Folk America

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Folk America

JOURNEY THROUGH 400 FOLK SONGS

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1920s-50s COUNTRY FOLK, BLUEGRASS, HONKY TONK

 

1920s-50s Country, Bluegrass, Honky Tonk

Nashville-based commercial AM radio channel "WSM" (We Shield Millions) was founded in 1925 as a broadcast dedicated to American roots music.

∙  1927  ∙  Sleep, Baby sleep (Jimmie Rodgers)  ∙  1928  ∙  West Virginia gals (Al Hopkins & his Buckle Busters)  ∙  1930  ∙  Worried man blues  (Carter Family)  ∙  1931  ∙  Tumbling tumbleweeds (v1944)  (Roy Rogers)  ∙  1934  ∙  Freight train boogie (Red Foley)  ∙  1936  ∙  Wabash cannonball (Roy Acuff)  ∙  1938  ∙  Ida Red  (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys)  ∙  1939  ∙  Orange blossom special (Ervin T. Rouse)  ∙  1940  ∙  Mule skinner blues (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys)  ∙  1941 / 46  ∙  I'm walking the floor over you / Drivin' nails in my coffin (Ernest Tubb)  ∙  1948  ∙  Molly & Tenbrooks (Stanley Brothers)  ∙  1949  ∙  Send me the pillow that you dream on (Hank Locklin)  ∙  Down the road / Foggy mountain breakdown (Flatt & Scruggs)  ∙  1950  ∙  If you've got the money I've got the time / I want to be with you always (Lefty Frizell)  ∙  I'm moving on (Hank Snow, ver. 1963) 

∙  1949 / 50 / 51 / 52  ∙  Lovesick blues / Cold cold heart / Hey good lookin' / Jambalaya (on the Bayou) (Hank Williams)  ∙  1951  ∙  I want to be with you always (Lefty Frizell)  ∙  1952  ∙  I'll go on alone  (Marty Robbins)  ∙  Absolutely live  (Les Paul)  ∙  1953  ∙  Mexican Joe  (Jim Reeves)  ∙  Jukebox blues  (June Carter Cash)  ∙  1954  ∙  Mr. Sandman  (Chet Atkins)  ∙  1955  ∙  He's in the Jailhouse now  (Webb Pierce)  ∙  Black denim trousers and motorcycle boots  (The Cheers)  ∙  Live fast, love hard, die young (Faron Young)  ∙  I don't believe you've met my baby (Louvin Brothers)  ∙  1956  ∙  Singing the blues (Marty Robbins)    Crazy arms (Ray Price)  ∙  I walk the line / Folsom prison blues (ver. 70s) (Johnny Cash)  ∙  1957  ∙  Home of the blues (Johnny Cash)  ∙  Walkin' after midnight  (Patsy Cline)  ∙  1958  ∙  Schoolboy crush  (Bobby Helms)  ∙  Once more (Osborne Brothers)  ∙  1960  ∙  Please help me I'm falling (Hank Locklin)  ∙

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1920s-50s FOLK SONG, BLUES-FOLK

 

1920s-50s Folk song, blues folk

∙  1928  ∙  Man of constant sorrow (Emry Arthur)  ∙  You got to walk that lonesome valley (v1964)  (Mississippi John Hurt)  ∙  1929/1933  ∙  Little Sadie / House of the Rising sun  (Clarence Ashley)  ∙  1935  ∙  So long, it's been good to know yuh (Woody Guthrie)  ∙  Honey I'm all out and down (Lead Belly)  ∙  1940  ∙  Take this hammer (Lead Belly)  ∙  Ain't got no home in this world anymore (Woody Guthrie)  ∙  1941  ∙  Song for bridges  (The Almanach Singers ft. Pete Seeger)  ∙  1944  ∙  I got a head like a rock (Josh White)  ∙  1945  ∙  This land is your land (Woody Guthrie) ∙

∙  1948  ∙  Wayfaring stranger (Burl Ives)  ∙  1949  ∙  If I had a hammer (PETE SEEGER)  ∙  1950  ∙  Lonesome traveller  (The Weavers ft Pete Seeger)  ∙  1955  ∙  Sixteen tons  (Tennessee Ernie Ford)  ∙  1956  ∙  Freight train / Georgia Buck (Elizabeth Cotten)  ∙  The horse named Bill (Bob Gibson)  ∙  1957  ∙  Wreck of the old 97 (Carolyn Hester)  ∙  Bye bye love  (Everly Brothers)  ∙  1958  ∙  Tom Dooley  (Kingston Trio)  ∙  1959  ∙  The battle of New Orleans  (Jimmy Driftwood)  ∙  1959  ∙  Johnny Reb / When it's springtime in Alaska  (Johnny Horton)  ∙

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60s FOLK REVIVAL

 

60s Folk revival

∙  1960  ∙  Silver dagger / El preso número 9  (Joan Baez)  ∙  Lemon tree  (Will Holt)  ∙  1961  ∙  500 miles  (Hedy West)  ∙  1962  ∙  I'm the man that built the bridges (Tom Paxton)  ∙  Touch me (Willie Nelson)  ∙  1963  ∙  Blowin' in the wind / A hard rain's a gonna fall / Don't think twice, it's all right / Masters of war (BOB DYLAN)  ∙  We shall overcome (Joan Baez)  ∙  Anathea (Judy Collins)  ∙  The praties they grow small (Carolyn Hester)  ∙  1964  ∙  The sounds of silence / Bleecker Street (SIMON & GARFUNKEL)  ∙  What did you learn in school today? / The last thing on my mind (Tom Paxton)  ∙

∙  1965  ∙  King of the road (Roger Miller)  ∙  Pack up your sorrows  (Richard Fariña & Mimi Baez)  ∙  Early morning rain (Peter Paul & Mary)  ∙  Elusive butterfly (Bob Lind)  ∙  Blues run the game (Jackson C. Frank)  ∙  I ain't marching anymore (Phil Ochs)  ∙  1966  ∙  Waist deep in the big muddy (PETE SEEGER)  ∙  Early morning rain  (Gordon Lightfoot, CAN)  ∙  Solitary man  (Neil Diamond)    My country 'tis of thy people you're dying  (Buffy Sainte-Marie)  ∙  Urge for going (Joni Mitchell CAN)  ∙  1967  ∙  Sisters of mercy  (LEONARD COHEN)  ∙  Without her (Harry Nilsson)  ∙  San Francisco  (Scott McKenzie)  ∙  Ode to Billy Joe (Bobbie Gentry)  ∙  Feel like I'm fixin' to die (Country Joe McDonald)  ∙  Society's child (Janis Ian)  ∙

  1968  ∙  For the sake of this song  (Townes van Zandt)  ∙  If I were a carpenter (Tim Hardin)  ∙  I take a lot of pride in what I am (Merle Haggard)  ∙  No regrets (Tom Rush)  ∙  1969  ∙  Chelsea morning (Joni Mitchell CAN)  ∙  Sweet Sir Galahad (Joan Baez)  Jennifer (Bert Sommer)  ∙  Polk salad Annie  (Tony Joe White)  ∙  Poor Elijah  (Delaney & Bonnie)  ∙  It hurts me too  (Karen Dalton)  ∙  Coming into Los Angeles  (Arlo Guthrie)  ∙  I had a dream  (John B Sebastian)  ∙  Guinnevere (Crosby Stills & Nash)  ∙  Cowgirl in the sand  (NEIL YOUNG, CAN)  ∙

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70s CONTEMPORARY FOLK

 

70s contemporary folk

 

∙  1970  ∙  Don't let it bring you down  (NEIL YOUNG, CAN)  ∙  4+20 (Crosby Stills Nash & Young)  ∙  Look what they've done to my song  (Melanie)  ∙  Lady of the rose/Fugue for the ox  (Emmylou Harris)  ∙  Song to the siren  (Tim Buckley)  ∙  Me and Bobby McGee  (Kris Kristofferson)  ∙  Sugar man  (Sixto Diaz Rodriguez)  ∙  1971  ∙  Carey (Joni Mitchell)  ∙  You've got a friend (James Taylor, orig. 1971 Carole King)  ∙  American pie (Don McLean)  ∙  Sam Stone (John Prine)  ∙  1971 / 72 / 74  ∙  Take me home, country roads / Rocky mountain high / Sweet surrender (John Denver)  ∙

∙  1972  ∙  Duncan (PAUL SIMON)  ∙  Dear Abby (John Prine)  ∙  Time in a bottle / Operator (Jim Croce)  ∙  1973  ∙  Ann (David Gates/Bread)  ∙  Knockin' on heaven's door (BOB DYLAN)  ∙  That's enough for me (Peter Yarrow)  ∙  1974 / 75  ∙  Stars / At seventeen (Janis Ian)  ∙  1975  ∙  Blue eyes crying in the rain (Willie Nelson)  ∙  1976  ∙  Right time of the night (Jennifer Warnes)  ∙  Cupid's arrow (David Blue)  ∙

 

American country & folk goes on

∙  1980  ∙  I lost it (Lucinda Williams)  ∙  1984  ∙  Clay pigeons (Blaze Foley)  ∙  1987  ∙  Luka (Suzanne Vega)  ∙  1989  ∙  Another long one (Shawn Colvin)  ∙  1995  ∙  Any man of mine (Shania Twain CAN)  ∙  1996  ∙  You were meant for me (Jewel)  ∙  2006  ∙  Postcards from Italy (Beirut)  ∙  ..

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Folk America

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JOURNEY THROUGH 400 FOLK SONGS

FOLK  ∙  AMERICA  ∙  UK  ∙  Europe  ∙  Latin America  ∙  Africa  ∙  Russia  ∙

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