The Songs of 
1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jesse James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. O Mary Don't You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. My Oklahoma Home
9. Eyes On the Prize
10. Shenandoah
11. Pay Me My Money Down
12. We Shall Overcome
13. Froggie Went A Courtin'
14. Buffalo Gals
15. How Can I Keep From Singing
American Land Edition Additional Songs:
16.
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
17. Bring 'Em Home
18. American Land
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| Recordings | Notes |
We Shall Overcome
| Artist | Year |
Genre | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelic Voices of Faith | 1993 |
Gospel | A Gift to You | |
| BB Band | 2001 |
Marches | God Bless America | post 9/11 release |
| Ben Branch & The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra | 1968 |
Rock | The Last Request | |
| Bill Harley | 1990 |
Children's | I'm Gonna Let It Shine | a capella |
| Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr. & the Greater St. Stephen Mass Choir | 1993 |
Gospel | We Offer Christ | |
| Black Student Movement Gospel Choir | 2005 |
Children's | Spotlight on Music: Grade 7 Disc 9 | presented with and without vocals |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1997 |
Rock | Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger | released, 1998 |
| Charlie Haden | 1969 |
Jazz | Liberation Music Orchestra | one minute dixieland jazz instrumental |
| Charlie Haden/Hank Jones | 1994 |
Jazz | Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs | piano & bass instrumental |
| Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra | 1989 |
Jazz | The Montreal Tapes | 37 minute jazz instrumental |
| Child Development Group of Mississippi | 1967 |
Children's | Head Start: With the Child Development Group of Mississippi | http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Chris Miller | 2000 |
Easy Listening | In Plain View | smooth jazz instrumental; "We Shall Over Come" |
| Dave Moore | 1985 | Country | Jukejoints & Cantinas | "I'll Be All Right" |
| David B. Hooten | 1990 |
Rap | Trumpets of Glory | |
| Etta Cameron | 1987 |
R&B | My Gospel | |
| Flossie & The Singing Sisters | 2005 | Gospel | Old Fashioned Church Songs | "I'll Be Alright" |
| Garrison Keillor, Lynn Peterson & Richard Dworsky | 2000 | Folk | A Prairie Home Companion, January 15, 2000 | "I Will Be Allright / I Will Overcome / We Shall Overcome"; http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20000115/ |
| Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles | 2001 |
Choral | Two Decades...Together: A Celebration in Song | |
| Green on Red | 1985 |
Rock | Gas Food Lodging | |
| Guy Carawan | 1960 |
Folk | The Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival, Vol. 2 | http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University | 1995 |
Gospel | Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University | |
| Imani | 2002 |
R&B | Break of Dawn | a capella |
| James Germain | 1998 |
World | Assoto | |
| Jewish Young Folk Singers | 195? |
Folk | Songs for Political Action: Folk Music, Topical Songs and the American Left 1935-1954 | |
| Joan Baez | 1963 |
Folk | Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 2 | this version appears on several collections |
| Joe Glazer And The Elm City Four | 1950 |
Folk | Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival | "We Will Overcome" |
| John Benson Brooks | 1968 |
Jazz | Avant Slant | |
| John P. Kee & Friends | 1990 |
Gospel | There Is Hope | |
| Jorma Kaukonen | 1974 | Rock | Quah | "I'll Be All Right" |
| Just Cause | 2004 |
Jazz | Standards | instrumental; http://www.jodyjazz.com/just |
| Kevin Maynor with Eric Olsen | 2003 |
Vocal | Songs of America from Another American | vocal & piano |
| Kim Harris | 2003 |
Children's | Hear & Gone in 60 Seconds! | |
| Laramie | 1970 |
Rock | Laramie | |
| Larry Goldings | 2006 |
Jazz | Quartet | instrumental |
| Larry McDonough | 2003 |
Jazz | Tuscarora: Short Stories for Jazz Piano | |
| Laurel Aitken | 1966 |
Reggae | Pioneer of Jamaican Music, Vol.1 | |
| Liz Lands & The Voices of Salvation | 1963 |
R&B | The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 3: 1963 | |
| Louis Armstrong | 1970 |
Jazz | What a Wonderful World | no trumpet |
| Lyle Henderson & Emmanuel | 1998 |
Gospel | I Cannot Go Back | |
| Margaret Allison & The Angelic Gospel Singers | 1994 | Gospel | I've Weathered the Storm | "I'll Be Alright" |
| Maggie Willow-Steadman | 1967? |
Rock | Universal Soldiers | a capella; check recording date |
| Mahalia Jackson | 1968 |
Gospel | Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. M.L. King | song also appears on two post 9/11 collections featuring Springsteen songs |
| Marion Williams | 196? |
Gospel | Through Many Dangers: Classic Performances from 1966 to 1993 | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1992 |
Spoken Word | Wisdom Of Martin Luther King Jr | spoken word over chorus recording; check recording date; also title of a major speech |
| Megumi Kanda | 2004 |
Classical | Amazing Grace | |
| Moses Hogan Singers | 2002 |
Gospel | New Orleans Gospel Tent | a capella |
| New York City Labor Chorus | 2001 |
Vocal | Workers Rise: Labor in the Spotlight | |
| Northernblues Gospel Allstars | 2002 |
Gospel | Saved! | a capella |
| Pamela Warrick-Smith | 1996 |
Folk | Flowers of Joy | |
| Paul Winter | 1963 |
New Age | Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova/Jazz Meets the Folk Song | jazz instrumental |
| Pete Seeger | 1963 |
Folk | We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert | http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php? mediaURL=/atc/20060426_atc_seegerweshall&mediaType=RM |
| Pete Seeger | 1964 | Folk | Folk Box | stream (studio) at http://www.engine-studios.com |
| Peter, Paul & Mary | 1998 |
Folk | Around the Campfire | check recording date |
| Pluggy Satchmo | 2000 |
Reggae | Porridge | |
| Reverend Gary Davis | 1961 | Gospel | Have a Little Faith | "I'll Be All Right Someday" |
| Seattle Men's Chorus | 1996 |
Vocal | Pink Album | a capella |
| Sister Helen James | 1995 |
Rock | Just as I Am | |
| Stranger & Gladdy | 197? |
Reggae | Bangarang: The Best of Stranger Cole 1962-1972 | different lyrics |
| Sybil | 1999 |
Soundtrack | Crazy in Alabama | |
| The Brothers Four | 1964 |
Folk | More Big Folk Hits | |
| The Boys Choir of Harlem | 2001 | We Shall Overcome | ||
| The Countdown Singers | 2003 |
Misc | Karaoke Party Family Favorites | album has versions with and without vocals |
| The Freak Scene | 1967 |
Rock | Psychedelic Psoul | |
| The Freedom Singers | 196? |
Spoken Word | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 | a capella |
| The Freedom Singers with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul & Mary | 1963 |
Folk | The Newport Folk Festival 1963: The Evening Concerts, Vol. 1 | a capella; released 1964 |
| The Montgomery Gospel Trio, The Nashville Quartet, and Guy Carawan | 1961 |
Folk | We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Freedom Riders and the Sit-Ins | http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| The Robert DeCormier Chorale | 1959 |
Gospel | Charlton Heston reads from The Old Testament (The Five Books of Moses) | a capella |
| The Sun Harbor Men's Chorus | 2005 |
Marches | Patriotic Songs of America | check artist & recording date |
| Thomas Kinkade | 2004 |
Gospel | Sunday Worship | |
| Toots & the Maytals | 1970 |
Reggae | Monkey Man | released, 1971 |
| Turtle Creek Chorale - The Women's Chorus of Dallas | 1995 |
Choral | Family | |
| Wingless Angels | 1995 |
Reggae | Wingless Angels | released, 1997 |
| Young Vocal Artists of Los Angeles | 2005 |
Children's | Spotlight on Music: Grade 4 Disc 22 | presented with and without vocals |
| Z. Horton, F. Hamilton | 1972 |
Jazz | Impulsively! | |
1960 |
The Nashville Sit-in Story: Songs and Scenes of Nashville Lunch Counter Desegregation (by the Sit-In Participants) | http://www.folkways.si.edu |
||
1962 |
Children's | Call of Freedom | http://www.folkways.si.edu |
|
1962 |
Folk | Call of Freedom | http://www.folkways.si.edu |
|
1965 |
Gospel | Freedom Songs: Selma Alabama | a capella; http://www.folkways.si.edu |
|
1991 |
World | We Shall Overcome: World Music of Struggle | ||
1996 |
Gospel | Place of Hope | check artists | |
2001 |
Summer of Love | |||
2002 |
Rock | Chartbuster Karaoke: Patriotic Contemporary, Vol. 3 | presented with and without vocals | |
2002 |
Children's | Solo Para Bebes: Pequenas Oraciones | flutes, xylophones, flute & harp., etc., instrumental; a lullabye | |
2003 |
World | Tahiti: The Gauguin Years - Songs and Dances | ||
| St. Moritz Vibes Vol. 4: Les Fleurs du Mal | "We shall overcome: evolution of a song" |
