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RealAudio ExcerptsMusic from Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
Here is a working list of the music used
throughout Will the Circle Be Unbroken? We are trying to provide links to
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| Playlist | |
| Episode 1 - Prologue | |
| "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" | The Staple Singers |
| "Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom" | SNCC Freedom Singers |
| "My Soul Will Be Saved" | Ethel Perkins & Equila Hall |
| "Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby...(Missouri Waltz) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell |
| "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" | Cab Calloway |
| "God Bless The Child" | Billie Holiday |
| "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" | Paul Whiteman w/ Mildred Bailey and the Romancers |
| "Mary Don't You Weep" | The Swan Silvertones |
| "Penitentiary Blues" | Lightnin' Hopkins |
| "Strange Fruit" | Billie Holiday |
| "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke |
| "People Get Ready" | The Persuasions |
| Episode 2 - THE ROAD TO LITIGATION | |
| "Coconut Grove/Old Folks at Home in Dixie" | Mary Lewis & Company |
| "That's Why I'm A Klansman" | |
| "Another Man Done Gone" | Odetta |
| "Tired of Being Mistreated" | Roosevelt Sykes |
| "Just Keep Still" | Mahalia Jackson |
| "Shoo Shoo Baby" | Andrews Sisters |
| "There'll Be Some Changes Made" | Benny Goodman w/Louise Thompson |
| "Flying Home" | Lionel Hampton |
| "That's Why Darkies Were Born " | Mills Brothers |
| "Repetition" | Charlie Parker |
| Episode 3 - Under Color of Law | |
| "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" | Elton Britt |
| "God Bless The Child" | Billie Holliday |
| "Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares" | Marion Williams |
| "The Hucklebuck" | Paul Williams |
| "Peace In The Valley" | Red Foley |
| "How High The Moon" | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| "C.C. Rider" | Chuck Willis |
| "Well, You Needn't" | Thelonius Monk |
| Episode 4 - HEY HEY, HO HO, SEGREGATION'S GOT TO GO | |
| "Testimony" | Brother Joe May |
| "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" | Fats Domino |
| "Don't Let Go" | Roy Hamilton |
| "We Shall Overcome" | Freedom Singers |
| "God Is Standing By" | Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke |
| "Money (That's What I Want)" | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| "Teach Me Tonight" | Dinah Washington |
| "Our Day Will Come" | Ruby & The Romantics |
| "Old Jim Crow" | Nina Simone |
| "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" | Julian "Cannonball" Adderly |
| Episode 5 - Orangeburg | |
| "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Marvin Gaye |
| "You Keep Me Hanging On" | Vanilla Fudge |
| "Keep On Pushing" | The Impressions |
| "Skip A Rope" | Henson Cargill |
| "You Keep Me Hanging On" | Vanilla Fudge |
| "All Along The Watchtower" | Jimi Hendrix |
| "Abraham, Martin, and John" | Dion |
| "Heaven Help Us All" | Stevie Wonder |
| Jack Johnson "Theme" | Miles Davis Group featuring John McGloughlin |
| Episode 6 - The Cradle of the Confederacy | |
| "Marching Through Georgia" | Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with Fiddle Fever |
| "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" | Paul Whiteman w/Mildred Bailey & The Romancers |
| "Scottsboro Boys" | Leadbelly |
| "I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living" | Hank Williams |
| "Wade In The Water" | Golden Gate Quartet |
| "I Don't Know Enough About You" | Peggy Lee |
| "I'm Beginning to See the Light" | Duke Ellington |
| "If I Had My Way" | Clara Ward |
| "Hold the Wind" | Golden Gate Quartet |
| "Hot House" | Charlie Parker/Dizzie Gillespie Quintet |
| Episode 7 - Walk and Pray | |
| "I Shall Not Be Moved" | The Harmonizing Four |
| "(You Can't Hurry God) He's Right on Time" | Original Gospel Harmonettes |
| "Alabama Bus" | Brother Will Hairston |
| "The Paper Boy (On Main Street USA)" | Bill Haley & The Comets |
| "Jacob's Ladder" | Clara Ward |
| "Walk On Alabama" | Bill Mackadu |
| "Never Turn Back" | The Sensational Nightingales |
| "You Can't Catch Me" | Chuck Berry |
| "Something's Gotta Give" | McGuire Sisters |
| "Silver's Blue" | Horace Silver |
| Episode 8 - The Bus Boycott | |
| "Alabama Bus" | Brother Will Hairston |
| "Rocket 88" | Jackie Brenston and his Delta Kings |
| "Too Much Monkey Business" | Chuck Berry |
| "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" | Tennesee Ernie Ford |
| "The Lord Is My Shepherd" | Soul Stirrers with R. H. Harris |
| "I Walk The Line" | Johnny Cash |
| "Just As I Am" | Mahalia Jackson |
| "Stormy Blues" | Billie Holiday |
| "The Treasure of Love" | Clyde McPhatter |
| "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | Odetta |
| "Joy Spring" | Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet |
| Episode 9 - My Feet is Tired, But My Soul Is Rested | |
| "No More My Lord" | Miss. State Pen. Prisoners |
| "Oh, What A Night" | The Dells |
| "Walk On Alabama" | Bill Mackadu |
| "The Storm Is Passing" | Sensational Nightingales |
| "As Long As I'm Moving" | Etta James |
| "Sittin' On Top Of The World" | Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| "I Saw the Light" | Hank Williams |
| "I'm Walkin" | Fats Domino |
| "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" | Sonny Rollins |
| Episode 10 - Rocking the Cradle | |
| "Walk On Alabama" | Bill Mackadu |
| "Hit The Road Jack" | Ray Charles |
| "If We Never Needed The Lord Before" | |
| "Stand By Me" | Ben E. King |
| "Uncloudy Day" | Staple Singers |
| "Go Down Moses" | Marion Williams |
| "Nowhere To Run" | Martha and the Vandellas |
| "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | James Brown |
| "Amen" | The Impressions |
| "Sidewinder" | Lee Morgan |
| Episode 11 - The Jim Crow Years | |
| "Slidin' Delta" | J.D. Short |
| "Hard Times" | Son Thomas |
| "Moanin' The Blues" | Memphis Minnie |
| "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" | Bing Crosby |
| "Trouble In Mind" | Dinah Washington |
| "Miss Brown To You" | Billie Holiday |
| "Tell Me More And More, And Then Some" | Billie Holiday |
| "Memphis Blues" | Louis Armstrong |
| Episode 12 - Nine For Justice | |
| "40's Swing" | |
| "Straighten Up And Fly Right" | Nat King Cole |
| "Don't Fence Me In" | Edward Nell and the Foursome Quartet |
| "Sh-boom" | The Crewcuts |
| "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" | Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| "School Day" | Chuck Berry |
| "Could This Be Magic?" | The Dubs |
| "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| "Jesus Be A Fence Around Me" | The Soul Stirrers |
| "C.C. Rider" | Chuck Willis |
| "Take Five" | Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Episode 13 - Soldiers In The Schoolhouse | |
| "Theme From Dixie" | Duane Eddy |
| "Sticks And Stones" | Ray Charles |
| "Mary Don't You Weep" | The Swan Silvertones |
| "Teen Beat" | Sandy Nelson |
| "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" | Mahalia Jackson |
| "Back in the USA" | Chuck Berry |
| "The Old Ship Of Zion" | The Roberta Martin Singers |
| "This Bitter Earth" | Dinah Washington |
| "Move On Up A Little Higher" | Mahalia Jackson |
| "Fables of Faubus" | Charlie Mingus |
| Episode 14 - The Lost Year | |
| "Summertime Blues" | Eddie Cochran |
| "Fever" | Peggy Lee |
| "Wonderful World" | Sam Cooke |
| "Just Keep It Up" | Dee Clark |
| "Lonesome Valley" | Kitty Wells |
| "Thirteen Women" | Bill Haley and the Comets |
| "Higher Ground" | Clara Ward |
| "Money (That's What I Want)" | Barrett Strong |
| "How I Got Over" | Mahalia Jackson |
| "Life's Railway To Heaven" | Patsy Cline |
| "All Blues" | Miles Davis |
| Episode 15 - The 1960s | |
| "Get Your Rights, Jack" | CORE Freedom Singers |
| "C'mon Everybody" | Eddie Cochran |
| "Dancing In The Streets" | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas |
| "Respect" | Otis Redding |
| "Machine Gun" | Jimi Hendrix |
| "Summer In The City" | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| "Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)" | James Brown |
| "Think" | Aretha Franklin |
| "Stand" | Sly and the Family Stone |
| "Sanctuary" | Miles Davis |
Episode 16 - American Apartheid "Jim Crow" The Union Boys "Move Them Niggers North" "Hard Time Blues" Josh White "The Old Ship of Zion" The Roberta Martin Singers "Live the Life I Sing About" Professor Alex Bradford "The Segregation Wagon" "Hoochie Coochie Man" Muddy Waters "Uncloudy Day" The Staple Singers "Joshua 'Fit The Battle of Jericho" Mahalia Jackson "See You Later, Alligator" Bobby Charles "Go Down Moses" Marion Williams "Take the A-Train" Duke Ellington & Count Basie Episode 17 - The Birth of a Movement "Run, Nigger, Run" The Skillet Lickers "I'm a Pilgrim" Soul Stirrers "I'm a Roadrunner" Bo Diddley "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Jessie Hill "Because They're Young" Duane Eddy "New Parchman" Mose Allison "Going Down To Mississippi" Phil Ochs "I'm On My Way" Barbara Dane "Let The Four Winds Blow" Fats Domino "What Do You Think of That" Bob Dylan "Let's Dance" Chris Montez "After the Rain" John Coltrane Episode 18 The Demonstrations "Here's To The State Of Mississippi" Phil Ochs "Ring Of Fire" Johnny Cash "It Isn't Nice" Judy Collins "(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" Martha Reeves & The Vandellas "Only A Pawn In Their Game" Bob Dylan "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" Fannie Lou Hamer (From the Medgar Evers Memorial Tribute) "The Death Of Medgar Evers" Donal Leace "Oh Freedom/This Little Light Of Mine" Freedom Singers "Peter Gunn" Duane Eddy "Pain In My Heart" Otis Redding "We Shall Walk Through The Valley In Peace" Clara Ward "Cristo Redentor" Donald Byrd Episode 19 - Freedom Summer "Twist And Shout" The Isley Brothers "The Name Game" Shirley Ellis "Out of Limits" The Marketts "Movin' It On" Odetta "We Are Soldiers in the Army" Freedom Trio "In the Mississippi River" Marshall Jones and the SNCC Freedom Singers "This Land is Your Land" Peter, Paul and Mary "Freedom Train" Sam Block and the Miss. Freedom Singers "I Shall Not Be Moved" Harmonizing Four "Bach's Air on a G String" Swingle Singers Episode 20 - Power and Resistance "Turn, Turn, Turn" The Byrds "Blowin' In The Wind" Stevie Wonder "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?" The Lovin' Spoonful "Go Tell It On The Mountain" Fannie Lou Hamer "Shotgun" Jr. Walker "Hold On, I'm Coming" Sam & Dave "War" Edwin Starr "Ball of Confusion" The Temptations "For What It's Worth" The Staple Singers "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing" James Brown "Red Clay" Freddie Hubbard Episode 21 - Prelude Of A Movement "Dixie's Land" U.S. Military Academy Band "Lift Every Voice And Sing" Morehouse College Concert Choir "Bicycle Bounce" Erskine Hawkins "I Want To Be Ready" The Badgett Sisters "Long Old Road" Bessie Smith "Open The Door, Richard" Count Basie & His Orchestra "Good Rockin' Tonight" Wynonie Harris "Shake A Hand" Faye Adams "Atlanta Blues" Louis Armstrong Episode 22 - The Atlanta Student Movement "There's Something On Your Mind" Bobby Marchan "C'mon Everybody" Eddie Cochran "Walk Don't Run" The Ventures "You Better Leave Segregation Alone" James Bevel, Joseph Carter Bernard Lafayette, Samuel Collier "This Magic Moment" The Drifters "Shop Around" Smokey Robinson & Miracles "Giant Steps" John Coltrane Episode 23 Crow And Molasses "Theme from High Noon (Don't Forsake Me)" Tex Ritter "Something's Gotta Give" The McGuire Sisters "Glory, Glory For Old Georgia (UGA Fight Song) UGA Redcoat Band "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" UGA Redcoat Band "Mama Said" The Shirelles "Brown Baby" Cordell Reagon "Pomp And Circumstance" Arthur Fiedler w/the Boston Pops "I Saw Her Standing There" The Beatles "New York Girl" Miles Davis Episode 24 The City Too Busy To Hate "Marching Through Georgia Jay Ungar and Mollly Mason with Fiddle Fever "Peter Gunn" Duane Eddy "Security" Otis Redding "Let There Be Drums" Sandy Nelson "Keep On Pushing" The Impressions "Things Go Better With Coke (1964 Jingle)" The Limeliters "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" Aretha Franklin "A Love Supreme/Acknowledgement" John Coltrane Episode 25 The Rise Of Black Political Power "Walkin' With Mr. Lee" Lee Allen "I'm Gonna Sit At The Welcome Table" Hollis Watkins "Eve Of Destruction" Barry McGuire "Move On Up" Curtis Mayfield "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder "To Be Young, Gifted, And Black" Donny Hathaway "Theme of Naima" McCoy Tyner Episode 26 Epilogue "People Get Ready" The Impressions "Come To The River" Dianne Reeves "We The People" The Staple Singers "Inner City Blues" Marvin Gaye "Farther Along" Trio (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris) "New World Order" Curtis Mayfield "Streets of Philadelphia" Bruce Springsteen "Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson "Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2" The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Someday We'll All Be Free" Aretha Franklin
Here are links for some of the artists whose music is featured in Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Please note that some of these links lead to commercial sites. No commercial endorsement is implied. If you have suggestions for other listings please send us email.
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Mor information on the Staple Singers, the group that sings the version of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" that opens each series episode.
50's Rock-n-Roll samples featuring many of "Circle's" artists in the midi player format.
Direct rock-n-roll hall of fame site with RealAudio verbal history and music samples.
Official site for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
Chicago radio station which lists the No. 1 hits from historical weeks and years from 1955 - 1980 (changes weekly). Clicking on the "disc" gives a rock-n-roll hall of fame picture, bio, and music sample. Rock, pop, r+b, soul artists.
Great Southern Music site covering bios, histories, and information regarding many "Circle" artists in the Southern Gospel, Blues, and Country areas. Great Site!!!
Great African-American music history site providing music samples and historical facts. The site is a tribute to African-American composer William Grant Still. Artist info includes: Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, Chuck Berry, Nat King Cole, James Brown, Motown Records, Louis Armstrong, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Bernice Reagon Johnson, and Aretha Franklin (historical accomplishment listings).
Great Otis Redding homepage.
Super Great!!! page featuring Curtis Mayfield with pictures, discography, and music samples in .au format. This page does take a few minutes to load, but it is definitely worth those few minutes.
Billie Holliday page. Pretty good page featuring discography with playlists and lyrics.
Rock-N-Roll World page dedicated to Bill Haley and the Comets with song lists, some lyrics and a few links to other Haley pages.
Another Rock-N-Roll World page devoted to the musical career of legendary performer Chuck Berry.
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