Tampa Red

Aliases: Jimmy Eager and His Trio
Tampa Red and The Chicago Five
Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band
Real name: Hudson Whittaker
Born: January 8, 1904
Died: March 19, 1981
Country: United States
IPI: 00473970520 35 works
00473970814 1 work
Comments: Blues guitarist, vocalist, and prolific songwriter, who is perhaps the most influential of all the early 20th century blues artists.
Member of: The Hokum Boys [US1]

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	All Night Long	Tampa Red and The Chicago Five	1936	Pokey LaFarge
	Anna Lou Blues	Tampa Red	1941	(18 artists)
	Baby, Take a Chance with Me	Tampa Red	November 29, 1940	Doug Quattlebaum
i	Boogie Woogie Dance	Tampa Red	May 1931	(4 artists)
	Boogie Woogie Woman	Tampa Red	September 1951	(4 artists)
	But I Forgive You	Tampa Red	May 1952	(4 artists)
	Come On, If You're Coming	Tampa Red	1949	(2 artists)
	Crying Won't Help You	Tampa Red	1946	(9 artists)
	Denver Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Per Hellberg
	Don't Blame Shorty for That	Tampa Red	1950	Rockin' Johnny & Quique Gómez
	Don't Forget It	Tampa Red	1939	Paul Geremia
	Don't You Lie to Me	Tampa Red	1941	(54 artists)
	Forgive Me, Please	Tampa Red	February 1939	Marc Lelangue Trio
	Give It Up Buddy and Get Going	Tampa Red	1934	Lost Country
	Green and Lucky Blues	Tampa Red	1951	B.B. King
	Grievin' and Worryin' Blues	Tampa Red	July 5, 1934	(2 artists)
	I Got a Right to Be Blue	Tampa Red	1942	Reese Wynans and Friends
	I'll Be up Again Someday	Tampa Red	February 1947	Henry Gray
	I'll Find My Way	Tampa Red	1950	The Detonators! [GB]
	I'm Betting on You	Tampa Red	1940	Joan Crane
	I'm Gonna Get High	Tampa Red and The Chicago Five	November 3, 1937	The Devil Makes Three
	I Should Have Loved Her More	Jimmy Eager and His Trio	July 1953	Marc Lelangue
	Kingfish Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Junior Wells
	Let Me Play with Your Poodle	Tampa Red	October 9, 1942	(14 artists)
	Love with a Feeling	Tampa Red	1938	(31 artists)
	Mercy Mama	Tampa Red	December 1945	The Duke Robillard Band
	Midnight Boogie	Tampa Red	1951	The Detonators! [GB]
	No Matter How She Done It	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	May 1932	(8 artists)
	Pretty Baby Blues	Tampa Red	July 1951	(3 artists)
	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	Tampa Red	1949	Max "Blues" Bailey - Buddy Tate and His Band
	Ramblers Blues	Tampa Red	April 1965	The James Harman Band
	She's a Cool Operator	Tampa Red	1951	The Detonators! [GB]
	She's Dynamite	Tampa Red	April 1951	(4 artists)
	She's Love Crazy	Tampa Red	1942	(4 artists)
	She Want to Sell My Monkey	Tampa Red	July 24, 1942	(12 artists)
	Some Cold Rainy Day	Chippie Hill – Guitar by Tampa red	April 1929	(7 artists)
	What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy ?	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1929	(4 artists)
i	You Got to Reap What You Sow	Tampa Red	1929	(111 artists)
	You Missed a Good Man	Tampa Red	1935	(3 artists)
	You've Got to Do Better	Tampa Red	1934	(2 artists)

Covers by Tampa Red

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Black Angel Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Lucille Bogan
Bumble Bee Blues	Tampa Red	May 1931	Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
Corrine Corrina	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	February 1, 1930	Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
Early in the Morning	Tampa Red	April 1951	Charlie Spand, Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
How Long How Long Blues	Tampa Red	1928	Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
It Hurts Me Too	Tampa Red	1941	Tampa Red Covered by (106 artists)
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	1928	Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1928	Papa Charlie Jackson Covered by (60 artists)
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	December 1929	Riley Puckett
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band - Vocal Chorus by Frankie Half Pint Jaxon	December 1929	Riley Puckett
Mean Mistreater Blues	Tampa Red	July 5, 1934	Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
My Daddy Rocks Me	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	1929	Trixie Smith and The Jazz Masters
New Strangers Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1931	Sippie Wallace
Nobody's Sweetheart Now	Tampa Red	1940	Isham Jones and His Orchestra
Prison Bound Blues	Tampa Red	1929	Leroy Carr
Somebody's Been Using That Thing	Tampa Red	1934	Al Miller and His Market Street Boys
Stop and Listen Blues	Tampa Red	1931	Mississippi Sheiks
Things 'Bout Coming My Way	Tampa Red	1931	Mississippi Sheiks, "Sam Hill" From Louisville
You Can't Get That Stuff No More	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1932	Sam Theard
You Rascal You	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - Vocal Chorus Frankie Half Pint Jaxon	November 1, 1930	Lovin' Sam Down in 'Ram

Songs written by Tampa Red

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
All Night Long	Tampa Red	Tampa Red and The Chicago Five	August 5, 1936	Covered by Pokey LaFarge
Anna Lou Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	May 10, 1940	Covered by (18 artists)
Baby, Take a Chance with Me	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	May 10, 1940	Covered by Doug Quattlebaum
Boogie Woogie Dance	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	January 28, 1931	Covered by (4 artists)
Boogie Woogie Woman	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	July 28, 1951	Covered by (4 artists)
But I Forgive You	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	April 21, 1952	Covered by (4 artists)
Come On, If You're Coming	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	March 24, 1949	Covered by (2 artists)
Crying Won't Help You	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	February 19, 1946	Covered by (9 artists)
Denver Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1934	Covered by Per Hellberg
Don't Blame Shorty for That	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1950	Covered by Rockin' Johnny & Quique Gómez
Don't Forget It	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1939	Covered by Paul Geremia
Don't You Lie to Me	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	May 10, 1940	Covered by (54 artists)
Forgive Me, Please	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	December 16, 1938	Covered by Marc Lelangue Trio
Give It Up Buddy and Get Going	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	June 14, 1934	Covered by Lost Country
Green and Lucky Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	July 28, 1951	Covered by B.B. King
Grievin' and Worryin' Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	June 14, 1934	Covered by (2 artists)
I Got a Right to Be Blue	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	June 24, 1941	Covered by Reese Wynans and Friends
I'll Be up Again Someday	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	October 19, 1945	Covered by Henry Gray
I'll Find My Way	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1950	Covered by The Detonators! [GB]
I'm Betting on You	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	July 27, 1935	Covered by Joan Crane
I'm Gonna Get High	Tampa Red	Tampa Red and The Chicago Five	October 11, 1937	Covered by The Devil Makes Three
I Should Have Loved Her More	Tampa Red	Jimmy Eager and His Trio	January 29, 1953	Covered by Marc Lelangue
Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean	Tampa Red	Sweet Papa "Tadpole"	July 29, 1930	Covered by (2 artists)
Kingfish Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1934	Covered by Junior Wells
Let Me Play with Your Poodle	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	February 6, 1942	Covered by (14 artists)
Love with a Feeling	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	June 16, 1938	Covered by (31 artists)
Mercy Mama	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	December 1945	Covered by The Duke Robillard Band
Midnight Boogie	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1951	Covered by The Detonators! [GB]
No Matter How She Done It	Tampa Red	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	February 3, 1932	Covered by (8 artists)
Pretty Baby Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	March 20, 1951	Covered by (3 artists)
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	July 21, 1949	Covered by Max "Blues" Bailey - Buddy Tate and His Band
Ramblers Blues	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	December 1, 1953	Covered by The James Harman Band
She's a Cool Operator	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	1951	Covered by The Detonators! [GB]
She's Dynamite	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	March 20, 1951	Covered by (4 artists)
She's Love Crazy	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	June 24, 1941	Covered by (4 artists)
She Wants to Sell My Monkey	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	February 6, 1942	Covered by (12 artists)
What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?	Tampa Red	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	June 13, 1929	Covered by (4 artists)
You Got to Reap What You Sow	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	June 22, 1929	Covered by (111 artists)
You Missed a Good Man	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	November 1, 1935	Covered by (3 artists)
You've Got to Do Better	Tampa Red	Tampa Red	March 22, 1934	Covered by (2 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
It Hurts Me Too	Tampa Red	You Got to Reap What You Sow	Tampa Red	Covered by (106 artists)
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red, Thomas A. Dorsey	Shake That Thing	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	Covered by (60 artists)

Releases

EPs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Rhythm and Blues Vol. 3	Tampa Red	April 1965	RCA

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
All Night Long	Tampa Red and The Chicago Five	1936	Bluebird
Better Let My Gal Alone	Tampa Red	December 1945	Bluebird
Boogie Woogie Dance	Tampa Red	May 1931	Vocalion [US]
Boogie Woogie Woman	Tampa Red	September 1951	RCA Victor
Boot It Boy	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	1929	Vocalion [US]
But I Fogive You	Tampa Red	May 1952	RCA Victor
Corrine Corrina	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	February 1, 1930	Vocalion [US]
Crying Won't Help You	Tampa Red	1946	RCA Victor
Denver Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Vocalion [US]
Don't Blame Shorty for That	Tampa Red	1950	RCA Victor
Don't You Lie to Me	Tampa Red	1941	Bluebird
Forgive Me, Please	Tampa Red	February 1939	Bluebird
I Don't Care No More	Tampa Red	1940	Bluebird
I Got a Right to Be Blue	Tampa Red	1942	Bluebird
I'll Be up Again Some Day	Tampa Red	February 1947	RCA Victor
I'll Find My Way	Tampa Red	1950	RCA Victor
I'm Betting on You	Tampa Red	1940	Bluebird
I'm Gonna Get High - The Sad	Tampa Red and The Chicago Five - Boots and His Buddies	November 3, 1937	Bluebird
It Hurts Me Too	Tampa Red	1941	Bluebird
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	1928	Vocalion [US]
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1928	Vocalion [US]
Let Me Play with Your Poodle	Tampa Red	October 9, 1942	Bluebird
Love with a Feeling	Tampa Red	1938	Bluebird
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band	December 1929	Vocalion [US]
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	December 1929	Vocalion [US]
Mean Mistreater Blues	Tampa Red	July 5, 1934	Bluebird
Midnight Boogie	Tampa Red	1951	RCA Victor
New Strangers Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1931	Vocalion [US]
No Matter How She Done It	Tampa Red	May 1932	Vocalion [US]
(Play Your Hand) Keep on Dealin' - I Can Tell by The Way You Smell	Tampa Red - Walter Davis	August 28, 1935	Bluebird
Please Mr. Doctor	Jimmy Eager and His Trio	July 1953	Sabre
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	Tampa Red	1949	RCA Victor
Reckless Man Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1932	Vocalion [US]
She's a Cool Operator	Tampa Red	1951	RCA Victor
She's Dynamite	Tampa Red	April 1951	RCA Victor
She's Love Crazy	Tampa Red	1942	Bluebird
She Want to Sell My Monkey	Tampa Red	July 24, 1942	Bluebird
Since Baby's Been Gone	Tampa Red	July 1951	RCA Victor
Somebody's Been Using That Thing	Tampa Red	1934	Bluebird
Stop and Listen Blues	Tampa Red	1931	Vocalion [US]
Sugar Mama Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Vocalion [US]
Sweet Mellow Woman Blues	Tampa Red	1939	Bluebird
Things 'Bout Coming My Way	Tampa Red	1931	Vocalion [US]
What Am I Going to Do	Tampa Red	November 29, 1940	Bluebird
What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1929	Vocalion [US]
When Things Go Wrong	Tampa Red	1949	RCA Victor
When You Were a Gal of Seven - River Blues	Tampa Red and Chicago Five - Jesse's String Five	July 31, 1936	Bluebird
You Don't Want Me Blues	Tampa Red	1934	Bluebird
You Got to Reap What You Sow	Tampa Red	1929	Vocalion [US]
You Missed a Good Man	Tampa Red	1935	Bluebird
You Rascal You	Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band	November 1, 1930	Vocalion [US]
You've Got to Do Better	Tampa Red	1934	Bluebird