This is a collection of links to various artists' rendition of Brother Can You Spare a Dime.  This classic song became emblematic of the common man during the Great Depression. Written in 1931 by lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was part of the 1932 musical New Americana. The melody is based on a Russian lullaby Gorney heard as a child. It became best known, however, through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, with additional covers by famous performers such as Al Jolson and, more recently, Judy Collins and Tom Waits, among others. All of those performers are represented in this collection, which is in turn embedded in a collection used in teaching a unit based on the photographs of Dorothea Lange and titled, Art vs. Artifact: Dorothea Lange as Artist, Historian, or Something Else.  Crosby's and Vallee's versions were released right before Franklin Delano Roosevelt's election to the presidency and both became number one hits on the charts.