Let Freedom Sing: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Go Down Moses	The Southern Sons		2:46
2	Strange 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 Holiday	4	3:14
3	Uncle Sam Says guitar: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter) vocals: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)	Josh White		2:41
4	No Restricted Signs recording of: No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) writer: Ervin Drake (Songwriter)	The Golden Gate Quartet		3:01
5	Black, Brown and White	Brownie McGhee		2:38
6	The Hammer Song (If I Had a Hammer)	The Weavers		2:20
7	The Death of Emmet Till, Parts 1 & 2	The Ramparts		4:56
8	When Do I Get to Be Called a Man?	Big Bill Broonzy		3:21
9	The Alabama Bus	Brother Will Hairston		4:39
10	We Are Americans Too	Nat King Cole		2:53
11	Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)	The Staple Singers		2:53
12	I Shall Not Be Moved	The Harmonizing Four		2:58
13	Oh Freedom	Harry Belafonte with The Belafonte Folk Singers		3:21
14	Ride On, Red, Ride On	Louisiana Red		2:54
15	Mississippi Goddam double bass: Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-04) drums (drum set) and membranophone: Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1964-04-04) guitar: Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-04) piano and lead vocals: Nina Simone (on 1964-04-04) background vocals: Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-04), Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1964-04-04) and Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-04) arranger: Nina Simone recorded at: Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-04-04) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 172) live recording of: Mississippi Goddam (on 1964-04-04) lyricist and composer: Nina Simone publisher: Sam Fox Publishing Co. (LDN) Ltd. and Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label) part of: Martin Luther King Suite	Nina Simone	4.5	4:53
16	Blowin’ in the Wind recording of: Blowin’ in the Wind (Romani) lyricist and composer: Bob Dylan translator: Nagyné Varga Mária and Rostás Tibor translated version of: Blowin’ in the Wind	Bob Dylan		2:48
17	We Shall Overcome part of: CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World	Mahalia Jackson	4	2:46
18	Too Many Martyrs recording engineer: Paul A. Rothchild producer: Jac Holzman guitar: Danny Kalb (US blues guitarist) and Phil Ochs guitar [second guitar]: Danny Kalb (US blues guitarist) vocals: Phil Ochs engineered at: Mastertone Recording Studios Inc. in New York, New York, United States recording of: Too Many Martyrs writer: Bob Gibson (folk singer) and Phil Ochs publisher: Fall River Music	Phil Ochs		2:49
19	Alabama Blues	J.B. Lenoir		3:15
20	Our Freedom Song	The Jubilee Hummingbirds		3:21
21	A Change Is Gonna Come recording of: A Change Is Gonna Come lyricist and composer: Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”) publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.	Otis Redding		4:12

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Forty Acres and a Mule	Oscar Brown Jr.		3:28
2	People Get Ready part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 24), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (recordings) (number: 28) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 122) recording of: People Get Ready lyricist and composer: Curtis Mayfield publisher: Mijac Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	The Impressions	4	2:40
3	Nobody Can Turn Me Around	The Mighty Clouds of Joy		2:10
4	I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) recorded in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1968-03-15) engineer and producer: Tom Dowd vocals: Solomon Burke (on 1968-03-15) conductor: Arif Mardin (on 1968-03-15) arranger: Arif Mardin cover recording of: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (on 1968-03-15) writer: Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist) and Richard Lamb publisher: Duane Music Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd. part of: The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)	Solomon Burke		2:52
5	Respect recording engineer: Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14) producer: Jerry Wexler baritone saxophone: Willie Bridges (on 1967-02-14) bass guitar: Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-02-14) cornet: Melvin Lastie (on 1967-02-14) drums (drum set): Roger Hawkins (on 1967-02-14) guitar: Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) (on 1967-02-14) organ: Spooner Oldham (on 1967-02-14) piano: Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14) tenor saxophone: Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) (on 1967-02-14) and King Curtis (saxophonist) (on 1967-02-14) background vocals: Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-02-14) and Erma Franklin (on 1967-02-14) vocals: Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14) conductor: Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14) arranger: Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin phonographic copyright (℗) by: Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1967) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1967) recorded at: Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-02-14) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 5), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 21), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 52) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock cover recording of: Respect (on 1967-02-14) lyricist and composer: Otis Redding publisher: Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), East-Time-Walco, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner/Chappell North America	Aretha Franklin	3.9	2:26
6	The Motor City Is Burning recording of: The Motor City Is Burning lyricist and composer: Al Smith (US blues artist) publisher: EMI United Partnership Ltd.	John Lee Hooker	4	2:52
7	Cryin’ in the Streets, Part 1 producer: Jimmy Angel (producer), Ebb-Tide (producer) and Ron Shaab arranger: Ebb-Tide (producer) and Ron Shaab partial recording of: Cryin' in the Streets writer: Ted Harris (Soul music writer), Sam Matter and Kerry Porter publisher: Harris Music (ASCAP)	George Perkins & The Silver Stars		3:20
8	Abraham, Martin, and John cover recording of: Abraham, Martin and John lyricist and arranger: Dick Holler composer: Dick Holler (in 1968) publisher: Regent Music (BMI) and TJ Musicservice GmbH	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles		3:04
9	The Prayer	Ray Scott		3:40
10	Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Part 1 producer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) lead vocals: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) performer: James Brown Orchestra part of: CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 305) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 393) partial recording of: Say It Loud (I’m Black, I’m Proud) (Parts 1 & 2) lyricist and composer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Pee Wee Ellis	James Brown		3:02
11	And Black Is Beautiful	Nickie Lee		3:02
12	Sock It to ’em Soul Brother	Bill Moss		2:27
13	Why I Sing the Blues, Part 1	B.B. King		3:44
14	I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself), Part 1 partial recording of: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open the Door, I’ll Get It Myself) lyricist and composer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) recording of: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open the Door, I’ll Get It Myself) lyricist and composer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)	James Brown		3:14
15	Stand! bass guitar: Larry Graham (US bassist & singer) (on 1969-02-27) drums (drum set): Greg Errico (on 1969-02-27) guitar: Freddie Stone (on 1969-02-27) guitar and keyboard: Sly Stone (on 1969-02-27) keyboard: Rose Stone (on 1969-02-27) saxophone: Jerry Martini (on 1969-02-27) trumpet: Cynthia Robinson (on 1969-02-27) vocals: Larry Graham (US bassist & singer) (on 1969-02-27), Jerry Martini (on 1969-02-27), Freddie Stone (on 1969-02-27), Rose Stone (on 1969-02-27) and Sly Stone (on 1969-02-27) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 241) recording of: Stand! (on 1969-02-27) lyricist and composer: Sylvester Stewart publisher: Mijac Music	Sly & the Family Stone	3.5	3:08
16	Message From a Black Man producer: Norman Whitfield recording of: Message From a Black Man writer: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield publisher: Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd.	The Temptations		6:00
17	Is It Because I’m Black recording of: Is It Because I'm Black writer: G. Watts, J. Jones (Chicago-based soul/R&B singer, songwriter & producer) and S. Johnson	Syl Johnson		3:58
18	I Was Born Blue	Swamp Dogg		3:02
19	Yes, We Can, Part 1	Lee Dorsey		3:31
20	We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue assistant engineer: Danny Turbeville engineer: Tom Flye and R.J. Anfinson producer: Curtis Mayfield arranger: Riley Hampton and Gary Slabo recording of: We People Who Are Darker Than Blue lyricist and composer: Curtis Mayfield publisher: Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) recording of: We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue (William Parker arrangement) composer: Curtis Mayfield arranger: William Parker (US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer) publisher: Centering Music (publisher for William Parker) arrangement of: We People Who Are Darker Than Blue	Curtis Mayfield	4	6:06
21	Young, Gifted, and Black	Bob & Marcia		3:14

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised producer: Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter) mixer: Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) bass guitar and electric bass guitar: Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) drums (drum set): Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) electric guitar: Burt Jones (US 1960/70s guitar player) (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) electric piano and piano: Brian Jackson (American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer & producer) (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) flute and saxophone: Hubert Laws (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) lead vocals: Gil Scott‐Heron (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) conductor: Johnny Pate (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) part of: CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 258) recording of: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (from 1971-04-19 until 1971-04-20) composer: Gil Scott‐Heron	Gil Scott‐Heron	3.5	3:06
2	(For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People recording of: (For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People lyricist and composer: Eugene Record publisher: Unichappell Music, Inc.	The Chi‐Lites		3:54
3	Smiling Faces Sometimes producer: Norman Whitfield orchestrator: Jerry Long (Motown songwriter Jerry Long, Sr.) cover recording of: Smiling Faces Sometimes writer: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield recording of: Smiling Faces Sometimes writer: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield	The Undisputed Truth	4.5	3:17
4	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) producer: Marvin Gaye mixer: Lawrence Miles (on 1971-05-06) conductor: David Van dePitte arranger: David Van dePitte recording of: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) composer: Marvin Gaye and James Nyx (R&B songwriter) publisher: Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.	Marvin Gaye	4.35	5:29
5	Hercules recording of: Hercules lyricist and composer: Allen Toussaint publisher: Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell North America	Aaron Neville		3:41
6	Get Up, Stand Up recording engineer: Sylvan Morris producer: Chris Blackwell (Island Records) and The Wailers (’60s – ’70s Jamaican reggae band of Wailer, Marley & Tosh) mixer: Phill Brown (UK engineer) and Tony Platt (UK engineer and producer) bass: Aston “Family Man” Barrett (in 1973-04) drums (drum set): Carlton “Carly” Barrett (in 1973-04) guitar and lead vocals: Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) (in 1973-04) and Peter Tosh (in 1973-04) keyboard: Earl “Wya” Lindo (in 1973-04) percussion: Alvin “Seeco” Patterson (in 1973-04) and Bunny Wailer (in 1973-04) tenor vocals [harmony vocals]: Peter Tosh (in 1973-04) and Bunny Wailer (in 1973-04) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1973, from 1973 until 1983) recorded at: Harry J’s Recording Studio in Kingston (Kingston Parish), Jamaica (in 1973-04) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 260) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 296) recording of: Get Up, Stand Up (in 1973-04) writer: Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) and Peter Tosh publisher: Because Éditions, Campbell Connelly France, Cayman Music, Odnil Music, Blue Mountain Music (in 1974), Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1974), Odnil Music Ltd. (in 1974) and Stuck On Music (in 1974)	Bob Marley & The Wailers	4.15	3:16
7	Fight the Power, Part 1 partial recording of: Fight the Power writer: Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper recording of: Fight the Power writer: Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper	The Isley Brothers	5	3:21
8	Give the People What They Want recording of: Give the People What They Want writer: Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff) publisher: Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	The O’Jays	5	4:13
9	Black Is Black samples: Controversy (album version) by Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) and The Bottle by Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer & producer)	Jungle Brothers		3:39
10	Sister Rosa recording of: Sister Rosa writer: Daryl Johnson, Charles Moore (New Orleans guitarist), Cyril Neville Jr., Charmaine Neville, Cyril Neville and Jason Neville	The Neville Brothers	1	3:32
11	The Pride	Chuck D		4:28
12	Unity	Sounds of Blackness		3:53
13	None of Us Are Free recording engineer and mixer: S. “Husky” Höskulds producer: Joe Henry (US singer-songwriter, guitarist & producer) additional tenor saxophone: Bennie Wallace (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) double bass: David Piltch (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) drums (drum set) and percussion: Jay Bellerose (american drummer and percussionist) (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) guest organ: Rudy Copeland (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) guitar: Chris Bruce (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) keyboard and piano: Dave Palmer (American keyboardist from Texas) (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) additional background vocals: Niki Haris (US singer and dancer) (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) and Jean McClain (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) guest vocals: The Blind Boys of Alabama (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) lead vocals: Solomon Burke (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) cover recording of: None of Us Are Free (from 2002-02-25 until 2002-02-28) writer: Barry Mann, Brenda Russell (US singer-songwriter & keyboardist) and Cynthia Weil publisher: Dyad Music Ltd.	Solomon Burke	5	5:31
14	Eyes on the Prize	The Sojourners		3:46
15	Down in Mississippi recording engineer and mixer: Martin Pradler producer: Joachim Cooder and Ry Cooder recorded at: Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States cover recording of: Down in Mississippi (in 2007) writer: J.B. Lenoir	Mavis Staples		4:58
16	Free at Last	The Blind Boys of Alabama		3:31

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liner notes:	Chuck D
executive producer:	Mike Jason
producer:	Colin Escott Bas Hartong Mike Jason
mastering:	Joseph M. Palmaccio

ASIN:	US: B001MEJYG4 [info]

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