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Odetta also made a new studio recording of the song for her 1963 album One Grain of Sand. The Springfields included "Cotton Fields" on a 1962 EP release; this version is featured on the CD On an Island of Dreams: The Best of the Springfields. "Cotton Fields" was also recorded by Unit 4+2 for their Concrete and Clay album (1965).
The song makes reference to a washboard, a kazoo, a Kalamazoo Guitar, and a gut bass. [9] In a 1969 appearance on The Music Scene, [10] the band performed the song as Willy and the Poor Boys. Stu Cook played a gut bass, Doug Clifford the washboard, and Tom Fogerty the Kalamazoo, which mimicked the appearance of the band as they appear on the ...
"Cotton Fields" Huddie Ledbetter † Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Cross-Tie Walker" John Fogerty Green River: 1969 [2] "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" John Fogerty Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Door to Door" Stu Cook † Mardi Gras: 1972 [8] "Down on the Corner" John Fogerty Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Effigy" John Fogerty
Huddie William Ledbetter (/ ˈ h j uː d i / HYOO-dee; January 1888 [1] [2] or 1889 [3] – December 6, 1949), [1] better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines" (also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night ...
Many of the songs became hits into the 1980s; examples include the Oak Ridge Boys cover of "Elvira" and Emmylou Harris's version of "Beneath Still Waters". [2] The cover of "Elvira" by the Oak Ridge Boys was a crossover hit, peaking at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart and No. 5 on the all genre Billboard Hot 100 ; and ...
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) [1] [2] was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis in 1954.
On the day of his inauguration in March, which was the rock bottom of the Delta cotton famine, farmers made plans to plant another enormous cotton crop, despite a carryover of 12.5 million bales.
There was one single released from Creedence Country, "Cotton Fields" b/w "Lodi", in November. [3] The single charted in Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart, while the album did not chart. The album has been re-released in multiple formats, including a 2004 remastered CD with three bonus tracks.