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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 23 years before this song
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe and [traditional]
- Performed by
- George "Pops" Foster, Marie Knight, Sammy Price, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Wallace Bishop
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe and [traditional]
- Performed by
- George "Pops" Foster, Marie Knight, Sammy Price, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Wallace Bishop
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
Sources (10)
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1MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by George "Pops" Foster
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by George "Pops" Foster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Marie Knight
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Marie Knight
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Sammy Price
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Sammy Price
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Wallace Bishop
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was performed by Wallace Bishop
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was written by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was written by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was written by [traditional]
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air is part of the release Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air / My Journey to the Sky
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air is part of the release Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air / My Journey to the Sky
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
Decca Records is the label of the song Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was released on 1948-11
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air was released on 1948-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026