MUSIC GENRE ∙ FOLK ∙ Rock ∙ RnB Soul ∙ Rap ∙ Pop Hits ∙ World music ∙
Folk America
JOURNEY THROUGH 400 FOLK SONGS
FOLK ∙ AMERICA ∙ UK ∙ Europe ∙ Latin America ∙ Africa ∙ Russia ∙
Folk America (USA & Canada)
∙ 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) ∙ 1959 ∙ Johnny Reb / When it's springtime in Alaska (Johnny Horton) ∙ The battle of New Orleans (Jimmy Driftwood) ∙ 1960 ∙ Please help me I'm falling (Hank Locklin) ∙
∙ 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) ∙ 1960 ∙ Will the circle be unbroken (The Staple Singers) ∙
∙ 1959/1960 ∙ The banks of the Ohio / Silver dagger / El preso número 9 (Joan Baez) ∙ 1960 ∙ Lemon tree (Will Holt) ∙ 1961 ∙ 500 miles (Hedy West) ∙ 1962 ∙ Touch me (Willie Nelson) ∙ 1962/64 ∙ I'm the man that built the bridges / What did you learn in school today? / The last thing on my mind (Tom Paxton) ∙ 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) ∙
∙ 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 / The stranger song (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) ∙
∙ 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) ∙ ..
