Long John Baldry

Aliases: John Baldry
John Baldry Barracuda
Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men
Real name: John William Baldry
Born: January 12, 1941
Died: July 21, 2005
Country: United Kingdom
Comments: Blues singer, who as his career progressed became more pop oriented. His nickname "Long John" came from the fact that he was 6 feet, 7 inches tall. Baldry was openly gay in the early-1960s when homosexuality was still criminalized. Baldry helped Elton John become comfortable with his own sexuality after John attempted suicide, and the song Someone Saved My Life Tonight memorialized these events. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s.
Member of: The Steampacket
Related: Rod Stewart Vocals in Long John Baldry and his Hoochie Coochie Men

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Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Ain't No Love (In the Heart of the City)	Long John Baldry	1976	Bobby Bland
Ain't Nothing You Can Do	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Bobby Bland - Arranged and conducted by Joe Scott
Any Day Now	Long John Baldry	1980	Chuck Jackson [US]
A Thrill's a Thrill	Long John Baldry	1979	Bill Amesbury
Backwater Blues	Long John Baldry	1993	Bessie Smith
Birmingham Jail	Long John Baldry	2001	(unknown)
Black Girl	Long John Baldry	1971	"Dock" Walsh
Blue Valentine	Long John Baldry	2000	Unverified
Brand New Day	Long John Baldry	1974	Al Kooper
Come and Get Your Love	Long John Baldry	1979	Roger Daltrey
Cry Like a Baby	Long John Baldry	1969	The Box Tops
Cry Me a River	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Julie London
Darling	Long John Baldry	1979	Poacher
Digging My Potatoes	Long John Baldry	2001	Little Son Joe
Dimples	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	John Lee Hooker
Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll	Long John Baldry	1971	Jeff Thomas
Easy Evil	Long John Baldry	1976	(unknown)
Everyday (I Have the Blues)	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
Everything Stops for Tea	John Baldry	April 1972	Jack Hylton's Orchestra REC, Jack Buchanan BRD
Everytime We Say Goodbye	Long John Baldry	January 5, 1968	Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
Five Long Years	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Eddie Boyd
Flying	Long John Baldry	1971	Faces
For All We Know	Long John Baldry	January 5, 1968	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
Gallows Pole	Long John Baldry	2001	Bentley Ball
Gasoline Alley	Long John Baldry	1974	Rod Stewart
Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
Go Down Old Hannah	Long John Baldry	2001	Lead Belly
Goin' Down Slow	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	St. Louis Jimmy
Good Morning Blues	Long John Baldry	2001	Leadbelly
Got My Mojo Working	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Ann Cole with The Suburbans and Orchestra REL, Muddy Waters REC
Hoochie Coochie	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Muddy Waters and His Guitar
House Next Door	Long John Baldry	1965	Lou Rawls
How Sweet It Is	Long John Baldry	1969	Marvin Gaye
I Can't Stop Loving You	Long John Baldry	January 5, 1968	Don Gibson
I Keep Forgetting	Long John Baldry	1976	Chuck Jackson [US]
Iko Iko	John Baldry	April 1972	Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters
I'll See You Again	Long John Baldry	1976	Peggy Wood & George Metaxa REC,REL,PRF
I Love Paris	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
I'm Just a Rake & Rambling Boy	John Baldry with Joyce Everson	2005	Carolina Tar Heels
I'm Ready	Long John Baldry	1971	Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Insane Asylum	Long John Baldry	September 24, 1991	Ko Ko Taylor
It Ain't Easy	Long John Baldry	1971	Three Dog Night
I Wish I Was a Rock	Long John Baldry	1974	Derroll Adams
John Hardy	Long John Baldry	2001	Eva Davis
Jubilee Cloud	John Baldry	April 1972	John Kongos
Keep On Running	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Jackie Edwards
Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You)	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Ray Pollard
Let Me Pass	Long John Baldry	1974	Bo Diddley
Let's Burn Down the Cornfield	Long John Baldry	1971	Lee Hazlewood
Lights of Cincinnati	Long John Baldry	1969	Scott Walker
Love Me Two Times	Long John Baldry	1980	The Doors
MacArthur Park	Long John Baldry	1969	Richard Harris [IE]
Make It Easy on Yourself	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Jerry Butler
Man Without a Dream	Long John Baldry	1969	The Righteous Brothers
Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl	Long John Baldry	1980	Mink DeVille
Morning Dew	Long John Baldry	1980	Bonnie Dobson
Morning, Morning	Long John Baldry	1971	The Fugs
Mr. Rubin	Long John Baldry	1971	Lesley Duncan
My Babe	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
My Kind of Woman	Long John Baldry	1980	Tony Joe White
Oh Mary Don't You Weep	Long John Baldry	2001	Fisk University Male Quartette
On Broadway	Long John Baldry	July 8, 1977	The Crystals [US] REL, The Cookies REC, The Drifters [US1]
Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Arthur Prysock
Only Love Can Break Your Heart	John Baldry with Joyce Everson	2005	Neil Young
Rake and a Rambling Boy	Long John Baldry with Lesley Duncan	1974	Carolina Tar Heels
Resign Yourself	Long John Baldry	1976	Casey Kelly
River Deep Mountain High	Long John Baldry	1969	Ike & Tina Turner
Rock Island Line	Long John Baldry	2001	Rock Island Colored Booster Quartet PRF, Kelly Pace and Group REC, Lead Belly REL
Roll 'Em Pete	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
Savoir Faire	Long John Baldry	1980	Mink DeVille
Seventh Son	John Baldry	April 1972	Willie Mabon
She	Long John Baldry	1974	Booker T. & Priscilla
Since I Lost My Baby	Long John Baldry	January 5, 1968	The Temptations [US1]
Smile	Long John Baldry	January 5, 1968	Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman, Petula Clark with Accompaniment directed by Joe Henderson
So Sad	Long John Baldry	1979	Richard Torrance
Spanish Harlem	Long John Baldry	1969	Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
Spinning Wheel	Long John Baldry	1969	Blood, Sweat & Tears
Stay with Me Baby	Long John Baldry	January 5, 1968	Lorraine Ellison - Arranged & Conducted by Garry Sherman
Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Edwin Starr
Stormy Monday Blues	Long John Baldry	1993	T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
Sunshine of Your Love	Long John Baldry	1969	Cream
Take This Hammer	Long John Baldry	2001	Lead Belly
The Drifter	Long John Baldry	June 3, 1966	Ray Pollard
The Midnight Special	Long John Baldry	2001	Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
The Stealer	Long John Baldry	1979	Free
Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough	Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men	1964	Witherspoon Mulligan Webster
Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough	Long John Baldry, Jimmy Witherspoon with the Duke Robillard Band	2000	Witherspoon Mulligan Webster
Turn On Your Love Light	Long John Baldry	November 1966	Bobby Bland
Wild Mountain Thyme	John Baldry	April 1972	(unknown), Frank McPeake and Son
Winnie the Pooh	Long John Baldry	1999	Camarata
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover	John Baldry	April 1972	Bo Diddley
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Long John Baldry	November 1966	The Righteous Brothers

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