Whiskey Headed Woman

~ Recording by Sonny Boy Williamson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Whiskey Headed Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonBluebird BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum
RCA InternationalINT 1088
1.7Whiskey Headed Blues2:54Sonny Boy WilliamsonThrow a Boogie WoogieSonny Boy Williamson and Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)9599-2-R
1.16Whiskey Headed Woman2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonBlues, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Object EnterprisesOS0063
1.2Whiskey Headed Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2 (17 June 1938 to 21 July 1939)Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5056
1.8Whiskey Headed Woman Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonSugar MamaSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Indigo (a sub-label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)IGOCD 2014
1.3Whiskey Headed Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Bluebird Recordings 1938Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)0786366796-2
1.3Whiskey Headed Blues2:54Sonny Boy WilliamsonOriginal SonnySonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
MagMidMM 068
1.6Whiskey Headed Blues2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonWhen the Sun Goes Down, Volume 8: Bluebird BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)82876551562
3.14Whiskey Headed Blues2:55Sonny Boy WilliamsonBlues SpiritVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-25
  • GB2005-11-07
Weton-WesgramIECB 10001
1.8Whiskey Headed Blues2:56Sonny Boy WilliamsonPure… BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2010-10-11
  • GB2011-06-06
  • DE2011-06-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697776272
2.7Whiskey Headed Blues2:56Sonny Boy WilliamsonDrunk - 100 Smashed HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012-09-24
Proper RecordsPROPERBOX 172
1.8Whiskey Headed Blues (Remastered)?:??Sonny Boy WilliamsonPure BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
3.17Whiskey Headed Woman Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonBlues Legends 60 Classic PerformancesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.5Whiskey Headed Blues2:55Sonny Boy WilliamsonBroken Heart BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
1.5Whiskey Headed Blues2:58Sonny Boy WilliamsonNothing but the BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
1.9Whiskey Headed Woman2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Bluebird BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
1.18Whisky Headed Blues2:53Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Essential Sonny Boy WilliamsonSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.20Whiskey Headed Blues2:57Sonny Boy WilliamsonLes Triomphes du Blues, Volume 14: Harmonica BluesVarious Artists
3.4Whiskey Headed Blues2:56Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Original Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 1Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-10-09
JSP RecordsJSP7797

Relationships

recorded in:Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1938-06-17)
guitar:“Jackson” Joe Williams (on 1938-06-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1938-06-17)
mandolin:Yank Rachell (on 1938-06-17)