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| Released | 1942 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Keynote | |||
| Producer | Alan Lomax | |||
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Dear Mr. President is a 1942 album by the Almanac Singers. [1]
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| Released | 1942 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Keynote | |||
| Producer | Alan Lomax | |||
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Dear Mr. President is a 1942 album by the Almanac Singers. [1]
After the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, in February 1942 the Almanacs went into the studio to record a set of songs supporting the American war effort. [1] This was partly because with American entrance into World War II all American unions adopted a no-strike pledge. [2] Another contributing factor was that, after Hitler invaded the USSR in June 1941, Moscow had reversed its previous anti-intervention stance as expressed in the group's earlier album, Songs for John Doe . This lost the Almanacs a sizeable chunk of their working repertoire. [2]
| Track | Song Title | By |
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| 1. | Belt Line Girl | Agnes 'Sis' Cunningham |
| 2. | Dear Mr. President | Pete Seeger |
| 3. | Deliver the Goods | Seeger, Hawes |
| 4. | Reuben James | Guthrie, Hays, Lampell |
| 5. | Round and Round Hitler's Grave | Guthrie, Lampell, Seeger |
| 6. | Side By Side | Arthur Stern |
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