Lift Every Voice and Sing

Song
1905 hymn incorporating the poem as its lyrics

Creators (2)

Composer

1. John Rosamond Johnson African American songwriter

Lyricist

1. James Weldon Johnson US songwriter, author

Related Works (3)

Arrangements

1. Lift Every Voice
2. Lift Every Voice and Sing

Is Based On

1. Lift Every Voice and Sing

Recordings (15)

1. Lift Every Voice and Sing 3:10 cover by Ray Charles (1972)
2. Lift Every Voice and Sing 2:40 instrumental by Archie Shepp (1978)
3. Lift Every Voice 1:58 live, cover by Horace Tapscott with The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (1979) live, 1979: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA
4. Lift Every Voice 3:54 cover by Ed Kelly (1993)
5. Lift Every Voice and Sing 3:10 instrumental, cover by Charles Lloyd (15 Oct 2002)
6. Lift Every Voice and Sing 3:09 cover by Ray Charles (2002)
7. Lift Every Voice and Sing 0:46 live, instrumental by Stuff (15 Jul 2008) live, 1976-07-02: Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
8. Life Ev’ry Voice and Sing (The Black National Anthem) ?:?? by Afro Blue (2009)
9. Lift Every Voice 1:58 cover by Peter Mulvey (Jan 2017)
10. Lift Every Voice and Sing 5:02 cover by Joey DeFrancesco (10 Mar 2017)
11. Lift Every Voice and Sing / Moanin' 6:08 partial, medley, cover by Jazzmeia Horn (12 May 2017)
12. Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing 2:09 live, cover by Beyoncé (17 Apr 2019) live, 2018-04-14–2018-04-21: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA, USA
13. Lift Every Voice and Sing 2:02 instrumental by Mike Phillips (08 Jul 2022)
14. Lift Every Voice 1:58 live, cover by Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (15 Apr 2023) live, 1978-11-26: Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, CA, USA
15. Lift Every Voice 1:55 by Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (Sep 2023)

Links (2)

Wikidata

1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069020

Secondhandsongs

1. https://secondhandsongs.com/work/218835