Black & White
Three Dog Night
1972
jaar
Top 40
Het nummer is geïnspireerd door de beslissing van de Supreme Court in de Verenigde Staten in de zaak van Brown tegen de Board Of Education. Volgens de wet waren openbare scholen verplicht om rassenscheiding toe te passen.
Het werd voor het eerst opgenomen door Pete Seeger in 1956, gevolgd door Sammy Davis Jr in 1957.
De oorspronkelijke tekst van het lied werd geopend met dit vers, in verwijzing naar de rechtbank:
Their robes were black,
Their heads were white,
The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight,
Nine judges all set down their names,
To end the years and years of shame.
(vrije vertaling:)
Hun gewaden waren zwart,
Hun hoofden waren blank,
Het deuren van het schoolgebouw zaten potdicht,
Negen rechters hadden de moed,
Om na jaren en jaren van schaamte de wet te beëindigen.
Three Dog Night nam voor hun opname van Black & White de versie van The Spinners op hun album "Not Quite Folk" uit 1969 als uitgangspunt.
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Black & White
Lengte A-kant
3:24
Componist(en) A-kant
D. Arkin, E. Robinson
Producer(s) A-kant
Richard Podolor
Titel B-kant
Freedom For The Stallion
Lengte B-kant
3:42
Componist(en) B-kant
A. Toussaint
Producer(s) B-kant
Richard Podolor
Platenlabel
Probe
Catalogusnr
5C 006-93 670
Album
Seven Separate Fools
Tipparade
Songtekst
The ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn to read and write
A child is black, a child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
And now a child can understand
That this is the law of all the land, all the land
The world is black, the world is white
It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white
Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
And now at last we plainly see
We'll have a dance of Liberty, Liberty!
The world is black, the world is white
It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
The world is black, the world is white
It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white
Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
The world is black, the world is white
It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
The world is black, the world is white
It turns by day and then by night
A child is black, a child is white
Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
C'mon, get it, get it
Ohh-ohhhh, yeah, yeah
Keep it up now, around the world
Little boys and little girls
Yeah, yeah-eah, oh-ohhh
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