD: In Perfect Harmony - The Golden Groups
3▶CD: The Best of the Ballads
4▼CD: Remembering the 50s
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1Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
recording of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte)
additional lyricist:
William Attaway (in 1955) and Irving Burgie (in 1955)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd, EMI Songs Ltd., Garber Music Ltd., Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co., Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Reservoir Media Music
version of:
Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song)
Harry Belafonte3:07
2Tom Dooley
recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
The Kingston Trio3:04
3Walk Right In
The Kestrels2:15
4Mule Train
cover recording of:
Mule Train
composer:
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and W. Disney Mus. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Tennessee Ernie Ford3:05
5Wabash Cannonball
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:50
6Battle Ofnew Orleans
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group3:12
7Freight Train
Chas McDevitt & Nancy Whiskey2:58
8Cumberland Gap
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group2:00
9Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles
Wally Whyton2:15
10The Yellow Rose of Texas
recording of:
The Yellow Rose of Texas (on 1955-06-10)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music
Mitch Miller3:04
11Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
recording of:
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
lyricist:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Joel Newman
Jimmie Rodgers2:24
12Rain Rain Rain
Frankie Laine & The Four Lads2:57
13Mockingbird
The Four Lads2:21
14Streets of Laredo
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Johnny Cash3:43
15The Hanging Tree
cover recording of:
The Hanging Tree
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
part of:
The 32nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Marty Robbins2:54
16A Little Bitty Tear
recording of:
A Little Bitty Tear
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc.
Burl Ives2:06
17I Wanna Go Home
recording of:
I Wanna Go Home
composer:
Lee Hays, Paddy Roberts (singer/songwriter) and Carl Sandburg
Lonnie Donegan2:40
18Jamaica Farewell
recording of:
Jamaica Farewell
lyricist and composer:
Irving Burgie
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
Harry Belafonte3:05
19Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
recording of:
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Nat Simon
The Four Lads2:24
20Greenfields
recording of:
Greenfields (1956 song)
writer:
Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson and Frank Miller (American singer & songwriter)
The Brothers Four3:07
21Island of Dreams
The Springfields2:39
22Come Softly to Me
recording of:
Come Softly to Me
writer:
Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis and Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods’ lead singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Morris, EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and Unart Music Corp. (in 1958, in 1959)
The Fleetwoods2:22
23Goodnight Irene
The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra3:21
5▶CD: Morning Has Broken - Songs of Joy