John Brown’s Body

~ Song

Annotation

lyrics by James E. Greenleaf, C. S. Hall, C. B. Marsh, and others, 1861 (wikipedia)

Annotation last modified on 2017-09-20 08:08 UTC.

writer:	[traditional] (special purpose artist)

part of:	Roud Folk Song Index (number: 771) (order: 310)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/128128 [info]
Wikidata:	Q947444 [info]

referred to in medleys:	Ja‐Da Medley (order: 17)
later translated versions:	おはぎのよめいり
is the basis for:	Battle Hymn of the Republic Solidarity Forever They Were Only Playing Leapfrog (set to the tune of "John Brown’s Body")
arrangements:	Glory Glory Hallelujah

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1958-02-24	Tom Brown's Body	instrumental	Shelly Manne & His Men	5:58
1959	John Brown’s Body		Pete Seeger	3:00
1961-09	John Brown’s Body	instrumental	Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson	7:48
1963-02-01	John Brown’s Body	instrumental	Jimmy Smith	6:05
1964-01-27	John Brown’s Body	instrumental	Jimmy Smith	5:15
1964-04-20 – 1964-04-21	Glory, Glory Hallelujah		Gert Westphal	0:50
1969-10-29	John Brown's Body		Ben Webster	6:44
1970-03-06	John Brown’s Body (live, 1970-03-06: The It Club, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	instrumental	Gene Harris & The Three Sounds	7:52
1970	John Brown’s Body		Leon Lishner	4:39
1972-06-29	John Brown's Body	instrumental	Gene Harris	5:32
1979	John Brown's Body	cover	Van Morrison	3:50
2017-05-17 – 2017-05-19	John Brown's Body		Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison	3:05
	Glory Glory	instrumental	Fraser Gartshore	3:55
	John Brown's Body		Paul Robeson	2:50
	John Brown's Body	cover	Antti Sarpila Swing Band	2:11
	John Brown's Body	cover	Van Morrison	4:19
	John Brown's Body		Peter La Farge	4:18
	John Brown's Body	live	Roy Budd	?:??
	John Brown's Body (excerpt)		Stephen Vincent Benét	3:51
	John Brown’s Body		The Lords	3:26
	John Brown’s Body	cover	Antti Sarpila Swing Band	2:11
	John Brown’s Body		Oscar Peterson	7:49