Presidential Campaign Songs: 1789-1996

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From George Washington through Bill Clinton, Presidential Campaign Songs celebrates American barnstorm serenades in all their dubious glory. As anyone who's witnessed a political rally can testify, pols aren't artists--and don't tend to have an appetite for understatement or elegance, as proved by the likes of "Get On a Raft with Taft" (rather a dicey metaphor for 27th president William H. Taft, given that he weighed more than 300 pounds) and "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge" (for prez No. 30, Silent Cal). But no matter. Folk patriarch Oscar Brand knows his stuff and brings verve to some hoary but charming ballot anthems. Brand, who released a collection called Election Songs of the United States in 1952, decided to update the record in 1997, adding the likes of "Buckle Down with Nixon" and Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" (Bill Clinton's baby-boomer stump staple) to a repertoire that includes "Huzzah for Madison, Huzzah" and "Grant, Grant, Grant." Extensive liner notes make this package particularly appealing to history buffs. --Steven Stolder --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description:
*Attack ads*, *character assassinations*, and *spin doctors* are not new in American Presidential campaigns. Before radio and television, campaign songs were written and published to transmit similar ideas and influence voters. This collection includes one song from the campaign of every President, from George Washington to William Clinton performed by folk singer Oscar Brand and recorded in 1998. Set to marches and popular tunes, accompanied by banjo, guitar, percussion, and wind, these songs present some of the enduring themes of American political campaigns and the events that have influenced them. Includes "Follow Washington," "Jefferson and Liberty," "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," "Lincoln and Liberty," "Grant, Grant, Grant," "Roosevelt the Cry," "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Buckle Down With Nixon," "California Here We Come," "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" and 33 others. For ages 9 and up, 69 minutes, extensive notes. "One of the most thoroughly unique folk records released in 1999, Presidential Campaign Songs is also a thorough and unique look at America's political history…. An important and well-crafted historical document, Presidential Campaigning Songs educates and entertains in equal measure." -Heather Phares, All Music Guide --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Presidential Campaign Songs: 1789-1996,Oscar Brand,Smithsonian Folkways,Canada,Folk & Traditional,Folksongs,Pop,Traditional Folk

Average customer rating: Oscar Brand's Election Song Tribute Wins Comfortably

Presidential Campaign Songs: 1789 - 1996 Oscar Brand Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand Pie in the Sky Colonial & Revolution Songs (American History Through Folksong) American Industrial Ballads Moving West Songs (American History Through Folksong) ASIN: B00000IWN9 Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. In General - Free Electrion
2. George Washington - Follow Washington
3. John Adams - Adams And Liberty
4. Thomas Jefferson - For Jefferson And Liberty
5. James Madison - Huzzah For Madison, Huzszah
6. James Monroe - Monroe Is The Man
7. John Q. Adams - Little Know Ye Who's Coming
8. Andrew jackson - Jackson And Kentucky
9. Martin Van Buren - Rockabye, Baby
10. William H. Harrison - The Harrison Yankee Doodle
11. John Tyler - Tippecanoe And Tyler, Too
12. James K. Polk - Jimmy Polk Of Tennessee
13. Zachary Taylor - Rumadum Dum
14. Millard Fillmore - The Union Wagon
15. Franklin Pierce - Pierce And King
16. James Buchanan - Buchanan And John Breckenridge
17. Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln And Liberty
18. Andrew Johnson - Just Before Election, Andy
19. Ulysses S. Grant - Grant, Grant, Grant
20. Rutherford Hayes - For Hayes And Wheeler, Too
21. James A. Garfiled - If The Johnnies Get Into Power Again
22. Grover Cleveland - Democrats, Good Democrats
23. Benjamin H. Harrison -- He's All Right
24. William McKinley - Marching WIth McKinley
25. Teddy Roosevelt - Roosevelt The Cry
26. William H. Taft - Get On A Raft With Taft
27. Woodrow Wilson - Wilson, That's All
28. Warren G. Harding - Harding, You're The Man For Us
29. Calvin Coolidge - Keep Cool And Keep Coolidge
30. Herbert Hoover - If He's Good Enough For Lindy
31. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again
32. Harry S. Truman - I'm Just Wild About Harry
33. Dwight D. Elsenhower - I Like Ike
34. John F. Kennedy - Marching Down To Washington
35. Lyndon B. Johnson - Hello, Lyndon
36. Richard M. Nixon - Buckle Down With Nixon
37. Gerald R. Ford - I'm Feeling Good About America
38. Jimmy Carter - Why Not The Best
39. Ronald W. Reagan - California, Here We comes
40. George Bush - This Land Is Your Land
41. William J. Clinton - Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
42. Third Party - The Same Merry Go Round
43. All Of Them - Song Of The Presidents

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From George Washington through Bill Clinton, Presidential Campaign Songs celebrates American barnstorm serenades in all their dubious glory. As anyone who's witnessed a political rally can testify, pols aren't artists--and don't tend to have an appetite for understatement or elegance, as proved by the likes of "Get On a Raft with Taft" (rather a dicey metaphor for 27th president William H. Taft, given that he weighed more than 300 pounds) and "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge" (for prez No. 30, Silent Cal). But no matter. Folk patriarch Oscar Brand knows his stuff and brings verve to some hoary but charming ballot anthems. Brand, who released a collection called Election Songs of the United States in 1952, decided to update the record in 1997, adding the likes of "Buckle Down with Nixon" and Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" (Bill Clinton's baby-boomer stump staple) to a repertoire that includes "Huzzah for Madison, Huzzah" and "Grant, Grant, Grant." Extensive liner notes make this package particularly appealing to history buffs. --Steven Stolder

Album Description

*Attack ads*, *character assassinations*, and *spin doctors* are not new in American Presidential campaigns. Before radio and television, campaign songs were written and published to transmit similar ideas and influence voters. This collection includes one song from the campaign of every President, from George Washington to William Clinton performed by folk singer Oscar Brand and recorded in 1998. Set to marches and popular tunes, accompanied by banjo, guitar, percussion, and wind, these songs present some of the enduring themes of American political campaigns and the events that have influenced them. Includes "Follow Washington," "Jefferson and Liberty," "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," "Lincoln and Liberty," "Grant, Grant, Grant," "Roosevelt the Cry," "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Buckle Down With Nixon," "California Here We Come," "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" and 33 others. For ages 9 and up, 69 minutes, extensive notes. "One of the most thoroughly unique folk records released in 1999, Presidential Campaign Songs is also a thorough and unique look at America's political history…. An important and well-crafted historical document, Presidential Campaigning Songs educates and entertains in equal measure." -Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews:

Oscar Brand's Election Song Tribute Wins Comfortably.......1999-07-19

As a long-time Oscar Brand fan, I was delighted to hear that he and Folkways\Smithsonian Records had issued on CD a new version of his vinyl tribute to that now nearly obsolete form of popular culture, the Presidential campaign song. Now that I have actually listened to it, I have no grounds for disappointment. Brand has recorded a song for nearly every U.S. President, some well-known, some fairly obscure for this excellent collection. I deny it a five-star rating only for a couple of factual errors in the liner notes and an extremely mild ideological bias, alas, all too typical of the folk-singing community (why is the song for President Reagan by far the shortest in the collection?) Still, highly recommended, if for no other reason than it is, to my knowledge, only the second CD on the subject released as of this date!

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