Freedom Singers


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Freedom Singers is an American vocal group from Albany, Georgia, founded in 1962 by Cordell Reagon, a field secretary of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

The original line-up consisted of Reagon (bass vocals), Bernice Johnson Reagon (alto vocals), Rutha Harris (soprano vocals) and Charles Neblett (tenor vocals).

The group was disbanded after a tour and recording an album in 1963, though it has been reformed since. Currently the group performs once a month at the Albany Civil Rights Institute, led by one of the original members, Rutha Harris. In February 2010, the group performed in the White House in an event organized in honor of Black History Month. In addition to Harris, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Charles Neblett and Toshi Reagon joined the group for the performance.

APPEARANCES +


Murray Lerner, Various
Festival
2017, Blu-ray,
Bob Dylan
The Other Side Of The Mirror (Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 1965)
2007
Guy Carawan
Songs Of Struggle And Celebration
1982, LP, Album, Flying Fish (2), ,
Folk
Cyril Paul & Ensemble
Brown Baby
1969, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
The Broadside Singers
The Broadside Singers
1964, ,
Folk
Various
The Newport Folk Festival - 1963 (The Evening Concerts: Vol. 1)
Bob Dylan
The Other Side Of The Mirror (Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 1965)
2024
Various
Truth Is A Lie
2011, Cass, Comp, Mississippi Records
Various
Freedom: Songs From The Heart Of America
2002, 3xCD, Comp, Columbia, Legacy,
Various
Every Tone A Testimony (An African American Aural History)
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways,
Various
American Roots Music
2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Palm Pictures, ,
Folk/Cajun/Zydeco/Bluegrass/Country/Delta Blues/Piedmont Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues
Various
The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
2000, 5x CD, ,
Folk
Various
Music From The American Century
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Museum Music
Various
Geschichte Der Popmusik
1998, 52xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records, ,
Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Skiffle/Easy Listening
Various
Early Soul Gospel
1997
Various
Crossroads: Southern Routes
1996, CD, Comp, Enh, Smithsonian Folkways
Various
Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
1996, ,
Country/Gospel/Bluegrass/Cajun/Folk
Various
Gospel At Newport
1995
Various
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Folk Era Records, ,
Folk
Various
The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - The Evening Concerts: Vol. 1 And 2
1991, 2xCD, Comp, Vanguard
Various
Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival
1991, 6x Vinyl,
Various
Sing for Freedom - The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
1990, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways
Various
Sing For Freedom, Lest We Forget Vol 3
1980, LP, Album, Folkways Records,
Various
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement (Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966)
1980
Various
Folklore Der Welt
1979, Box + 3xLP, Comp, SR International, ,
Folk
Various
Return To Newport
1976, LP, Vanguard, ,
Bluegrass/Country
Various
Radio Station WNEW's Story Of Selma
1965, LP, Album, Folkways Records
Various
Newport Broadside
1964, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Various
The Newport Folk Festival, 1963 - The Evening Concerts: Vol. 1
1963
Various
Broadside Ballads Vol. 1
1963
Various
Newport Folk-Festival '59 - '63
LP, Comp, SR International,
Various
Folk
CD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Friedman Fairfax Publishers
Various
The Best Of The Newport Folk Festivals
Bob Dylan
The Other Side Of The Mirror - Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 1965
2011, 2xLP, Comp, Unofficial, blu, Wonder Minnow
Bob Dylan
The Other Side Of The Mirror - Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 1965
2011, Blu-ray-R, ,
Folk