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The New Christy Minstrels (officially known as The New Christy Minstrels, Still Under the Direction of Randy Sparks) is an American large-ensemble folk music group founded by Randy Sparks in 1961. From their beginnings as prominent figures in the early-1960s U.S. folk revival, the group recorded over twenty albums and had several hits, including "Green, Green", "Saturday Night", "Today ...
The New Christy Minstrels, are a band ensemble who were a staple of the “American Folk Revival”. They were popular as a traveling band and well-known for their numerous television
Christy's Minstrels, sometimes referred to as the Christy Minstrels, were a blackface group formed by Edwin Pearce Christy, a well-known ballad singer, in 1843, in Buffalo, New York. They were instrumental in the solidification of the minstrel show into a fixed three-act form. [2]
Founded by musician and singer-songwriter Randy Sparks, large folk ensemble The New Christy Minstrels was formed in 1961. Best known for a string of hit singles – including “This Land Is Your Land” (1962), “Green, Green” (1963), and “Today” (1964) – the formation of the group was inspired by the burgeoning folk music scene in ...
Live performance with high Quality audio dubbed and synced in.Green Green was The New Christy Minstrels biggest hit.
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Presenting the New Christy Minstrels won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus in 1962 and occupied the Billboard 200 album chart for two years, peaking at number 19. The album included a cover version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1962.
Make your bed on the cold hard ground. North to the grass covered plains we go. South where the wild winter winds don't blow. Early mornin' til the daylights gone. Roundin' up strays and we keep ...
