Which Florence Reece Song was written during United Mine Workers Strike?
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Florence Reece Florence Reece (1900–1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer. She is best known for the song ""Which Side Are You On?"" which she wrote in 1931 during the Harlan County strike.
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Which Side Are You On? "Which Side Are You On?" is a song written in 1931 by Florence Reece, the wife of Sam Reece, a union organizer for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky.
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Ellen Dawson Ellen "Nellie" Dawson Kanki (14 December 1900 - 17 April 1967), best known as Ellen Dawson, was a Scottish-American political activist and trade union organizer in the textile industry. Dawson is best remembered as an active participant in three of the greatest textile strikes of the 1920s; the 1926 Passaic textile strike, the 1928 New Bedford textile strike, and the 1929 Loray Mill strike in Gastonia, North Carolina. An activist in the Communist Party USA during the 1920s, Dawson was the first woman ever elected to a leadership position in an American textile union.
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The Thing-Ummy Bob "The Thing-Ummy Bob" is a 1942 song which was written by Gordon Thompson and David Heneker which celebrates the production line worker of World War II making components for complex weapons to win the war. Its chorus is
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Queen of Peace (song) "Queen of Peace" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their third studio album, "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" (2015). It was written by Florence Welch and Markus Dravs, and produced by the latter. The song was released on 21 August 2015 as the album's third single.
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Coalmine (song) "Coalmine'" is a song written by Roxie Dean, Ron Harbin and Richie McDonald, and recorded by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in April 2006 as the third single from her album "Real Fine Place".
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Pittston Coal strike The Pittston Coal strike was a United States labor union action led by the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA) against the Pittston Coal Company, nationally headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The strike, which lasted from April 5, 1989 to February 20, 1990, resulted from Pittston's termination of health care benefits for approximately 1,500 retirees, widows, and disabled miners. The strikers also cited the refusal of the company to contribute to the benefit trust established in 1950 for miners who retired before 1974 and the refusal of the company to bargain in good faith as grounds for their action. The company cited declining coal prices, decreasing demand, and recession as its reason for limiting health care benefits.
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Powers Hapgood Powers Hapgood (1899–1949) was an American trade union organizer and Socialist Party leader known for his involvement with the United Mine Workers in the 1920s.
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She Keeps the Home Fires Burning "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" is a song written by Mike Reid, Don Pfrimmer and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in April 1985 as the first single from his "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2". album.
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MCF Workers' Union MCF Workers' Union, a trade union at the Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers, in Karnataka, India. MCFWU is affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress. MCFWU is the dominant union at MCF. The president of MCFWU is N. M. Adyanthaya. Vice-presidents of MCFWU are P.V. Subraya and M. Nagesh.
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Florence Kelley Florence Kelley (September 12, 1859 – February 17, 1932) was a social and political reformer. Her work against sweatshops, and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights is widely regarded today. From its founding in 1899, Kelley served as the first general secretary of the National Consumers League. In 1909, Kelley helped create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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The Blacksmith Blues "The Blacksmith Blues" is a song which was written for Ella Mae Morse by Jack Holmes. The recording reached #3 on the "Billboard" chart when it was released in 1952, and sold over a million copies. Recordings were later made by Bing Crosby, the John Barry Seven, and others. Harry James released a recording on Columbia 39671 with Toni Harper on vocals.
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USA Union USA Union is a 1970 album by blues musician John Mayall,
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Butte Miners' Union The Butte Miners' Union, formerly known as the Butte Workingmen's Union, was formed in 1878 as a reaction to working conditions in the mines of Butte, Montana.
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Thomas Lewis (unionist) Thomas L. Lewis (1866 – May 1, 1939) was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1907 to 1911.
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Electrical Storm (song) "Electrical Storm" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It was released as a single from their second compilation album, "The Best of 1990–2000", and was one of the two new songs recorded for that album (the other one being "The Hands That Built America"). The music video for the song prominently features drummer Larry Mullen Jr., as well as actress Samantha Morton. The song was written by Bono and is about two lovers who are fighting and the tension between them; it relates this to a looming electrical storm. U2 did not play the song live until 2 July 2009, when they performed it on the second concert of their U2 360° Tour in Barcelona.
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Black Beauty (1928 song) Black Beauty is a 1928 jazz novelty solo stride piano composition by Duke Ellington, written as a musical portrait of singer, dancer, and comedian Florence Mills, an elegy for her after her death in 1927, published by Gotham Music Service. It became one of Ellington's signature songs.
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Florence, Mississippi Florence is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 4,141. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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R U Crazy "R U Crazy" a single by English singer-songwriter, Conor Maynard. It was released on 4 October 2013. The song was written by Maynard, Eagle Eye, and Labrinth, who also produced the song. Labrinth also provided a remix of the song, which premiered on the BBC Radio 1 Review Show on 17 September 2013.
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Vienna (Ultravox song) "Vienna" is a new wave/art rock song by British band Ultravox. It was released as the third single from the band's fourth studio album of the same name. The single was released on Chrysalis Records on 9 January 1981, and is notable for spending four consecutive weeks at number two in the UK Singles Chart without ever getting to number-one. "Vienna" was kept off the UK number-one slot by John Lennon's "Woman" for a week, and then by Joe Dolce's novelty hit, "Shaddap You Face", for a further three weeks, although "Vienna" did sell more copies than either of these records and ranked as the fifth best-selling UK single for 1981. The single was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry in February 1981, for UK sales exceeding 500,000 copies. Nevertheless, the single peaked at number one on the Top 40 charts in many European areas including the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland.
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We Shall Overcome "We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. The song is most commonly attributed as having descended lyrically from "I'll Overcome Some Day", a hymn by Charles Albert Tindley that was first published in 1900.
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Kate Spurrell Kate Florence Spurrell (March 1886 – c.1968) was a British trade unionist and socialist activist.