FREEDOM HIGHWAY
Created on 22/03/2017Latest update on 04/10/2021
Artist: Staple Singers
Author: Roebuck Staples
Label: Epic
Year: 1965
Title track live lp, in the year of the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, AL for equal voting rights.
Covers:
- 1978:
- 1994:
- 2001:
- 2008:
- 2017:
Rhiannon Giddens [title track lp]
- 2021:
Specials [title track lp]
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Other originals by artist:
- 1960
- DON'T KNOCK
- 1965
- WHAT YOU GONNA DO
- 1966
- WHY (AM I TREATED SO BAD)?
- 1968
- GHETTO, THE
- 1968
- SLOW TRAIN
- 1968
- WE'VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES TOGETHER
- 1969
- WHEN WILL WE BE PAID
- 1971
- RESPECT YOURSELF
- 1973
- HEAVEN
- 1973
- IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME)
- 1973
- OH LA DE DA
- 1974
- CITY IN THE SKY
- 1974
- TOUCH A HAND, MAKE A FRIEND
Covers from artist:
- 1953
- FAITH AND GRACE
- 1953
- REVIVE US AGAIN
- 1954
- SIT DOWN SERVANT
- 1956
- UNCLOUDED DAY, THE
- 1957
- LET US ALL GO BACK TO THE OLD LANDMARK
- 1957
- HEAVEN'S DOORS GONNA BE CLOSED
- 1958
- GOING TO HEAVEN ANYHOW
- 1960
- WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (BY AND BY)
- 1960
- GET RIGHT CHURCH
- 1960
- TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN
- 1961
- I'VE GOT A SAVIOUR
- 1961
- MAY BE THE LAST TIME
- 1961
- I'VE BEEN BUKED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED
- 1962
- WHAT MONTH WAS JESUS BORN IN
- 1962
- SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY
- 1962
- HAMMER AND NAILS
- 1962
- SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN
- 1962
- LORD I JUST CAN'T HELP FROM CRYING
- 1962
- ALL THE WAY
- 1963
- OLD TIME RELIGION, THE
- 1963
- I KNOW I'VE BEEN CHANGED (ANGELS IN HEAVEN DONE CHANGED MY NAME)
- 1963
- (JESUS IS GETTING US READY FOR) THAT GREAT DAY
- 1963
- EACH DAY
- 1963
- BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
- 1964
- WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN HEAVEN TODAY?
- 1964
- SHOUT ALL OVER GOD'S HEAVEN
- 1964
- I'LL FLY AWAY
- 1964
- NOTTAMUN TOWN
- 1965
- BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW
- 1965
- AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST
- 1965
- O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP (DON'T YOU MOURN)
- 1965
- AMEN
- 1965
- IF I HAD MY WAY I'D TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN
- 1966
- WAITING FOR MY CHILD
- 1966
- HAPPY IN PRISON
- 1966
- MY SWEET HOME
- 1966
- JOHN BROWN
- 1967
- HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL, A
- 1967
- LET THAT LIE ALONE
- 1967
- PEOPLE GET READY
- 1967
- LORD'S PRAYER, THE
- 1967
- PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND
- 1968
- DON'T LET NOBODY TURN YOU AROUND
- 1968
- ONLY A TRAMP
- 1968
- LET'S GET TOGETHER
- 1969
- WEIGHT, The
- 1969
- EVERYDAY PEOPLE
- 1969
- GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
- 1970
- HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY
- 1971
- YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY
- 1971
- GIVE A HAND TAKE A HAND
- 1972
- ARE YOU SURE
- 1972
- THIS WORLD
- 1972
- WHAT AM I TO DO NOW
- 1973
- GRANDMA'S HANDS
- 1973
- IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE
- 1974
- BACK ROAD INTO TOWN
- 1978
- LOVE BEING YOUR FOOL
- 1978
- MYSTERY TRAIN
- 1978
- (THERE'S A) HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
- 1981
- OLD FLAMES (CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU)
- 1984
- SLIPPERY PEOPLE
- 1998
- STONED SOUL PICNIC
Some originals by author:
