Paul Robeson

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Paul Robeson

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Born April 9, 1898 Princeton, New Jersey. Died January 23, 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

African-American bass-baritone concert singer, actor of film and stage, All-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator, scholar and lawyer who was also noted for his wide-ranging social justice activism.

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Ol' Man River

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Joe Hill

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Old Man River

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Ol' Man River (from Show Boat) - 1985 Digital Remaster

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

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20 live performances · data from Setlist.fm

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May 1, 1960

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom


March 1, 1960

St George's Hall

Bradford, England, United Kingdom


August 17, 1958

Moscow, Moscow, Russia

  • 1. There Is a Balm in Gilead([traditional] cover)

  • 2. Berceuse

  • 3. Tsaï na Yao

  • 4. Printemps de mes jeunes années

  • 5. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?([traditional] cover)

  • 6. Joe Hill(Earl Robinson cover)

  • 1. Berceuse mexicaine

  • 2. Les bateliers de la volga

  • 3. John Brown's body

  • 4. Ode à la joie


August 10, 1958

Royal Albert Hall

London, England, United Kingdom

  • 1. Every Time I Feel the Spirit

  • 2. Ezekiel Saw the Wheel([traditional] cover)

  • 3. I'll Hear The Trumpet Sound

  • 4. Git on Board Li'l Children

  • 5. L'Amour De Moi

  • 6. Volga Boat Song

  • 7. Joe Hill(Earl Robinson cover)

  • 8. Ol' Man River(Jerome Kern cover)


June 1, 1958

A.M.E. Zion Church

New York, New York, United States

  • 1. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot([traditional] cover)

  • 2. No More Auction Block

  • 3. Water Boy([traditional] cover)

  • 4. Chinese Children's Song

  • 5. The House I Live In(Earl Robinson cover)

  • 6. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child([traditional] cover)

  • 7. Jacob's Ladder

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