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* [[Charley Patton]] (1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.document-records.com/fulldetails.asp?ProdID=DOCD-5010 |title=Charley Patton Vol 2 1929 - Document Records Vintage Blues and Jazz |publisher=Document-records.com |access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref>
* [[Charley Patton]] (1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.document-records.com/fulldetails.asp?ProdID=DOCD-5010 |title=Charley Patton Vol 2 1929 - Document Records Vintage Blues and Jazz |publisher=Document-records.com |access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref>
* [[The Almanac Singers]] with [[Pete Seeger]] on ''The Original Talking Union and Other Union Songs'' (1955)
* [[The Almanac Singers]] with [[Pete Seeger]] on ''The Original Talking Union and Other Union Songs'' (1955)
* [[Lonnie Donegan]] on ''Lonnie Donegan Showcase'' (1956)<ref>{{Citation|title=Lonnie Donegan Showcase - Lonnie Donegan|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lonnie-donegan-showcase-mw0000461770|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Lonnie Donegan]] on ''Lonnie Donegan Showcase'' (1956)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lonnie Donegan Showcase - Lonnie Donegan|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lonnie-donegan-showcase-mw0000461770|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
* The [[Million Dollar Quartet]] ([[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Carl Perkins]], and [[Johnny Cash]]) (1956)
* The [[Million Dollar Quartet]] ([[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Carl Perkins]], and [[Johnny Cash]]) (1956)
* [[The Freedom Singers]] at the [[March on Washington]] (1963) in a medley with other songs
* [[The Freedom Singers]] at the [[March on Washington]] (1963) in a medley with other songs
* [[Mississippi John Hurt]] on ''The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt'' (1965)
* [[Mississippi John Hurt]] on ''The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt'' (1965)
* [[Ella Fitzgerald]] on ''[[Brighten the Corner]]'' (1967)<ref>{{Citation|title=Brighten the Corner - Ella Fitzgerald|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/brighten-the-corner-mw0000313516|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Ella Fitzgerald]] on ''[[Brighten the Corner]]'' (1967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Brighten the Corner - Ella Fitzgerald|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/brighten-the-corner-mw0000313516|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Oktoberklub]] on ''Der Oktober-Klub singt'' (1967)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oktoberklub|url=http://www.deutsche-mugge.de/portraits/4347|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Deutsche Mugge}}</ref>
* [[Oktoberklub]] on ''Der Oktober-Klub singt'' (1967)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oktoberklub|url=http://www.deutsche-mugge.de/portraits/4347|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Deutsche Mugge}}</ref>
* [[The Seekers]], on several albums including ''[[The Best of The Seekers]]'' (1968)<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruce Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-seekers-mw0000590170 |title=The Best of the Seekers - The Seekers &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref>
* [[The Seekers]], on several albums including ''[[The Best of The Seekers]]'' (1968)<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruce Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-seekers-mw0000590170 |title=The Best of the Seekers - The Seekers &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref>
* [[Son House]] on ''The Real Delta Blues – 14 songs from the man who taught Robert Johnson'' (1974)
* [[Son House]] on ''The Real Delta Blues – 14 songs from the man who taught Robert Johnson'' (1974)
* [[Joan Baez]] ("No Nos Moverán") on her Spanish-language album ''[[Gracias a la Vida (album)|Gracias a la Vida]]'' (1974)<ref>{{Citation|title=Gracias a la Vida - Joan Baez|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gracias-a-la-vida-mw0000651422|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Joan Baez]] ("No Nos Moverán") on her Spanish-language album ''[[Gracias a la Vida (album)|Gracias a la Vida]]'' (1974)<ref>{{cite web|title=Gracias a la Vida - Joan Baez|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gracias-a-la-vida-mw0000651422|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Henry Qualls]] on ''Blues from Elmo, Texas'' (1994)<ref name="Album">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-from-elmo-texas-mw0000123396 |title=Blues from Elmo, Texas - Henry Qualls &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=1995-11-22 |access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref>
* [[Henry Qualls]] on ''Blues from Elmo, Texas'' (1994)<ref name="Album">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-from-elmo-texas-mw0000123396 |title=Blues from Elmo, Texas - Henry Qualls &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=1995-11-22 |access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref>
* Underground Ministries featuring Kenny Bobien (Vinyl, 12", Single, Promo) (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Underground-Ministries-Featuring-Kenny-Bobien-I-Shall-Not-Be-Moved-Stand-Still/release/62239|title=Underground Ministries Featuring Kenny Bobien - I Shall Not Be Moved (Stand Still)|website=Discogs|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>
* Underground Ministries featuring Kenny Bobien (Vinyl, 12", Single, Promo) (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Underground-Ministries-Featuring-Kenny-Bobien-I-Shall-Not-Be-Moved-Stand-Still/release/62239|title=Underground Ministries Featuring Kenny Bobien - I Shall Not Be Moved (Stand Still)|website=Discogs|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>
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* [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] on ''[[Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp]]'' (2012)<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/most-of-my-heroes-still-dont-appear-on-no-stamp-mw0002407721|title=Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp - Public Enemy|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref>
* [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] on ''[[Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp]]'' (2012)<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/most-of-my-heroes-still-dont-appear-on-no-stamp-mw0002407721|title=Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp - Public Enemy|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref>
* [[Owen McDonagh & The Bogside Men]] on ''[[Songs of Irish Civil Rights]]'' (1970)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Owen-McDonagh-The-Bogside-Men-Songs-Of-Irish-Civil-Rights/master/382897|title= Owen McDonagh & The Bogside Men – Songs Of Irish Civil Rights|website=Discogs|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Owen McDonagh & The Bogside Men]] on ''[[Songs of Irish Civil Rights]]'' (1970)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Owen-McDonagh-The-Bogside-Men-Songs-Of-Irish-Civil-Rights/master/382897|title= Owen McDonagh & The Bogside Men – Songs Of Irish Civil Rights|website=Discogs|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[Rhiannon Giddens]] on ''They're Calling Me Home'' (2021)<ref>{{Citation|title=They're Calling Me Home - Rhiannon Giddens|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/theyre-calling-me-home-mw0003475353|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}</ref>
*[[Rhiannon Giddens]] on ''They're Calling Me Home'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=They're Calling Me Home - Rhiannon Giddens|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/theyre-calling-me-home-mw0003475353|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 19:15, 18 May 2021

For the book of poetry by Maya Angelou, see I Shall Not Be Moved (poetry).

"We Shall Not Be Moved", also known as "I Shall Not Be Moved", is a Black slave spiritual, hymn, and protest song dating to the early 19th century American south.[1] It was likely originally sung at revivalist camp-meetings as a slave jubilee. In 1908 by Alfred H. and B. D. Ackley copyrighted a hymn by the name "I Shall Not Be Moved".[2] The song describes being "like a tree planted by the waters" who "shall not be moved" because of faith in God. Secularly, as "We Shall Not Be Moved" it gained popularity as a protest and union song of the Civil Rights Movement.[3]

The text is based on biblical scripture:

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

— Jeremiah 17:7–8

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

— Psalm 1:3

The song became popular in the Swedish anti-nuclear and peace movements in the late 1970s, in a Swedish translation by Roland von Malmborg, "Aldrig ger vi upp" ('Never shall we give up').[4]

The Spinners set the musical tone of the 1975 Thames Television comedy about a Liverpool working class family, The Wackers. The closing credits medley featured them singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" and "You'll Never Walk Alone".[citation needed]

In Great Britain in the 1980s the song was used by the popular British wrestler Big Daddy as his walk-on music, which would be greeted by cheers from the fans.[citation needed]

David Spener has written a book documenting the history of this song title, including how it was translated into Spanish, changing the first singular to first person plural, "No Nos Moverán".[5] That version was part of the soundtrack of the well-known popular tv series Verano azul, which popularized the song among the Spanish youth.[6]

Recorded versions

Among others, the following artists recorded "I (We) Shall Not Be Moved":

See also

References

  1. ^ Spener, David (2016). We Shall Not Be Moved: Biography of a Song of Struggle. Temple University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-439-91299-7.
  2. ^ Date, Henry; Gabriel, Chas H.; Stebbins, George C.; Kirkpatrick, William J. (1911). Pentecostal hymns, nos. 5 & 6 combined : a winnowed collection for young people's societies, church prayer meetings, evangelistic services and Sunday schools. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Music Library. Chicago : Hope Pub. Co. p. 10.
  3. ^ Wells, Robert V. (2009). Life flows on in endless song: folk songs and American history. University of Illinois Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-252-07650-3.
  4. ^ Pettersson, Louise (2010). "På jakt efter miljörörelsens sångtradition" [In search of the Swedish environmental movement's song tradition] (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-03-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ David Spener. 2016. We Shall Not Be Moved / No Nos Moverán: Biography of a Song of Struggle. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  6. ^ "¡No nos moverán!". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  7. ^ Thom Owens (1994-06-02). "Complete Recorded Works (1929-1936) - Blind Roosevelt Graves | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  8. ^ "Charley Patton Vol 2 1929 - Document Records Vintage Blues and Jazz". Document-records.com. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  9. ^ "Lonnie Donegan Showcase - Lonnie Donegan". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  10. ^ "Brighten the Corner - Ella Fitzgerald". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  11. ^ "Oktoberklub". Deutsche Mugge. Retrieved 2021-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Bruce Eder. "The Best of the Seekers - The Seekers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  13. ^ "Gracias a la Vida - Joan Baez". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  14. ^ "Blues from Elmo, Texas - Henry Qualls | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. 1995-11-22. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  15. ^ "Underground Ministries Featuring Kenny Bobien - I Shall Not Be Moved (Stand Still)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  16. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp - Public Enemy". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  17. ^ "Owen McDonagh & The Bogside Men – Songs Of Irish Civil Rights". Discogs. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  18. ^ "They're Calling Me Home - Rhiannon Giddens". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
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