Lift Every Voice and Sing (1905 hymn incorporating the poem as its lyrics)

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Relationships

lyricist:James Weldon Johnson (in 1899)
composer:J.W. Johnson
John Rosamond Johnson (in 1905)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/218835 [info]
Wikidata:Q17069020 [info]
is based on:Lift Every Voice and Sing
arrangements:Lift Every Voice
Lift Every Voice and Sing

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1976-07-02Lift Every Voice and Sing (live, 1976-07-02: Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland)instrumental and liveStuff0:46
1978-07-14Lift Every Voice and SinginstrumentalArchie Shepp2:40
1978-11-26Lift Every Voice (live, 1978‐11‐26: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra1:59
1979-05-27Lift Every Voice (live, 1979‐05‐27: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra2:20
1979-09-30Lift Every Voice (live, 1979‐09‐30: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra2:08
1979-11-25Lift Every Voice (live, 1979‐11‐25: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra2:26
1979Lift Every Voice (live, 1979: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveHorace Tapscott with The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra1:58
1980-04-27Lift Every Voice (live, 1980‐04‐27: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra2:37
1987-06-15Lift Every Voice and SinginstrumentalHank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff6:04
1987-06-15 – 1987-06-16Lift Every Voicecover and instrumentalHank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff6:05
1992-08Lift Ev’ry Voice and SingcoverMalachi Thompson and Africa Brass10:37
1992-12-08Lift Every VoicecoverEd Kelly3:54
2002-02Lift Every Voice and Singcover and instrumentalCharles Lloyd3:10
2018-04-14 – 2018-04-21Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing (live, 2018‐04‐14–2018‐04‐21: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA, USA)cover and liveBeyoncé2:09
2019-10Lift Every Voice and Sing (live)instrumental and liveCharles Lloyd & kindred spirits8:26
Life Ev’ry Voice and Sing (The Black National Anthem)Afro Blue?:??
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing (Blue’s version)cover and partialBeyoncé ft. Blue Ivy1:42
Lift Every Voice (live, 1979‐02‐25: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra1:55
Lift Every VoicecoverMichael Cooper feat. Howard Hewett0:59
Lift Every VoicecoverPeter Mulvey1:58
Lift Every Voice and SingWilliam Brown, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman3:55
Lift Every Voice and SingcoverRay Charles3:10
Lift Every Voice and SingCharles Lloyd2:50
Lift Every Voice and SinginstrumentalMike Phillips2:03
Lift Every Voice and SingcoverRay Charles3:09
Lift Every Voice and SingcoverJoey DeFrancesco5:03
Lift Every Voice And Singcover and instrumentalJoey DeFrancesco4:17
Lift Every Voice and Sing (live) (live, 2025-02-09: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA)liveLedisi2:25
Lift Every Voice and Sing / Moanin’cover, medley and partialJazzmeia Horn6:08