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Paul Robeson (09 Apr 1898 - 23 Jan 1976)

Male Person - United States American bass baritone

 Also known as (1)

Releases (52)

Official

Album

  1. Spirituals May 1946
  2. Songs of Free Men * Spirituals 1958
  3. Paul Robeson singt 1964
  4. American Baladeer 1977
  5. Negro Spirituals 1982
  6. The Odyssey of Paul Robeson 1992
  7. The Very Best of Paul Robeson 2008
  8. The Best of Paul Robeson 2008
  9. Every Time I Feel the Spirit 08 May 2018
  10. Paul Robeson: Songs of Struggle and Love 08 Jan 2021
  11. Paul Robeson
  12. Singt Lieder aus aller Welt
  13. Recital
  14. Songs of Struggle (& more)
  15. Paul Robeson
All Release Results >>

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Paul Robeson 1970
  2. Songs Of My People 1972
  3. The Golden Voice of Paul Robeson 1983
  4. Green Pastures 1987
  5. 'Ol' Man River 1987
  6. Ballad for Americans 1989
  7. Paul Robeson Sings "Ol' Man River" & Other Favorites 1990
  8. The Glorious Voice of Paul Robeson 1990
  9. The Power and the Glory 1991
  10. Spirituals, Folksongs, and Hymns 1993
  11. The Voice of the Mississippi 1996
  12. Songs for Free Men 20 May 1997
  13. Ol' Man River 06 Jun 1999
  14. Legends of the 20th Century: Paul Robeson 1999
  15. The Essential Paul Robeson 2000
  16. The Great Paul Robeson 2000
  17. The Legendary Paul Robeson: Ol’ Man River 2000
  18. Ol' Man River 2006
  19. On My Journey: Paul Roberson's Independent Recordings 2007
  20. The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939 2008
  21. Voice of the People
  22. The Collector's Paul Robeson
  23. A Man and His Beliefs
  24. Ol' Man River
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Album - Live

  1. Live at Carnegie Hall 1960
  2. In Live Performance 1970
  3. Songs of Free Men 1997
  4. The Legendary Moscow Concert 1997
  5. The Peace Arch Concerts 1998
  6. Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert 17 Aug 2018
  7. Поль Робсон в Москве (1958 г.) Moscow concert
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Single - Soundtrack

  1. The Killing Song / Congo Lullaby 1935
  2. My Way / Deep Desert 1937
  3. Ol’ Man River
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Relationships (3)

Teachers

  1. Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

Support For

  1. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1928) lead vocals

Children

  1. Paul Robeson, Jr.

Recordings by (575)

  1. The Killing Song 2:17 (1935)
  2. Congo Lullaby 3:00 (1935)
  3. My Way 2:43 (1937)
  4. Deep Desert 2:52 (1937)
  5. Deep River ?:?? (Nov 1943) mx. VP 160
  6. I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles ?:?? (Nov 1943) mx. VP 160
  7. From Border to Border (From "Quiet Flows the Don") 2:24 (1958)
  8. Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don (From "Quiet Flows the Don") 3:17 (1958)
  9. The Purest Kind of a Guy (Joe's Birthday Song) (Form Marc Blitzstein's "No for an Answer") 3:19 (1958)
  10. Joe Hill 2:39 (1958)
  11. The Peat-Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) (Son from a German Concentration Camp) 2:24 (1958)
  12. The Four Insurgent Generals (Spanish Loyalist Song) 2:00 (1958)
  13. Native Land 2:19 (1958)
  14. Songs of the Plains (Red Army song) 3:03 (1958)
  15. Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen 2:39 (1958)
  16. Joshua Fit de Battle of Jeriicho 1:49 (1958)
  17. No More Auction ?:?? (1960)
  18. Some Day He'll Make It Plain To Me ?:?? (1960)
  19. Bear The Burden In The Heat Of Day ?:?? (1960)
  20. Mount Zion: "On My Journey" ?:?? (1960)
  21. I'm Gonna Let It Shine ?:?? (1960)
  22. Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees ?:?? (1960)
  23. Amazing Grace ?:?? (1960)
  24. Skye Boat Song (Hebridean Folk Song) ?:?? (1960)
  25. Shlof Mein Kind (Yiddish) ?:?? (1960)
  26. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal ?:?? (1960)
  27. Dans Le Printemps ?:?? (1960)
  28. Passing By ?:?? (1960)
  29. Little Gal ?:?? (1960)
  30. O Mistress Mine ?:?? (1960)
  31. Kevin Barrey (Irish) ?:?? (1960)
  32. Zvornost -- Freedom ?:?? (1960)
  33. Every Time I Feel the Spirit 2:00 (1960)
  34. Volga Boat Song 3:32 (1960)
  35. Monologue From "Othello" (Shakespeare) 3:02 (1960)
  36. O Thou Silent Night (Alexandrov) 2:38 (1960)
  37. Chinese Children's Song 1:51 (1960)
  38. My Curly Headed Baby (Clutsam) 2:48 (1960)
  39. Old Man River (Kern) 2:39 (1960)
  40. Going Home (Dvorak) 4:41 (1960)
  41. Monologue From "Boris Godunov" (Mussorgsky) 4:27 (1960)
  42. The Orphan (Mussorgsky) 2:15 (1960)
  43. Christ Lag in Todesbanden (Bach) 3:30 (1960)
  44. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel 1:32 (1960)
  45. Lullaby (Schubert) 3:19 (1960)
  46. O No John 2:38 (1960)
  47. Joe Hill (Robinson) 2:54 (1960)
  48. Jacob's Ladder 3:02 (1960)
  49. O Honey Baby Feelin' Mighty Low 2:03 (1964)
  50. Now My Soul Is A Witness 2:09 (1964)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Ol' Man River 3:46 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, vocals Paul Robeson and Mixed Chorus (May 1928) solo
  2. Shenendoah 2:55 Paul Robeson (1987)

Vocals

  1. Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day 3:14 Paul Robeson (1977)
  2. Stand Still, Jordan 3:20 Paul Robeson (1982)
  3. Scandalize My Name 1:55 Paul Robeson (1982)
  4. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel 1:20 Paul Robeson (1982)
  5. Jacob’s Ladder 2:55 Paul Robeson (1982)
  6. Takin’ Names 2:25 Paul Robeson (1982)
  7. Some Day He’ll Make It Plain to Me 3:30 Paul Robeson (1982)
  8. I ’m Gonna Let It Shine 2:27 Paul Robeson (1982)
  9. Water Me From the Lime Rock 1:35 Paul Robeson (1982)
  10. Mount Zion 2:19 Paul Robeson (1982)
  11. Hammer Song 2:05 Paul Robeson (1982)
  12. King Joe, Part II 3:11 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1992)
  13. King Joe, Part I 3:23 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1992)
  14. I battellieri del Volga 3:26 Paul Robeson, Alan Booth (1996) bass vocals
  15. Song of the Plains 3:10 Paul Robeson (20 May 1997) bass-baritone vocals
  16. The Four Insurgent Generals 2:15 Paul Robeson (20 May 1997) bass-baritone vocals
  17. Four Insurgent Generals 2:19 Paul Robeson (1997)
  18. Zog nit keynmol (Song of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) 2:30 Paul Robeson (1997)
  19. Ma Curly-headed Baby (Babby) for voice & piano 3:02 Paul Robeson (1997)
  20. Tikhiy Don, opera: From Border Unto Border 2:04 Paul Robeson (1997)
  21. Over The Mountains 1:53 Paul Robeson (1997)
  22. Ol' Man River, song (from 'Show Boat') 1:07 Paul Robeson (1997)
  23. Water Boy, folk song 4:02 Paul Robeson (1997)
  24. Ol’ Man River 3:52 Paul Robeson (1997) lead vocals
  25. Chinese National Anthem 'Ch'i Lai!' 1:30 Paul Robeson (1997)
  26. Work(s): Let Me Die 2:03 Paul Robeson (1997)
  27. The Lord God of Abraham 3:13 Paul Robeson (1997) bass-baritone vocals
  28. Beloved City 3:40 Paul Robeson (1997)
  29. Sylvia 2:11 Paul Robeson (1997) bass-baritone vocals
  30. Oh, No John No 0:47 Paul Robeson (1997)
  31. L'amour de moy, chanson 4:38 Paul Robeson (1997)
  32. Othello: Act 3 Scene 3 (extract) 1:08 Paul Robeson (1999) spoken vocals
  33. [Mississippi] Show Boat : “Old Man River” 4:02 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Paul Robeson and Mixed Chorus (2000)
  34. Ol’ Man River (Showboat) ?:?? Paul Robeson (2000) bass vocals
  35. Ah Still Suits Me 2:45 Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch (05 Jun 2002)
  36. Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen (arr. Lawrence Brown) 2:00 Paul Robeson (2002) bass-baritone vocals
  37. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There 3:00 Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood (Jan 2003) bass-baritone vocals
  38. Lullaby: Summertime / Livin’s Easy 2:34 Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood (Jan 2003) bass-baritone vocals
  39. It Ain’t Necessarily So 2:30 Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood (Jan 2003) bass-baritone vocals
  40. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing 2:18 Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood (Jan 2003) bass-baritone vocals
  41. Dis Ol' Hammer ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  42. Le Canadian Errant ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  43. Homeland ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  44. Bauernfest - Eine Erzählung = the Country Feast ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  45. Wiegenlied ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  46. Let My People Go ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  47. Duermete Niño Lindo ?:?? Paul Robeson ()
  48. Schlaf mein Kind ?:?? Paul Robeson ()

Credited as (28)

  1. Paul Robeson
  2. Ray Noble and His Orchestra feat. Paul Robeson
  3. Paul Robeson—Elisabeth Welch
  4. Count Basie and his Band with Paul Robeson
  5. Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch
  6. Paul Robeson And Lawrence Brown
  7. Paul Robeson & Earl Robinson
  8. Paul Robeson with vocal assistance from Lawrence Brown
  9. Paul Robeson & Lawrence Brown
  10. Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch
  11. Paul Robeson and Male Chorus
  12. Paul Robeson & Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Orchestra
  13. Поль Робсон
  14. Tim Fite feat. Paul Robeson
  15. Paul Robeson, Puhdys, Самоцветы, Андрей Петров, София Ротару, Karel Gott
  16. Paul Robeson, Alan Booth
  17. Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Paul Robeson and Mixed Chorus
  18. Kenneth Spencer / Paul Robeson
  19. Paul Robeson, bass
  20. Paul Robeson & Treorchy Male Voice Choir
  21. Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra, vocal Paul Robeson
  22. Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, vocals Paul Robeson and Mixed Chorus
  23. Paul Robeson & Paul Whiteman Orchestra
  24. Gershwin; Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Avon Long, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz
  25. Paul Robeson, Orchestra conducted by Clifford Greenwood
  26. Paul Robeson with Count Basie
  27. Tim Fite & Paul Robeson
  28. Paul Robeson & The Paul Whiteman Orchestra

Links (20)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118601555
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6h993gh
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80064276
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80064276
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138990678
  6. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1036461
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102809
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL819651A
  9. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=58036

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/159094

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307214

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732079/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/197471

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273233

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/7446
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ccc2jvU6SYt0OyInCkIbG

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/652651

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Robeson_1942_crop.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/bbc5febe-0321-4bb2-adcd-8dafbf8d8841

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/links/discography.html