Something to Sing About (album)

Something to Sing About!
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released1968 (1968)
Recorded1968 (1968)
GenreTraditional folk
ProducerMilt Okun

Something to Sing About! is a compilation album including specially recorded songs by American singer-songwriters John Denver and Tom Paxton. It was produced by Milt Okun and released in 1968.

Track listing

  1. Josh White – "St. James Infirmary"
  2. Ian and Sylvia – "Four Strong Winds"
  3. Odetta Holmes – "John Henry"
  4. Mississippi John Hurt – "Candy Man Blues"
  5. John Denver – "The Wagoner Lad"
  6. The Rooftop Singers – "Walk Right In"
  7. Arlo Guthrie – "The Motorcycle Song"
  8. Judy Collins – "The Cruel Mother"
  9. Joan Baez & Bob Gibson – "The Virgin Mary Had One Son"
  10. The Weavers – "When the Saints Go Marching In"
  11. The Weavers – "Wimoweh"
  12. Mary Travers – "Motherless Child (Without a Country)"
  13. Peter Yarrow – "I Don't Want Your Millions Mister & East Virginia"
  14. Noel Paul Stookey – "Minstrel Boy"
  15. Ian and Sylvia – "When First Unto This Country"
  16. Joan Baez – "All My Trials"
  17. Tom Paxton – "Little Mohee"
  18. Tom Paxton – "The Marvelous Toy"
  19. The Smothers Brothers – "The Fox"
  20. Milton Okun – "Hush, Little Baby"
  21. Jean Ritchie – "March Down to Old Tennessee"
  22. John Denver – "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
  23. Phil Ochs – "The Power and the Glory"
  24. Ramblin' Jack Elliott – "More Pretty Girls Than One"
  25. The Chad Mitchell Trio – "The Virgin Mary"
  26. The Chad Mitchell Trio – "Forest Lawn"
  27. The Chad Mitchell Trio – "The Bonnie Streets of Fyvie-O"
  28. The Chad Mitchell Trio – "The Battle Hymn of the Republic Brought Down to Date" (written by Mark Twain)
  29. Theodore Bikel – "Peat Bog Soldiers"
  30. Glenn Yarbrough – "Johnny, I Hardly Knew You"
  31. Jean Ritchie – "The Day Is Past and Gone"
  32. Ronnie Gilbert – "Go From My Window"
  33. Tom Paxton – "Spanish is the Loving Tongue"
  34. Tom Paxton – "Danville Girl"
  35. Tom Paxton – "Shenandoah"
  36. Jean Ritchie – "Pretty Polly"
  37. Jean Ritchie – "Dear Companion"
  38. John Denver – "The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry"

References