Research Catalog

Title

Presidential campaign songs, 1789-1996 [sound recording]

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brand, Oscar.
• Foley, John.
• Brand, Jordan.
• Pickow, Jonathan.

Description

1 sound disc (69 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

• Political ballads and songs > United States
• Presidents > United States > Election > Songs and music
• Campaign songs

Note

• "Curators introduction [by] Anthony Seeger" -- booklet.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes with information on each song and each president; including some text (36 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Performer (note)

• Oscar Brand, guitar and vocals; John Foley, guitar and vocals; Jordan Brand, bass and vocals; Jonathan Pickow, banjo, synthesizer, and vocals.

Contents

• Free elections (In General) (0:27) -- Follow Washington (George Washington) (1:01) -- Adams and liberty (John Adams) (1:36) -- For Jefferson and liberty (Thomas Jefferson) (1:51) -- Huzzah for Madison, huzzah (James Madison) (1:22) -- Monroe is the man (James Monroe) (1:29) -- Little know ye who's coming (John Q. Adams) (1:58) -- Jackson and Kentucky (Andrew Jackson) (2:10) -- Rockabye, baby (Martin Van Buren) (1:24) -- The Harrison yankee doodle (William H. Harrison) (1:12) --
• Tippecanoe and Tyler, too (John Tyler) (1:15) -- Jimmy Polk of Tennessee (James K. Polk) (1:37) -- Rumadum dum (Zachary Taylor) (1:19) -- The union wagon (Millard Fillmore) (1:41) -- Pierce and king (Franklin Pierce) (1:36) -- Buchanan and John Breckenridge (James Buchanan) (1:12) -- Lincoln and liberty (Abraham Lincoln) (2:09) -- Just before election, Andy (Andrew Johnson) (1:41) -- Grant, Grant, Grant (Ulysses S. Grant) (1:27) -- For Hayes and Wheeler, too (Rutherford Hayes) (1:20) --
• If the Johnnies get into power again (James A. Garfield) (1:45) -- Democrats, good Democrats (Grover Cleveland) (1:38) -- He's all right (Benjamin H. Harrison) (1:20) -- Marching with McKinley (William McKinley) (2:04) -- Roosevelt the cry (Teddy Roosevelt) (1:14) -- Get on a raft with Taft (William H. Taft) (1:34) -- Wilson, that's all (Woodrow Wilson) (1:51) -- Harding, you're the man for us (Warren G. Harding) (1:21) -- Keep cool and keep Coolidge (Calvin Coolidge) (2:17) --
• If he's good enough for Lindy (Herbert Hoover) (1:35) -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's back again (Franklin D. Roosevelt) (1:49) -- I'm just wild about Harry (Harry S. Truman) (0:47) -- I like Ike (Dwight D. Eisenhower) (0:40) -- Marching down to Washington (John F. Kennedy) (1:03) -- Hello, Lyndon (Lyndon B. Johnson) (1:03) -- Buckle down with Nixon (Richard M. Nixon) (1:17) -- I'm feeling good about America (Gerald R. Ford) (1:22) --
• Why not the best? (Jimmy Carter) (2:29) -- California, here we come (Ronald W. Reagan) (0:37) -- This land is your land (George Bush) (1:29) -- Don't stop thinking about tomorrow (William J. Clinton) (2:19) -- The same merry-go-round (Third party) (1:42) -- Song of the presidents (all of them) (4:25)

Call Number

*LDC 21433 (F)

OCLC

42248330

Title

Presidential campaign songs, 1789-1996 [sound recording]

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, c1999.

Performer

Oscar Brand, guitar and vocals; John Foley, guitar and vocals; Jordan Brand, bass and vocals; Jonathan Pickow, banjo, synthesizer, and vocals.

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Added Author

Brand, Oscar.

Foley, John.

Brand, Jordan.

Pickow, Jonathan.

Publisher No.

SFW CD 45051 Smithsonian Folkways

CD 45051 Smithsonian Folkways

Research Call Number

*LDC 21433 (F) Program notes on file.