Every Man a King (song)

"Every Man a King" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Long and Castro Carazo. Long was known for his political slogan "Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933 autobiography[1] and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression.[2] The song's lyrics include the lines "With castles and clothing and food for all/ All belongs to you".[3] The song was co-written in 1935 by Huey Long and Castro Carazo, the band director of Louisiana State University, a former orchestra leader at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans brought to LSU by Long himself.[4]

  1. ^ Huey Pierce Long (21 March 1996). Every man a king: the autobiography of Huey P. Long. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80695-7.
  2. ^ Text of Huey Long's Every Man a King at AmericanRhetoric.com
  3. ^ "Between the Wars: Every Man A King". Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  4. ^ LSU Band History Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine from the Louisiana State University website

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