Let Freedom Sing! Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Various Artists Let Freedom Sing! Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Various Artists
Label: Time Life Entertainment
Number of Discs: 3
Format: Audio CD
Release date:27th January 2009

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Track Listing

  • 1. Go Down Moses (The Southern Sons)
  • 2. Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)
  • 3. Uncle Sam Says (Josh White)
  • 4. No Restricted Signs (The Golden Gate Quartet)
  • 5. Black, Brown, and White (Brownie McGhee)
  • 6. The Hammer Song (If I Had A Hammer) (The Weavers)
  • 7. The Death Of Emmet Till, Parts 1&2 (The Ramparts)
  • 8. When Do I Get To Be Called A Man? (Big Bill Broonzy)
  • 9. The Alabama Bus (Brother Will Hairston (Hurrican Of The Motor City)
  • 10. We Are Americans Too (Nat 'King' Cole)
  • 11. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)? (The Staple Singers)
  • 12. I Shall Not Be Moved (The Harmonizing Four)
  • 13. Oh Freedom (Harry Belafonte with the Belafonte Folk Singers)
  • 14. Ride On, Red, Ride On (Louisiana Red)
  • 15. Mississippi Goddam (Nina Simone)
  • 16. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob Dylan)
  • 17. We Shall Overcome (Mahalia Jackson)
  • 18. Too Many Martyrs (Phil Ochs Jackson)
  • 19. Alabama Blues (J.B. Lenoir)
  • 20. Our Freedom Song (The Jubilee Hummingbirds)
  • 21. A Change Is Gonna Come (Otis Redding)
  • 22. Forty Acres and a Mule (Oscar Brown Jr.)
  • 23. People Get Ready (The Impressions)
  • 24. Nobody Can Turn Me Around (The Mighty Clouds Of Joy)
  • 25. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) (Solomon Burke)
  • 26. Respect (Aretha Franklin)
  • 27. The Motor City Is Burning (John Lee Hooker)
  • 28. Cryin' In The Streets, Part 1 (George Perkins & The Silver Stars)
  • 29. Abraham, Martin and John (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
  • 30. The Prayer (Ray Scott)
  • 31. Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud, Part 1 (James Brown)
  • 32. And Black Is Beautiful (Nickie Lee)
  • 33. Sock It To 'Em, Soul Brother (Bill Moss)
  • 34. Why I Sing The Blues, Part 1 (B.B. King)
  • 35. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself), Part 1 (James Brown)
  • 36. Stand! (Sly & The Family Stone)
  • 37. Message From A Black Man (The Temptations)
  • 38. Is It Because I'm Black (Sly Johnson)
  • 39. I Was Born Blue (Swamp Dogg)
  • 40. Yes, We Can, Part 1 (Lee Dorsey)
  • 41. We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue (Curtis Mayfield)
  • 42. Young, Gifted, and Black (Bob & Marcia)
  • 43. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gill Scott-Heron)
  • 44. (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People (The Chi-Lites)
  • 45. Smiling Faces Sometimes (The Undisputed Truth)
  • 46. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Marvin Gaye)
  • 47. Hercules (Aaron Neville)
  • 48. Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
  • 49. Fight The Power, Part 1 (The Isley Brothers)
  • 50. Give The People What They Want (The O'Jays)
  • 51. Black Is Black (Jungle Brothers)
  • 52. Sister Rosa (The Neville Brothers)
  • 53. The Pride (Chuck D)
  • 54. Unity (Sounds Of Blackness)
  • 55. None Of Us Are Free (Solomon Burke)
  • 56. Eyes On The Prize (The Sojourners)
  • 57. Down In Mississippi (Mavis Staples)
  • 58. Free At Last (The Blind Boys Of Alabama)

Product Description

Three years in the making, this historical box set traces a 70 year journey with songs that reflect the feelings of those at the heart of the movement as well as those just trying to make sense of a troubled period in American history.

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