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"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" is a gospel/jazz song written by Billy Taylor and "Dick Dallas", best known for the recording by Nina Simone in 1967 on her ''Silk & Soul'' album. Billy Taylor's original version (as "I Wish I Knew") was recorded on November 12, 1963, and released on his ''Right Here, Right Now'' album (Capitol ST-2039) the following year. His 1967 instrumental take was later used as the theme music for the ''Film'' programme series on BBC television. Billy Taylor has explained: "I wrote this song, perhaps my best-known composition, for my daughter Kim. This is one of the best renditions I’ve done, because it is very spiritual."〔(Billy Taylor Discography )〕 ==Notable cover versions== The song served as an anthem for the civil-rights movement in America in the 1960s.〔Anderson, Sheila E. ''How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed'', Allworth Communications, Inc. p. 67 (2005) - ISBN 1-58115-416-X〕 It was also used as the theme for the 2004 Olympics, and as the music for Coca-Cola (2004, featuring Sharlene Hector of Basement Jaxx) and Swisscom (2012) commercials. Other versions include: *The Derek Trucks Band (2004 and 2006 on the albums ''Live at Georgia Theater'', ''Songlines'' and ''Songlines Live'') *Solomon Burke (1968) *Ahmad Jamal (1968) *Illinois Jacquet (1968) *Denver, Boise & Johnson (1968) *The Smothers Brothers and Harry Belafonte, on Season Three of ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' (1968) *The Ray Charles Singers (1969) *Shirley Scott (1969) *Cold Blood (1969) *John Denver (1969) *Glenn Yarbrough (1970) *Albertina Walker (1970) *Doris (1970) *Air (1971) *Mary Travers (1971) *John Fahey (1973) *Johnny Pearson (1982) On the instrumental album ''On Golden Pond'' *Dionne Farris (B-side of the "I Know" maxi single) (1994), featured (as well as the Nina Simone version) on the soundtrack of the 1996 drama film ''Ghosts of Mississippi''〔Steve McDonald, ("Marc Shaiman: Ghosts of Mississippi" ), AllMusic Review.〕 *Jools Holland (1997) *Leontyne Price (1997) *Marc Shaiman (1997) *Rob Agerbeek on the album ''Three of a Kind'' (1998) *Marlena Shaw (2000) *Lighthouse Family (2001) *Sharlene Hector (2004) *Martin Taylor (2005) *Irma Thomas (2006) *Human Highway (2008) *Levon Helm Band (2009) *Lucky Peterson (2010) *John Legend & The Roots (2010) *Emeli Sandé (2012) *Martin Taylor & Tommy Emmanuel (2013) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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