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Union Boys
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The Union Boys (also "Josh White and the Union Boys"[1]) was an American folk music group, formed impromptu in 1944, to record several songs on an album called Songs for Victory: Music for Political Action. Its "all-star leftist"[2] members were Josh White, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Tom Glazer (and Woody Guthrie by contributing a song).[3][4][5]
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Union Boys | |
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![]() Josh White (here at Café Society circa June 1946) sang lead on most Union Boys songs | |
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Origin | New York City |
Genres | Folk |
Years active | 11 March 1944 |
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