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Mose Allison

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Aliases
The Mose Allison Trio
Mose Allison Trio
Real name
Mose John Allison, Jr.
Born
November 11, 1927
Died
November 15, 2016
Country
United States
IPI
00000610851 33 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Mississippi-born singer and pianist whose blend of jazz and blues and prolific work as a songwriter influenced the blues-based rockers of the 1960s and ’70s
Family
Amy Allison Daughter
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
September 1962 (4 artists)
June 1957 (14 artists)
September 1962 (4 artists)
October 1971 (2 artists)
1990 (2 artists)
November 1968 (3 artists)
June 1964 (4 artists)
November 1968 (22 artists)
June 1964 (4 artists)
1970 Van Morrison & Mose Allison
June 1962 (11 artists)
May 1959 (18 artists)
October 1971 (2 artists)
February 1963 (10 artists)
June 1964 (14 artists)
1970 (2 artists)
June 1962 Carolyn Leonhart
June 1964 (5 artists)
October 1971 (2 artists)
August 1966 Ben Sidran
June 1964 (3 artists)
January 1958 (52 artists)
1976 Van Morrison & Mose Allison
1970 (2 artists)
February 1963 (7 artists)
February 1963 (3 artists)
October 1971 Van Morrison
October 1987 (2 artists)
1990 (2 artists)
August 1966 Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
1990 (4 artists)
August 1966 Van Morrison
June 1962 (42 artists)
November 1968 (4 artists)

Covers by Mose Allison

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i All the Things You Are Stan Getz with Mose Allison, Jerry Segal, Addison Farmer (Stan Getz, Mose Allison) 1959 Unverified
  1994 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
June 1958 Ray Charles Trio
May 1960 Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
i June 1957 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i June 1958 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i May 1959 Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson
  January 1961 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
May 1960 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
January 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  June 1958 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
March 2010 Amy Allison
i Everything I Have Is Yours Mose Allison June 1962 Unverified
January 1961 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
  1976 Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers REC, Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REL
January 1961 Johnny Fuller
September 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i   May 1960 Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra REL, Lauren Bacall - Hoagy Carmichael BRD
i June 1958 Bobbe Arnst
January 1961 Marion Harris
February 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler with Kay Davis
1976 The Nat King Cole Trio
1996 Mose Allison
i May 1959 Ink Spots
October 1971 Lefty Frizzell
February 1962 Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
June 1958 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
January 1958 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
January 1961 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
March 2010 Loudon Wainwright III
I'm Just a Lucky So and So Mose Allison Unverified
i June 1957 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i June 1958 (unknown)
i January 1961 Nat "King" Cole
Josephine Mose Allison October 1987 Unverified
September 1962 Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
January 1958 Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
i   May 1960 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i May 1960 Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
i Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time) Mose Allison June 1962 Unverified
  1994 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
March 2010 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
June 1957 Mercy Dee
1996 Mose Allison
September 1962 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
i May 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
June 1964 Robert Petway, Muddy Waters
i June 1958 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
i June 1958 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
i February 1963 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
1997 Prince's Band
January 1961 Little Walter J. - Othum Brown, Jimmy Rogers and His Trio
August 1966 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
May 1959 Willie Mabon
i The Song Is Ended Mose Allison June 1962 Unverified
January 1958 Thelma La Vizzo
September 1962 Buddy Moss
i May 1959 Charlie Parker Septet
November 1968 The Pine Ridge Boys
i February 1962 Joni James - Lew Douglas Orchestra
  January 1961 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
  January 1961 Alice Faye BRD, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward REL, Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barbara Blake REC
i June 1957 Buddy Johnson and His Band

Songs written by Mose Allison

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Ask Me Nice Mose Allison Mose Allison September 1962 Covered by (4 artists)
Back on the Corner Mose Allison Mose Allison September 1962 Covered by (4 artists)
Benediction Mose Allison Mose Allison February 11, 1971 Covered by (2 artists)
Big Brother Mose Allison Mose Allison 1990 Covered by (2 artists)
City Home Mose Allison Mose Allison July 9, 1968 Covered by (3 artists)
Days Like This Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1964 Covered by (4 artists)
Everybody Cryin' Mercy Mose Allison Mose Allison July 9, 1968 Covered by (22 artists)
Foolkiller Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1964 Covered by (4 artists)
I Don't Want Much Mose Allison Mose Allison 1970 Covered by Van Morrison & Mose Allison
I Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1962 Covered by (11 artists)
If You Live Mose Allison Mose Allison August 15, 1958 Covered by (18 artists)
If You Only Knew Mose Allison Mose Allison February 3, 1971 Covered by (2 artists)
If You're Goin' to the City Mose Allison Mose Allison February 1963 Covered by (10 artists)
I'm Not Talking Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1964 Covered by (14 artists)
I'm Smashed Mose Allison Mose Allison 1970 Covered by (2 artists)
It Didn't Turn Out That Way Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1962 Covered by Carolyn Leonhart
Look Here Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1964 Covered by (5 artists)
Night Club Mose Allison Mose Allison February 11, 1971 Covered by (2 artists)
No Trouble Livin' Mose Allison Mose Allison January 26, 1965 Covered by Ben Sidran
One of These Days Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1964 Covered by (3 artists)
Parchman Farm Mose Allison Mose Allison November 8, 1957 Covered by (52 artists)
Perfect Moment Mose Allison Mose Allison 1976 Covered by Van Morrison & Mose Allison
Somebody Gotta Move Mose Allison Mose Allison 1970 Covered by (2 artists)
Stop This World Mose Allison Mose Allison February 1963 Covered by (7 artists)
Swingin' Machine Mose Allison Mose Allison February 1963 Covered by (3 artists)
Tell Me Something Mose Allison Mose Allison February 2, 1971 Covered by Van Morrison
Top Forty Mose Allison Mose Allison October 1987 Covered by (2 artists)
Was Mose Allison Mose Allison 1990 Covered by (2 artists)
Wild Man on the Loose Mose Allison Mose Allison August 1966 Covered by Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
You Can Count on Me to Do My Part Mose Allison Mose Allison January 26, 1965 Covered by Van Morrison
Young Man Mose Allison Mose Allison Trio March 7, 1957 Covered by (14 artists)
Your Mind Is on Vacation Mose Allison Mose Allison June 1962 Covered by (42 artists)
Your Molecular Structure Mose Allison Mose Allison July 10, 1968 Covered by (4 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Autumn Song Mose Allison January 1961 Prestige [US]
Back Country Suite for Piano, Bass and Drums Mose Allison Trio June 1957 Prestige [US]
Creek Bank Mose Allison May 1959 Prestige [US]
Ever Since the World Ended Mose Allison October 1987 Blue Note
Gimcracks and Gewgaws Mose Allison 1997 Blue Note
... Hello There, Universe Mose Allison 1970 Atlantic
I Don't Worry About a Thing Mose Allison June 1962 Atlantic
I Love the Life I Live Mose Allison Trio January 1961 Columbia [US]
I Love the Life I Live The Mose Allison Trio 1994 Legacy
I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin' Mose Allison November 1968 Atlantic
Local Color Mose Allison January 1958 Prestige [US]
Mose Allison Sings Mose Allison 1963 Prestige [US]
My Backyard Mose Allison 1990 Blue Note
Ramblin' with Mose Mose Allison February 1962 Prestige [US]
Swingin' Machine Mose Allison February 1963 Atlantic
Takes to the Hills Mose Allison September 1962 Epic
Tell Me Something - The Songs of Mose Allison Van Morrison - Georgie Fame - Mose Allison - Ben Sidran 1996 Exile
The Earth Wants You Mose Allison 1994 Blue Note
The Way of the World Mose Allison March 2010 Anti-
The Word from Mose Mose Allison June 1964 Atlantic
Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Mose Allison May 1960 Columbia [US]
Western Man Mose Allison October 1971 Atlantic
Wild Man on the Loose Mose Allison August 1966 Atlantic
Young Man Mose Mose Allison June 1958 Prestige [US]
Your Mind Is on Vacation Mose Allison 1976 Atlantic

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