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While the lyrics to "John Brown" are original, the melody is based on "900 Miles", a well-known song in the US folk music community; [a] about half of that tune is also found in the traditional song "Reuben's Train". [4] When the song was published in Broadside magazine in March 1963, an accompanying note read "Tune, much like '900 Miles'." [5]
500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return.
Callier started recording as a teenager for Chess Records in 1962 but did not record an album for the first two years he was a professional musician. [4] The album was recorded by Samuel Charters, who courted Callier to come to Prestige in 1964 but after the sessions, he ran off to Mexico, delaying the actual album release from 1965 [5] to 1968. [3]
Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter, [1] who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of traveling and recording together.
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"99 Miles from L.A." is a 1975 single written by Albert Hammond and Hal David and performed by Hammond. The song was Hammond's only number one on the Easy Listening chart as well as his most successful release on the chart. "99 Miles from L.A." spent one week at number one and peaked at number ninety-one on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Odetta Sings Folk Songs is a studio album by American folk singer Odetta, released on the RCA Victor label in September 1963. The album peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. [ citation needed ]
"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1956 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. [ 1 ] The sequel, "Daddy's Home," also written by Sheppard and performed by his group Shep and the Limelites, was released in 1961.