You've Been a Good Ole Wagon 37th in 1925

Written by: Bessie Smith, Stuart Balcom
Language: English
Comments: Stuart Balcom -- also spelled Balcolm, Balcomb, and Balcon -- is quite possibly a pseudonym used by Perry Bradford. This work is also sometimes credited to "John Henry", which are the first two given names of Bradford, and a known pseudonym for Perry Bradford.
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You've Been a Good Ole Wagon

First recording and first release by Bessie Smith (January 14, 1925 / 1925)

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You've Been a Good Ole Wagon written by Bessie Smith, Stuart Balcom English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Bessie Smith	1925	First recording on January 14, 1925 First release
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	"Pigmeat" Alamo Markham with Oliver "Rev." Mesheux's Blue Six	1946
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Lil Green and Her Orchestra	1947
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Ronnie Gilbert	April 1958
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Dinah Washington with Eddie Chamblee & His Orchestra	April 1958
Good Old Wagon	Juanita Hall with Claude Hopkins All-Stars	1958
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Della Reese	1959
Good Old Wagon	Barbara Dane	September 1962
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Dave Van Ronk	1963
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Hoyt Axton	1966
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Teresa Brewer	1972
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Jane Campedelli	1972
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Natalie Lamb	1974
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Dick Hyman with The New York Jazz Repertory Company	1975	Live
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Jean Kittrell	1975
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Linda Hopkins	1976
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Esther Phillips	1977
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Paula Lockheart with Peter Ecklund	1977
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Jay McShann	1978
Good Ol' Waggon	Barrelhouse Jazzband & Carrie Smith	1979
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Sippie Wallace with Jim Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band	1982
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	The Merseysippi Jazz Band with Jan Sutherland	1982	Live
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Hot Cotton with Ruby Wilson	1988
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Marilyn Middleton Pollock with the Lake Records All-Star Jazzband	1993
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Thilo Berg Big Band and Barbara Morrison	1994	Live
Good Old Wagon	The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with Topsy Chapman	1994	Live
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Cats & Jammers	1994	Unverified
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Kate Westbrook, Mike Westbrook	1996
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Candye Kane	August 18, 1998
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Pat Yankee & The New Hot Frogs	1999
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Peoria Jazzband	2000
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Ruby Hayes	November 13, 2002
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Paul Asbell	2002
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Bay City Jazz Band	2003
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Annie and The Hedonists	May 20, 2008
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Barbara Hendricks	2008
Good Ol' Wagon	Tuba Skinny	May 13, 2009
Good Ole Wagon	The Living Sisters	March 30, 2010
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights	2010
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Chris Bergson Band	May 10, 2011
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Millennium Eagle Jazz Band	2011	Live
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Roberta Donnay and The Prohibition Mob Band	November 13, 2012
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Swing Gitane	2012
You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Ginny Reilly	April 9, 2013
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	David Bromberg Band	October 14, 2016
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward	April 19, 2019

You've Been a Good Ole Wagon written by Bessie Smith, Stuart Balcom instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon	The Original Salty Dogs	1966
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon – I've Got the Blues – Mister Johnson Turn Me Loose	Claude Bolling	1970	Medley
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Trebor Tichenor	1973
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Art Hodes	1977
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Circus Square Jazz Band	1980
i	Medley: Looking at You – You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Dick Wellstood	1981	Live Medley
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Tom Shea	1982
i	You've Been a Good Old Wagon	Natural Gas Jazz Band	March 2000

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