Exodusters WREN Radio Station, Eva Jessye Special - Songs Only
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Publication Date
8-5-1979
Document Type
Audio
Description
An assortment of songs, most of which were played on the Exodusters WREN Radio station. Recording is 29 minutes long.
00:00-02:12 – Shake Hands with your Brother, performed by a black and white duo
02:19-04:27 – Exhortation, composed by Will Marion Cook, performed by Robert Smith, a student
04:46-06:56 – I Belong to that Band, performed by the Eva Jessye Choir, 1936 recording
07:20-8:52 – Strawberry Woman; Honey Man; Crab Man [Not played in original broadcast]
09:10-13:18 – Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me), performed by Richard Cook of Pittsburg State University faculty
13:34-16:22 – Bill, Show Boat, performed by Mary Offenbacker
16:42-18:53 – I Want to Go to Heaven and Rest/Little David Play on Your Harp, arranged by Eva Jessye and recorded by a male quartet in 1945
19:02-22:12 – Unknown. Lyrics: My love is in the sky with the moon [something]; my love is in the valley with the roses of June [Not played in original broadcast]
22:34-25:46 – Hubert Humphrey tribute, arranged by Eva Jessye and Gene DeGruson, Special Collections librarian at Pittsburg State University
26:05-28:25 – Sunny Kansas, lyrics by Eva Jessye and Gene DeGruson
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Recommended Citation
Jessye, Eva, "Exodusters WREN Radio Station, Eva Jessye Special - Songs Only" (1979). Other Media. 11.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/ejom/11
