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