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Adam, Margie. Margie Adam, Songwriter.
Albany, CA: Labyris, 1976. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: in process
A songbook containing songs and piano pieces by Adam, a mainstay in the women's music scene of the 1970's. Includes lyrics and music. Song titles include: "Lost in Inner Space," "Beautiful Soul," and "Sleazy."
Busch, Judith and Laura X, comp. Women's Songbook.
Albany, CA: Key Printing, 1971. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam q#1032 (an additional copy can be found in the ALFA Collection)
The Women's Songbook is a radical feminist songbook with 23 songs, drawings, photos, and chord chart. The songs deal primarily with sisterhood, oppression by men, violence against women, unhappy marriages/relationships, and unfair gender roles. Song titles include: "Heaven help the working girl," "Everything's gonna' be hard," and "Male supremacy."
Cheney, Joyce, Marica Deihl and Deborah Silverstein, eds. All Our Lives: A Women's Songbook.
Baltimore, Maryland: Diana Press, 1976. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam f#659
This songbook arose out of a meeting of the editors at the International Women's Day rally in March 1974. Its goal was to be about "women of the past, present and future...[including] songs (with both negative and positive images of women) because they reflect the transition in our own lives and in the lives of women who struggled before us." The songbook is divided between contemporary and traditional songs. Includes a thirteen page introduction with bibliography detailing how the songbook was prepared, views of women artists, the history of women's songbooks, and feminist folk song history among other articles. Photographs of women from all walks of life appear throughout.
Christian, Meg. I Know You Know: A Songbook and Scrapbook of the Album.
Los Angeles: Olivia Records, 1975. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: in process
A songbook from Meg Christian's album: I know you know. Includes music, lyrics, chords, and notes about the songs. Song titles include: "Joanna," "Scars," and "Song to my Mama."
Dobkin, Alix. Alix Dobkin's Adventure in Women's Music.
New York: Tomato Publications, 1979. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam f#671
A songbook of music by Alix Dobkin, a self-described lesbian feminist. Includes an introduction, an autobiography, extensive notes about the songs, music, lyrics, chords, photographs, and sketches. Song titles include "A Woman's Love," "Talking Lesbian," "View from Gay Head," "Toughen Up!," and "Lesbian Power Authority."
Gayle, Marilyn. Dyke Music.
Godiva, 1977. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: un-cataloged
Autobiographical songbook by Marilyn Gayle with music, lyrics, personal stories, and drawings. Songbook revolves around her personal journey as a lesbian and includes songs and drawings entitled: "my first woman," "I can live alone," and "ms. clitoris."
Hanisch, Carol. Fight on Sisters: And Other Songs for Liberation.
New Paltz, NY: Franklin Printing, 1978. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam #4832
The introduction to this classic radical feminist songbook describes it as "a songbook put together by a woman, all the songs written by a woman, mostly about the situation women face in a world dominated by men." It is "dedicated to the brave and determined women of the Women's Liberation Movement" and includes the music and lyrics to twelve songs. It also includes photographs, notes, and, quotations from the Manifesto of the New York Radical Feminists, the Redstockings Manifesto, Simone de Beauvoir, and Sojourner Truth.
Mountaingrove, Ruth. Turned-On Woman's Songbook.
Eugene, Oregon: New Woman Press, 1975. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: Music #3657
The impetus for this songbook grew out of a fireside sing-along at the first Women's Festival in Nevada City, California. The music and lyrics are written entirely by Ruth Mountaingrove and include the titles "And She Climbed the Mountain," "Hard Struggling Woman," "No Woman's Land," and "Invisible Woman." Includes stories about the songs, sketches, and photographs.
Pfaehler, Phoebe and Lynne Leslie. Equality Road: And Other Songs.
Pittsburgh, PA.: Know, Inc., 1973. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: Music #3681
Songbook co-written by two members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) for a feminist celebration held in 1972 in Washington, D.C. Also includes songs written for a series of feminist television shows called "Woman: Choices and Challenges" (1972) and a song written for NOW's 1973 national conference. Includes music, lyrics, and chord progressions. Song titles include "Choices," "We are Winning," and "Tomorrow is Now."
Rosie the Riveter Reunion Souvenir Songbook: September 1974.
Oakland, CA: Jobs for Older Women Action Project, [1974]. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam q#1111
Compiled by the Jobs for Older Women Action Project, this songbook contains seven songs including "We're neither too young nor too old," "Don't shut us out," and "I am woman." Written to "honor the Rosie the Riveters, Tillie the Truckdrivers, Winnie the Welders and all the other women who did 'ma's work' when their country needed them."
Smith, Patti. Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Notes and Reflections. 1st ed.
New York: Anchor, 1999. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E #29078
Lyrics, stories, and photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe of Patti Smith.
Soeur Queens. Soeur Queens Songbook: Songs of Sisterhood.
Fly-by-Night Collective, [1975]. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam 12mo#13276
A songbook put together by the Soeur Queens, "an all-girl-honky-tonk-barroom band that has (have) done music together off and on since 1971." Song titles include "Rape Song," "Waitress Song," and "Amelia Earhart." Some songs feature music, others just have chord progressions and lyrics. Sketches included throughout.
Sorrels, Rosalie, ed. What, Woman, and Who, Myself, I am: An Anthology of Songs and Poetry of Women's Experience. 1st ed.
Sonoma, CA: Wooden Shoe, 1974. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: E Pam q#2204
Songs and poetry collected by Rosalie Sorrels to describe "precisely what it is to be a woman." Includes works by Jean Ritchie, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Dolly Parton, Rosalie Sorrels, and Adrienne Rich. Includes music, lyrics, poetry, and sketches.
Women's Songbook Project, comp. Out Loud!: A Collection of New Songs by Women.
Oakland, CA: Inkworks Press, 1978. Special Collections Library -- CALL NUMBER: in process
This songbook, compiled by the Women's Songbook Project, includes music, lyrics, and photos of 23 women artists such as Holly Near, Meg Christian, and Bonnie Lockhart. The songs reflect the goals of the Women's Songbook project: "revolutionary, working class movement against imperialism, racism...for women's liberation and gay liberation." Includes short biographies of all the artists at the end of the songbook.