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Pages in category "Great Depression songs" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The song became best known through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée that were released in late 1932. The song received positive reviews and was one of the most popular songs of 1932. As one of the few popular songs during the era to discuss the darker aspects of the collapse, it came to be viewed as an anthem of the Great Depression.
The song tells the story of a poor Southern cotton farm-family during the Great Depression. "Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch. We all picked the cotton but we never got rich." "Well, somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we was so poor that we couldn't tell."
The depression occurred amid a post–World War I recession that affected much of the world's leading economies. During this period, the U.S. economy experienced a severe downturn, and unemployment skyrocketed. [1] It was the largest one-year economic decline in nearly a century and a half—far worse than any year during the Great Depression. [1]
This song swept the nation, becoming an anthem of the Great Depression. Harburg was a staunch critic of both high society and religion. He wrote a poem entitled "Atheist" that summarized his views on God. [2] [3]
Later covers of the song used other price combinations.) is an American song of the late 1920s, which was published in 1928 by Bob Miller and Emma Dermer. [1] The song details the economic situation as the Great Depression approached, when the price of cotton fell so low that farming became increasingly unviable economically and inflation had ...
Dust Bowl Ballads chronicles the 1930s Dust Bowl era during The Great Depression, where farmers were dispossessed of their land by a combination of weather conditions and bank foreclosures. The album is semi-autobiographical, mirroring both Guthrie’s own life and John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath , which had just been turned ...
The song tells of hard times during the Great Depression. It is considered an early example of a protest song. In 2020, the song was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame. [1] There was once a time when everything was cheap. But now prices almost puts a man to sleep. When we pay our grocery bill, We just feel like making our will.