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Paul
Robeson
b. April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey
d. January 23, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

discography

P A U L   R O B E S O N; source: front cover of Chant du Monde LDX-S 4338
source: front cover of Chant du Monde LDX-S 4338    

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Paul Robeson 78 rpm / 45 rpm / EPs / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11928The Victor Light Opera Company: Gems from Showboat
conducted by Paul Whiteman

- Ol' Man River (Paul Robeson, voc)
- Why do I Love You (Olive Kline, voc)
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Helen Morgan, voc)
- You Are Love
- Make Believe

rec. March 1, 1928; members of the London original cast of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's 'Showboat'

2-sided 12 inch 78 rpm


Victor 35912

21928Paul Whitman's Concert Orchstra & Chorus:
Showboat Vocal Gems


Paul Robeson
- Ol' Man River


His Master's Voice C-1505
31928Paul Robeson

- Scandalize My Name
- Sinner, Please Doan' Let Dis Harves' Pass

His Master's Voice 2771
41930Paul Robeson

- Ol' Man River
- My Old Kentucky Home

His Master's Voice B-3653
51931Paul Robeson

- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho

His Master's Voice 2287
61931Paul Robeson

- Rockin' Chair
- River Stay Way From My Door

His Master's Voice 3956
71931Paul Robeson

- That's Why Darkies Were Born
- Sleepy Time Down South

His Master's Voice 4058
81932Here Comes The Showboat

55004
Victor Young & His Orchstra
- Show Boat - Overture

Paul Robeson
- Ol' Man River

55005
Helen Morgan
- Bill
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

55006
James Melton
- You Are Love
- Make Believe

55007
Countess Albani and Frank Munn
- Why Do I Love You?
Victor Young and his Orchestra
- Show Boat - Finale
set of four 12 inch 78 rpm

Columbia C-55
91932Paul Robeson

- Mah Curly Headed Baby
- Mah Lindy Lou

His Master's Voice 4349
101932Paul Robeson

- Hush A Bye Lullaby
- Got The South In My Soul

His Master's Voice 4354
111933Paul Robeson

- Steal Away
- Water Boy

His Master's Voice 8103
121933Paul Robeson

- Ol' Man River
- Carry Me Back To Green Pastures

His Master's Voice C-2621
131935Paul Robeson

- Congo Lullaby (OEA1851)
- Canoe Song ("Sanders Of The River") (OEA1481)

rec. May 14/15, 1935


His Master's Voice 8315
141935Paul Robeson

- Killing Song (OEA1482)
- Love Song ("Sanders Of The River") (OEA1850-1)

rec. May 14/15, 1935


His Master's Voice 8316
151936Paul Robeson

- Ol' Man River
- Ah Still Suits Me

Victor 25376
161941Paul Robeson with Count Basie and his Orchestra

- King Joe - part I (Joe Louis Blues)
- King Joe - part II (Joe Louis Blues)

OKeh 6475

EP / LP / CD compilations
11957The Incomparable Voice of Paul Robeson

- Ol' Man River
- Trees
- Songs My Mother Taught Me
- Night
- The Rosary

- Solitude
- St. Louis Blues
- Mighty Lak' A Rose
- Mood Indigo
- Deep River

10 inch LP
notes by Brian Rust

HMV DLP-1155

10 inch LP
notes by Brian Rust



= Odeon PDLP-1155 (UK)

11959Robeson

- Water Boy
- Shenandoah
- Deep River
- John Brown's Body
- Jerusalem
- Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

- Get On Board Little Children
- The House I Live In
- Loch Lomond
- Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
- Joshua Fought
- The Battle Of Jericho
- All Through The Night

Vanguard VRS 9037
11959Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs

- Hammer Song
- Water Me From The Lime Rock
- Scandalize My Name
- Jacob's Ladder
- Witness
- Stand Still Jordan
- Takin' Names
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- Hassidic Chant: Kaddish
- Wanderer, Songs My Mother Taught Me
- Vi Azoi Lebt Der Keyser
- The Minstrel Boy
- The Orphan
- Zog Nit Keynmol
- Joe Hill

Monitor MP 580 (mono)


= MFS 580 (stereo)

11961Robeson

- Some Enchanted Evening
- Mah Lindy Lou
- The Skye Boat Song
- The Riddle Song
- Down De Lover's Lane
- Land Of My Fathers

- I'll Walk Beside You
- Ma Curly Headed Baby
- Trees
- Castle Of Dromore
- Just A 'Wearyin' For You
- Climbing Up De Mountain

Verve MG V-4044
1196?Paul Robeson: Encore Robeson!
Favorites Vol. 2

- Skye Boat Song
- Shlof Mein Kind
- Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
- Dans Le Printemps
- Passing By
- Little Gal
- O Mistress Mine
- Kevin Barry
- Zvornnost-Freedom
- No More Auction
- Some Day He'll Make It Plain To Me
- Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
- Bear The Burden In The Heat of The Day
- Mount Zion: "On My Journey"
- I'm Gonna Let It Shine
- Let Us Braek Bread Together On Our Knees
- Amazing Grace

Monitor MP-581
1196?Paul Robeson und Earl Robinson singen Das andere Amerika

- Water Boy
- Hassidic Chant
- There is A Balm In Gilead
- Oh My Baby
- My Curly Headed Baby
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- Passing By
- The Echo Of Our Youth

- Kevin Barry
- Deep River
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Casey Jones
- The House I Live In
- Joe Hill
- Free And Equal Blues
- Black And White
- Spring Song
- Good Morning
- The Quilting Bee

Eterna 8 10 021 (GDR)
11967Paul Robeson: Amerikanische Ballade



Eterna 8 10 032 (GDR)
11975Paul Robeson

- Ol' Man River
- Go Down, Moses
7 inch 45 rpm

Eterna 430 029 (GDR)
11976Paul Robeson singt

- O Honey Baby Feelin' Mighty Low
- Now My Soul Is A Witness
- Go Down, Moses
- Yiddish Folk Song
- Song Of The Warsaw Ghetto
- Viva La 5. Brigada
- The Four Generals
- Russian Folk Song
- Volga Boat Song

- Ol' Man River
- John Brown's Body
- Goin' Home
- Joe Hill
- O Mistress Mine
- Baby, Sleeping In Thy Cradle Swinging
- O Isis And Osiris
- Brother, Sing Your Countries Anthem

Eterna 8 30 008 (GDR)
11983Paul Robeson singt The House I Live In



Eterna 8 30 099 (GDR)
11984Paul Robeson: Scandalize My Name

- Scandalize My Name
- Water Boy
- My Lindy Lou
- Ol' Man River
- Get On Board, Little Children
- Monologue from Boris Godunov
- The Orphan
- Go Down, Moses
- Ballad For Americans
- Shenandoah
- Eriskay Love Lilt
- O No, John
- Loch Lomond
- King Joe
- I Got A Home In That Rock
- Balm In Gilead
- Chinese Children's Song
- Joe Hill
- The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten)
- Song Of The Plains (Red Army Song)
- My Curly-Headed Baby
- By An' By
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho
- Little David, Play On Your Harp
- I Know The Lord
- Every Time I Feel The Spirit
- Going Home
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- Patterns Of Folk Song (Talk) and Hassidic Chant Of Rabbi Levi Isaac
- Monologue (from Shakespeare's Othello)
- Volga Boat Song
- Jerusalem
- The Minstrel boy
- Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
- Deep River
- The House I Live In
- Londonderry Air
- O Thou Silent Autumn Night
- John Brown's Body
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- No More Auction Block
- Statement - We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
3 LP box set

BOMR 30-5647
21986Paul Robeson: The Voice of the Mississippi
20 Great Songs

- Ol' Man River
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
- Shortnin' Bread
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Love Song
- Fat Li'l Feller With His Mammy's Eyes
- Round The Bend Of The Road
- Don't You Cry My Honey
- Take Me Away From The River
- Mighty Lak' A Rose

- Rockin' Chair
- Old Kentucky Home
- Piccaninny Slumber Song
- My Lindy Lou
- My Curly Headed Baby
- Killing Song
- Carry Me Back To Green Pastures
- Lonesome Road
- Get On Board, Little Children
- Just Keepin' On

J & B MX212061
119?The Glorious Voice Of Paul Robeson
Songs and Spirituals recorded between 1931 and 1939

- At Dawning
- Rockin Chair
- Mammy Little Kinky Headed Boy
- The Banjo Song
- An Eriskay Love Lilt
- River Stay Way From My Door

- The Cobblers Song
- Drink To Me Only With Thines Eyes
- Lazy Bones
- She Is Far From The Land
- Gloomy Sunday
- Honey (Dats All)

MFP 1095


MFP 5001 (D)
"Die große Stimme
von Paul Robeson"



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/links/discography.html
- Paul-Robeson-Discographie
- http://www.durbeckarchive.com/bl-robeson.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: front cover of Vanguard VRS 9037

 

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