MARTIN LUTHER KING IN MUSIC

The spirit of the late Civil Rights leader informs this bittersweet, but uplifting, look back and ahead with music from Sam Cooke, Herbie Hancock, and Johnny Cash. Plus gospel singer Mavis Staples recalls her family’s involvement with Dr. King.

HOUR ONE

A Change Is Gonna Come King Curtis
The Best of King Curtis, Capitol Jazz

Address To Civil Rights Marchers in Washington D.C. Martin Luther King
Great Speeches of the 20th Century, Rhino

Woke up this Morning with My Mind on Freedom SNCC Freedom Singers
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, Smithsonian Folkways

Stand Sly & the Family Stone
Anthology, Epic

Free At Last Horace Silver
A Prescription for the Blues, Impulse

Get Up Stand Up Bob Marley
Legend, Island

Let Your Mind Be Free Soul Rebels
Let Your Mind Be Free, Mardi Gras

Instrumental: The Lost Souls (Of Southern Louisiana) The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
This is Jazz 30, Columbia/Legacy

Mississippi Goddamn Nina Simone
In Concert, Mercury

Oxford Town Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia

I Shall Be Released The Band
Across the Great Divide, Capitol

INTERVIEW: Mavis Staples

Why Am I Treated so Bad Staples Singers
Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy

Long Walk to D.C. Staples Singers
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971, Stax

Instrumental: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi

Pride (In the Name of Love) U2
The Unforgettable Fire, Island

Bridge Over Troubled Water Aretha Franklin
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin Vol. 2, Rhino

Abraham Martin & John Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Anthology, Motown

HOUR TWO

I Have A Dream Herbie Hancock
Jazz Profile: Herbie Hancock, Blue Note

All Men Are Made By God Highway QC's
World's Greatest Gospel, Roadshow/HOB

Martin Luther King Southside Joe Turner
Everyday I Have the Blues, Pablo

Sister Rosa Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A & M

Prayer for Passive Resistance Charles Mingus
Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961, Rhino

Instrumental: March! For Martin Luther King John Fahey
The Yellow Princess, Vanguard

Strange Fruit Billie Holiday
Lady Day's 25 Greatest Hits, ASV

Victor Nelson's Cotton Field, Elgin, Texas, 1940 Jevetta Steele
African Portraits/Hannibal/Chicago Symphony, Teldec

Man in Black Johnny Cash
Columbia Country Classics, Columbia

The Death of MLK Big Joe Williams
Shake Your Boogie, Arhoolie

Fight the Power Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet, Def Jam

Instrumental: Hotwax Beck
Odelay, DGC

Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & friends
Will the Circle be Unbroken, United Artists

In the Sweet Bye and Bye Michael White with Danny Barker
recorded live in 1990 at Carnegie Hall for Folk Masters radio series

report from the MLK funeral disc jockey Ben Perry
Black Radio' series, Radio Smithsonian

A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
The Man and his Music, RCA

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