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.
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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!
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1776 Overture, written by Peter Sherman for the play/film 1776
From The Album: 1776 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1969)
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19th Amendment by Dolly Parton
From The Album: 27: The Most Perfect Album (2018) by Various Artists
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23 Amendment by Duke Ellington
From The Album: 27: The Most Perfect Album (2018) by Various Artists
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Electoral College (From the School House Rock)
From the video series: The School House Rock
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Eyes on the Prize by Mavis Staples
From The Album: We’ll Never Turn Back (2007)
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I’m Just A Bill (from the School House Rock)
From the video series: The School House Rock
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The Lees of Old Virginia w/ Reprise (from the 1972 film 1776)
From the 1972 film 1776.
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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)
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Sufferin’ Till Suffrage (from the School House Rock)
From the video series: The School House Rock
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This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
From The Album: This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 (1997)
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Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream by Simon & Garfunkel
From The Album: Wednesday Morning 3 AM (1964)
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The Preamble from the School House Rock
From the video series: The School House Rock
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Turn the World Around by Harry Belafonte
From The Album: Turn The World Around (1977)
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We Shall Overcome by Pete Seeger
From The Album: The Bitter And The Sweet (1962) & The Essential Pete Seeger (2013)
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Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom by Sweet Honey in the Rock
From The Album: Freedom Song (TV Soundtrack) (2000)
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Yankee Doodle Dandy by James Cagney
From the film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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Hoopla Album of the Week
Freedom Highway (2017) by Rhiannon Giddens
And from the album, the title track:
Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens with Bhi Bhi
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Have a great weekend,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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