Dark Is the Night by Ry Cooder

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Written by: Blind Willie Johnson
: Instrumental
Released on: Ry Cooder
Album
December 1970
Other release: Paris, Texas - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Album
1985
Comments: Called "Dark Was the Night" on the "Paris, Texas" soundtrack
Rating: (best version)
Licensing: Request a synchronization license

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Originals

Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground

Blind Willie Johnson

First recording and first release by Blind Willie Johnson (December 3, 1927 / 1928)

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Adaptations

An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.

Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground written by Blind Willie Johnson English December 3, 1927
- Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground written by Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Jorgen Carlsson, Danny Louis English June 9, 2017

Versions

Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground written by Blind Willie Johnson English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground	Blind Willie Johnson	1928	First recording on December 3, 1927 First release
		Dark Was the Night	The Imperial Gospel Singers	1959
		Dark Was the Night	Leon Bibb	March 1960
		Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Catfish Keith	May 29, 2001
		Dark as the Night, Cold as the Ground	Little Axe	May 2002
		Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground	Corey Harris	2003
		Dark Was the Night	Kronos Quartet	February 16, 2009
		Dark Was the Night , Cold Was the Ground	Asylum Street Spankers	October 6, 2009	Live
		Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Sugaray	2010
		Dark Was the Night	Gormacha	January 29, 2014
		Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground	Rickie Lee Jones	February 26, 2016

Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground written by Blind Willie Johnson instrumental

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Dark Is the Night	Ry Cooder	December 1970
	i	Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground	Sam Mitchell [GB]	1976
	i	Dark Is the Night	Mike Cooper & Ian A. Anderson	1985
	i	Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)	Dave Hole	1990
	i	Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground	Allen Lowe and The American Song Project featuring Roswell Rudd	1994
	i	Dark Was the Night	Robert B. Jones	1997
	i	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Jack Rose (Jack Rose)	2002	Unverified
	i	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Marc Ribot	September 9, 2003
	i	Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground	Bud Spencer Blues Explosion	May 6, 2011	Live
	i	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Justin Johnson	January 28, 2014
	i	Dark Was the Night	Peter Struijk	May 2, 2015
	i	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Geof Bradfield Quintet ‎	2015
	i	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Shane Parish	November 2016
	i	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Noah Preminger	2016

Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground written by Matt Abts, Warren Haynes, Jorgen Carlsson, Danny Louis English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	Gov't Mule	June 9, 2017	First release

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#400104	Peter Heijens	2024-01-08 19:51:27 UTC	processed	2024-03-18 10:58:31 UTC by Oliver One