beach boys additional personnel the original lead belly sang the song cotton fields back home.
beach boys additional personnel the original lead belly sang the song cotton fields back home.
who sang the song cotton fields back home?
beach boys additional personnel the original lead belly
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"cotton fields" is a song written by american blues musician huddie ledbetter, better known as lead belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.









































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cotton fields
recorded by lead belly in 1940, "cotton fields" was introduced into the canon of folk music via its inclusion on the 1954 album release "odetta & larry" which comprised performances by odetta at the tin angel nightclub in san francisco with instrumental and vocal accompaniment by lawrence mohr: this version was entitled "old cotton fields at home". the song's profile was boosted via its recording by harry belafonte first on his 1958 album "belafonte sings the blues" with a live version appearing on the 1959 concert album "belafonte at carnegie hall": belafonte had learned "cotton fields" from odetta and been singing it in concert as early as 1955. a #13 hit in 1961 for the highwaymen, "cotton fields" served as an album track for a number of c&w and folk-rock acts including ferlin husky ("the heart and soul of ferlin husky" 1963), buck owens ("on the bandstand" 1963), the new christy minstrels ("chim-chim-cheree" 1965) and the seekers ("roving with the seekers" 1964): odetta also made a new studio recording of the song for her 1963 album "one grain of sand". the springfields included "cotton fields" on a 1962 ep release: this version is featured on the cd "on an island of dreams: the best of the springfields". "cotton fields" was also recorded by unit 4+2 for their "concrete and clay" album (1965). a rendering in french: "l'enfant do", was recorded in 1962 by hugues aufray and petula clark.
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