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Tim Hardin
James Timothy "Tim" Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Bobby Darin, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, The Four Tops, and Robert Plant; his song "Reason to Believe" has been covered by many artists, including Rod Stewart (who had a chart hit with the song). Hardin is also known for his own recording career.
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20 #1’s: Singer-Songwriters [2017]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Summer of Love: The Ultimate Collection [2017]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter |
Silence Is Golden [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
The Only Folk Collection You'll Ever Need [2014]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Troubadours: Folk and the Roots of American Music, Pt. 2 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:01 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 |
Collection RTL Georges Lang, Vol. 2 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Bird on a Wire | 5:23 |
...Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record 1961-2008 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:55 |
Seventies Collected [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
The Best of Flower Power [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:54 |
Acoustic, Vol. 1 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter |
Kat's Karavan: The History of the John Peel Show [2009]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom [#] | 3:04 |
From the Coffeehouse [2008]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
In the Spirit of '68 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:51 |
Four Decades of Folk Rock [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Make Promises | 2:24 |
Simple Songs of Freedom: The Tim Hardin Collection [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
If I Knew | 4:39 |
Bird on a Wire | 5:27 |
Bird on the Wire | 5:27 |
If I Knew [#] | 4:39 |
Summer of Love & Peace [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom [Album Version] | 3:51 |
Through the Years 1964-1966 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Rolling Stone | 2:41 |
If I Knew | 2:44 |
True Chillout [2007]
Song | Duration |
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How Can We Hang On To A Dream | 2:01 |
100 Biggest Hits from the 70's [2006]
Song | Duration |
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A Simple Song of Freedom |
Johnny Cash: Roots & Branches [2006]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:45 |
Meet the Fockers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were A Carpenter (Written by Tim Hardin) | 2:41 |
Carpenters Gold [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 3:04 |
Hippie: Music from the '60s Generation [2004]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 |
Hits of the 60's & 70's [Madacy] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Pure Acoustic [2004]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 |
The Trip: Created by Saint Etienne [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Speak Like a Child | 3:12 |
Woodstock Generation [Sony Box] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:53 |
Singers and Songwriters: Protest Songs [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom |
The Acoustic Nights [2003]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter |
The Folk Years [Box Set] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 1:59 |
Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
Written by... [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Best of Folk [2002]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tim Hardin [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Make Promises | 2:26 |
Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
It'll Never Happen Again | 2:37 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Red Balloon | 2:35 |
Black Sheep Boy | 1:56 |
Black Sheep Boy: An Introduction To Tim Hardin [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Black Sheep Boy | 1:56 |
It'll Never Happen Again | 2:36 |
Speak Like a Child | 3:15 |
How Can We Hang on to a Dream | 2:02 |
If I Knew | 2:42 |
Reason to Believe | 1:58 |
Songs: The Best of the Singer-Songwriters [2002]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Songwriter! [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
The Folk Years: Reason to Believe [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 1:59 |
The Folk Years: Simple Song of Freedom [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
The Ultimate Power of Songwriters [2002]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Singers and Songwriters: The Classics [2001]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter |
Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom, 1950-1970 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
Person to Person: The Essential, Classic Hardin 1963-1980 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 1:59 |
Don't Make Promises | 2:25 |
It'll Never Happen Again | 2:37 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Simple Song of Freedom | 3:52 |
Some Guys Have All the Luck [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
Suite for Susan Moore and Damion: We Are One, One, All in One/Bird on a Wire [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Bird on the Wire | 5:29 |
If I Knew | 3:55 |
Wonder Boys [Original Soundtrack] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
Sound of the City, Vol. 2: London [1999]
Song | Duration |
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It'll Never Happen Again | 2:35 |
American Pie [1998]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter |
Men and Songs [1998]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:40 |
Lost and Found: 1962-1969 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom |
Woodstock Memories [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Simple Song of Freedom | 5:19 |
Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration [Video/DVD] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe |
Roots of Rock: 60's Folk [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music [25th Anniversary] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter [#] |
Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings [1994]
Woodstock Diary [1994] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:35 |
Troubadours of the Folk Era, Vol. 2 [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 1:59 |
Reason to Believe (The Best Of) [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 1:57 |
How Can We Hang on to a Dream | 2:02 |
It'll Never Happen Again | 2:35 |
Speak Like a Child | 3:15 |
Don't Make Promises | 2:24 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 2:40 |
Black Sheep Boy | 1:54 |
The Chess Box [1989]
Song | Duration |
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(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man | 2:47 |
Nine [1974]
Song | Duration |
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Fire and Rain | 4:37 |
Tim Hardin, Vol. 1/Tim Hardin, Vol. 2 [1974]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Make Promises | 2:26 |
It'll Never Happen Again | 2:37 |
Reason to Believe | 2:00 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Bird on a Wire [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Bird on a Wire | 5:29 |
If I Knew | 3:55 |
Close to You [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe |
Tim Hardin 4 [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Seventh Son | 2:05 |
House of the Rising Sun | 3:39 |
Bo Diddley | 2:52 |
Tim Hardin 4 [Bonus Tracks] [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Seventh Son | 2:08 |
House of the Rising Sun | 3:43 |
Bo Diddley | 2:56 |
Rolling Stone [*] | 2:40 |
You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover [*] | 3:13 |
Live in Concert [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Reason to Believe | 2:41 |
Lenny's Tune | 6:57 |
Don't Make Promises | 4:10 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 3:41 |
If I Knew [#] | 4:47 |
Tim Hardin 3 Live in Concert [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Reason To Believe | 2:43 |
Black Sheep Boy | 2:14 |
Lenny's Tune | 6:57 |
Don't Make Promises | 4:10 |
If I Were a Carpenter | 3:42 |
Red Balloon | 3:33 |
If I Knew | 4:48 |
If I Knew [#] | 4:48 |
This Is Tim Hardin [1967]
Song | Duration |
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(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man | 4:20 |
House of the Rising Sun | 4:09 |
Tim Hardin 2 [1967]
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 |
Tim Hardin 1 [1966]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Make Promises | 2:26 |
It'll Never Happen Again | 2:37 |
Reason To Believe | 2:00 |
Alternative Acoustic
Song | Duration |
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If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 |
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