BLACK AND WHITE

Created on 31/08/2008
Latest update on 09/11/2023

Artist: Pete Seeger
Author: David Arkin/Earl Robinson
Label: Folkways
Year: 1956

On lp Love Songs For Friends And Foes.

Covers:

1957:

Sammy Davis Jr. [on a limited edition Anti Defamation League EP]

1957:

Earl Robinson [coauthor]

1970:

Maytones [reggae version]

1971:

Greyhound [idem; probably inspired by the Maytones version; n°2 NL]

1972:

Three Dog Night [n°1 US]

1980:

Tiffany

1983:

Gregory Isaacs

1989:

Inner Circle

Written to welcome the abolishment of segregation on American public schools in 1954. Both authors were activists: David Arkin was actor Alan Arkin's dad and Earl Robinson also cowrote Joe Hill.

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