The Wiz Stars - A Brand New Day b/w Liberation Ballet - A Brand New Day (1979)

"A Brand New Day", also known as "Everybody Rejoice", is a song from the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz written by American R&B singer and songwriter Luther Vandross. (In 1976 Vandross recorded a version of the song for his album Luther, on Cotillion Records.) 

In the play, the song is sung to celebrate after Dorothy has killed Evillene, the tyrannical Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow sing the song with the newly freed Winkies, who were ruled and enslaved by Evillene. 

It was later featured in the 1978 film version, sung by cast members Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross (credited as The Wiz Stars). Given the all-Black cast of The Wiz, the song's many references to freedom and new possibilities (especially as sung by African American characters who had just been freed from enslavement) certainly invoked the struggles and history of Blacks in America. 

In the onscreen version of the song, Nipsey Russell can even be heard exclaiming "Free at last!"—a reference to civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (His impromptu addition to the song is not heard on the soundtrack album version, instead replaced by sung vocals by Diana Ross.) 

The song's opening line is sung by Luther Vandross, the song's composer (Vandross' line was to represent one of the Winkies singing and dancing on a table while throwing up an item in the film). 

A - A Brand New Day  (2:40)

       Written-By – L. Vandross

B - Liberation Ballet - A Brand New Day  (4:23)

       Written-By – Quincy Jones

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.
• Made By – EMI Records Holland B.V.
• Distributed By – EMI Records Holland B.V.
• Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 40861
• Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 40862

Credits

• Featuring – Diana Ross, Michael Jackson
• Lacquer Cut By – HN

Taken From The Album Soundtrack "The Wiz" 138-61828/9

Notes

Release: 1979

Format:   Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo

Genre:  Disco, Stage & Screen

Label:  MCA Records

Catalog#  5C 006-63106

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