The Very Best of Leadbelly

~ Release by Lead Belly (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special (in 1934)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:05
2Sylvie
1:01
3Matchbox Blues
recording of:
Match Box Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
4:27
4You Must Have That Pure Religion, Halleloo
2:38
5Fannin' Street
recording of:
Fannin Street (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
3:28
6Green Corn
1:49
7Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues (from 1938 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
5:39
8When I Was a Cowboy
2:16
9Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea
1:34
10C.C. Rider
cover recording of:
See See Rider Blues
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:11
11Rock Island Line
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (on 1945-02-15)
clarinet, percussion, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet and background vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1945-02-15)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
guest vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (on 1945-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1948)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
42:34
12Governor O.K. Allen
2:49
13De Kalb Blues
5:05
14Leavin' Blues
guitar:
Lead Belly
vocals:
Lead Belly
recording of:
Leaving Blues (on 1940-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
Leaving Blues (from 1948 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
3:36
15Roberta
4:56
16Frankie and Albert
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
4:10
17Alberta
recording of:
Alberta
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter (in 1935)
4:47
18Gray Goose
1:53
19Careless Love
4:12
20Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Ludlow Music, Inc., Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
1:53