<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> RCA Records </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Billy Taylor, Richard Carroll Lamb (Dick Dallas) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" is a jazz song written by Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas . Taylor's original version (as "I Wish I Knew") was recorded on November 12, 1963, and released on his Right Here, Right Now! album (Capitol ST - 2039) the following year . His 1967 instrumental take was later used as the theme music for the Film...review programme series on BBC Television . </P> <P> Taylor said: "I wrote this song, perhaps my best - known composition, for my daughter Kim . This is one of the best renditions I've done because it is very spiritual ." </P>

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