Here in the U.S., each February is devoted to the celebration the contributions that African Americans have made to society, art, science and culture. This week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we’ll join the celebration with music from Mavis Staples, Ray Charles, T-Bone Walker, Little Hat Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, The Golden Gate Quartet and many more. Join us as we highlight the contributions Black Americans have made to folk music … this time on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Louis Armstrong / “Knockin’ a Jug” / Vol. 5, Louis in New York / Columbia
Mavis Staples / “Little Bit” / If All I Was Was Black / Anti-
Staple Singers / “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” / Freedom Highway Complete / Epic Legacy
Mavis Staples & Aaron Neville / “Respect Yourself” / I’ll Take You There / Blackbird

King Solomon Hill / “Whoopee Blues (take 2)” / Backwood Blues 1926-1935 / Document
The Golden Gate Quartet / “Bedside of a Neighbor” / Travelin’ Shoes / RCA-Bluebird
Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe / “Burleskin Blues” / Alabama: Black Country
              Dance Bands / Document
Little Hat Jones / “Kentucky Blues” / Texas Blues Guitar / DA
Louis Armstrong / “Mahogany Hall Stomp” / Vol. 5-Louis in New York / Columbia

Ray Charles / “Mess Around” / Mess Around / Proper
Ella Fitzgerald / “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off” / Oh Lady Be Good: The Best of the Gershwin
              Songbook / Verve
Duke Ellington w/ Mahalia Jackson / “Part IV (aka Come Sunday) alternate take” / Black,
              Brown And Beige / Columbia

Johnnie Johnson / “Tanqueray” / Johnnie B. Bad / Elektra American Explorer
T-Bone Waker / “T-Bone Shuffle” / T-Bone Blues / Atlantic Jazz
BB King / “Every Day I Have the Blues” / Live at the Regal / MCA
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways