''We Shall Overcome'' is a 1963

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably ...

. It was

recorded live ''Recorded Live'' is the third live album by British blues rock musicians Ten Years After, which was released as a double LP in 1973. This album, containing no overdubs or additives, was recorded over four nights in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, F ...

at his concert at

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, on June 8, 1963, and was released by

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. The concert would later be described by

Ed Vulliamy Edward Sebastian Vulliamy (born 1 August 1954) is a British journalist and writer. Early life and education Vulliamy was born and raised in Notting Hill, London. His mother was the children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes, his father ...

of ''

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'' as "a launch event for the entwining of the music and politics of the 1960s". Ed Vulliamy, ''The voice of protest sings on'', The Observer, 5 April 2009
Retrieved 27 May 2013 Reviewer Stewart Mason at

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criticised some of the songs as "trite", but wrote that "the second half of the concert, climaxing in the definitive version of "

Guantanamera "Guantanamera" (; Spanish: (the woman) from Guantánamo) is perhaps the best-known Cuban song and that country's most-noted patriotic song, especially when using a poem by the Cuban poet José Martí for the lyrics. The official writing credits ...

," is protest folk at its finest." It was added to the

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by the

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in 2006, calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The album was reissued in an expanded 2-CD version in 1989, as ''We Shall Overcome - The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert''.

Track listing

Original LP

Side 1: # "

If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus "If You Miss Me at The Back of the Bus" was a song written by Charles Neblett and recorded by Pete Seeger on his album ''We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger album), We Shall Overcome'' in 1963. The song was written in response to attempts to desegregate ...

" (Traditional) 2:09 # "

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" is a folk song that became influential during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on the traditional song, " Gospel Plow," also known as "Hold On," "Keep Your Hand on the Plow," and ...

" (Traditional, Alice Wine) 2:00 # "I Ain't Scared of Your Jail" (Pete Seeger) 1:33 # "

Oh Freedom "Oh, Freedom" is a post-Civil War African-American freedom song. It is often associated with the Civil Rights Movement, with Odetta, who recorded it as part of the "Spiritual Trilogy", on her ''Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues'' album, and with Joa ...

" (Traditional) 3:12 # "What Did You Learn in School Today" (

Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

) 1:40 # "

Little Boxes "Little Boxes" is a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963, when he released his cover version. The song is a social satire about the development of suburbia, and associat ...

" (

Malvina Reynolds Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown ...

) 1:52 # "Who Killed Norma Jean?" (Pete Seeger) 2:21"Who Killed…Norma Jean?"
by Ken Bigger, ''Sing Out!'' magazine, May 7, 2013 (retrieved January 23 2022) # "

Who Killed Davey Moore? "Who Killed Davey Moore?" is a topical song written in 1963 by American folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. Though the song was not commercially released on Dylan's several studio albums in the 1960s, it was popular in his repertoire for live shows ...

" (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

) 2:20 Side 2: # "

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is a song written by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan in the summer of 1962 and recorded later that year for his second album, ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' (1963). Its lyrical structure is modeled after ...

" (Bob Dylan) 5:35 # "Mail Myself to You" (

Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired ...

) 1:11 # "

" (Héctor Angulo, Joseíto Fernandez,

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the libera ...

Julián Orbón Julián Orbón de Soto (August 7, 1925, Avilés, Spain – May 21, 1991, Miami, Florida was a Cuban composer who lived and composed in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States of America. Aaron Copland referred to Orbón as "Cuba's most gifte ...

, Pete Seeger) 4:37 # "

Tshotsholosa "Shosholoza" is an Nguni song that was sung by the mixed tribes of gold miners in South Africa. It is a mix of Zulu and Ndebele words, and can have various other South African languages thrown in depending on the singers. It was sung by all-mal ...

" (

Todd Matshikiza Todd Tozama Matshikiza (1921–1968) was a South African jazz pianist, composer and journalist. Overview Matshikiza came from a musical family. He graduated from St Peter's College in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, and went on to obtain a d ...

/ Pat Williams) 1:27 # "

We Shall Overcome "We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the American civil rights movement. The song is most commonly attributed as being lyrically descended from "I'll Overcome Some Day", a hymn by Charles Albert Ti ...

" (

Guy Carawan Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. (July 28, 1927 – May 2, 2015) was an American folk music, folk musician and musicology, musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tenn ...

, Frank Hamilton,

Zilphia Horton Zilphia Horton (April 14, 1910 – April 11, 1956) was an American musician, community organizer, educator, Civil Rights activist, and folklorist. She is best known for her work with her husband Myles Horton at the Highlander Folk School where s ...

, Pete Seeger) 5:58

Expanded CD

Disc 1: # "Audience" 1:07 # Banjo Medley: " Cripple Creek/

Old Joe Clark "Old Joe Clark" is a US folk song, a mountain ballad that was popular among soldiers from eastern Kentucky during World War I and afterwards. Its lyrics refer to a real person named Joseph Clark, a Kentucky mountaineer who was born in 1839 and murde ...

/Leather Britches" (Traditional) 2:20 # " Lady Margaret" (Traditional) 3:30 # " Mrs. McGrath" (Traditional) 4:01 # "Mail Myself to You" (Woody Guthrie) 1:36 # "My Rambling Boy" (Tom Paxton) 5:20 # "A Little Brand New Baby" (Tom Paxton) 1:21 # "What Did You Learn In School Today?" (Tom Paxton) 2:04 # "Little Boxes" (Malvina Reynolds) 3:02 # "Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter" (Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger) 3:31 # "Who Killed Norma Jean?" (Pete Seeger) 2:51 # "Who Killed Davey Moore?" (Bob Dylan) 3:11 # " Farewell (Fare Thee Well)" (Bob Dylan) 3:10 # "

" (Bob Dylan) 6:07 # "Didn't He Ramble" (Traditional) 1:22 # "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize" (Traditional) 3:26 # "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus" (Pete Seeger) 2:41 # "I Ain't Scared of Your Jail" (Pete Seeger) 1:55 # "Oh, Freedom" (Traditional) 5:25 Disc 2: # "Audience" 0:58 # "

Skip to My Lou "Skip to My (The) Lou" is a popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. Poet and Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg writes that "Skip-to-my-Lou" was a popular party game in US President Abraham Lincoln's youth in southern In ...

" (Traditional) 2:06 # "Sweet Potatoes" (Traditional) 2:51 # "Deep Blue Sea" (Traditional) 2:32 # "Sea of Misery" (Traditional) 0:59 # "Oh Louisiana" (Steve Howell) 2:19 # "Johnny Give Me" (Steve Howell) 2:27 # "Oh, What a Beautiful City!" ( Marion Hicks) 3:01 # "Lua de Sertao (Moon of the Backland)" (Traditional) 2:47 # "

Misirlou "Misirlou" ( el, Μισιρλού < tr, Mısırlı 'Egyptian' < ar, مصر ''Miṣr'' 'Egypt') is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians wer ...

" (Traditional) 2:12 # " Polyushke Polye (Meadowlands)" (Traditional) 1:25 # "Genbaku O Yurusumagi (Never Again The A Bomb)" (Pete Seeger) 2:44 # " Schtille Di Nacht (Quiet is the Night)" (Pete Seeger) 3:47 # "Viva la Quince Brigada (Long Live The Fifteenth Brigade)" (Pete Seeger) 3:55 # "Tshotsholosa (Road Song)" (Todd Matshikiza, P. Williams) 2:43 # "

This Land Is Your Land "This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", with melody based on a Carter Fam ...

" (

) 3:31 # "From Way Up Here" (Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger) 2:37 # "We Shall Overcome" (Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger) 8:14 # "Mister Tom Hughes' Town" (

Lead Belly Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...

) 1:42 # "Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvy" (Lead Belly) 3:48 # "Guantanamera" (Héctor Angulo, Joseíto Fernandez, José Martí, Julián Orbón, Pete Seeger) 7:07

References

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