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Leadbelly

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Aliases
Huddie Leadbelly
Lead Belly
Real name
Huddie William Ledbetter
Born
January 23, 1888
Died
December 6, 1949
Country
United States
IPI
00017609586 23 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
His date of birth is uncertain: According to his grave he was born in 1889, and according to his 1942 draft registration card the date was January 23, 1889. However, the 1900 United States Census lists him born in January 1888.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
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Songs written by Leadbelly

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Almost Day Leadbelly, Alan Lomax Leadbelly February 15, 1945 Covered by (2 artists)
Bring Me Li'l Water Silvy Leadbelly Lead Belly March 1935 Covered by (29 artists)
Cotton Song Leadbelly Leadbelly 1947 Covered by (172 artists)
Defense Blues Leadbelly Leadbelly 1943 Covered by (2 artists)
Fannin Street Leadbelly, John Lomax, Alan Lomax Lead Belly April 1, 1939 Covered by (4 artists)
Good Morning Blues Leadbelly, Alan Lomax Leadbelly June 15, 1940 Covered by (36 artists)
Goodnight Irene Leadbelly, John Lomax Leadbelly REC, Lead Belly REL July 16, 1933 Covered by (224 artists)
Grasshoppers in My Pillow Leadbelly Leadbelly October 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Jean Harlow Leadbelly Leadbelly 1962 Covered by (3 artists)
Keep Your Hands off Her Leadbelly Leadbelly REC, John Koerner, Dave Ray and Tony Glover REL May 1944 Covered by (15 artists)
Leaving Blues Leadbelly Leadbelly June 15, 1940 Covered by (4 artists)
Little Children’s Blues Leadbelly Leadbelly 1951 Unverified
Looky Looky Yonder Leadbelly, John Lomax, Alan Lomax Lead Belly April 1, 1939 Covered by (3 artists)
On a Monday Leadbelly Lead Belly April 1, 1939 Covered by (42 artists)
Out on the Western Plains Leadbelly Leadbelly REC, Lead Belly REL July 16, 1933 Covered by (30 artists)
Pigmeat Leadbelly Lead Belly March 25, 1935 Covered by (2 artists)
Relax Your Mind Leadbelly Leadbelly 1948 Covered by (5 artists)
Ride On Leadbelly Leadbelly April 1966 Covered by Little Axe
Run, Sinners Leadbelly Covered by (2 artists)
Silver City Bound Leadbelly, Alan Lomax Leadbelly 1948 Covered by (14 artists)
The Bourgeois Blues Leadbelly, Alan Lomax Leadbelly December 26, 1938 Covered by (19 artists)
The Titanic [Fair thee, Titanic, Fair thee well] Leadbelly Leadbelly 1948 Covered by (3 artists)

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