Florence Reece
18 top tracks
Florence Reece
18 top tracks
Albums
Campaign Songs #2: Which Side Are You On?
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Harlan County USA: Songs Of The Coal Miner's Struggle
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Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
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Coal Mining Women
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Harlan County USA
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Classic Labor Songs
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Harlan County USA - Songs of the Coal Miner's Struggle
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Classic Labor Songs [Smithsonian Folkways]
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They'll Never Keep Us Down: Women's Coal Mining Songs
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Kentucky
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Harlan County USA : Songs Of The Coal Miner's Struggle
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Singles and Such - Miscellany
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Biography
Florence Reece (née Patton; b. April 12, 1900, d. August 3, 1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer. Born in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee the daughter and wife of coal miners, she is best known for the song, "Which Side Are You On?" written in 1931 during a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in which her husband, Sam Reece, was an organizer....Read more on Last.fm
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Florence Reece (née Patton; b. April 12, 1900, d. August 3, 1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer. Born in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee the daughter and wife of coal miners, she is best known for the song, "Which Side Are You On?" written in 1931 during a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in which her husband, Sam Reece, was an organizer.
Pete Seeger, collecting labor union songs, learned "Which Side Are You On" in 1940. The following year, it was recorded by the Almanac Singers in a version that gained a wide audience. More recently, Billy Bragg, Dropkick Murphys, and Natalie Merchant each recorded their own interpretations of the song.
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