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"Take This Hammer" (Roud 4299, AFS 745B1) is a prison, logging, and railroad work song, which has the same Roud number as another song, "Nine Pound Hammer", with which it shares verses. " Swannanoa Tunnel" and "Asheville Junction" are similar.
Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), [1] [2] known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". [3] Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.
Take This Hammer is a 1964 American documentary film produced and directed by KQED (TV)'s Richard O. Moore for National Educational Television in 1963. [1] The film first aired on February 4, 1964, in the Bay Area, at 7:30 pm on Ch.9 KQED.
Although the sales of this album were disappointing (only resulting in 304 copies sold by March 1943), some of Lead Belly's best remembered songs debuted here, such as "Take This Hammer" and "Rock Island Line." [1] A contemporary review in Jazz magazine was highly favorable, calling the record "superbly done." [3]
The B-side "This Hammer" is a traditional song, originally titled "Take This Hammer" and was arranged by the Shadows. [ 3 ] Reviewed in Record Mirror , "Theme for Young Lovers" was described as an "easy on the ear treatment of a number from the film "Wonderful Life".
"Take a Whiff on Me" "Take This Hammer" [32] [33] "TB Blues" "Tell me Baby" "They Hung Him on a Cross" (see "He Never Said a Mumblin' Word") "The Titanic"
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Garnett with WWDC's Fred Fiske in 1964.. Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was 11. [1] She made her public singing debut in 1960, while at the same time pursuing an acting career, making guest appearances on television shows such as 77 Sunset Strip.