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T-070.158.462-4 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC
T-902.819.141-5 JASRAC
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From the musical Show Boat
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UNIVERSAL POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING INC ASCAP, GEMA
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written by , English

Title Performer Release date Info
 PRF First live performance on December 27, 1927
listen on Internet Archive  REC 1928 First recording on December 27, 1927
  March 9, 1928 Hit song
listen on Internet Archive   May 1928
  August 1928
  1928
  1928
  1928
  August 1929
listen on Internet Archive   December 1930
Ol' Man River John Charles Thomas 1931 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   September 1934
  1934
  1936
listen on Internet Archive   1936
  1937 Medley
  May 1938
listen on Internet Archive   July 1940
  1945
  February 1946
listen on Internet Archive   August 1946
  1946
  1946
  1946
  February 1947
  June 1947
listen on Internet Archive   1948 Medley
  March 1950
Ol' Man River Robert Merrill with Russ Case and His Orchestra 1950 Unverified
  July 1951
  1952
Ol' Man River Chris Dane, Simon Brehms Stora Orkester (Chris Dane) 1952 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   July 23, 1953
  1953 A cappella
  June 1954
  1954
Ol' Man River Bette McLaurin, Eddie Wilcox orch. 1954 Unverified
  June 1955
  November 1955
  June 1956
  December 1956
  1956
  1957
  1957
  1957
  January 1958
  February 1958
  February 1958
  March 1958
  May 1958
  August 1958
listen on Internet Archive   1958
listen on Internet Archive   1958
  January 1959
  January 1959
  March 9, 1959
  September 1959
  November 1959
  1959
  1959
  1959 Medley
  1959
  February 1960
  May 1960
  1960
  1960 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  1960
Ol' Man River Nat Wright (Nat Wright) 1960 Unverified
  March 1961
  September 1961 Live
  September 1961
  1961
  1961
  1961
  1961 Medley
  August 1962
  1962
  1962
  1962
  1962
  1962 Live
  August 1963
  1963
Ol' Man River Candido 1963 Unverified
  January 1964
  February 1964
  October 1964
  1964
  January 25, 1965 Editor's cover song pick
  January 1965
  October 1965
  October 1965
  1965
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  1965
  April 1966
  June 13, 1966 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  November 1966 Live
  1966
  1966
  January 1967
  May 1967
  October 1967
  October 1967
  November 27, 1967
  July 29, 1968
  1968
  1968
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  August 1970
  September 1970
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  1970 Medley
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  1975 Live
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Ol' Man River The Earls 1977 Unverified
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  1989
  1990 Released more than 10 years after its recording
Medley
  1990
  1990
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  1993
  1993
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  1993
Ol' Man River Ian McCallum 1993 Unverified
  1994
  1994
  1994
Old Man River Garden Avenue Seven Jazz And Swing Band 1994 Unverified
  1995
  1995
  February 13, 1996
  November 1996
  1996
  1997 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  1998
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  2000
  May 22, 2001 Released more than 10 years after its recording
A cappella
  June 2001
  2001 Medley
  2003
  2003
  2005
  May 16, 2006
  March 23, 2007
  2007 A cappella
  2007
  February 2008
  September 30, 2008
  2008 Live
  February 2009 Live
  July 2010
  2010
  August 17, 2012
  December 18, 2012 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  2012
  March 2013
  July 22, 2013
  2013
  2014
  October 23, 2015
  July 11, 2016
  2016
  2017
  April 20, 2018
  May 2018
  October 5, 2018
  August 16, 2019 Mash-up
  February 28, 2020
  December 13, 2021
  2021
Ol' Man River The Gems Unverified
Ol' Man River Revelers Unverified
Ol' Man River Sammy Davis Jr. Unverified

written by instrumental

Title Performer Release date Info
listen on Internet Archive i   September 5, 1928
i   1928
i Ol' Man River Fred Elizalde 1928 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i   1934
i   November 1940
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1941
listen on Internet Archive i   1944
listen on Internet Archive i   August 1946 Medley
listen on Internet Archive i   1946
i   1947
i   1950
i   1952
i   April 19, 1954
i   August 1954
i   December 1954
i   1955
i   1955
i   January 1956
i   1956
i   1956
i Ol' Man River Dom Frontiere Octet 1956 Unverified
i   June 1957
i   1957
i   1957
i   1957
i   March 1958
i   November 1958 Medley
i   1958
i   1958
i   February 1959
i   September 1959
i   1959
i   1959
i   1959
i   1959
i   1959
i   1959
i   1959
i   November 1960
i   1960
i   1960
i   1960
i   1960
i   1960
i   1960
i   1960
listen on Internet Archive i   1960
i Old Man River The Emanons [2] 1960 Unverified
i   January 1961
i   November 1961
i   1961
i   1961
i Old Man River The Electratones 1961 Unverified
i   May 1962
i   August 7, 1962
i   1962 Live
i   1962
i   1962
i   June 1963
i   August 1963 Vocalise version
i   1963
i   1963
i   June 11, 1964 Medley
i   1964
i Ol' Man River The Zbigniew Namysłowski Modern Jazz Quartet (Zbigniew Namysłowski) 1964 Unverified
i   December 1965
i   1965
i   1965
i   1965
i   1965 Live
i   1965 Medley
i   June 1966
i   1966
i   1968 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i   1968 Live
i   1971
i   1971
i   1971
i   August 15, 1972 Medley
i   1972
i   1972
i   1973 Live
i   1974 Medley
Vocalise version
i   1975
i   1976
i   1976
i   1976 Live
i Ol' Man River Lawrence Welk - Henry Cuesta (Lawrence Welk) 1976 Unverified
i   1977
i   1977 Medley
i   1979 Medley
i   1980
i   1980
i   1980
i   1980
i   April 1981
i   1982
i   1982
i   1984
i Ol' Man River Michael Wooldridge 1984 Unverified
i Ol' Man River Hot Cotton Jazz Band 1985 Unverified
i   1987
i   1987 Medley
i   1988
i   1988
i   1989 Live
i   September 20, 1990
i   1991
i Ol' Man River Errol Parker Tentet (Errol Parker) 1991 Unverified
i   1993
i   1993
i   1993
i   1993 Medley
i   1994 Live
i   June 1, 1995
i   1995
i   1995
i   1995
i   July 29, 1996
i   1996
i   1997
i   1997
i   1997
i Old Man River Tim Laughlin & Tom Morley (Tim Laughlin) 1997 Unverified
i   1998
i   1998
i   2002
i   2002
i   2002
i   October 22, 2003
i   May 13, 2004
i   2006
i Ol' Man River The Len Phillips Big Band 2007 Unverified
i   2008
i   2008
i   2008
i   2009
i   2009
i   2009
i   September 2010
i Ol' Man River Les Doigts de l'Homme October 14, 2011 Unverified
i   2011
i Ol' Man River Kazuhide Motooka Trio November 4, 2012 Unverified
i   2013 Medley
i   2014
i   April 2016
i   July 2016
i   October 14, 2016
i Ol' Man River The Triplets of Grubville August 2018 Unverified
i   December 11, 2020
i   December 17, 2020
i   2021
i   February 4, 2022

{lao ren he} written by Chinese

Title Performer Release date Info
{lao ren he} (George Lam) 1980 First release

written by Dutch

written by , English Reworked melody by Wint, lyrics by Brown