Earl Robinson
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For other uses, see Earl Robinson (disambiguation).
Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 ā July 20, 1991) was a composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata "Ballad for Americans" and songs such as "Joe Hill" and "Black and White", which expressed his left-leaning political views. He wrote many popular songs and music for Hollywood films, including his collaboration with Lewis Allan on the 1940s hit "The House I Live In" from the Academy Award winning film of the same name. He was a member of the Communist Party from the 1930s to the 1950s.
The jazz clarinetist Perry Robinson (1938ā2018) was his son.