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Woody Guthrie

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Real name
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
Born
July 14, 1912
Died
October 3, 1967
Country
United States
IPI
00013040158 108 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Legendary folk musician and songwriter and political leftist. Guthrie died from complications of Huntington's chorea.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, where he received a Pioneer Award in 2012. In 1988, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Early Influencer).
Member of
The Almanac Singers
Family
Jack Guthrie Cousin
Arlo Guthrie Son
Sarah Lee Guthrie Granddaughter
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1956 Billy Bragg & The Blokes
1945 (15 artists)
1956 (2 artists)
2000 (5 artists)
1994 Michel Montecrossa and The Chosen Few
1956 Will Geer & Dick Wingfield
1945 (6 artists)
1962 (12 artists)
1950 (5 artists)
1950 (6 artists)
1950 (3 artists)
1950 (4 artists)
July 1940 (28 artists)
July 1940 (3 artists)
Dust Cain't Kill Me Woody Guthrie July 1940 Unverified
July 1940 (3 artists)
July 1940 (35 artists)
1956 (2 artists)
1947 (14 artists)
1950 (3 artists)
July 1940 (35 artists)
1956 Logan English
1956 (2 artists)
1962 (6 artists)
January 1945 (4 artists)
May 19, 1998 (4 artists)
1992 Russ Glenn
1956 (3 artists)
1994 Michel Montecrossa and The Chosen Few
1964 Stan Ridgway
 REC May 19, 1998 (4 artists)
Originally by Jack Elliott REL
1956 Logan English
1950 (3 artists)
1950 (2 artists)
January 1945 (9 artists)
1962 Stringcaster
 REL 1945 (27 artists)
Originally by Woody Guthrie REC
 REC 1964 (27 artists)
Originally by Woody Guthrie REL
1950 (4 artists)
1950 (2 artists)
January 1945 (14 artists)
1944 (5 artists)
 REC May 19, 1998 (4 artists)
Originally by Woody Guthrie REL
1950 (4 artists)
1956 (3 artists)
1940 (10 artists)
1947 (2 artists)
July 1940 (5 artists)
Unreleased (149 artists)
1960 Christy Moore
July 1940 (20 artists)
1950 (3 artists)
1947 (2 artists)

Originals using parts of other songs

Covers by Woody Guthrie

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1945 Fiddlin' John Carson
1954 Prince's Orchestra
1992 Jack Elliott
July 1941 Henry Whitter, Emry Arthur, Sarah Ogan Gunning
1992 (unknown)
1940 Henry Whitter
1962 Fiddlin' John Carson
1994 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
1945 Bill Bender (The Happy Cowboy)
1985 (unknown)
1956 Woody Guthrie
Covered by (4 artists)
1992 Woody Guthrie
Columbus Stockade Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston 1952 Unverified
i 1951 (unknown)
1954 Honeyboy and Sassafras
1992 Woody Guthrie
1965 George Reneau
September 16, 1997 George Reneau
1954 Roba Stanley - William Patterson
1992 Woody Guthrie
i 1994 (unknown)
1945 Fisk University Male Quartette
1956 (unknown), Hugh Cross
Covered by (8 artists)
June 1958 The Almanac Singers
1962 Woody Guthrie
1989 The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves)
1962 Ashley and Foster
1992 Woody Guthrie
1964 Fiddlin' Powers and Family
I Ride an Old Paint Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston 2007 Unverified
1954 (unknown)
1992 The Weavers with Orchestra directed by Jimmy Carroll
1952 Fiddlin' John Carson
1962 Fiddlin' John Carson
1965 (unknown)
1992 Jack Elliott
1945 (unknown)
Covered by Tim Barry
1992 (unknown)
1992 Woody Guthrie
1954 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
1945 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1992 Woody Guthrie
1985 Jack Elliott
1992 Jack Elliott
i 1962 Fiddlin' John Carson
1947 (unknown)
Covered by (57 artists)
Pick a Bale of Cotton Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, Alek Stewart (Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, Alec Seward) 1963 Unverified
1985 (unknown)
1992 (unknown)
1945 (unknown)
1985 (unknown)
1992 (unknown)
1992 Woody Guthrie
1992 Woody Guthrie
i 1994 Henry Whitter
 REC 1965 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC, Logan English REL
Covered by (8 artists)
Unreleased (unknown), Vernon Dalhart
Covered by (38 artists)
1992 Woody Guthrie
1987 (unknown)
1992 Woody Guthrie
1951 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
1956 Waring's Pennsylvanians
1965 (unknown)
April 20, 1999 (unknown)
Covered by (17 artists)
1942 (unknown)
July 1940 Eva Davis
Covered by (9 artists)
1992 Woody Guthrie
1962 Mack Allen (Vernon Dalhart)
1964 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
1945 (unknown), Mc Cartt Brothers and Patterson
1985 Jack Elliott
1962 Carter Family
1952 (unknown), The Carter Family

Songs written by Woody Guthrie

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by Billy Bragg & The Blokes
1913 Massacre Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie May 24, 1945 Covered by (15 artists)
All Work Together Woody Guthrie Jack Elliott 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
All You Fascists Bound to Lose Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie and Chorus with Sonny Terry March 1944 Covered by (5 artists)
Along in the Sun and the Rain Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1994 Covered by Michel Montecrossa and The Chosen Few
Better World Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by Will Geer & Dick Wingfield
Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (Great Historical Bum) Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1945 Covered by (6 artists)
Birds and Ships Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg Billy Bragg & Wilco with Natalie Merchant June 23, 1998 Covered by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Brown Eyes Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie acc. Cisco Houston April 19, 1944 Covered by (12 artists)
Build a House Woody Guthrie Covered by (8 artists)
California Stars Woody Guthrie, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett Billy Bragg & Wilco June 23, 1998 Covered by (8 artists)
Car Song Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (5 artists)
Clean-o Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (6 artists)
Curly Headed Baby Woody Guthrie Cisco Houston 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
Dance Around Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (3 artists)
Dead or Alive Woody Guthrie, Lonnie Donegan Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group August 2, 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Woody Guthrie Bob Dylan 1972 Covered by (2 artists)
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman Cisco Houston 1961 Covered by (62 artists)
Don't Kill My Baby and My Son Woody Guthrie Covered by (2 artists)
Don't You Push Me Down Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (4 artists)
Do Re Mi Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (28 artists)
Dry Bed Woody Guthrie Covered by (3 artists)
Dust Bowl Refugees Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (3 artists)
Dust Cain't Kill Me Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie July 1940 Unverified
Dust Can't Kill Me Woody Guthrie
Dust Pneumonia Blues Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (3 artists)
East Texas Red Woody Guthrie Cisco Houston 1962 Covered by (7 artists)
Forsaken Lover Woody Guthrie Kate Wolf July 14, 1978 Covered by Hazel Dickens - Carol Elizabeth Jones - Ginny Hawker
Great Dust Storm Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (5 artists)
Hanuka Dance Woody Guthrie The Klezmatics September 5, 2006 Covered by Hiss Golden Messenger
Hard, Ain't It Hard Woody Guthrie The Almanac Singers July 7, 1941 Covered by (11 artists)
Hard Travelin' Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1947 Covered by (14 artists)
Howdido Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (3 artists)
I Ain't Got No Home Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (35 artists)
I'll Write and I'll Draw Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by Logan English
I'm Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays
I'm Shipping Up to Boston Woody Guthrie, Ken Casey, Matt Kelly, Al Barr, James Lynch, Marc Orrell Dropkick Murphys November 8, 2004 Covered by (8 artists)
Ingrid Bergman Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg Billy Bragg & Wilco June 23, 1998 Covered by Peter Mulvey with SistaStrings
I Want It Now Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
I Was Born Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg Billy Bragg May 30, 2000 Covered by Onkel Tuka med venner
Jack Hammer Blues Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie acc. Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry 1962 Covered by (6 artists)
Jesus Christ Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 1944 Covered by (4 artists)
Jig Along Home Woody Guthrie The Weavers with Orchestra directed by Jimmy Carroll August 23, 1951 Covered by (5 artists)
Ladies' Auxiliary Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 25, 1944 Covered by (4 artists)
Little Bird Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie Woody and Arlo Guthrie and the Guthrie Family 1992 Covered by Russ Glenn
Little Darling Woody Guthrie Covered by (2 artists)
Little Sugar Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Long Ways to Travel Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1994 Covered by Michel Montecrossa and The Chosen Few
Los Angeles New Years Flood Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1964 Covered by Stan Ridgway
Ludlow Massacre Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie REC, Jack Elliott REL May 24, 1945 Covered by (4 artists)
Mailman Woody Guthrie Covered by (4 artists)
Mail Myself to You Woody Guthrie Pete Seeger June 8, 1963 Covered by (4 artists)
Make a Bubble Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by Logan English
Merry-Go-Round Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (3 artists)
My Daddy Flies That Ship in the Sky Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie REC,REL April 19, 1944 Covered by (4 artists)
My Dolly Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (2 artists)
My Little Seed Woody Guthrie Jack Elliott 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
Needle Sing Woody Guthrie Jack Elliott 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
New York Town Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 1944 Covered by (9 artists)
Ocean Go Woody Guthrie Covered by (2 artists)
Oklahoma Hills Woody Guthrie, Jack Guthrie Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans October 16, 1944 Covered by (63 artists)
One by One Woody Guthrie Kate Wolf July 14, 1978 Covered by (2 artists)
One Day Old Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
Oregon Trail Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1962 Covered by Stringcaster
Peace Call Woody Guthrie Eliza Gilkyson March 23, 2004 Covered by Onkel Tuka med venner
Pick It Up Woody Guthrie Covered by (8 artists)
Pretty and Shiny-o Woody Guthrie Covered by (5 artists)
Pretty Boy Floyd Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie REC,REL April 26, 1940 Covered by (27 artists)
Put Your Finger in the AIr Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (4 artists)
Race You down the Mountain Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (2 artists)
Roll On Columbia Woody Guthrie Covered by (8 artists)
Sally Don't You Grieve Woody Guthrie, Malvina Reynolds Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston 1944 Covered by (5 artists)
Sleep Eye Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (4 artists)
So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (35 artists)
Swimmy Swim Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Talking Columbia Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Talking Dust Bowl Blues Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1940 Covered by (10 artists)
Talking Fishing Blues Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
Talking Sailor Woody Guthrie Covered by (3 artists)
The Ranger's Command Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 25, 1944 Covered by (14 artists)
There'll Be No Church Tonight Woody Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion March 24, 2003 Covered by Sadie Hawkins Day String Band
This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 1944 Covered by (149 artists)
Two Good Men Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1960 Covered by Christy Moore
Vigilante Man Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie April 26, 1940 Covered by (20 artists)
Wake Up Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1950 Covered by (3 artists)
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg Billy Bragg & Wilco with Natalie Merchant June 23, 1998 Covered by (11 artists)
When the Curfew Blows Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Why Oh Why Woody Guthrie Jack Elliott 1961 Covered by (6 artists)
Wild Animul Woody Guthrie Covered by (2 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Ballads from the Dust Bowl Woody Guthrie 1947 Disc
Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti Woody Guthrie 1960 Folkways
Bed on the Floor Woody Guthrie 1965 Verve Folkways
Bonneville Dam & Other Columbia River Songs Woody Guthrie 1965 Verve Folkways
Bound for Glory - The Songs and Stories of Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie and Will Geer 1956 Folkways
Buffalo Skinners - The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4 Woody Guthrie April 20, 1999 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Columbia River Collection Woody Guthrie 1987 Rounder
Documentary # 1 - Struggle Woody Guthrie - Sonny Terry 1945 Asch Recordings
Dust Bowl Ballads [1964 Reissue] Woody Guthrie 1964 RCA Victor
Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1 Woody Guthrie July 1940 Victor
Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2 Woody Guthrie July 1940 Victor
Hard Travelin' Woody Guthrie 1964 Disc
Hard Travelin' - The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3 Woody Guthrie May 19, 1998 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Library of Congress Recordings Woody Guthrie 1964 Elektra
Long Ways to Travel - The Unreleased Folkways Masters, 1944-1949 Woody Guthrie 1994 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Muleskinner Blues - The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2 Woody Guthrie September 16, 1997 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child Woody Guthrie 1956 Folkways
Songs to Grow On Volume One - Nursery Days Woody Guthrie 1950 Folkways
This Land Is Your Land - The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1 Woody Guthrie February 18, 1997 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Why, Oh Why? Woody Guthrie 1985 Folkways
Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie January 1945 Asch Recordings
Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie 1945 Stinson Records
Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs Woody Guthrie 1962 Folkways
Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2 Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry 1964 Folkways
Woody Guthrie, Vol. 1 Woody Guthrie 1952 Stinson Records
Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs Woody and Arlo Guthrie and the Guthrie Family 1992 Warner Bros. Records

Performances also appear on

Tributes

Title Performer Release date Label
32 Cents - Postage Due Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards 2008 Rising Son Records
A Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Part One various artists 1972 Columbia [US]
A Tribute to Woody Guthrie Part Two various artists 1972 Warner Bros. Records
Buffalo Skinner - A Tribute to Woody Guthrie Three Thirds February 27, 2014 (self-released)
Cisco Houston Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie Cisco Houston 1961 Vanguard
Daddy-O Daddy! Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie various artists October 2, 2001 Rounder
Dedicated to the Proposition - Songs of Pete, Woody & Me Vol. II Spook Handy May 3, 2019 Akashic Records [US1]
Folkways: A Vision Shared various artists 1988 Columbia [US]
Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie Jack Elliott 1960 Prestige International
Keep the Flame Alive - Pete, Woody & Me Vol. I Spook Handy June 3, 2016 Akashic Records [US1]
Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg & Wilco June 23, 1998 Elektra
Pastures of Plenty - An Austin Celebration of Woody Guthrie various artists October 1, 1993 Dejadisc
Pete Seeger Sings Woody Guthrie Pete Seeger 1967 Folkways
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings... Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1960 Columbia [EMI]
Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway - The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour various artists 2006 Music Road Records
Sings the Woody Guthrie Songbag Logan English 1964 20th Century Fox Records
Songs From Woody's Pen Sammy Walker 1979 Folkways
Thinking of Woody Guthrie Country Joe McDonald 1969 Vanguard
'Til We Outnumber 'Em . . . various artists May 23, 2000 Righteous Babe
Woodeye - Songs of Woody Guthrie Joel Rafael Band 2002 Inside Recordings
Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home James Talley 2000 Cimarron
Woody Guthrie's Blues Jack Elliott 1955 Topic Records
Woody Guthrie's Children's Songs Bob and Louise De Cormier 1970 Golden Records
Woody Guthrie's Children's Songs Logan English 1974 Folkways
Woody's Story - As Told by Will Geer and Sung by Dick Wingfield Will Geer & Dick Wingfield 1973 Folkways
Woodys verden - En hyllest til Woody Guthrie 100 år Onkel Tuka med venner 2012 Norskamerikaner