There but for Fortune (song)
| "There but for Fortune" | |
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| Song by Phil Ochs | |
| from the album New Folks Volume 2 | |
| Published | 1963 |
| Released | 1964 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Length | 2:11 |
| Label | Vanguard |
| Songwriter(s) | Phil Ochs |
| "There but for Fortune" | ||||
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| Single by Joan Baez | ||||
| from the album Joan Baez/5 | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | October 1964 | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Vanguard (U.S.), Fontana (U.K.) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Phil Ochs | |||
| Producer(s) | Maynard Solomon | |||
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"There but for Fortune" is a song by American folk musician Phil Ochs. Ochs wrote the song in 1963 and recorded it twice, for New Folks Volume 2 (Vanguard, 1964) and Phil Ochs in Concert (Elektra, 1966). Joan Baez also recorded "There but for Fortune" in 1964, and her version of the song became a chart hit.