If I Had A Hammer - Other Versions

Other Versions

• Ruthie Foster released a blues version of this song in her album Let It Burn.
• Claude François released his cover "Si j'avais un marteau" ("If I had a Hammer") in November 1963.
• Trini Lopez on his 1963 album, Trini Lopez at PJ's (Reprise R/RS 6093), which reached #3 in the USA
• Rita Pavone sang "Datemi un martello" ("Give me a hammer") in 1963, using the same theme, but without any political overtones.
• The Seekers released the song in 1963.
• Leonard Nimoy, which appeared on his 1968 album, The Way I Feel.
• Folk Artist Víctor Jara also sang a cover titled "El Martillo" ("The hammer") on his 1969 album, Pongo En Tus Manos Abiertas.
• U-Roy recorded a very violent version of the song called "Hammering" in 1972.
• Hernaldo Zúñiga recorded a cover version in Spanish for the Mexican group Fandang titled "Dame Aquel Martillo" that was released in 1991.
• Sam Cooke recorded the song in concert.
• The Coasters released a version of the song.
• Les Surfs released another cover "Si j'avais un marteau."
• Lili Ivanova did a cover in Bulgarian of Pavone's version.
• Emil Dimitrov recorded a cover in Bulgarian of the Trini Lopez version.
• Kidsongs released a version on video and DVD on "Yankee Doodle Boy (AKA Sing Out America)."
• Brian Johnson recorded a version of the song.
• The Von Trapp Children recorded a version.
• Waldemar Matuška Kladivo recorded a version in Czech
• Andy Kane from UK television home decoration show Changing Rooms performed a version.
• Debbie Reynolds recorded a video of herself and dancers performing the song.