About this CD
An audio history of America's greatest contribution to global popular
culture, the groundbreaking 6-CD Say It Loud! boxed set charts the evolution of
African-American music from Calloway to Coolio, with selections drawn from ragtime, jazz,
blues, spirituals, gospel, R&B, rock 'n' roll, pop, soul, jump blues, Motown, funk,
country, and hip-hop. Laid out chronologically, this collection is loaded with stirring,
moving, soul-shaking songs (and fascinating sound bites) that celebrate the black
experience in the 20th century.
Disc 1
1. Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
2. Sound Bite: Booker T. Washington on The Negro Population in the South
3. The St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
5. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
6. Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
7. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
8. Pony Blues - Charlie Patton
9. My Black Mama (Part I) - Son House
10. Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
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11. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway & His
Orchestra
12. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Famous
Orchestra
13. Sound Bite: Jesse Owens on the 1936 Olympics
14. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
15. Rock My Soul - Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
16. If I Didn't Care - Ink Spots
17. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie & His Orchestra
18. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
19. Stormy Weather - Lena Horne
20. Tiger Rag - Art Tatum
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Disc 2
1. Straighten Up And Fly Right - The King Cole Trio
2. Ko Ko - Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys
3. If You Could See Me Now - Sarah Vaughan
4. Sound Bite: Joe Louis Returns from the Army
5. The Midnight Special - Leadbelly
6. Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - T-Bone Walker
7. 'Round About Midnight - The Thelonious Monk Quartet
8. Sound Bite: Frank Stanley on Negro Newspaper Week
9. How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
10. It's Too Soon To Know - The Orioles
11. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
12. Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
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13. Sound Bite: President Harry S. Truman's Civil
Rights Legislation
14. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down - Charles Brown Trio
15. Baby, Get Lost - Dinah Washington
16. Sound Bite: Civil Rights Bill Narrowly Defeated in Senate
17. Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
18. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
19. Sound Bite: Jackie Robinson on the Eve of the 1949 World Series
20. Rocket "88" - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
21. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown
22. Money Honey - The Drifters
23. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner & His Blues Kings
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Disc 3
1. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles
2. Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino
3. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
4. Sound Bite: Sammy Davis, Jr. on Prejudice
5. That Old Black Magic - Sammy Davis, Jr.
6. Four - Miles Davis Quintet
7. The Great Pretender - The Platters
8. Sound Bite: W.E.B. Du Bois on the Place of the Black Man in Society - W.E.B. Du Bois
9. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry & His Combo
11. Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte
12. Touch The Hem Of His Garment - The Soul Stirrers featuring Sam Cooke
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13. Sometime I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Marian
Anderson
14. Misty - Johnny Mathis
15. Sound Bite: President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Address to the Nation on Segregation
16. The Twist - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
17. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
18. I Pity The Fool - Bobby Bland
19. At Last - Etta James
20. Sound Bite: Interview with a Dade County Janitor
21. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting - Charles Mingus
22. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
23. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
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Disc 4
1. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
2. Take My Hand Precious Lord - Mahalia Jackson
3. Sound Bite: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech
4. Cotton Fields - Odetta
5. How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
6. No Pity (In The Naked City) - Jackie Wilson
7. Sound Bite: President John F. Kennedy's Address To The Nation
8. Change Gonna Come - Otis Redding
9. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
10. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
11. Sound Bite: Malcolm X on "Our Common Enemy"
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12. Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
13. Respect - Aretha Franklin
14. Hey Joe - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15. The Klan - Richie Havens
16. Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes
17. Sound Bite: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Mountain Top" Speech & the Report
on His Assassination - Martin Luther King, Jr.
18. Say It LouI'm Black And I'm Proud - James Brown
19. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey - Sly & The Family Stone
20. Choice Of Colors - The Impressions
21. To Be Young, Gifted And Black - Nina Simone
22. Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone - Charley Pride
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Disc 5
1. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
2. I Want To Take You Higher - Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
3. Sound Bite: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on Segregation
4. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations
5. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
6. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
7. My Tribute - Andre Crouch
8. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
9. Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
10. Sound Bite: Gordon Parks & Melvin Van Peebles on Shaft
11. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
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12. Be Real Black For Me - Roberta Flack & Donny
Hathaway
13. Sanford & Son Theme (The Street Beater) - Quincy Jones
14. Love Train - The O'Jays
15. Ghetto Child - The Spinners
16. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
17. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
18. You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
19. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
20. Chocolate City - Parliament
21. Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
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Disc 6
1. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
2. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
3. Fight The Power Part 1 - The Isley Brothers
4. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
5. The Breaks (Part 1) - Kurtis Blow
6. The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
7. A House Is Not A Home - Luther Vandross
8. If You Only Knew - Patti Labelle
9. Sound Bite: Jesse Jackson at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
10. Proud To Be Black - Run-D.M.C.
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11. Colors - Ice-T
12. Sister Rosa - The Neville Brothers
13. Express Yourself - N.W.A.
14. Sound Bite: Louis Farrakhan on the Million Man March
15. Me Myself And I - De La Soul
16. Ladies First - Queen Latifah
17. Elvis Is Dead - Living Colour
18. Sound Bite: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley on the Rodney King Verdict
19. Fantastic Voyage - Coolio
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