Paul Robeson discography
The following is the discography of American singer Paul Robeson.
Studio albums
Year | Album | Format |
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1940 | Ballad for Americans | 2 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Victor P-20[1] |
1941 | Chee Lai – Songs of New China | 3 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Keynote 109[2] |
1943 | Songs of Free Men | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks M 534[3] |
1946 | Spirituals | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks M 610[4] |
Here Comes the Showboat
| 4 × 12" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks C 55[5] | |
1948 | A Robeson Recital of Popular Favourites | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks MM 732[6][7] |
1949 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 4 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Columbia Masterworks MM 819[8] |
1953 | Negro Spirituals and Blues
| 12" LP, Concert Hall M-2340[9] |
Robeson Sings | 3 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Othello Records R-101 / 10" LP (L-101)[10] | |
1954 | Solid Rock — Favorite Hymns of My People | 3 × 10" 78 r.p.m., Othello Records R-201 / 10" LP (L-201)[11] |
1954? | Let Freedom Sing | 10" LP, Othello Records L-301[12] |
1956? | Негритянские песни в исполнении Поля Робсона ("Negro Songs Sung by Paul Robeson") | USSR, 10" LP, Д-2723/2724[13] |
Песни в исполнении Поля Робсона ("Songs Sung by Paul Robeson") | USSR, 10" LP, Д-2864/2865[14] | |
1958 | Наш друг Поль Робсон ("Our Friend Paul Robeson") | USSR, 12" LP, Д-04478/04479[15] |
Robeson | 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-2015[16][17] | |
1959 | Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs | 12" LP, Monitor Records MPS 580, MPS 580[18] |
Paul Robeson chante... 16 spirituals | France, 10" LP, Philips G 05.639 R[19] | |
1960 | Paul Robeson singt Lieder aus aller Welt ("Paul Robeson Sings Songs of Many Lands") | West Germany?, 12" LP, Concert Hall M-2123[20] |
"Encore, Robeson!" (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs, Vol. 2) | 12" LP, Monitor Records MP 581, MPS 581[21] | |
Robeson | 12" LP, Verve Records MG V-4044[22] | |
1962 | Paul Robeson singt Negro Spirituals a.k.a. Negro Spirituals | Europe, 12" LP, Concert Hall M-2162[23] |
1964 | Paul Robeson singt | East Germany, 12" LP, Eterna 8 30 008[24] |
Live albums
Year | Album | Label |
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1952 | I Came to Sing | 10" LP, International Union of Mine Mill and Smelters Workers Union[25] |
1955 | Récital Paul Robeson | France, 10" LP, Le Chant du Monde LDP 8132 (LD-M 8132), LDP 4248 Recorded by Othello Rec. Corp.[26][27] |
1957 | Paul Robeson's Transatlantic Concert | UK, 10" LP, Topic Records 10T 17[28] |
Transatlantic Exchange
| UK, 10" LP, N.U.M MLP 3001[29] | |
1958 | Поль Робсон в Москве (1958 г.) ("Paul Robeson in Moscow (1958)") | USSR, 12" LP, Д-04544/04545[30] |
1960 | Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall | 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-2035[31] |
1961 | Paul Robeson Recital | Czechoslovakia, 12" LP, Supraphon SUA 10062[32] |
1962 | Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 2 | Australia, 12" LP, Vanguard ALPS 1010[33] |
1970 | In Live Performance | 12" LP, Columbia Masterworks M 30424[34] |
Compilation albums
Year | Album | Label |
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1949 | Spirituals and A Robeson Recital of Popular Favorites | 12" LP, Columbia Masterworks ML 4105[35] |
1964 | Ballad for Americans / Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2[A] | 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-79193, VRS-9193[36][37][38] |
1968 | Songs of Free Men / Spirituals | 12" LP, Columbia Odyssey 32 16 0268[39] |
1974 | The Essential Paul Robeson | 2 × 12" LP, Vanguard VSD-57/58[40][41] |
1985 | Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" and Other Favorites | Recorded for EMI May 15, 1928 – September 27, 1939 12" LP, CD, EMI EG 26 0477 1, CDC 7 47839 2[42][43] |
[A] The LP contains the original recording of Ballad for Americans (courtesy of RCA Victor) and a live Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2.
- Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928−1939 Box Set
- Paul Robeson: The Power and The Glory
- On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings
- Paul Robeson: The Political Years
- Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert Live
Singles
References
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Ballad For Americans". 18 November 1940 – via www.discogs.com.
Foundation, John Edwards Memorial (12 December 1972). JEMF Quarterly - Volume 8 - Page 79.Victor released Paul Robeson's Ballad for Americans (P-20). This patriotic cantata by Earl Robinson and John Latouche, born in a WPA production Sing for Your Supper, was also performed at the 1940 Republican National Convention. I shall devote a separate Graphics feature to it in the future. In June, 1940 ...
"RCA Victor Record Review". June 1942 – via Google Books. - ^ "Paul Robeson With Chinese Chorus Conducted By Liu Lang-Mo - Chee Lai - Songs of New China". 18 November 1941 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Songs Of Free Men". 18 November 1943 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals". 18 November 1946 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Helen Morgan, Frank Munn, Paul Robeson, Countess Albani, James Melton, Victor Young - Here Comes The Showboat". 18 November 1946 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - A Robeson Recital Of Popular Favourites" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?: The Lives of an American Song. Oxford University Press. 12 December 2023. ISBN 978-0-19-938918-6.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Golden Gate Quartet, Paul Robeson, Buck Clayton - Negro Spirituals And Blues". 18 November 1953 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson Sings". 18 November 1953 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Solid Rock - Favorite Hymns Of My People". 18 November 1954 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Let Freedom Sing" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Negro Songs Sung By Paul Robeson". 18 November 1961 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Поль РОБСОН (бас)". records.su.
- ^ "Поль Робсон - Наш Друг Поль Робсон". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 October 1958 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Favorite Songs". 18 November 1959 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson...Chante 16 Spirituals". 18 November 1959 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt Lieder Aus Aller Welt". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - "Encore, Robeson!" Monitor Presents Paul Robeson Favorites Volume Two". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Robeson". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt Negro Spirituals". 18 November 1962 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Singt". 18 November 1964 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - I Came To Sing". 18 November 1952 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Récital" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals, 1916-2022. McFarland. 8 May 2023. ISBN 9781476648453.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson's Transatlantic Concert". 18 November 1957 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson, Treorchy Male Voice Choir - Transatlantic Exchange". 18 November 1957 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Поль Робсон в Москве (Paul Robeson in Moscow)". 18 November 1958 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall". 18 November 1960 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Recital". 18 November 1961 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall Vol. 2". 18 November 1963 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - In Live Performance". 4 July 2016 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals And A Robeson Recital Of Popular Favorites". 18 November 1949 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Robeson - Ballad For Americans / Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 2". 18 November 1965 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (13 November 1965). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Strickman, Daniel; Frances, Stephen P.; Debboun, Mustapha (23 April 2009). Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-536578-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Songs Of Free Men • Spirituals". 18 November 1968 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - The Essential Paul Robeson". 18 November 1974 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - The Essential Paul Robeson [Vanguard] Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" And Other Favorites". 18 November 1987 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" & Other Favorites Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
External links
- List of phonograph recordings and tapes by and about Paul Robeson
- Paul Robeson discography at Discogs
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Paul Robeson
- Discography
- Filmography
- Body and Soul (1925)
- Camille (1926)
- Borderline (1930)
- The Emperor Jones (1933)
- Sanders of the River (1935)
- Show Boat (1936)
- Song of Freedom (1936)
- Big Fella (1937)
- My Song Goes Forth (1937)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
- Jericho (1937)
- The Proud Valley (1940)
- Native Land (1942)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- The Song of the Rivers (1954)
- The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
- Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
- Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1988)
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
- Paul Robeson: Songs of Freedom (2008)
- Shuffle Along
- Show Boat
- Emperor Jones
- All God's Chillun Got Wings
- The Hairy Ape
- Othello
- 1930, London
- 1943, Broadway
- 1959, Stratford
- 1958 Carnegie Hall
- Plant in The Sun
- John Henry
- Peace Arch Concerts
- Ballad for Americans
- Songs of Free Men
- Spirituals
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs
- Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall
- "Encore, Robeson!" (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs, Vol. 2)
- "Go Down Moses"
- "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" (1925)
- "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (1926)
- "Ol' Man River" (1928)
- "Mighty Lak' a Rose" (1930)
- "That's Why Darkies Were Born" (1931)
- "Gloomy Sunday" (1936)
- "Just Awearyin' for You" (1938)
- "A Perfect Day" (1939)
- "Ballad for Americans" (1939)
- "Land of My Fathers" (1940)
- "Joe Hill"
- "On My Journey Now"
and history
- Paul Robeson and the International Brigades
- Political views of Paul Robeson
- Council on African Affairs
- Civil Rights Congress
- American Crusade Against Lynching
- We Charge Genocide
- Progressive Party
- Freedomways
- Peekskill riots
and speeches
- Freedom newspaper
- I Want to Be African
- Negroes—Don't Ape the Whites
- Negroes Should Join the CIO
- Time to Bring Negro Players Into the Major Leagues
- Never Again Can Colonialism Be What It Was
- Paul Robeson Congressional hearings
- Thoughts on Winning the Stalin Peace Prize
- To You Beloved Comrade
- Ho Chi Minh Is Toussaint L'Ouverture of Indo-China
- We Can Learn from the Struggle in South Africa
- Here I Stand
- Paul Robeson Speaks
and friends
- Carl Van Vechten
- Eugene O'Neill
- Elisabeth Welch
- Jomo Kenyatta
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Itzik Feffer
- Howard Fast
- Henry Wallace
- Louis E. Burnham
- Uta Hagen
- Joe Louis
- Harry Belafonte
- Esther Cooper Jackson
- Max Yergan
- Pool Group
- Margaret Webster
- Tony Benn
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Will Paynter
- Bumpy Johnson
- Earl Robinson
- Walter Camp
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Martin Duberman
- Fania Marinoff
- Rutgers University
- Priory Group
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- School of Oriental and African Studies
- Columbia Law School
- Moscow Conservatory
- Paul Robeson House (Philadelphia)
- Paul Robeson House (London)
- Paul Robeson Home
- Paul Robeson Theatre
- South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago
- Store Front Museum, New York
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