The World's Favorite Songs

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Tracklist

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1Ring de Banjo
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Ring, Ring de Banjo!
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
Stephen Foster2:15
2Beautiful Dreamer
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Beautiful Dreamer
orchestrator:
Herbert Spencer (Production music composer)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1864)
Stephen Foster3:00
3Gentle Annie
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Gentle Annie
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1856)
Stephen Foster2:45
4My Old Kentucky Home
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
My Old Kentucky Home
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Stephen Foster3:57
5Old Black Joe
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Old Black Joe
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) (in 1960)
Stephen Foster3:07
6Old Folks at Home
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
anthem of:
Florida, United States (from 1935 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1851)
publisher:
Carlin Music Group
Stephen Foster4:35
7Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
Stephen Foster4:02
8Oh! Susanna
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Oh! Susanna
orchestrator:
Herbert Spencer (Production music composer)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11745)
Stephen Foster1:40
9Nelly Bly
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Nelly Bly
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
Stephen Foster2:45
10Camptown Races
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Camptown Races
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
Stephen Foster1:43
11Shenandoah
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
[traditional]4:41
12Deep River
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Deep River
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]3:11
13Nobody Knows Duh Troube I See
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
C. Mose Music
[traditional]4:22
14Dry Bones
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Dem Bones (aka "Dry Bones" or "Dem Dry Bones", traditional spiritual song)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
James Weldon Johnson (US songwriter, author)
[traditional]2:34
15Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
[traditional]3:39
16Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
lyricist:
Joseph Geoghegan (in 1867)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3137)
[traditional]3:20
17My Gentle Harp
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
[traditional]3:26
18Loch Lomond
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9598)
[traditional]2:27
19Auld Lang Syne
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1788)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6294)
[traditional]3:43
20Die Lorelei
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recording of:
Die Lorelei (Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten)
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Friedrich Silcher
is based on:
Die Loreley
Friedrich Silcher3:58
21Stodole' Pumpa
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
[traditional]3:00
22Marianina
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
[traditional]2:33

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Release

ASIN:US: B000V2RWT4 [info]

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part of:RCA Red Seal - Best 100 (number: 98) (order: 57)