Artist: Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl
Real name
James Henry Miller
Born
January 25, 1915
Died
October 22, 1989
Country
United Kingdom
Comments
Folksinger, songwriter, actor, socialist, and deserter from the British army in 1940.
Family
Calum MacColl   Son
Kirsty MacColl   Daughter
Peggy Seeger   Wife

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Ballad of Springhill Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 (2 artists)
2 The Ballad of Tim Evans Ewan MacColl 1956 Judy Collins
3 Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl 1949 (performance date) (25 artists)
4 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1962 (102 artists)
5 I'm a Freeborn Man Ewan MacColl 1968 (5 artists)
6 I'm Gonna Be an Engineer Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl 1971 (6 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 Barbara Allen Ewan MacColl 1966
2 Barnyards of Delgatie Ewan MacColl 1950
3 Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl 1952 Ewan MacColl
4 Froggie Went A-Courting Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1957
5 Geordie Ewan MacColl 1958 A.L. Lloyd
6 Golden Vanity Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1957
7 Gypsy Laddie Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1957
8 Lang A-Growing Ewan MacColl 1956
9 Lord Randall Ewan MacColl 1956
10 Sir Patrick Spens Ewan MacColl 1951
11 The Cruel Brother Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1981
12 The Greenland Whale Fishery A. L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Harry H. Corbett, Alf Edwards, Brian Daly 1956
13 The Handsome Cabin Boy Ewan MacColl with Alf Edwards 1957

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Ballad of Springhill Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger (2 artists)
2 Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl (25 artists)
3 I'm a Freeborn Man Ewan MacColl (5 artists)
4 The Ballad of Tim Evans Ewan MacColl Judy Collins
5 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Ewan MacColl (102 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Bad Lads and Hard Cases Ewan MacColl 1956 Riverside
2 The Blackball Line A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl & Chorus with Alf Edwards 1957 Topic
3 Blood & Roses, Vol. 2 Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1981 Blackthorne
4 The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside
5 The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) [Volume II] Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside
6 Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside
7 The Manchester Angel Ewan MacColl 1966 Topic
8 Matching Songs of the British Isles and America Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1957 Riverside
9 The New Briton Gazette - Volume 1 Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Folkways
10 The New Briton Gazette - Volume 2 Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1962 Folkways
11 The Singing Sailor A. L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl with Alf Edwards and Brian Daly 1956 Topic
12 Still I Love Him - Traditional Love Songs Isla Cameron - Ewan MacColl 1958 Topic
13 The Travelling People Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, and Peggy Seeger 1968 Argo [1]

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 The Asphalter's Song Ewan MacColl 1950 Topic
2 Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl 1952 Topic
3 Sir Patrick Spens Ewan MacColl 1951 HMV [His Master's Voice]
4 We Are the Engineers Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl 1971 Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers

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