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Posted By: cnd
09-Mar-21 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: Req: songs re Selma Alabama Bloody Sunday-March 7
Subject: RE: Req: songs re Selma Alabama Bloody Sunday-March 7
Here's a few internal links:
Selma Song - Right! Right! (Len Chandler)
Walking with King (A song about freedom) - Marching with King by InOBU
Christmas in Washington (Steve Earle)
How Beautiful Upon the Mountain (Paxton)
Jackson C Frank's 'Don't Look Back'
EVE OF DESTRUCTION (from Barry McGuire) - Origins: eve of destruction
Several of those songs only have topical references to Selma itself but they're close enough to the theme I think they're worth relating.
Additionally, if someone has access to Sing Out! Volume 15, Issue 3 (Jul-65) it is reportedly titled "Protesters in Selma"
There's also WNEW's Story of Selma, which features the following songs:Hold On (Keep Your Eyes on the Prize) The Freedom Voices with Pete Seeger 2:55
We've Got a Rope That's a Berlin Wall The Freedom Voices 2:10
I Love Everybody The Freedom Voices with Pete Seeger 3:32
Pick 'Em Up and Lay 'Em Down The Freedom Voices with Len Chandler 3:27
If You Want to Get Your Freedom The Freedom Voices with Pete Seeger 1:05
Yankee Doodle (Wallace Said We Couldn't March) The Freedom Voices with Len Chandler 0:41
Oh, Wallace The Freedom Voices with Pete Seeger 2:52
Which Side Are You On? (Civil Rights Version) The Freedom Voices with Len Chandler 4:21
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round The Freedom Voices with Pete Seeger 1:30
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round (chorus) The Freedom Voices 4:34
Do What the Spirits Say Do The Freedom Voices with Len Chandler 2:26
Do What the Spirits Say Do (at Montgomery) The Freedom Voices with Len Chandler 5:14
Freedom Now Chant Len Chandler and Pete Seeger 1:33
Murder on the Roads of Alabama Len Chandler 4:02
(purchase album)