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Kent Lavoie, better known by his stage name Lobo, hit number 5 on the Billboard Pop chart in 1971 with the soft rock song "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". He was born in Tallahassee and grew up in Winter Haven. While attending the University of South Florida, Lavoie formed a band called The Rumors with Jim Stafford and Gram Parsons.
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
Songs about racism and xenophobia (3 C, 264 P) B. ... Pages in category "Songs about race and ethnicity" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture.Its origins are in musical forms that developed as a result of the enslavement of African Americans prior to the American Civil War.
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
Slave Songs of the United States, title page Michael Row the Boat Ashore Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [1] [2] collection of spirituals to be published.
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Pages in category "Songs about Florida" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. American Teenager; D.