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Elements from coon songs were incorporated into turn-of-the-century African-American folk songs, as was revealed by Howard W. Odum's 1906–1908 ethnomusicology fieldwork. [38] Similarly, coon songs' lyrics influenced the vocabulary of the blues , culminating with Bessie Smith 's singing in the 1920s. [ 37 ]
A version for children appears on the 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids album "A Cabbage Patch Christmas". Woody Guthrie rewrote the lyrics to the song in 1949 and adapted the song to become “Come When I Call You.” Written about the ravages of war in the aftermath of World War II, the song would go unpublished until the late 90s.
Ella Louise Jenkins (August 6, 1924 – November 9, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter and centenarian. Called the "First lady of children's music", she was a leading performer of folk and children's music. [1]
The song was popular at blackface minstrel shows. [22] [23] 'Miss Lucy Neal' was a popular African-American song published in 1854. [24] 'Miss Luce Negro' - was the nickname of a brothel owner hypothesized to be the Dark Lady in several of William Shakespeare's writings. [25] A version of the song has been "Miss Lucy had a steamboat".
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African American recording star of the phonograph. [1] [2] His most popular songs were "The Whistling Coon" and "The Laughing Song".
Pages in category "American children's songs" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Popular African-American Contemporary Christian music band Maverick City Music recorded and published their own version of “Go Tell it On the Mountain” in 2021. American lo-fi and rap/hip-hop musician Forrest Frank released a lo-fi edition of the song, and it was later included on his 2023 studio album New Hymns.