The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Audio Companion

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Go Down, Moses
recording of:
Go Down Moses (spiritual)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Paul Robeson2:25
2Been in the Storm So Long
Fisk Jubilee Singers2:14
3Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
recording of:
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Howard Roberts Chorale1:55
4Steal Away to Jesus
recording of:
Steal Away (to Jesus)
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (until 1862)
Bernice Johnson Reagon3:47
5Soon I Will Be Done
Mahalia Jackson4:48
6Take My Hand Precious Lord
recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Clara Ward2:47
7Rosie
Inmates of the Parchman Farm Penitentiary2:52
8Another Man Done Gone
recorded in:
Livingston, Alabama, United States (on 1940-10-31)
recording engineer:
John A. Lomax (on 1940-10-31)
vocals:
Vera Hall (on 1940-10-31)
recording of:
Another Man Done Gone (on 1940-10-31)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Vera Hall, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist), John A. Lomax and Ruby Pickens Tartt
Vera Hall1:27
9John Henry
Sonny Terry feat. Brownie McGhee4:23
10You May Go but This Will Bring You Back
Zora Neale Hurston1:41
11Good Morning Blues
recording of:
Good Morning Blues
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
Lead Belly2:58
12See, See Rider
performer:
Louis Armstrong
recording of:
C.C. Rider
lyricist and composer:
Ma Rainey
writer:
Lena Arent (songwriter)
publisher:
Leeds Music Ltd.
Ma Rainey feat. Louis Armstrong3:22
13Backwater Blues
recording of:
Backwater Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
Bessie Smith3:24
14Sunnyland
recording of:
Sunnyland
writer:
Elmore James and Joe Josea
publisher:
Uncle Doris Music Ltd.
Elmore James2:24
15How Long Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-03-06)
alto saxophone:
Pete Brown (Swing altoist active 40s-60s) (on 1956-03-06)
bass:
Walter Page (on 1956-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Cliff Leeman (on 1956-03-06)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1956-03-06)
piano:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) (on 1956-03-06)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Wess (on 1956-03-06)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1956-03-06)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-03-06)
vocals:
Joe Turner (on 1956-03-06)
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (on 1956-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Big Joe Turner5:52
16(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 Armstrong3:12
17It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
performer:
Ivie Anderson
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. Ivie Anderson3:13
18Parker’s Mood
recording of:
Parker’s Mood (King Pleasure vocal)
lyricist:
King Pleasure
writer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
King Pleasure3:02
19The Message
producer:
Clifton Chase and Ed Fletcher
vocals:
Duke Bootee and Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
music videos:
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
a cappella versions:
The Message (a cappella) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) & Duke Bootee
instrumental versions:
The Message (instrumental) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 51) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 59)
recording of:
The Message (in 1982)
writer:
Edward Fletcher, Jiggs Chase, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five4.37:13
20I Have a Dream
spoken vocals:
Martin Luther King, Jr. (American minister and civil rights activist) (on 1963-08-28)
recorded at:
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., United States (on 1963-08-28)
partial recording of:
I Have a Dream
writer:
Martin Luther King, Jr. (American minister and civil rights activist)
Martin Luther King, Jr.5:10
21The Ballot or the Bullet
spoken vocals:
Malcolm X (American civil rights activist) (on 1964-04-03)
recorded at:
Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, United States (on 1964-04-03)
partial recording of:
The Ballot or the Bullet
writer:
Malcolm X (American civil rights activist) (in 1964)
Malcolm X5:46

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copyrighted (©) by:W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (in 1996)
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ASIN:US: 0393101274 [info]