Sleepy John Estes

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Aliases: John Estes
Real name: John Adam Estes
Born: January 25, 1899
Died: June 5, 1977
Country: United States
IPI: 00192795229 12 works
00192795327 6 works
00192795425 3 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Blues singer and guitarist
Member of: The Delta Boys
Related: Hammie Nixon

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Airplane Blues	Sleepy John Estes	September 1937	(4 artists)
		Broke and Hungry	Sleepy John Estes	September 1964	Cephas & Wiggins
		Diving Duck Blues	John Estes	December 1929	(21 artists)
		Drop down Mama	Sleepy John Estes	November 1935	(24 artists)
		Everybody Oughta Make a Change	Sleepy John Estes	1939	(9 artists)
		Floating Bridge	Sleepy John Estes	1938	(7 artists)
		I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More	Sleepy John Estes	February 1938	The Little Brothers
		Liquor Store Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1938	(2 artists)
		Milk Cow Blues	John Estes	October 10, 1930	(35 artists)
		Someday Baby Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1936	(128 artists)
		Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)	Sleepy John Estes	April 22, 1938	Unverified
		Stack o' Dollars	John Estes	June 30, 1933	(4 artists)
		The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair	John Estes	December 1929	(17 artists)
		Vernita Blues	Sleepy John Estes	August 1937	(4 artists)

Covers by Sleepy John Estes

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too	John Estes	May 2, 1930	Blind Lemon Jefferson
		Bye and Bye When the Morning Comes	Sleepy John Estes	1998	Unverified
		Corinna	Sleepy John Estes	May 1965	Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
		Death Valley Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1962	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
		Down South Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1935	Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
		So Glad I'm Livin'	Sleepy John Estes	September 1964	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

Songs written by Sleepy John Estes

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Airplane Blues	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	August 3, 1937	Covered by (4 artists)
Broke and Hungry	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	March 3, 1964	Covered by Cephas & Wiggins
Diving Duck Blues	Sleepy John Estes	John Estes	September 26, 1929	Covered by (21 artists)
Drop down Mama	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	July 17, 1935	Covered by (24 artists)
Everybody Oughta Make a Change	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	April 22, 1938	Covered by (9 artists)
Floating Bridge	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	August 2, 1937	Covered by (7 artists)
I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	August 2, 1937	Covered by The Little Brothers
Liquor Store Blues	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	April 22, 1938	Covered by (2 artists)
Milk Cow Blues	Sleepy John Estes	John Estes	May 13, 1930	Covered by (35 artists)
Someday Baby Blues	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	July 9, 1935	Covered by (128 artists)
Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	April 22, 1938	Unverified
Stack o' Dollars	Sleepy John Estes	John Estes	May 30, 1930	Covered by (4 artists)
The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair	Sleepy John Estes	John Estes	September 24, 1929	Covered by (17 artists)
Vernita Blues	Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	August 2, 1937	Covered by (4 artists)
You Shouldn't Do That	Sleepy John Estes	The Delta Boys	September 24, 1941	Unverified

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Broke and Hungry	Sleepy John Estes	September 1964	Delmark
	The Legend of Sleepy John Estes	Sleepy John Estes	1962	Delmark

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Airplane Blues	Sleepy John Estes	September 1937	Decca
	Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too	John Estes	May 2, 1930	Victor
	Diving Duck Blues	John Estes	December 1929	Victor
	Down South Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1935	Champion [US1]
	Everybody Oughta Make a Change	Sleepy John Estes	1939	Decca
	Floating Bridge	Sleepy John Estes	1938	Decca
	Government Money	Sleepy John Estes	February 1938	Decca
	I Wanta Tear It All the Time	Sleepy John Estes	August 1937	Decca
	Liquor Store Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1938	Decca
	Married Woman Bues	Sleepy John Estes	November 1935	Champion [US1]
	Milk Cow Blues	John Estes	October 10, 1930	Victor
	Someday Baby Blues	Sleepy John Estes	1936	Champion [US1]
	Stack o' Dollars	John Estes	June 30, 1933	Victor

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	The Newport Folk Festival, 1964 - Evening Concerts Vol. 1	various artists	May 1965	Vanguard