I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
1967 single by Nina Simone / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the song by Billy Taylor. For the album, see I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (album).
Not to be confused with I Wish I Knew, jazz standard by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren.
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" is a jazz piece written by American musician Billy Taylor, originally recorded as an instrumental and later released as a song with lyrics by Dick Dallas. Taylor's original version ("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 live version, from the album of the same name, was later used as the theme music for the Film... review programme series on BBC Television.[1]
Quick Facts Single by Nina Simone, from the album Silk & Soul ...
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" | |
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Single by Nina Simone | |
from the album Silk & Soul | |
Released | 1967 |
Genre | Gospel, jazz |
Length | 3:06 |
Label | RCA |
Songwriter(s) | Billy Taylor |
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Taylor said: "I wrote this song, perhaps my best-known composition, for my daughter Kim."[2]