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James Cotton [US1]

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Real name
James Henry Cotton
Born
July 1, 1935
Died
March 16, 2017
Country
United States
IPI
00041047912 2 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Originals

Covers by James Cotton [US1]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1984 Eddie Boyd
1984 Bobby Bland
1968 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
May 25, 2004 State Street Boys
1991 Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
Birdnest on the Ground James Cotton [US1] May 7, 2013 Unverified
September 26, 1990 Charles Brown and His Band
1991 Lowell Fulsom
1976 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
1986 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
1976 Calvin Leavy
May 25, 2004 Charles Brown & Amos Milburn, Sam Cooke
September 28, 2010 Janis Joplin
1991 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
1975 Bobby Rush
1983 Muddy Waters
1986 Walter Davis
June 22, 1999 Robert Johnson
1968 Ricky Allen
February 1962 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
August 6, 1996 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
September 1962 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
1984 Little Son Joe
1967 "Sonny Boy" Williamson [II]
September 26, 1990 Z.Z. Hill
1983 Guitar Slim and His Band
1983 Pinetop and Lindberg, Robert Johnson
1998 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
1991 Little Walter
1988 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
1975 Buster Brown
1967 Little Junior's Blue Flames
2000 Robert Johnson, McKinley Morganfield
March 1974 Little Willie John
September 28, 2010 Muddy Waters
1976 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
September 28, 2010 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
September 1962 St. Louis Jimmy
1988 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
1976 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
Good Time Charlie James Cotton [US1] 1982 Unverified
1968 Solomon Burke
2001 Robert Johnson
1976 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
1986 John "Mad Dog" Watkins
1968 Jimmy Reed
i 1998 Bill Doggett
1997 Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones
1988 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
  September 28, 2010 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers REC, The Ellingtonians with Chubby Kemp REL
May 25, 2004 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
2000 Marvin Gaye
i   August 23, 1994 Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra BRD
1983 Fleetwood Mac featuring Otis Spann
i May 25, 2004 Ivory Joe Hunter
2000 Otis Rush
June 5, 2007 Guitar Slim and His Band
March 1974 Cripple Clarence Lofton
July 2015 Big Bill
1988 Little Walter
i 2000 The Kingston Trio
i 1988 Little Walter and His Night Cats
November 15, 2011 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Night Cats, Little Walter and His Jukes
1998 Howlin' Wolf
1986 Muddy Waters
September 26, 1990 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
May 25, 2004 Charles Segar
November 1971 Nazz
1983 Howlin' Wolf
1967 Eddie Floyd
September 26, 1990 Big Bill
April 1966 Percy Mayfield
1968 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
1998 T-Bone Walker featuring Freddie Slack at the Piano with Bass and Drums, Little Walter and His Night Caps
1991 The Howlin' Wolf
  1976 Ann Cole with The Suburbans and Orchestra REL, Muddy Waters REC
1998 Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band
May 25, 2004 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1983 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
September 26, 1990 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
2000 Little Junior's Blue Flames
1968 Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band
1998 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
1984 Roscoe Gordon
i 1967 Little Walter and His Jukes
1988 Little Walter and His Jukes
1976 Jimmy Reed and His Trio
  March 1974 Otis Spann REL, Muddy Waters REC
1986 Little Johnny Taylor
August 6, 1996 Tampa Red
September 1962 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
May 25, 2004 Slim Harpo
2000 Lowell Fulson
1968 Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
April 1966 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
June 5, 2007 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
1998 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
February 1962 Big Bill, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
June 22, 1999 Derek and The Dominos
2003 John Mayall
August 6, 1996 Muddy Waters
September 28, 2010 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
1968 Memphis Minnie and Son Joe
November 1971 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
1968 St. Louis Jimmy
September 28, 2010 Ivory Joe Hunter
1968 Al Collins & Orchestra, Eddie Bo, Little Richard and His Band
Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell & Billy Branch Unverified
1967 Big Jay McNeely and Band
2000 Guitar Slim and His Band
1968 Chris Kenner
February 1962 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
May 25, 2004 Memphis Jug Band
August 6, 1996 Percy Mayfield
1991 Muddy Waters & His Guitar
1967 Joe Turner with Van "Piano Man" Walls and His Orchestra, B.B. King and His Orchestra
1983 Little Walter
1983 Jimmy Reed
September 28, 2010 Little Walter J. - Othum Brown, Jimmy Rogers and His Trio
April 1966 Charles Brown and His Band
November 1971 Jo Mama
1996 The Rolling Stones
1991 Howlin' Wolf
1998 Lowell Fulsom
July 2015 Sleepy John Estes, Muddy Waters & His Guitar
1967 Bobby Bland
August 6, 1996 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
April 1966 Roosevelt Sykes
September 21, 1999 Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie, Led Zeppelin
September 21, 1999 Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie, Led Zeppelin
May 25, 2004 Robert Johnson
September 26, 1990 Little Walter and His Jukes
1998 B.B. King and His Orchestra
1968 Fred McDowell
August 6, 1996 Fred McDowell
August 22, 2000 John Hiatt
September 21, 1999 Muddy Waters
2000 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
2000 Little Walter and His Jukes

Songs written by James Cotton [US1]

Original songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
100% Cotton The James Cotton Band March 1974 Buddah Records
Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes James Cotton [US1] May 25, 2004 Telarc
Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton June 5, 2007 Legacy
Cut You Loose! James Cotton [US1] 1968 Vanguard
Deep in the Blues James Cotton with Joe Louis Walker and Charlie Haden August 6, 1996 Verve Records
Fire Down Under the Hill James Cotton [US1] 2000 Telarc
Giant James Cotton [US1] September 28, 2010 Alligator Records [US]
Harp Attack! James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell & Billy Branch September 26, 1990 Alligator Records [US]
High Compression James Cotton [US1] 1984 Alligator Records [US]
High Energy The James Cotton Band 1975 Buddah Records
It Was a Very Good Year James Cotton [US1] 2000 Just a Memory
Late Night Blues James Cotton [US1] 1998 Just a Memory
Live and on the Move The James Cotton Band 1976 Buddah Records
Live at Antone's Night Club James Cotton [US1] 1988 Antone's Records
Live from Chicago - Mr. Superharp Himself! James Cotton and His Big Band 1986 Alligator Records [US]
Living the Blues James Cotton [US1] August 23, 1994 Verve Records
Mighty Long Time James Cotton [US1] 1991 Antone's Records
My Foundation James Cotton [US1] 1983 Jackal
Pure Cotton The James Cotton Blues Band 1968 Verve Forecast
Superharps James Cotton - Billy Branch - Charlie Musselwhite - Sugar Ray Norcia 1999 Telarc
Taking Care of Business James Cotton Blues Band November 1971 Capitol Records
The James Cotton Blues Band The James Cotton Blues Band 1967 Verve Folkways

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