List of songs by Melvin Van Peebles, by album, song title, year.
| Song
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First Recording/Performance
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Brer Soul
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Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
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Watermelon Man
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
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As Serious As A Heart-Attack
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Don't Play Us Cheap
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What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?!
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Ghetto Gothic
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Waltz of the Stork
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Notes
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| Lilly Done The Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Mirror Mirror
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| The Coolest Place In Town
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| You Can Get Up Before Noon Without Being A Square
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| The Dozens
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| Tenth And Greenwich (Women's House of Detention)
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| Come Raise Your Leg On Me
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1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| Sera Sera Jim
|
1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| Catch That On The Corner
|
1969
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Yes
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Yes
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| Three Boxes Of Longs Please
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1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| You Aint No Astronaut
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1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| Come On Feet Do Your Thing
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1971
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Funky Girl On Motherless Broadway
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1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| Put A Curse On You
|
1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| I Got The Blood
|
1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| You Gotta Be Holdin Out Five Dollars On Me
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1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| Heh Heh (Chuckle) Good Morning Sunshine
|
1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| Salamaggi's Birthday
|
1971
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Yes
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Yes
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| Rufus & Ruby
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1971
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Yes
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| Mothers Prayer
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1971
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Yes
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| The Country Brother & The City Sister
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1971
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Yes
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| Chippin
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1971
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Yes
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| Just Don't Make No Sense
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1971
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Dear Mistuh P
|
1971
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Yes
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| Love, That's America
|
1970
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Yes
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Yes
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| I Remember
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1971
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Yes
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| My Pal Johnny
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1971
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Yes
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| A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothing But A Death Warrant Anyway
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1974
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Yes
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| So Many Bars
|
1974
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Yes
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| Save The Watergate 500
|
1974
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Yes
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| Superstition
|
1974
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Yes
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| There
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1974
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Come On Write Me
|
1974
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Yes
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| Eyes On The Rabbit
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1974
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Yes
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| My Love Belongs To You
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1974
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Blinded By Your Stuff
|
1995
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Yes
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| On 115
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1995
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Yes
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Yes
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| Greasy Lightin'
|
1995
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Yes
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| Same Ole Raggedy Song
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1995
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Yes
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| The Apple Stretching
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1983
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Yes
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Yes
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| Quittin Time
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1995
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Yes
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| Soul’d On You
|
1970
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Yes
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| Sweetback's Theme
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1971
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Yes
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| Won't Bleed Me
|
1971
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Yes
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| And I Love You
|
1982
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Yes
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| Tender Understanding
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1982
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Yes
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| Weddings And Funerals
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1982
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Yes
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| Play It As It Lays
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1982
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Yes
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| Shoulders To Lean On
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1982
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Yes
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