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9/25/2016 , , , , ,
Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?


Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Best Of Leadbelly
Released: 1933

Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Lyrics


Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
  • This is about a man who finds out his wife has been cheating on him. He goes out into the cold night and is killed in an accident.
  • Nirvana covered this on their 1993 Unplugged In New York album. Kurt Cobain introduced it by saying, "This song is by my favorite performer." Earlier that year, Cobain had been offered one of Leadbelly's guitars for $50,000, although Cobain exaggerated the cost when introducing the song.

    This was also one of the few songs Cobain played in public with his wife, Courtney Love. They performed it on September 8, 1993 at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles.
  • The first "recent" cover version was by The Four Pennies under the title "Black Girl." It made the UK charts in October 1964 and rose to #20, but got nowhere in the USA.

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    1/13/2016 , , , , ,
    Leadbelly Songs - Goodnight Irene
    Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene


    Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: Leadbelly Volume One
    Released: 1950

    Goodnight Irene Lyrics


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  • This is a folk standard, meaning no one knows who wrote it. Leadbelly's version has become the most widely recognized.
  • Leadbelly, whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter, developed this while he was in jail for attempted murder from 1918-1924. It won him his freedom when the warden let him go after hearing this.
  • In 1930, Leadbelly was once again jailed for attempted murder. Once again, his music won him his freedom when John Lomax and his son Alan convinced prison officials to release him. John and Alan Lomax were anthropologists and music historians who collected songs to preserve in the Library of Congress. They led a successful campaign to free Leadbelly and got him released in 1934. Leadbelly continued to record, and although he never made much money, his music is considered a big piece of US history, as it describes the struggles of black Americans.
  • Most recorded versions are much more tame than Leadbelly's original, with the line "I'll get you in my dreams" replaced with "I'll see you in my dreams."
  • In 1950, one year after Leadbelly died, this was a #1 hit for the folk group The Weavers. Other artists to record the song include Ry Cooder, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Chieftains, Tom Waits and Peter, Paul and Mary. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

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