Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1936


Joe Hill (song)

Buy Joe Hill (song) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'"Joe Hill"', also known as '"I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night"', is a folk song named after labor activist Joe Hill, which was originally written in poem by Alfred Hayes in 1925 and composed into music by Earl Robinson in 1936.

Reception



In 2014, the Paul Robeson version of the song was the third-most requested song by British Labour politicians on 'Desert Island Discs', behind "Jerusalem" and "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", with the song also chosen by then-party leader Ed Miliband.

Covers and adaptations



* Joan Baez performed the song at the Woodstock music festival in 1969 and later included it in her album, 'One Day at a Time'

* In his 1990 album 'The Internationale', Billy Bragg adapted the song into "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night"

* Luke Kelly famously covered this song, which is now considered a classic Irish folk song

* On International Workers' Day in 2014, at Tampa, Florida, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened their show with a cover of the song.

References



Category:1936 songs

Category:American folk songs

Category:Bruce Springsteen songs

Category:Joan Baez songs

Category:Joe Hill (activist)

Category:Paul Robeson songs

Category:Protest songs

Category:Songs about activists

Category:Songs about dreams

Category:Trade union songs

Category:Songs written by Earl Robinson

Buy Joe Hill (song) now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1936



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1107762220.