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Music Inspired by Dr. King

Posted on by JoEllen Schilke
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There is a lot of music inspired by or referring to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We thought we would list some, and put up a few videos for your listening pleasure.

Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder (probably the most well known)

Jay Electronica x Tone Treasure – Jazzmatazz

By The Time I Get To Arizona – Public Enemy (for rejecting the Dr. MLK Jr Holiday)

Pride In The Name Of Love – U2   and MLK – U2

Bobby Womack  – American Dream

Like A King – Ben Harper

I Have A Dream – Common feat. Will.i.a.m

Common & John Legend – Glory 

Black Flag  – 911 For Peace

King Holiday – King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew

Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The King

Otis Spann – Blues For Martin Luther King

Michael Jackson –  HIStory

Lambchop – Sharing a Gibson With Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jerry Moore – The Ballad of Birmingham

Kris Kristofferson – They Killed Him

Dion – Abraham, Martin & John

Duke Ellington – Three Black Kings

Dizzy Gillespie – Brother K

And the one that I grew up with, and still brings me to tears, Nina Simone’s Why (The King of Love is Dead)?

There are so many more. Please add ones that you care about in the comments. And may we all seek equality peace for all humans.

 

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