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{{Short description|Afro-Costa Rican-American music producer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Isaias Gamboa
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|21|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[San Jose, Costa Rica]]
| notable_works = [[We Shall Overcome: Sacred Song on the Devil's Tongue]]
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'''Isaias Gamboa''' (born April 21, 1963) is an [[Afro-Costa Rican]]–American music producer, songwriter, musician, arranger, author and filmmaker. Gamboa is known for his lawsuit which revealed the origin of the [[protest song]] "[[We Shall Overcome]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474120870/we-shall-overcome-foundation-wages-copyright-war-over-civil-rights-anthem |last=Blair |first=Elizabeth |date=April 13, 2016 |title=Who Owns 'We Shall Overcome'? All Of Us, A Lawsuit Claims |work=[[NPR]] |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220152120/https://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474120870/we-shall-overcome-foundation-wages-copyright-war-over-civil-rights-anthem |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=David Holthaus |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/28/civil-rights-anthem-we-shall-overcome/2725169/ |title=Book: Cincinnati musician wrote 'We Shall Overcome' |publisher=Usatoday.com |accessdate=2013-09-11 |archive-date=2013-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902072246/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/28/civil-rights-anthem-we-shall-overcome/2725169/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After years of research, Gamboa published the book ''[[We Shall Overcome: Sacred Song On The Devil's Tongue]]'' in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |author=Neff |first=David |title=The Religious Roots of Protest: How Justice Movements Have Coopted The Church's Music |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/march/religious-roots-of-protest.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320163329/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/march/religious-roots-of-protest.html? |archive-date=2015-03-20 |accessdate=2015-03-21 |work=Christianity Today}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2024}} which described how "We Shall Overcome" was based on a gospel song by [[Louise Shropshire]] rather than other gospel songs as suggested by [[Pete Seeger]] who had it copyrighted to protect it from abuse.<ref>{{cite web |author=Joel M Beall |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/02/01/shall-overcome-belongs-cincinnati/22593805/ |title='We Shall Overcome' belongs to Cincinnati |publisher=Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com |accessdate=2015-02-15 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163207/http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/02/01/shall-overcome-belongs-cincinnati/22593805/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kimberly Milhoan|url=http://www.acluohio.org/blog-posts/one-woman-three-words-we-shall-overcome/|title=One Woman, Three Words: "We Shall Overcome"|publisher=ACLU press release)|accessdate=2015-03-09|archive-date=2015-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226105446/http://www.acluohio.org/blog-posts/one-woman-three-words-we-shall-overcome|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Dawn Fuller|url=http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=20383|title=UC Historical Collection Reveals the Songwriter Who United the Voice of the National Civil Rights Movement|publisher=University of Cincinnati press release)|access-date=2015-02-28|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051808/http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=20383|url-status=live}}</ref> Gamboa sued [[The Richmond Organization]] who claimed the rights to the song.<ref name="Lawyers seek to end We Shall Overcome copyright">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36043455 | title=Lawyers seek to end We Shall Overcome copyright | publisher=BBC | date=14 April 2016 | accessdate=14 April 2016 | archive-date=14 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414195253/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36043455 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="billboard-weshalllawsuit">{{cite magazine|title='Happy Birthday' Legal Team Turns Attention to 'We Shall Overcome'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7332976/we-shall-overcome-public-domain-lawsuit-copyright|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=15 April 2016|archive-date=16 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416042957/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7332976/we-shall-overcome-public-domain-lawsuit-copyright|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the court removed any copyright claims, and stated that the song was public domain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/the-most-famous-civil-rights-song-we-shall-overcome-is-no-longer-copyrighted/|title=Judge throws out 57-year-old copyright on "We Shall Overcome"|date=September 11, 2017|work=Ars Technica|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en-us|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911222603/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/the-most-famous-civil-rights-song-we-shall-overcome-is-no-longer-copyrighted/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/09/11/550209220/federal-judge-rules-first-verse-of-we-shall-overcome-public-domain|title=Federal Judge Rules First Verse Of 'We Shall Overcome' Public Domain|last=Karr|first=Rick|date=September 11, 2017|work=NPR|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911205054/http://www.npr.org/2017/09/11/550209220/federal-judge-rules-first-verse-of-we-shall-overcome-public-domain|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/27/581343567/-we-shall-overcome-ruled-public-domain-in-copyright-settlement|title=We ShallOvercome Ruled Public Domain in Copyright Settlement|last=Karr|first=Rick|date=January 27, 2018|work=NPR|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209150359/https://www.npr.org/2018/01/27/581343567/-we-shall-overcome-ruled-public-domain-in-copyright-settlement|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-weshallovercome/u-s-civil-rights-anthem-we-shall-overcome-now-in-public-domain-idUSKBN1FF2YY|title=US Civil Rights Anthem Now In Public Domain|last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|date=January 26, 2018|work=REUTERS|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122152/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-weshallovercome/u-s-civil-rights-anthem-we-shall-overcome-now-in-public-domain-idUSKBN1FF2YY|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Gamboa has written, performed, produced and/or arranged more than 200 songs for recording artists including, [[Shalamar]], [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]], [[Tavares (group)|Tavares]], [[the Brothers Johnson]], [[Dynasty (band)|Dynasty]], [[the Pointer Sisters]], and five albums for [[the Temptations]]. In 1994 Gamboa produced the remix of "Pain" by [[Tupac Shakur]] for the film soundtrack ''[[Above the Rim (soundtrack)|Above the Rim]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/isaias-gamboa-mn0000773692/credits|title=Isaias Gambona: credits as producer, composer or arranger|publisher=ALLMUSIC.com|accessdate=2015-02-15|archive-date=2016-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310153158/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/isaias-gamboa-mn0000773692/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Isaias Gamboa (April 22, 1963) is a Costa Rican-American music producer and author born in San Jose to parents of Spanish and Afro-Caribbean ancestry. His mother, Carmen Gamboa Beckles, was from the mostly black coastal city of Puerto Limon. His father, Danilo Gamboa Mora, came from the predominantly white provincial city of San Ramón.


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A music industry veteran, he has written, produced and arranged more than 20 songs for [[The Temptations]] and other major recording artists. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/isaias-gamboa-mn0000773692/credits| title=Isaias Gambona credits, as producer, composer or arranger |accessdate=2015-02-15}}</ref>


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Gamboa also has a rich religious heritage. His mother was Baptist, and his father Catholic. He can also claim Jewish heritage through his maternal grandmother, Louise Teitelbaum. This background inspired and informed several important projects, including his 2012 book, ''We Shall Overcome: Sacred Song on the Devil’s Tongue''.<ref>{{cite web|author=David Holthaus, The Cincinnati Enquirer |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/28/civil-rights-anthem-we-shall-overcome/2725169/ |title=Book: Cincinnati musician wrote 'We Shall Overcome' |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2013-08-28 |accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref>
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''We Shall Overcome: Sacred Song on the Devil’s Tongue'' is a biography of [[Louise Shropshire]] (1913-1993), songwriter and close friend of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King. Shropshire played an important role in the creation of the iconic freedom song, “[[We Shall Overcome]].” Even though the song has been credited to “Unknown” for more than 50 years, recently uncovered facts in Gamboa’s book trace Shropshire’s uncredited involvement with the freedom standard to her 1954 hymn, “If My Jesus Wills,” from which ''prima facie'' and other evidence indicate “[[We Shall Overcome]]” was derived.
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Isaias Gamboa
Born (1963-04-21) April 21, 1963 (age 61)
San Jose, Costa Rica
Notable workWe Shall Overcome: Sacred Song on the Devil's Tongue

Isaias Gamboa (born April 21, 1963) is an Afro-Costa Rican–American music producer, songwriter, musician, arranger, author and filmmaker. Gamboa is known for his lawsuit which revealed the origin of the protest song "We Shall Overcome".[1][2] After years of research, Gamboa published the book We Shall Overcome: Sacred Song On The Devil's Tongue in 2012,[3][unreliable source?] which described how "We Shall Overcome" was based on a gospel song by Louise Shropshire rather than other gospel songs as suggested by Pete Seeger who had it copyrighted to protect it from abuse.[4][5][6] Gamboa sued The Richmond Organization who claimed the rights to the song.[7][8] In 2018, the court removed any copyright claims, and stated that the song was public domain.[9][10][11][12]

Gamboa has written, performed, produced and/or arranged more than 200 songs for recording artists including, Shalamar, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Tavares, the Brothers Johnson, Dynasty, the Pointer Sisters, and five albums for the Temptations. In 1994 Gamboa produced the remix of "Pain" by Tupac Shakur for the film soundtrack Above the Rim.[13]

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  1. ^ Blair, Elizabeth (April 13, 2016). "Who Owns 'We Shall Overcome'? All Of Us, A Lawsuit Claims". NPR. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  2. ^ David Holthaus. "Book: Cincinnati musician wrote 'We Shall Overcome'". Usatoday.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-02. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  3. ^ Neff, David. "The Religious Roots of Protest: How Justice Movements Have Coopted The Church's Music". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  4. ^ Joel M Beall. "'We Shall Overcome' belongs to Cincinnati". Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  5. ^ Kimberly Milhoan. "One Woman, Three Words: "We Shall Overcome"". ACLU press release). Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  6. ^ Dawn Fuller. "UC Historical Collection Reveals the Songwriter Who United the Voice of the National Civil Rights Movement". University of Cincinnati press release). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  7. ^ "'Happy Birthday' Legal Team Turns Attention to 'We Shall Overcome'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Judge throws out 57-year-old copyright on "We Shall Overcome"". Ars Technica. September 11, 2017. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  9. ^ Karr, Rick (September 11, 2017). "Federal Judge Rules First Verse Of 'We Shall Overcome' Public Domain". NPR. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  10. ^ Karr, Rick (January 27, 2018). "We ShallOvercome Ruled Public Domain in Copyright Settlement". NPR. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  11. ^ Stempel, Jonathan (January 26, 2018). "US Civil Rights Anthem Now In Public Domain". REUTERS. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  12. ^ "Isaias Gambona: credits as producer, composer or arranger". ALLMUSIC.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
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