Artist: Elmore James

Aliases

Elmo James
Elmore James and His "Broom Dusters"
Elmore James and His Broom Dusters
Elmore James and His Broomdusters
Elmore James and The Broom Dusters

Born

January 27, 1918

Died

May 24, 1963

Country

United States

Performances
- Originals
- Covers
Songs written by
- Original songs
- Adapted songs
Releases
Tributes
Forum topics

Performances

Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
1	Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop	Joe Turner & his Blues Kings Feat. Elmore James	December 1953	Big Joe and The Dynaflows
2	I Was a Fool	Elmore James and The Broom Dusters	1953	Paul Lamb & The King Snakes
3	Dust My Blues	Elmore James and The Broom Dusters	1953	(8 artists)
4	Wild About You	Elmore James and His "Broom Dusters"	1956	Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
5	Madison Blues	Elmore James	1968	(3 artists)
6	Person to Person	Elmore James	1968	(2 artists)
7	Fine Little Mama	Elmore James	1960	Greg "Fingers" "Taylor
8	Pickin' the Blues	Elmore James	1964	(4 artists)
9	I Can't Hold Out	Elmore James	May 1960	(13 artists)
10	I Held My Baby Last Night	Elmore James	January 1953	(4 artists)
11	I See My Baby	Elmore James	1968	Dave Hole
12	Shake Your Moneymaker	Elmore James	1962	(29 artists)
13	You Know You’re Wrong	Elmore James	1992	Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
14	Knocking at Your Door	Elmore James	1960	Alabama Mike
15	Strange Angels	Elmore James	1966	Alabama Mike
16	Bleeding Heart	Elmore James	1965	(3 artists)
17	Standing at the Crossroads	Elmore James	1954	Brint Anderson Band
18	Hawaiian Boogie	Elmore James	1969	(4 artists)
19	Goodbye (Baby)	Elmore James	1955	(2 artists)
20	Got to Move	Elmore James	1966	(3 artists)
21	The Sun Is Shining	Elmore James	May 1960	(6 artists)
22	Stranger Blues	Elmore James	1962	(18 artists)
23	Happy Home	Elmore James	1955	(2 artists)
24	Make My Dreams Come True	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1954	Magic Slim and the Teardrops
25	Bobby's Rock	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1959	(2 artists)
26	Hand in Hand	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1954	(2 artists)
27	The Sky Is Crying	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1960	(21 artists)
28	Cry for Me	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1957	(4 artists)
29	Something Inside of Me	Elmo James	1964	(3 artists)
30	Make a Little Love	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1953	Snatch It Back
31	Can't Stop Lovin	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1953	(3 artists)
32	The 12 Year Old Boy	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1957	(6 artists)
33	Coming Home	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1957	(2 artists)
34	I'm Worried	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1960	(2 artists)

Covers

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1	Sunny Land	Elmore James	1954
2	Mean Mistreatin' Mama	Elmore James	1965	Leroy Carr
3	Look on Yonder Wall	Elmore James	1962	Jazz Gillum
4	Done Somebody Wrong	Elmore James	1960	Eddie Kirkland and His Houserockers
5	It Hurts Me Too	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1957	Tampa Red
6	Dust My Broom	Elmo James	1951	Robert Johnson
7	Baby Please Set a Date	Elmo James	1964	Memphis Minnie
8	One Way Out	Elmo James	1964	Sonny Boy Williamson [1]
9	Rollin' and Tumblin'	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1960	Baby Face Leroy Trio - Hambone Willie Newbern

Songs written by

Original songs

	Title	Written by	Covered by
1	The Sky Is Crying	Elmore James, Bobby Robinson, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis	(21 artists)
2	Dust My Blues	Elmore James, Joe Josea	(8 artists)
3	Bobby's Rock	Elmore James	(2 artists)
4	I'm Worried	Elmore James	(2 artists)
5	You Know You’re Wrong	Elmore James	Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
6	Goodbye (Baby)	Elmore James	(2 artists)
7	I Held My Baby Last Night	Elmore James	(4 artists)
8	Something Inside Me	Elmore James, James Sehorn	(3 artists)
9	Person to Person	Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn	(2 artists)
10	Make My Dreams Come True	Elmore James, Joe Josea	Magic Slim and the Teardrops
11	Make a Little Love	Elmore James, Joe Josea	Snatch It Back
12	Coming Home	Elmore James	(2 artists)
13	One Way Out	Sonny Boy Williamson [1], Elmore James, Marshall E. Sehorn	(15 artists)
14	Cry for Me	Elmore James	(4 artists)
15	Shake Your Moneymaker	Elmore James	(29 artists)
16	Madison Blues	Elmore James	(3 artists)
17	I Can't Hold Out	Elmore James	(13 artists)
18	Sunny Land	Elmore James
19	I See My Baby	Elmore James	Dave Hole
20	Bleeding Heart	Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn	(3 artists)
21	Knocking at Your Door	Elmore James	Alabama Mike
22	Twelve Year Old Boy	Elmore James	(6 artists)
23	Sun Is Shining	Elmore James	(6 artists)
24	Wild About You	Elmore James, Joe Josea	Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
25	Strange Angels	Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn	Alabama Mike
26	Got to Move	Elmore James	(3 artists)
27	Standing at the Crossroads	Elmore James, Joe Josea	Brint Anderson Band
28	Fine Little Mama	Elmore James, Bobby Robinson	Greg "Fingers" "Taylor
29	Pickin' the Blues	Elmore James	(4 artists)
30	Hand in Hand	Elmore James, Joe Josea	(2 artists)
31	Hawaiian Boogie	Elmore James	(4 artists)
32	Stranger Blues	Elmore James, Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis	(18 artists)
33	Can't Stop Lovin'	Elmore James	(3 artists)
34	I Was a Fool	Elmore James, Joe Josea	Paul Lamb & The King Snakes

Adapted songs

	Title	Written by	Originals	Covered by
1	Baby Please Set a Date	Elmore James	Please Set a Date	George Thorogood and The Destroyers
2	Dust My Broom	Elmore James	I Believe I'll Dust My Broom	(19 artists)
3	Look on Yonder Wall	Elmore James, Marshall E. Sehorn	Look on Yonder Wall	(8 artists)

Releases

Audio album

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Something Inside of Me	Elmore James	1968	Bell
2	The Resurrection of Elmore James	Elmore James	1969	Kent
3	I Need You	Elmore James	1966	Sphere Sound
4	Rollin' and Tumblin' - The Best of Elmore James	Elmore James	1992	Relic
5	Tough	Elmore James - John Brim	1968	Blue Horizon
6	Whose Muddy Shoes	Elmore James - John Brim	1969	Chess
7	The Sky Is Crying	Elmo James	1964	Sphere Sound

Audio single

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Dust My Blues	Elmore James and The Broom Dusters	1953	Sue Records
2	Wild About You	Elmore James and His "Broom Dusters"	1956	Modern
3	I Believe	Elmore James	January 1953	Meteor [1]
4	It Hurts Me Too	Elmore James	1964	Enjoy Records
5	Stranger Blues	Elmore James	1962	Fire
6	Blues Before Sunrise	Elmore James	1955	Flair
7	Happy Home	Elmore James	1955	Flair
8	I Can't Hold Out	Elmore James	May 1960	Chess
9	Sunny Land	Elmore James	1954	Flair
10	Look on Yonder Wall	Elmore James	1962	Fire
11	Done Somebody Wrong	Elmore James	1960	Fire
12	Knocking at Your Door	Elmore James	1960	Chief
13	Bleeding heart	Elmore James	1965	Enjoy Records
14	It Hurts Me Too	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1957	Chief
15	Hand in Hand	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1954	Flair
16	Cry for Me	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1957	Chief
17	The Sky Is Crying	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1960	Fire
18	Make My Dreams Come True	Elmore James and His Broomdusters	1959	Fire
19	Dust My Broom	Elmo James	1951	Trumpet
20	Coming Home	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1957	Chief
21	Make a Little Love	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1953	Flair
22	Rollin' and Tumblin'	Elmore James and His Broom Dusters	1960	Fire

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	TV Mama	Joe Turner and his Blues Kings	December 1953	Atlantic Records

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Homage to Elmore	Brint Anderson Band	November 7, 1995	Rhino Records

Forum topics

		Topic	Board	Started by	Replies	Last message
1		Artists who have covered their songs	Discussion	Simon	14	2013-03-04 21:26:48 GMT by Bastien
2		Wild About You cover by Joe Bonamassa	Add songs	Greenose	0	2008-02-17 18:41:42 GMT by Greenose