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Lightnin' Hopkins

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Aliases
Lightening Hopkins
"Lightnin'" Hopkins
Lightnin Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins and His Guitar
Lightning Hopkins
Real name
Sam John Hopkins
Born
March 15, 1912
Died
January 30, 1982
Country
United States
IPI
00014378888 11 works
00014379395 18 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
Family
Milton Hopkins cousin
Albert Collins [US-TX] Cousin
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1950 (7 artists)
1962 Tony Joe White
1967 (4 artists)
1959 Roger "Hurricane" Wilson
1949 (2 artists)
1959 (2 artists)
1967 (2 artists)
1961 (22 artists)
December 1951 (6 artists)
1967 John Primer and Bob Corritore
1959 (2 artists)
Hard To Love A Woman Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry (Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry) 1961 Unverified
1969 Hank Williams, Jr.
i 1956 (3 artists)
1947 (6 artists)
Lonesome Dog Blues Lightnin' Hopkins 1952 Unverified
1960 Sam Lay Blues Band
November 1953 (2 artists)
1961 Roy Dunn
January 1961 (14 artists)
1962 David Johansen and The Harry Smiths
1969 (3 artists)
November 1948 Country Paul
Prison Blues Come Down On Me Lightnin' Hopkins 1960 Unverified
June 1947 (3 artists)
1947 (12 artists)
August 1950 (5 artists)
Take A Trip With Me Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry (Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry) 1961 Unverified
1947 Frank Robinson & Guitar Curtis
September 1948 Frank Robinson & Guitar Curtis
May 1949 (3 artists)
1968 Oblivians
1961 (6 artists)
January 1952 Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt