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Talking Union" is a talking blues song written by members of the Almanac Singers. The song tells of the common struggles that a union organizer faces while starting a new labor union . The song helped name the record album Talking Union & Other Union Songs .
Talking Union is a 1941 album by the Almanac Singers: Millard Lampell, Lee Hays and Pete Seeger. It is a collection of union songs and ballads, written by many different labor songwriters over the years.
The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and were joined by Woody Guthrie. The group specialized in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti-war , anti-racism and pro- union philosophy.
The Almanac Singers' Talking Union album, on the other hand, was reissued as an LP by Folkways (FH 5285A) in 1955 and is still available. The following year, the Almanacs issued Dear Mr. President, an album in support of Roosevelt and the war effort. The title song, "Dear Mr. President", was a solo by Pete Seeger, and its lines expressed his ...
The Almanac Singers with Pete Seeger on The Original Talking Union and Other Union Songs (1955) [7] The Harmonizing Four (single; Gotham 1954) [8] Lonnie Donegan on Lonnie Donegan Showcase (1956) [9] The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) (1956) [10]
Politics and music were closely intertwined with the Almanac's Popular Front political beliefs. Their first release in May 1941, an album called Songs For John Doe , performed by Seeger, Hays, Lampell, Josh White , and Sam Gary , urged non-intervention in World War II and opposed the peacetime draft and unequal treatment of African-American ...
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People's Songs contained a lot of written out sheet music, lyrics and tablature. It was an eclectic mix of traditional folk and union songs along with newly written pieces by contemporary folk musicians of the time. Some contributors include the following: Moe Asch; Anges "Sis" Cunningham, Tom Glazer; Woody Guthrie; Lee Hays; Waldemar Hille ...