Martin Luther King Tribute Songs
SoulOnIce
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Looking for any tributes to the Doctor that I may not have.Does anyone have the Marvin Gaye version of "Abraham, Martin & John"or any other interesting versions? Here is the Smokey Robinson version:Really looking for any direct MLK tributes, too. Anyone have tracksfrom the Tommy Butler "Selma" LP to share? Or any great soul tributes?Here's the Big Mama Thornton track on Rojac, "Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King":I think I may have posted these last year, but I haven't found anyothers in my stacks so far - if I can dig any more out, I will post.
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I am looking, particuliar, for any JAZZ tributes to Dr King to play on a radio show tomorrow evening.
Any contributions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I don't own it to post up, but maybe somebody has the Nathan Davis
"Suite For Dr Martin Luther King" that they could hook you up with,
Thanks, Lar*y. If anyone can post this up, it would be awesome.
Nathan Davis -- Suite for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"I'm Serving Time" by Rodger Collins.
Okay, the tone of this may be a little too upbeat and jaunty compared to everything else mentioned - it's this blues song about a black man who gets carried off to jail on some trumped-up charge he doesn't deserve, and mentions Martin Luther King as a sign that justice will surely come. This is a heady subject for an R&B song in 1967, since most mainstream black artists weren't doing the social consciousness thing then. It was the B-side of his Galaxy single "She's Looking Good."
And to tie in with that other thread about "Records That Saw The Future"...this is the only soul record I can think of that mentioned King's name while he was still alive. Yes, it was a flip side, but still...
For both Soul On Ice AND Mr. Matthew:
I forget the title, but there is a fairly well-known song by Nina Simone...
"Why? (The King of Love is Dead)" from the live album 'Nuff Said on RCA
written by Nina's bass player Gene Taylor, recorded the evening following the murder of Dr King
Bilesse Singers - 'memories of dr king' on bilesse
Unity Gospel Experience - 'free at last'
Was it called "Kings Holiday"
Roy Ayers - "Holiday" is a nice one
MArva whitney - "im tired, im tired, im tired" a track with general social commentary, not a fully fledged king tribute. but she salutes him in the last verse "a soul man died for us, dr. king if i remember 10 years ago he was ridin in the rear of the bus" dont have the exact words in mind but its something like that
I actually found that one in my collection last nite and played "Motherless Child" off it. Forgot I had it.
Its really good, too. Upchurch, Jennings, Gene Barge, Stepney.
Interesting story behind that record, too.
Does yours have the "portrait suitable for framing" insert?