LyricsAlbum listRelated Video Alexis Spight Ain't Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around Mojim Lyrics Alexis Spight Alexis Spight Alexis Spight By Side Remember I With YouYou Better Not Come HomeGot The Party WorldBring Make GiveNai Sore TadoAll The Glory And MajestyDramaramaThink Think Think The Window RainingFlip FlopBuy You Jimmy ChooMan Man LaiWhat ThenL'm So AloneThey Gones My MindCome To DaySchool SystemSay TryMy Cookies CanI'll Freak You Right I Will Chorus Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 Chorus Bridge Verse 3 Chorus Aretha Franklin Lyrics"Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)" Ain't nobody gonna turn me around no more Well I've learned my lesson and now I see Ain't nobody gonna talk sweet talk to me Love you've been so doggone mean You turned me around Love, you've been so doggone mean Writer(s): Carolyn Franklin
album: "Aretha Arrives" (1967) Edited by Azizi Powell This post provides lyrics and two videos of the civil rights song "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" (Also given as "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round".) The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. EDITOR'S NOTE ABOUT ADDING COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG Comments for those blogs can be sent to my email address azizip17 dot com at yahoo dot com for possible inclusion in a specific post on those blogs. [Follow the above pattern for other verses such as: Aint gonna let no jailhouse Aint gonna let no policeman **** The African American civil rights song "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" is based on an African American Spiritual "Don't Let Nobody Turn Me Round". A version of that song was included in the 1940 book Negro Folk Songs (proofs from American Negro Songs and Spirituals) edited by John W. Work. It's possible that the civil rights song "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn You Round" is based on an early 20th century African American Gospel song instead of a late 19th century Spiritual. (I follow what I think is the general rule that any song that was composed after the end of the 19th century isn't a Spiritual even if its structure is the same as or similar to the structure of Spirituals.) Also, Spirituals rarely if ever have a known composer, but most Gospel songs, including early Gospel songs usually have a known composer/s. I've not found any information about the composer/s of "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn You Round". However, whether "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" is a Spiritual or an early Gospel song doesn't change the fact that most versions of it are probably in the public domain. Here's the lyrics to that version: DON'T YOU LET NOBODY TURN YOU AROUND Traditional (African American) Spiritual CHO: VERSES: You may be a good baptis' SOURCE: The title of this book suggests that "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" is a Spiritual and not an early Gospel song. However, it's possible that that song was composed in the early twentieth century, and might therefore be an early Gospel song and not an actual Spiritual. That said, I haven't found any information about the composer/s of that song which lends strength to the view that the early version that is given above is itself (or was derived from) an African American Spiritual. Like other civil rights songs, the words to "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me "Round" aren't fixed. However, that civil rights song was sung in unison which means that those singing it knew in advance which verses were to be sung, and in which order the verses were sung. In contrast, the earliest renditions of the Gospel song probably were sung using a call & response pattern. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/06/aint-gonna-let-nobody-turn-me-round.html for two videos of Gospel versions of "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Round" - one by The Fairfield Four from the 1980s and one sung by Albertina Walker. The Fairfield Four first recorded this song in 1947. I'm not sure about the recording date for that Albertina Walker video. But I think it was in the early 2000s. **** These videos are presented in chronological order based on their posting date on YouTube with the oldest dated video given first. Example #1: Joan Baez -Marching up to freedom land
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Justiciarodante, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Published on Apr 24, 2014 Music : "Ain' Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" by Sweet Honey In The Rock, James Horner **** **** Viewer comments are welcome. |