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"Cod'ine" (also spelled "Codine" or "Codeine") is a contemporary folk song by the singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Considered one of the earliest anti-drug songs, Sainte-Marie wrote the piece after becoming addicted to codeine which she had been given for a bronchial infection.
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941 [1]) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. [2]Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and her work has often focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada.
Sainte-Marie allowed historian Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. to use the song's title for his 1984 book of the same name. [9] At the 2022 Sainte-Marie tribute show Buffy Sainte-Marie: Starwalker, the song was performed by singer-songwriter William Prince with the surviving members of The Tragically Hip. [10]
"Universal Soldier" is a song written by singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. The first released recording was a single by The Highwaymen , released in September 1963. [ 1 ] The song was also released on Sainte-Marie's debut album It's My Way! , released in April 1964.
Many a Mile is Buffy Sainte-Marie's second album, released in 1965. Though originally released on Vanguard Records, it was never reissued on CD when the rest of Sainte-Marie's catalog for that label came out in the late 1990s. It was reissued on CD in Italy via Fontana Records, and in 2015 in the United Kingdom via Ace Records.
Owing to a major promotional campaign by Vanguard Records, eager to make up for losses incurred with past Sainte-Marie albums, the label promoted the single vigorously and as a result it became Sainte-Marie's only single or album to reach the Top 75 on Billboard. It peaked at #38 on the Pop Singles chart and #29 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
In 1964, Buffy Sainte-Marie recorded "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" with slightly altered lyrics and included the song on her debut album, It's My Way!. [3] While her debut album did not chart, it proved influential to both the American and British folk communities.
"Until It's Time for You to Go" is a song from the 1965 album Many a Mile by American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie included a French-language reworking of the song, "T'es pas un autre", on her 1967 album Fire & Fleet & Candlelight. French translation was made by Quebecer songwriter Claude Gauthier. The song has been ...