Which American folk singer wrote 'This Land is Your Land'?
"of pioneering spirit that Woody Guthrie would likely approve.” This Land Press began publishing ""This Land"", a semi-monthly broadsheet, in May 2010. This place-based publication primarily features longform, in-depth, narrative journalism focusing on life and culture in the middle of America. The first issue of ""This Land"" magazine featured the cover story ""Something Good is Going to Happen to You: Growing up Gay in the Oral Roberts Family,"" by Randy Roberts Potts. Five thousand copies of the magazine were distributed throughout the Tulsa area. The second issue featured the cover story ""Private Manning and the Making of Wikileaks"" by Denver"
"Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Historical Album and Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. It also won an Independent Music Award for Best Compilation Album in 2013. Many Guthrie tracks have been repeatedly repackaged and reordered. Items here are listed in order of the most recent published date, not original recording date. Sources: Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music; his music, including songs, such as ""This Land Is Your Land"", has inspired several generations both politically and musically."
"This Is My Country ""This Is My Country"" is an American patriotic song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs. Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians were the first to record the song, in 1942. The song is played at the end of Walt Disney World and Disneyland fireworks shows. The folk song begins slowly, opening with this introductory verse: A second, rarely performed, verse reads, It then swings into a march tempo for the chorus. The song is made notable by the fact that it honors both native-born Americans and immigrants."
"This Is Your Land ""This Is Your Land"" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds from their album ""Street Fighting Years"", released as a single on 10 April 1989. The song features Lou Reed as guest vocalist. The single reached #13 on the UK singles chart. The music video was shot in Spain. The song was praised by David Sinclair of ""Q magazine"" as part of a five-star album review given to ""Street Fighting Years"". Sinclair wrote: ""The utterly beguiling melody of 'This Is Your Land', featuring a deadpan Lou Reed, cloaks a stinging rebuke on the issue"
"have a lot to write about...high times on Wall Street and hard times on main street."" Musicians like Woody Guthrie became the voice of the proletariat movement after the 1930s. Guthrie's ""This Land Is Your Land"" was written in response to what he thought was an unrealistic and complacent view of American culture in ""God Bless America"", and the song is considered one of the great American folk music songs. Springsteen would use the song repeatedly in his set lists throughout the years, calling it ""about the most beautiful song ever written, and the greatest song ever written about America."""
"of documenting the sounds of the world, adding six other record labels to the collection, as well as releasing over 300 new recordings. Some well-known artists have contributed to the Smithsonian Folkways collection, including Pete Seeger, Ella Jenkins, Woody Guthrie, and Lead Belly. Famous songs include ""This Land Is Your Land"", ""Goodnight, Irene"", and ""Midnight Special."" Due to the unique nature of its recordings, which include an extensive collection of traditional American music, children's music, and international music, Smithsonian Folkways has become an important collection to the musical community, especially to ethnomusicologists, who utilize the recordings of ""people's music"" from"
"""This Land Is Your Land"". He said it was a response to what he felt was the overplaying of Irving Berlin's ""God Bless America"" on the radio. Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children. His son Arlo Guthrie became nationally known as a musician. Guthrie died in 1967 from complications of Huntington's disease. His first two daughters also died of the disease. During his later years, in spite of his illness, Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement, providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians, including mentoring Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan. Guthrie"
"of the environment while gently leading the listener up towards the panoramic splendour of the instrumental coda."" This Is Your Land ""This Is Your Land"" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds from their album ""Street Fighting Years"", released as a single on 10 April 1989. The song features Lou Reed as guest vocalist. The single reached #13 on the UK singles chart. The music video was shot in Spain. The song was praised by David Sinclair of ""Q magazine"" as part of a five-star album review given to ""Street Fighting Years"". Sinclair wrote: ""The utterly beguiling melody"
"times in the United States, making it the second best-selling song by a male solo country artist, only being surpassed by Aldean's ""Big Green Tractor"". She's Country ""She's Country"" is a song written by Danny Myrick and Bridgette Tatum and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released in December 2008 as the first single from Aldean's 2009 album ""Wide Open"". The song became Aldean's second number one hit on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart in May 2009. This song is also used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack, and has been confirmed as"
"in Will Geer's apartment. Guthrie made his first recordings—several hours of conversation and songs recorded by the folklorist Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress—as well as an album, ""Dust Bowl Ballads,"" for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey. In February 1940 he wrote his most famous song, ""This Land Is Your Land"", as a response to what he felt was an overplaying of Irving Berlin's ""God Bless America"" on the radio. Guthrie thought the lyrics were unrealistic and complacent. He adapted the melody from an old gospel song, ""Oh My Loving Brother"", which had been adapted by the country"
"Samuel Francis Smith Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – November 16, 1895) was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to ""My Country, 'Tis of Thee"", which he entitled ""America"". Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 21, 1808. Smith gave Lowell Mason the lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston. The song, titled ""America"", was first published by Lowell Mason in ""The Choir"" in 1832. Smith later"
"number 57 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs for the week of March 24, 2007. These Are My People ""These Are My People"" is a song written by Dave Berg and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in March 2007 as the third single from his platinum album ""If You're Going Through Hell"", as well as the third straight Number One single from that album. The song is an up-tempo which is introduced by a fiddle solo, with guitar also accompanying. The lyrics are the narrator's description of his rural lifestyle:"
"It's Your Song ""It's Your Song"" is a song written by Pam Wolfe and Benita Hill, and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in November 1998 as the only single from his live album ""Double Live"", reaching a peak of number 9 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" country singles charts and number 5 on the Canadian ""RPM"" country charts that year, as well as peaking at number 62 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Both the live recording from ""Double Live"" and an alternate studio recording were shipped to radio. Written by Benita Hill and Pam"
"She's Country ""She's Country"" is a song written by Danny Myrick and Bridgette Tatum and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released in December 2008 as the first single from Aldean's 2009 album ""Wide Open"". The song became Aldean's second number one hit on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart in May 2009. This song is also used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack, and has been confirmed as upcoming downloadable content for the ""Rock Band"" series. This song is a moderate up-tempo featuring accompaniment from electric guitar. The verses outline various females from"
"This Is Country Music (song) ""This Is Country Music"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. After performing it at the Country Music Association awards ceremony, Paisley released the song in December 2010. The song is Paisley's twenty-eighth single release overall; it entered the Hot Country Songs charts dated for December 4, 2010. It was included on his eighth studio album, of the same name, released on May 23, 2011 release via Arista Nashville. Paisley debuted the song at the Country Music Association (CMA) awards show on November 10, 2010. At the time, he"
"The first chorus reads: While the second chorus (sung on a repeat, as the introduction is usually not repeated) instead reads: Both versions join together at the ending: This Is My Country ""This Is My Country"" is an American patriotic song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs. Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians were the first to record the song, in 1942. The song is played at the end of Walt Disney World and Disneyland fireworks shows. The folk song begins slowly, opening with this introductory verse: A second, rarely performed,"
"Rock This Country! ""Rock This Country!"" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was the tenth single released to country radio from her album ""Come on Over"". Written by Mutt Lange and Twain, ""Rock This Country!"" was released to North American country radio stations in late 1999. With no promotional performances or CD single, the song was the lowest charting single at country radio from the album. On ""Rock This Country!"" Twain said the song is ""a very live, fast-driving song. We wrote that one on the beach in Florida. I had had"
"This Is God ""This Is God"" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Phil Vassar. It was released in January 2003 as the second single to the album, ""American Child"". It peaked at number 17 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart, and number 9 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Vassar penned this song on a December 2002 plane ride and it was quickly released to country radio. It was made available on subsequent pressings of the album, ""American Child"". The lyrics reflect the perspective of God and His disgust towards"
"No Man's Land (John Michael Montgomery song) ""No Man's Land"" is a song written by Steve Seskin and John Scott Sherrill, and recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in August 1995 as the third single from the album ""John Michael Montgomery"". The song reached number 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is a ballad, discussing the challenge facing single mothers. Deborah Evans Price, of ""Billboard"" magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a ""well-written tune that salutes one of American culture's unsung heroes."" She goes on to say"
"was at the number one position. It has sold 370,000 copies in US. On the next week's charts, ""This Is Country Music"" entered the top 40 at number 29. This Is Country Music (song) ""This Is Country Music"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. After performing it at the Country Music Association awards ceremony, Paisley released the song in December 2010. The song is Paisley's twenty-eighth single release overall; it entered the Hot Country Songs charts dated for December 4, 2010. It was included on his eighth studio album, of the same name,"
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee ""My Country, 'Tis of Thee"", also known as ""America"", is an American patriotic song, whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The melody used is the same as that of the national anthem of the United Kingdom, ""God Save the Queen"", arranged by Thomas Arne. The song served as one of the ""de facto"" national anthems of the United States (along with songs like ""Hail, Columbia"") before the adoption of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. Samuel Francis Smith wrote the lyrics to ""My Country 'Tis of Thee"" in"
"Moses Asch Moses Asch (December 2, 1905 – October 19, 1986), often known as Moe Asch, was a Polish-American recording engineer and record executive. He founded Asch Records, which then changed its name to Folkways Records when the label transitioned from 78 RPM recordings to LP records. Asch ran the Folkways label from 1948 until his death in 1986. Folkways was very influential in bringing folk music into the American cultural mainstream. Some of America's greatest folk songs were originally recorded for Asch, including ""This Land Is Your Land"" by Woody Guthrie and ""Goodnight Irene"" by Lead Belly. Asch sold"
"Your Land”; asking Amram to use the text and melody as the foundation, and an inspiration, from which he could expand on. Just as Aaron Copland honored “Simple Gifts” as his muse for Appalachian Spring, so might David create a tribute to the many ideas and stories which Woody planted within the verses of ""This Land"". To mark the 75th Anniversary of Woody's “This Land” – penned in 1940 in NYC - Newport Records released ""This Land; Symphonic Variations on a Song"" by Woody Guthrie, conducted by David Amram and performed by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, on February 23, 2015."
"This (Darius Rucker song) ""This"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker. It was released in November 2010 as the second single from his album ""Charleston, SC 1966"", and the sixth solo single release of his career. It reached number-one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart in April 2011. Rucker wrote this song with his producer Frank Rogers and Kara DioGuardi. Sarah Rodman of the ""Boston Globe"" wrote that the song ""falls squarely in the country pop sweet spot"". ""Country Weekly"" reviewer Jessica Phillips said that it was ""an accurate reflection"" of"
"2015. He was 76. Red Lane Red Lane, born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter with surname pronounced ""Dee-LAW-ter"" (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American singer and songwriter. Lane was a self-taught musician and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). His songs were recorded by many prominent country artists, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, B.J. Thomas, George Strait, Roger Miller and Alan Jackson. The most successful songs written or co-written by Lane included, ""'Til I Get It Right"" (recorded by Tammy Wynette, 1973), ""Country Girl"" (Dottie West),"
"That Country Style (1967)<br> Things I Still Remember Very Well (1969)<br> A New Country Heard From (1974)<br> Justin Tubb (1981)<br> Justin Tubb (1985)<br> Just You and Me Daddy (1999) Justin Tubb Justin Wayne Tubb (August 20, 1935 – January 24, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was the oldest son of country singer Ernest Tubb, known for popular songs like ""Walking the Floor Over You"". By 1954 Tubb made it on the country chart with two duets with Goldie Hill—(""Looking Back to See"" and ""Sure Fire Kisses""). A year later, at"
"American country singer-songwriter Tim McGraw; the song peaked at number three on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Jason Aldean had a number-one country hit in 2011 with ""Dirt Road Anthem,"" which was originally done by country rapper Colt Ford and country-rock singer Brantley Gilbert. The song was featured on his album ""My Kinda Party"". A remixed ""Dirt Road Anthem"" featuring rapper Ludacris was played at both the 2011 CMT Music Awards and the 2011 Grammy Nominations Concert. American rapper B.o.B and country singer Taylor Swift also collaborated for a country rap song titled ""Both Of Us"", in 2012. Swift did"
"Red Lane Red Lane, born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter with surname pronounced ""Dee-LAW-ter"" (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American singer and songwriter. Lane was a self-taught musician and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). His songs were recorded by many prominent country artists, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, B.J. Thomas, George Strait, Roger Miller and Alan Jackson. The most successful songs written or co-written by Lane included, ""'Til I Get It Right"" (recorded by Tammy Wynette, 1973), ""Country Girl"" (Dottie West), ""Miss Emily's Picture"" (John"
"Lori McKenna Lori McKenna (née Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer, songwriter, and performer. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single ""Girl Crush"" performed by Little Big Town. In 2017, she again won Best Country Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for writing ""Humble and Kind"" performed by Tim McGraw. McKenna along with Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby and Hillary Lindsey wrote the second single off the soundtrack to the 2018 film, A Star Is"
"Willard Robison Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri. His songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has drawn comparison to Hoagy Carmichael. Many of his compositions, notably ""A Cottage for Sale"", ""Round My Old Deserted Farm"", ""Don't Smoke in Bed"", ""'Taint So, Honey, 'Taint So"" and ""Old Folks"", have become standards and have been recorded countless times by jazz and pop artists including Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Bing Crosby and Mildred Bailey."
"online. Kentucky country singer Bradley Kincaid was recorded singing ""Dog and Gun (An Old English Ballad)"" in New York in 1933. This recording was included in Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4. Muckram Wakes, Nic Jones, John Wesley Harding, Shirley Collins, Sally Barker, Fairport Convention, Damien Barber, Hannah James and Sam Sweeney, John Speirs and Jon Boden, Ruth Notman, and Jim Moray have also recorded the song. In their Notes to this song in ""Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England"" (1857) James Henry Dixon and Robert Bell write This is a very popular"
"at number 48. Rock This Country! ""Rock This Country!"" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was the tenth single released to country radio from her album ""Come on Over"". Written by Mutt Lange and Twain, ""Rock This Country!"" was released to North American country radio stations in late 1999. With no promotional performances or CD single, the song was the lowest charting single at country radio from the album. On ""Rock This Country!"" Twain said the song is ""a very live, fast-driving song. We wrote that one on the beach in Florida."
"Brooks again until ""Do What You Gotta Do"" (from his previous album, ""Sevens"") in mid-2000. It's Your Song ""It's Your Song"" is a song written by Pam Wolfe and Benita Hill, and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in November 1998 as the only single from his live album ""Double Live"", reaching a peak of number 9 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" country singles charts and number 5 on the Canadian ""RPM"" country charts that year, as well as peaking at number 62 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Both the live recording from ""Double Live"""