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When the Levee Breaks (Denis)

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Bastien

On March 4, 2004

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When the Levee Breaks


Memphis Minnie wrote a song together with Led Zeppelin in 1971? Seems hard to believe:

"After her health began to fail in the mid-1950's, Minnie returned to Memphis and retired from performing and recording. She spent her twilight years in a nursing home, where she died of a stroke in 1973."


http://www.ping.be/ml-cmb/mmbio.htm

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Comment by Denis
2004-03-05 18:10:10 UTC

??? Very bizarre error (to me). But corrected.

 
Comment by Bastien
submitter
2004-03-20 23:04:00 UTC

Not bizarre at all:


On Led Zeppelin IV (or Untitled, The Runes Album, Zoso or whatever you want to call it), Led Zeppelin listed Memphis Minnie along with the four band members on the songwriting credits for "When the Levee Breaks". In this case, Led Zeppelin was being generous, as their interpretation of the song bears only a distant relationship to the original.


http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/Zep/WhenTheLeveeBreaks.html

 
Comment by Denis
2004-03-22 11:25:58 UTC

So what do I do? Add Minnie's song as original or just mention it in the comments?

 
Comment by Bastien
submitter
2004-04-02 15:50:12 UTC

What about a partial cover?

 
Comment by Bastien
submitter
2004-04-10 08:13:30 UTC

Denis?

 
Comment by Bastien
submitter
2004-04-16 19:07:32 UTC
  • reminder*
 
Comment by Denis
2004-04-18 11:18:28 UTC

Done.

 
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