Black Betty - Selected List of Recorded Versions

Selected List of Recorded Versions

  • 1933 James Baker (AKA Iron Head) and group
  • 1939 Mose Platt (AKA Clear Rock)
  • 1939 Huddie Ledbetter (AKA Lead Belly), originally on the 78rpm album Negro Sinful Songs
  • 1964 Odetta, Odetta Sings of Many Things album
  • 1964 Alan Lomax, Texas Folk Songs album
  • 1964 Koerner, Ray & Glover, Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers album
  • 1972 Manfred Mann's Earth Band, BBC live recording for John Peel's In Concert (unreleased)
  • 1976 Starstruck
  • 1977 Ram Jam, UK #7 single, US #18 single, also on the US #34 album Ram Jam
  • 1986 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kicking Against the Pricks album
  • 1989 Mekong Delta (band), Toccata 12" Maxi-Single
  • 1989 Mina, Uiallalla album
  • 1990 Ram Jam, Australia #17 single, Ben Liebrand remix of the original 1977 version called the "Rough 'n' Ready Remix"
  • 1992 Electric Boys, Dying To Be Loved CD Single (Taken from the album Groovus Maximus)
  • 1994 Electric Boys, Freewheelin' album
  • 1994 Electric Boys, Groover CD Single (Taken from the album Freewheelin')
  • 2001 The Candy Snatchers on the "Taking a Ride" EP.
  • 2002 Tom Jones UK #50 single, also on the UK #36 album Mr. Tom Jones
  • 2002 Throttlerod, on the compilation album Sucking The '70s
  • 2004 Spiderbait, AUS #1 single, also on the AUS #14 album Tonight Alright
  • 2005 Pumpjack, Triple Platinum album
  • 2005 Tony C. and the Truth
  • 2005 Molly Hatchet, (from the Dukes of Hazzard Soundtrack)
  • 2006 Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell III single B-side
  • 2006 Joe Brown, Down To Earth album
  • 2006 Ying Yang Twins' song "Dangerous" contains a sample of the Ram Jam version
  • 2007 Big City Rock on the TMNT soundtrack
  • 2007 Soil, on the re-release of the album Throttle Junkies
  • 2008 Ministry, on their cover album Cover Up
  • 2011 Blues Explosion, in a teaser for the not-yet revealed Volkswagen Beetle
  • 2011 Melvins
  • 2012 Scooter, Music for a Big Night Out album

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