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    "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" is a gospel blues song written and performed by American musician Blind Willie Johnson and recorded in 1927...
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  • Blind Willie Johnson song "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground", which is covered on this collection by the Kronos Quartet. John Carlin and Aaron...
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    Children Have a Hard Time", "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground", and "If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down". He was compensated with $50 per "usable"...
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  • Was the Night (2018 film), an American drama film "Dark Was the Night" (Grey's Anatomy), a 2011 episode of Grey's Anatomy "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was...
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    notes the inclusion of Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" on the record as inspirational. It was also referenced in the 2005...
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  • the satellite feed of the nuclear test in the Situation Room as "Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground" plays, juxtaposing the possibilities made accessible...
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  • and the placing of his song "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" on a golden record fastened to the sides of the two Voyager space probes. The success...
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    Ry Cooder (category The Magic Band members)
    discovered was E♭, was in the key of E♭ – that's the wind, you know, was nice. So we tuned everything to E♭." "Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)" was also...
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    reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording...
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  • Paris, Texas (film) (category Films whose director won the Best Direction BAFTA Award)
    employing Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground", which Cooder hailed as "the most transcendent piece in all American music"...
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