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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).
It was released by Fantasy Records in October 1981 (see 1981 in music) with the purpose of infiltrating the country market. [1] There was one single released from Creedence Country, "Cotton Fields" b/w "Lodi", in November. [3] The single charted in Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart, while the album did not chart.
"Cotton Fields" Huddie Ledbetter † Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Cross-Tie Walker" John Fogerty Green River: 1969 [2] "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" John Fogerty Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Door to Door" Stu Cook † Mardi Gras: 1972 [8] "Down on the Corner" John Fogerty Willy and the Poor Boys: 1969 [7] "Effigy" John Fogerty
The song makes reference to a washboard, a kazoo, a Kalamazoo Guitar, and a gut bass. [9] In a 1969 appearance on The Music Scene, [10] the band performed the song as Willy and the Poor Boys. Stu Cook played a gut bass, Doug Clifford the washboard, and Tom Fogerty the Kalamazoo, which mimicked the appearance of the band as they appear on the ...
"The CCR Mix" is a song only featured on an Asian version of the album and is a song that was performed live and is a medley of several different songs, including ...
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The quintet's version of "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore", a 19th Century African-American work song, released in 1959 under the title "Michael," was a Billboard #1 hit in September 1961. The group scored another Top 20 hit in 1962 with a version of Lead Belly's "Cotton Fields". "Michael" sold over one million copies, achieving gold record status ...
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