Lightnin' Slim

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Aliases: Lightning Slim and His Guitar
Slim Lightnin'
Real name: Otis V. Hicks
Born: March 13, 1913
Died: July 27, 1974
Country: United States
IPI: 00698206211 1 work

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Good Morning Heartaches	Lightnin' Slim	1971	John Primer
		Have Your Way	Lightnin' Slim	1956	Bud White
		Help Me Spend My Gold	Lightnin' Slim	1972	A.C. Reed
		I'm Tired Waitin' Baby	Lightnin' Slim	1961	Chizmo Charles
		Mean Ole Lonesome Train	Lightnin' Slim	1957	(3 artists)
		My Little Angel Chile	Lightnin' Slim	1960	Nico Wayne Toussaint
		Rooster Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1959	(19 artists)
		Tom Cat Blues	Lightnin' Slim	March 1960	(3 artists)
		You Give Me the Blues	Lightnin' Slim	February 1964	Knut Reiersrud

Covers by Lightnin' Slim

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		Bed Bug Blues	Lightnin' Slim	March 1960	Lonnie Johnson
		Crazy 'Bout You Baby	Lightnin' Slim	1971	Little Walter and His Night Cats
		Don't Start Me Talkin'	Lightnin' Slim	1965	"Sonny Boy" Williamson [II]
		Hoo Doo Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1958	Sonny Boy Williamson [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
		I Can't Be Successful	Lightnin' Slim	1955	Lightnin' Hopkins
		I Just Don't Know	Lightnin' Slim	1961	Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
		Just a Little Bit	Lightnin' Slim	1972	Unverified
		My Babe	Lightnin' Slim	1971	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
		Oh Baby	Lightnin' Slim	1971	Little Walter and His Jukes
		Rock Me Mama	Lightning Slim and His Guitar	March 1954	Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson
		Sugar Plum	Lightnin' Slim	1956	Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
		That's All Right	Lightnin' Slim	1971	Little Walter J. - Othum Brown, Jimmy Rogers and His Trio
		Things I Used to Do	Lightnin' Slim	1971	Guitar Slim and His Band
		Too Close Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1960	Sonny Boy Williamson His Harmonica & Houserockers
		Too Much Monkey Business	Lightnin' Slim	1972	Unverified

Songs written by Lightnin' Slim

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Have Your Way	Lightnin' Slim, J.D. Miller [US1]	Lightnin' Slim	August 1956	Covered by Bud White
Help Me Spend My Gold	Lightnin' Slim	Lightnin' Slim	March 1972	Covered by A.C. Reed
Mean Ole Lonesome Train	Lightnin' Slim, J.D. Miller [US1]	Lightnin' Slim	1957	Covered by (3 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Hoo Doo Blues	Lightnin' Slim, J.D. Miller [US1]	Hoodoo Hoodoo	Lightnin' Slim	Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	High and Low Down	Lightnin' Slim	1971	Excello Records
	London Gumbo	Lightnin' Slim	1972	Excello Records

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Bad Luck and Trouble	Lightnin' Slim	1956	Excello Records
	Don't Start Me Talkin'	Lightnin' Slim	1965	Excello Records
	Hoo Doo Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1958	Excello Records
	I Just Don't Know	Lightnin' Slim	1961	Excello Records
	I'm Tired Waitin' Baby	Lightnin' Slim	1961	Excello Records
	Lightnin' Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1955	Excello Records
	Mean Ole Lonesome Train	Lightnin' Slim	1957	Excello Records
	Rock Me Mama	Lightning Slim and His Guitar	March 1954	Feature Records
	Rooster Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1959	Excello Records
	Sugar Plum	Lightnin' Slim	1956	Excello Records
	The Strangest Feelin'	Lightnin' Slim	February 1964	Excello Records
	Tom Cat Blues	Lightnin' Slim	March 1960	Excello Records
	Too Close Blues	Lightnin' Slim	1960	Excello Records

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#45972	blues99man	2013-11-18 10:25:39 UTC	processed	2013-11-18 12:29:49 UTC by walt