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Ewan MacColl

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Aliases
Ewan MacColl with Chorus
Real name
James Henry Miller
Born
January 25, 1915
Died
October 22, 1989
Country
United Kingdom
IPI
00018879346 18 works
00085094068 5 works
00557446423 2 works
Affiliation
PRS
Comments
Folksinger, songwriter, actor, socialist, and deserter from the British army in 1940
Family
Peggy Seeger Spouse (1977-1989)
Kirsty MacColl Daughter
Calum MacColl Son
Mike Seeger Brother-in-Law
Neill MacColl Son
Kitty MacColl Daughter
Related
Alex Campbell [GB] Friend and partly performing partner
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
Alone Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1972 Unverified
 REC 1966 (2 artists)
Originally by Joan Toliver REL
Ballad of Accounting Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1968 Unverified
1960 (12 artists)
Ballad Of The Carpenter Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
Battle is Done With Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1972 Unverified
Big Cigars Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1973 Unverified
Black and White Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 1973 Unverified
Brother Did You Weep [Disc of Sun] Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1968 Unverified
Came A’ye Fisher Lassies Ewan MacColl 1967 Unverified
Cannily, Cannily Ewan MacColl 1957 Unverified
1973 (2 artists)
Come All You Gallant Fishermen… [North Sea Holes] Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger 1967 Unverified
Come, Me Little Son Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
1984 The Country Pickets
Derek Bentley Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1959 Unverified
 PRF Unreleased (79 artists)
Originally by Ewan MacColl REL
 REL 1952 (79 artists)
Originally by Ewan MacColl PRF
Hot Asphalt Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1972 Unverified
 PRF 1968 (16 artists)
Originally by Liam Clancy REL
1956 (2 artists)
1971 (9 artists)
1956 (3 artists)
1980 (2 artists)
1980 The Cast [GB2]
Moses of the Mail Ewan MacColl 1957 Unverified
Moving-On Song Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1983 Unverified
1980 (3 artists)
Oh Dear Me [The Jute Mill Song] Ewan MacColl with Brian Daley 1958 Unverified
Out of the Dirt and Darkness I Was Born… [The Big Hewer] Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Unverified
Row Bullies Row A. L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl & Chorus with Alf Edwards (Alf Edwards, Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd) 1957 Missing information
Schoolday’s Over Ewan MacColl 1967 Unverified
1973 Crazy Arm
The Ballad of Jimmy Wilson Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
1957 (3 artists)
1957 (5 artists)
The Companeros Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1973 Unverified
The Exile Song Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
The Father’s Song Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 1978 Unverified
1986 (5 artists)
The Lag’s Song Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1959 Unverified
1962 (246 artists)
The Manchester Rambler Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1970 Unverified
The Shepherd Lad [The Baffled Knight] [Blow the Winds] Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1956 Unverified
1962 (18 artists)
1968 (6 artists)
The Young Birds Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1962 Unverified
Thirty-Foot Trailer Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1970 Unverified
We Are the Young Ones Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1973 Unverified
1957 (4 artists)
1966 Schooner Fare

Covers by Ewan MacColl

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1962 (unknown)
Amang the Blue Flowers and the Yellow - Willie's Lyke-Wake Ewan MacColl 1956 Unverified
1959 Robert Black
1966 Vernon Dalhart
1950 (unknown)
1956 Vernon Dalhart
1957 (unknown)
Bless 'Em All Ewan MacColl accompanied by Peggy Seeger, Jim MacGreggor, John Cole (Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl) 1958 Unverified
1957 (unknown)
1977 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
1961 A.L. Lloyd
1961 (unknown)
Farewell to Sicily Ewan MacColl accompanied by Peggy Seeger, Jim MacGreggor, John Cole (Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger) 1958 Unverified
1956 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
  1972 Ewan MacColl PRF, Liam Clancy REL
1958 A.L. Lloyd
1962 Frank Crumit - Frank Banta at the piano
1961 John Strachan
1956 (unknown)
Hard Case Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger (Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl) December 1956 Unverified
1962 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
1957 (unknown)
1973 The Johnstons
1961 Philip Tanner
1962 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1957 Joseph Leaning
1957 (unknown)
1954 (unknown)
1981 (unknown)
1968 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1967 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1957 Vernon Dalhart
1956 (unknown)
1966 (unknown)
1956 Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers
1957 (unknown), (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1955 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
1957 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant
1962 Cecilia Costello
1967 (unknown)
1951 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1964 Delia Murphy
1961 (unknown)
1977 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1964 (unknown)
The Blantyre Explosion Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1964 Unverified
1956 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1964 (unknown), Frank McPeake and Son
1966 (unknown)
1956 Burl Ives
1981 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1967 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1967 Carolina Tar Heels
1956 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1962 Bonnie Dobson
1956 (unknown)
1967 (unknown)
1966 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1968 Fletcher Simpkins
1957 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
The Seven Virgins Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd 1957 Unverified
1957 Joseph Leaning
1957 (unknown)
1961 (unknown)
1968 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1957 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
1956 (unknown)
1966 (unknown)
1968 (unknown)
1966 (unknown)
1957 Minister Singers
1961 Mr. Thompson

Songs written by Ewan MacColl

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Alone Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1972 Unverified
Ballad of Accounting Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1968 Unverified
Ballad of Springhill Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Covered by (12 artists)
Ballad Of The Carpenter Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
Battle is Done With Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1972 Unverified
Big Cigars Ewan MacColl Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1973 Unverified
Black and White Ewan MacColl Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 1973 Unverified
Brother Did You Weep [Disc of Sun] Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1968 Unverified
Came A’ye Fisher Lassies Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl 1967 Unverified
Cannily, Cannily Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl 1957 Unverified
Come All You Gallant Fishermen… [North Sea Holes] Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger 1967 Unverified
Come, Me Little Son Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
Daddy, What Did You Do in the Strike Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1984 Covered by The Country Pickets
Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl PRF,REL Covered by (78 artists)
Hard Case Ewan MacColl Alan Lomax and The Ramblers (Alan Lomax) 1956 Unverified
I'm a Freeborn Man Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl PRF, Liam Clancy REL 1968 Covered by (16 artists)
I'm Champion at Keeping Them Rolling [Traditional], Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl, Isla Cameron, The Topic Singers 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
Jamie Foyers [Traditional], Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl, Isla Cameron, The Topic Singers 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Kilroy Was Here Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1980 Covered by (2 artists)
Moses of the Mail Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl 1957 Unverified
Moving-On Song Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1983 Unverified
My Old Man Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1980 Covered by (3 artists)
Out of the Dirt and Darkness I Was Born… [The Big Hewer] Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Unverified
Row Bullies Row Ewan MacColl A. L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl & Chorus with Alf Edwards (Alf Edwards, Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd) 1957 Missing information
Schoolday’s Over Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl 1967 Unverified
Sweet Thames Flow Softly Ewan MacColl The Critics Group 1966 Unverified
The Ballad of Jimmy Wilson Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
The Ballad of Tim Evans Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl 1957 Covered by (3 artists)
The Exile Song Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Unverified
The Father’s Song Ewan MacColl Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 1978 Unverified
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Ewan MacColl Bonnie Dobson 1960 Covered by (300 artists)
The Fisherman's Wife [A' the Week Your Man's Away] [Traditional], Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl REC, Joan Toliver REL August 16, 1960 Covered by (2 artists)
The Joy of Living Ewan MacColl Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1986 Covered by (5 artists)
The Lag’s Song Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1959 Unverified
The Manchester Rambler Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1970 Unverified
The Shepherd Lad [The Baffled Knight] [Blow the Winds] Ewan MacColl, [Traditional] Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1956 Unverified
The Shoals of Herring Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1962 Covered by (18 artists)
The Terror Time Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger April 17, 1964 Covered by (6 artists)
The Young Birds Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1962 Unverified
Thirty-Foot Trailer Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1970 Unverified
Years Ago, You Started Very Young Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl August 16, 1960 Covered by Schooner Fare

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Lover's Garland Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 1962 Prestige International
A Sailor's Garland Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd 1962 Prestige International
At the Present Moment Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1973 Rounder
Bad Lads and Hard Cases Ewan MacColl 1957 Riverside [US]
Blood & Roses - Vol. 2 Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1981 Blackthorne
Blow Boys Blow A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl 1957 Tradition [US]
Classic Scots Ballads Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1957 Tradition [US]
Cold Snap - Traditional and Contemporary Songs and Ballads Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1977 Blackthorne
Convicts and Currency Lads Ewan MacColl - A.L. Lloyd 1957 Wattle
Ewan MacColl, Isla Cameron, The Topic Singers Ewan MacColl, Isla Cameron, The Topic Singers 1956 Topic Records
Great British Ballads not included in The Child Collection Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1957 Riverside [US]
Items of News Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl 1986 Blackthorne
Kilroy Was Here Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1980 Blackthorne
Matching Songs of the British Isles and America Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1957 Riverside [US]
Popular Scottish Songs Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1961 Folkways
Scots Drinking Songs Ewan MacColl 1956 Riverside [US]
Scots Street Songs Ewan MacColl 1956 Riverside [US]
Shuttle and Cage Ewan MacColl 1957 Topic Records
Singing the Fishing Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger 1966 Argo [GB]
Songs of Robert Burns Ewan MacColl 1959 Folkways
Still I Love Him - Traditional Love Songs Isla Cameron - Ewan MacColl 1958 Topic Records
Thar She Blows! Whaling Ballads and Songs A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl 1957 Riverside [US]
The Angry Muse Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1968 Argo [GB]
The Blackball Line A. L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl with Chorus & Alf Edwards 1957 Topic Records
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Child Ballads) - Vol. 1 Ewan MacColl 1961 Folkways
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Child Ballads) - Vol. 2 Ewan MacColl 1961 Folkways
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Child Ballads) - Vol. 3 Ewan MacColl 1961 Folkways
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Volume I Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside [US]
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Volume II Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside [US]
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Volume III Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside [US]
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) - Volume IV Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd 1956 Riverside [US]
The Long Harvest - Record Five Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Argo [GB]
The Long Harvest - Record Four Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Argo [GB]
The Long Harvest - Record One Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Argo [GB]
The Long Harvest - Record Seven Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1968 Argo [GB]
The Long Harvest - Record Six Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1968 Argo [GB]
The Long Harvest - Record Three Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Argo [GB]
The Long Harvest - Record Two Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 1967 Argo [GB]
The Manchester Angel Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger 1966 Topic Records
The New Briton Gazette Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1960 Folkways
The New Briton Gazette - Volume 2 Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1962 Folkways
The Singing Sailor A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl 1955 Topic Records
The Travelling People Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger 1968 Argo [GB]
The World of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Vol. 2 - Songs from Radio Ballads Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1972 Argo [GB]
Traditional Songs and Ballads Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger 1964 Folkways
Whaler out of New Bedford Ewan MacColl - A. L. Lloyd - Peggy Seeger 1962 Folkways

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