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Pick a Bale of Cotton" (sometimes "Pick a Bale o' Cotton") is a traditional American folk song and work song first recorded by Texas inmates James "Iron Head" Baker (1933) [1] and Mose "Clear Rock" Platt (1939) [2] and later popularized by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter). Johnny Cash, as well as others, have released adaptations of the song.
The following is a partial list of songs performed by Lead Belly. Lead Belly , born Huddie Ledbetter, was an American folk and blues musician active in the 1930s and 1940s. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
"Pick a Bale of Cotton" and "Hammers and Nails" were previously released as singles. "Rodeo Hand" is an outtake from Sings the Ballads of the True West. "Engine 143," an A.P. Carter song, which was re-recorded for a Carter Family tribute album in 2003.
The field holler of an African American chain gang being recorded by Alan Lomax in 1934.. James "Iron Head" Baker (March 18, 1884 – February 23, 1944) [1] [2] and Moses "Clear Rock" Platt (around 1867 – after 1939) [3] [4] were African American traditional folk singers imprisoned in the Central State Prison Farm in Sugar Land, Texas.
In 1978, "On Top of Old Smokey" was released by Swedish pop group ABBA (with lead vocals by Frida) as part of a medley that also included "Pick a Bale of Cotton" and "Midnight Special". The medley featured as the B-side to the group's single "Summer Night City".
When I saw a cotton gin at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington The post Why DC’s Black Smithsonian is a gift that keeps on giving ...
The whole song seems to rebuke society — any era, 1830s or now. She prefers “lunar valleys in my mind/ When they found a better planet/ Only the gentle survived,”she sings. She also almost ...
Work Songs of the U.S.A. (or Work Songs of the U.S.A. Sung by Lead Belly) is an album by Lead Belly, recorded in 1942 and released a few months later by Asch Recordings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At this point in Lead Belly's career he had split with John Lomax and was mainly recording with Moe Asch . [ 3 ]