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Every Man a King (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Every Man a King'" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Long and Castro Carazo. Long was known for his political slogan "Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933 autobiography and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression.
Text of Huey Long's [https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hueyplongking.htm Every Man a King] at AmericanRhetoric.com
The song's lyrics include the lines "With castles and clothing and food for all/ All belongs to you".
The song was co-written in 1935 by Huey Long and Castro Carazo, the band director of Louisiana State University, a former orchestra leader at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans brought to LSU by Long himself.
[http://www.bands.lsu.edu/band_history/index.php LSU Band History] from the Louisiana State University website
Origin
The phrase "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown" was adopted from Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan.Brinkley (2011) [1983], p. 20. Long also used the phrase as a political slogan and as the name of his autobiography.
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The song was recorded by the Louisiana Boys in January 1935 (Bluebird B-5840)'Discography of American Historical Recordings': [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200019094/BVE-87696-Every_man_a_king Victor matrix BVE-87696] and again by the Louisiana Ramblers in October 1935, just a few weeks after Long's death (Decca 5151).'Discography of American Historical Recordings': [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000288197/60084-Every_man_a_king_Goodbye_Huey_Long Decca matrix 60084]
Singer-songwriter Randy Newman recorded the song on his 1974 album 'Good Old Boys'.
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