Songs of Free Men


Songs of Free Men is a studio album by Paul Robeson, recorded in early 1942 and released on Columbia [Masterworks Records|Columbia Masterworks] in 1943.

Track listing

The album was originally issued in 1943 as a set of four 10-inch 78-r.p.m. records, catalog number MM 543.

Charts

In 1997, the album had a re-release on CD with 17 additional tracks including "Ol' [Man River]" from Showboat. It charted on Billboard's classical albums chart at number 47. Later, in the critics' poll published at the end of the year, the magazine's editor-in-chief Timothy White would list it among the best albums of 1998, at number 10.
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