The Definitive Leadbelly

~ Release by Lead Belly (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Somebody's Digging My Potatoes
Lead Belly4:00
2Dancing With Tears in My Heart
Lead Belly2:46
3Salty Dog
Lead Belly3:02
4Whoa Back Up
Lead Belly2:12
5Sukey Jump
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
recording of:
Sukey Jump (in 1947)
writer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly1:07
6How Long
Lead Belly & Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee4:33
7Eagle Rock Rag
guest zither:
Paul Mason Howard
piano:
Lead Belly
Lead Belly2:47
8Laura
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947-02)
button accordion:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
concertina and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947-02)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
recording of:
Laura (in 1947-02)
writer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
Laura (in 1947)
writer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly1:41
9Big Fat Woman
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947-02)
piano:
Lead Belly (in 1944, in 1947-02)
lead vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947-02)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1944)
recording of:
Big Fat Woman (in 1944)
writer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
Big Fat Woman (in 1947-02)
writer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly1:11
10My Friend Blind Lemon
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-02-05)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1935-02-05)
Lead Belly3:06
11Easy Mr Tom
Lead Belly2:04
12New Black Snake
Lead Belly3:12
13Matchbox Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-02-05)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1935-02-05)
recording of:
Match Box Blues (on 1935-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lead Belly3:03
14Death Letter Blues 1
partial recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
Lead Belly3:00
15Death Letter Blues 2
partial recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
Lead Belly3:00
16Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues (from 1938 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly5:37
17We're in the Same Boat, Brother
Lead Belly2:20
18Jean Harlow
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947)
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
recording of:
Jean Harlow (in 1947)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:28
19Howard Hughes
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947)
acoustic guitar:
Lead Belly
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
recording of:
Howard Hughes (in 1947)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly3:02
20Cow Cow Yickety, Yickety, Yea
Lead Belly1:33
21When I Was a Cowboy
Lead Belly2:15
22TB Blues
Lead Belly3:09
23Alabama Bound
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-15)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet3:06
24Shout On
Lead Belly2:11
25He Never Said a Mumbling Word
Lead Belly2:50
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