Cotton-Eyed Joe - Selective List of Recorded Versions

Selective List of Recorded Versions

  • Bill Monroe and his blue grass boys, on the album Off the Record (1993)
  • Bob Wills
  • Burl Ives, on the album The Wayfaring Stranger (1941, 1955)
  • Al Dean & the All-Stars (1967)
  • Karen Dalton, on the album Cotton Eyed Joe (recorded 1962, released 2007)
  • The Chieftains with Ricky Scaggs, on the album Another Country (1992), Grammy Award nominee
  • Rednex, see below (1994)
  • Violinist Vanessa-Mae, on the album The Ultimate Vanessa-Mae (2003)
  • Michelle Shocked used the song as a foundation for her own "Prodigal Daughter" adding her own lyrics.
  • Asleep at the Wheel, on their self-titled 1985 album
  • Bass and Infinity made an a cappella parody version of the song in 2011, taking a different tack to most other covers.
  • Isaac Payton Sweat
  • Red Clay Ramblers
  • The Moody Brothers, on the album of the same title (1985), Grammy Award nominee
  • Nina Simone, on the album Nina Simone at Town Hall (1959)
  • Josh Rouse, on the album "El Turista" (2010)
  • Hot Club of Cowtown released a download single version in 2010
  • It was used as a recurring theme song in the 1984 movie Places in the Heart

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