The Great Paul Robeson

~ Release by Paul Robeson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Ol' Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
2:34
2My Old Kentucky Home
recording of:
My Old Kentucky Home - Good-Night! (Stephen Foster)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
3:27
3Water Boy
recording of:
Water Boy (Avery Robinson arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Avery Robinson
arrangement of:
Waterboy
2:31
4Shenandoah
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
3:11
5Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
2:46
6Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
recording of:
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:59
7Rockin' Chair
3:30
8Canoe Song
recording of:
Canoe Song
lyricist:
Arthur Wimperis
composer:
Mischa Spoliansky (composer)
2:57
9It Ain't Necessarily So
recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
2:31
10Swanee River
3:14
11Land of My Fathers
3:07
12Love Song
3:21
13Deep River
2:24
14Climbing Up (The Mountain Song)
3:10
15River, Stay 'way From My Door
recording of:
River Stay Way From My Door
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Olde Clover Leaf Music and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:24
16Mighty Lak' a Rose
recording of:
Mighty Lak’ a Rose (1901 song)
lyricist:
Frank Lebby Stanton
composer:
Ethelbert Nevin
arrangement of:
Mighty Like a Rose (Cliff Adams arrangement)
3:24
17Ma Curly Headed Baby
recording of:
Ma Curly Headed Boy
composer:
George Howard Clutsam
3:03
18Song of Freedom
2:38
19Trees
recording of:
Trees
lyricist:
Joyce Kilmer (lyricist) (in 1913)
composer:
Oscar Rasbach (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
2:26
20Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
recording of:
Motherless Child
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:18