Suggested Listening: November 1, 2024

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, November 8, 2024.

As Election Day is coming up on Tuesday, November 5, 2024; I’ve created an upbeat collection of songs that focus on civics in general, and voting in particular – to celebrate the history of voting in the United States. Enjoy!

1776 Overture, written by Peter Sherman for the play/film 1776

From The Album: 1776 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  (1969)

19th Amendment by Dolly Parton   

From The Album: 27: The Most Perfect Album (2018) by Various Artists

23 Amendment by Duke Ellington 

From The Album: 27: The Most Perfect Album (2018) by Various Artists

Electoral College (From the School House Rock)

From the video series: The School House Rock

 Eyes on the Prize by Mavis Staples  

From The Album: We’ll Never Turn Back (2007)

I’m Just A Bill (from the School House Rock)

From the video series: The School House Rock

The Lees of Old Virginia w/ Reprise (from the 1972 film 1776)

From the 1972 film 1776.

People Have the Power by Patti Smith  

From: Patti Smith’s 2000 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony; the song also appears on the album: Dream Of Life (1988)

Sufferin’ Till Suffrage (from the School House Rock) 

From the video series: The School House Rock

This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie

From The Album: This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 (1997)

Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream by Simon & Garfunkel

From The Album: Wednesday Morning 3 AM (1964)

The Preamble from the School House Rock

From the video series: The School House Rock

Turn the World Around by Harry Belafonte  

From The Album: Turn The World Around (1977)

We Shall Overcome by Pete Seeger  

From The Album: The Bitter And The Sweet (1962) & The Essential Pete Seeger (2013)

Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom by Sweet Honey in the Rock

From The Album: Freedom Song (TV Soundtrack) (2000)

Yankee Doodle Dandy by James Cagney 

From the film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Hoopla Album of the Week 

Freedom Highway (2017) by Rhiannon Giddens  

Freedom Highway

And from the album, the title track:

Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens with Bhi Bhi 

 

Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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