(25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist...
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Peggy Seeger (section With Ewan MacColl)
Britain for more than 60 years and was married to the singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989. Seeger's father was Charles Seeger (1886–1979)...
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Dirty Old Town (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
"Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by The Dubliners and The Pogues. The song was written about Salford, then...
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Anna MacColl (/məˈkɔːl/, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer and songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl. She...
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Allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022. LLoyd, A.L. "Ewan MacColl's Discography". ewan-maccoll.Info. Retrieved 9 October 2022. "Famous song has roots...
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Isla Cameron (section 78 releases with Ewan MacColl)
revival – and to give a measure of her importance, the other three were Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, and Alan Lomax". She was a respected and popular folk music...
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A. L. Lloyd (section With Ewan MacColl)
Lloyd was rarely seen in anything other than a suit (and a wide grin). Ewan MacColl is quoted as describing Lloyd affectionately as "a walking toby jug"...
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without CamelCase, i.e. as "Maccoll". The surname 'MacColl' has its origin in a Scottish clan by the name of Clan MacColl, which had a historical association...
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The Manchester Rambler (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
and "The Rambler's Song", is a song written by the English folk singer Ewan MacColl in 1932. It was inspired by his participation in the Kinder trespass...
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1934, where she met folksinger Jimmie Miller, who later became known as Ewan MacColl. After joining his troupe, Theatre of Action, Littlewood and Miller soon...
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The Shoals of Herring (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
by Ewan MacColl for the third of the original eight BBC Radio ballads Singing the Fishing, which was first broadcast on August 16, 1960. Ewan MacColl writes...
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surname, as in Clan MacEwen. Ewan Christian (1814–1895), British architect Ewan MacColl (1915–1989), British folk singer-songwriter Ewan McGregor (born 1971)...
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Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl is a compilation and tribute album to Ewan MacColl by various artists, released by Cooking Vinyl Records in the...
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Traditional except "Springhill Mine Disaster".: 20 which was written by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger following the 1958 disaster and "The Wind That Shakes...
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First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which was written by Neill MacColl's father, Ewan MacColl. They met up in May 2007 to write and record 21 songs for the...
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Rothman claimed it was between 600 and 800, and poet and folk singer Ewan MacColl, who participated in the walk and wrote a song sung by the walkers, remembered...
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married to...
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The folk revival was under way in England: at the centre of it was Ewan MacColl who scripted a radio programme called Ballads and Blues. A revival in...
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Ref 1955 The Singing Sailor Vinyl, LP Topic Records TRL3 Credited to: Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, Harry H. Corbett 1962 Junk Shop / The Isle of Clerkenwell...
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changes. Ewan MacColl included a version of "Fitba' Crazy" in a collection of songs called Scotland sings published in 1953, and Personal choice by Ewan MacColl...
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including the MacGowan compositions "A Pair of Brown Eyes", "Sally MacLennane", and "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn", as well as versions of Ewan MacColl's "Dirty...
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The radio ballad is an audio documentary format created by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Parker in 1958. It combines four elements of sound:...
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The Pogues cover of "Dirty Old Town", a song written by Salford local Ewan MacColl. The club was founded in 1940 as Salford Central, named after a Salford...
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Jamie Foyers (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
Foyers" is a song by the folk singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl. In The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook, Peggy Seeger wrote that the song was written...
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a 1957 love song written by the British folk musician and songwriter Ewan MacColl. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face may also refer to: The First Time...
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The Fishing" (Ewan MacColl) 1961 "Scottish Choice" (The Galliards) 1962 "The Body Blow" (Ewan MacColl) 1963 "On The Edge" (Ewan MacColl) 1964 "The Travelling...
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mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal o't: of it Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Songs of Two Rebellions: The Jacobite Wars of 1715...
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Choice by Ewan MacColl. The tune is taken from "My Love's in Germany" by Hector Macneill. This is the version in Johnson's, Hogg's and MacColl's collections:...
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from the 1844 strike – much earlier than indicated by Steeleye Span. Ewan MacColl noted a variant named The Blackleg Leaders, sung when union leaders did...
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War! and A Taste of Honey, were made into films. Joan Littlewood and Ewan MacColl met and married in 1934, while both were working with the Theatre of...
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