Record Album "The Congressional Record: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," 1980

Phonograph record

1980

Album commissioned by Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy, produced by Ben Branch,and manufactured by Magnificent Mile Records, Chicago, Illinois. Music performed by America's Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Orchestra.

Not on exhibit to the public.

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Amber N. Mitchell.

on front of record cover: The Congressional Record / the living legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy / Ben Branch and America's Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Orchestra on back of record cover, left-hand side: WALTER E. FAUNTROY represents the citizens of our Nation's Capital in the U.S. / House of Representatives without a vote, having been the first person elected Delegate / to the House from the District of Columbia in 100 years. A native of Washington, D.C., / he is a graduate of Virginia University and Yale University Divinity School. / [...] / BEN BRANCH, President of America's Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame, Inc., / and producer of this album, has been"on the Case" for more than a decade. Dr. / Martin Luther King, Jr. and I first met Ben in 1958 in the Southland, where he was one / of the early freedom fighters in our movement. [...] / Dr. Ralph D. Abernathy / President Emeritus / Southern Leadership Conference on back of record cover, right-hand side: SIDE A / GOD CARES (4:23)/ Rosie Wallace- / Savoy Music Company, BMI / THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (5:45) / Sam Fox Publ. Co. Inc., BMI / Joe Darion & Mitch Leigh (writers) / YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE (4:50) / Williamson/T.B. Harms Co., / ASCAP Richard Rogers, / Oscar Hammerstein, II / WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE / REST OF YOUR LIFE (5:51) / Michele Legrand (writer) / United Artist Music Co., Inc.., ASCAP / SIDE B / MY (HIS) WAY (6:14) / Paul Anka (writer) / Spanka Music Corp., BMI / SOMEWHERE (3:17) / G. Schrimer, Inc. / Chappell & Company, Inc. / ASCAP Leonard Bernstein, / Steven Sondhain / THROUGH IN ALL (5:56) / Andrae Crouch-Manna Music, Inc., / ASCAP / ABRAHAM, MARTIN, & JOHN / [MALCOLM, MARTIN, BOBBY & JOHN] / (5:22) / Dick Holler / Ronznique Music Publ., / ASCAP / [...]