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Paul Robeson

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Real name
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Born
April 9, 1898
Died
January 23, 1976
Country
United States
Comments
Politically active singer, scholar, lawyer, author, actor and athlete from Princeton, New Jersey. After WW II, Robeson also successfully performed, recorded and released in those days Socialist Eastern European countries like the GDR and Czechoslovakia.
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Alan Booth Booth in the 1950s was Robeson's pianist
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Originals

Covers by Paul Robeson

Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive December 1937 (unknown), Henry Burr
listen on Internet Archive June 1938 (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive December 1939 Cecil Fanning
  March 1938 Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Edward Matthews PRF
1943 Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
September 25, 1925 (unknown)
  1936 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive 1941 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
1940 (unknown)
September 1927 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
1937 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive July 1927 Biddle University Quartet
May 1936 (unknown), Pál Kalmár
Covered by (2 artists)
1943 Tuskegee Institute Singers
July 1959 Anton Seidl, Reinald Werrenrath
January 1933 The Boswell Sisters - Accompanied by Dorsey Brothers
1934 Isham Jones and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Eddie Stone
February 1928 Biddle University Quartet
  March 1938 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
1954 (unknown), (unknown)
1943 (unknown), Michael Loring
1943 Fiddlin' John Carson
September 25, 1925 Harrod's Jubilee Singers
April 1938 Lucy Isabelle Marsh
listen on Internet Archive October 1933 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
1960 (unknown)
1934 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive October 1929 Al Jolson
listen on Internet Archive October 1929 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive December 1932 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive December 1932 Oscar Seagle
listen on Internet Archive December 1929 George Alexander [US1]
listen on Internet Archive December 1937 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
1960 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive December 1930 (unknown)
1926 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1956 (unknown)
December 1930 Len Spencer
listen on Internet Archive   December 1930 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
  1946 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive   May 1928 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
December 1930 The Banda Rossa
listen on Internet Archive 1931 Jimmie Noone and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1931 Hoagy Carmichael
August 1928 (unknown)
July 1936 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
1933 (unknown)
1933 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive December 1937 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
June 1926 (unknown)
1945 (unknown)
December 1938 Milo Luka, (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   1929 Al Jolson REC,BRD
listen on Internet Archive December 1937 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
listen on Internet Archive November 1934 Prince's Band
Summertime Paul Robeson Unverified
1926 Standard Quartette
February 1932 Everett Marshall
1954 Earl Robinson
1954 (unknown)
1943 (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive December 1939 W.H. Thompson
1961 Tom Bryce
December 1938 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
  1934 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
listen on Internet Archive March 1926 (unknown)
Covered by (13 artists)
Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) Paul Robeson - Piano Accompaniment Lawrence Brown 1925 Unverified
February 1932 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
February 1928 Fisk University Jubilee Singers

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
After the Battle Paul Robeson - Piano Accompaniment Lawrence Brown 1941 His Master's Voice
All Through the Night Paul Robeson December 1937 His Master's Voice
A Perfect Day Paul Robeson December 1939 His Master's Voice
Canoe Song Paul Robeson June 1935 His Master's Voice
Congo Lullaby Paul Robeson - Orch. accomp. cond. by Muir Mathieson June 1935 His Master's Voice
Dear Old Southland Paul Robeson 1940 His Master's Voice
Deep River Paul Robeson September 1927 Victor
Dere's a Man Goin' Roun' Takin' Names Paul Robeson 1937 His Master's Voice
Fat Li'l Feller wid His Mammy's Eyes - Shortnin' Bread Paul Robeson 1933 His Master's Voice
Gloomy Sunday Paul Robeson May 1936 His Master's Voice
Got the South in My Soul Paul Robeson January 1933 His Master's Voice
Hear Dem Lam's-a-Cryin' Paul Robeson—Lawrence Brown July 1927 Victor
I Got a Home in-a Dat Rock Paul Robeson February 1928 Victor
It Ain't Neccesarily So Paul Robeson March 1938 His Master's Voice
Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho Paul Robeson—Lawrence Brown September 25, 1925 Victor
Just A Wearyin' for You Paul Robeson April 1938 His Master's Voice
Lazy Bones Paul Robeson October 1933 His Master's Voice
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day Paul Robeson 1934 His Master's Voice
Little Pal Paul Robeson October 1929 His Master's Voice
Mah Lindy Lou Paul Robeson December 1932 His Master's Voice
Mighty Lak' a Rose Paul Robeson December 1929 His Master's Voice
Mood Indigo Paul Robeson December 1937 His Master's Voice
My Old Kentucky Home Paul Robeson December 1930 His Master's Voice
Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen Paul Robeson 1926 Victor
Oh, No John! Paul Robeson 1956 Topic Records
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) Paul Robeson December 1930 His Master's Voice
Rockin' Chair Paul Robeson 1931 His Master's Voice
Round the Bend of the Road Paul Robeson 1933 His Master's Voice
Shenandoah Paul Robeson—Lawrence Brown July 1936 His Master's Voice
Sinner Please Doan' Let Dis Harves' Pass Paul Robeson August 1928 His Master's Voice
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Paul Robeson June 1926 Victor
Song of the Volga Boatmen Paul Robeson June 1938 His Master's Voice
Sonny Boy Paul Robeson 1929 His Master's Voice
St. Louis Blues Paul Robeson November 1934 His Master's Voice
That's Why Darkies Were Born Paul Robeson February 1932 His Master's Voice
Trees Paul Robeson December 1938 His Master's Voice
Wagon Wheels Paul Robeson 1934 His Master's Voice
Water Boy Paul Robeson March 1926 Victor

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