Recording: Motherless Children

Performed by
Herman E. Johnson
Recording date
May 10, 1961
First release
On Audio album Louisiana Country Blues (1972)
Rating

Song info

Song
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
Written by
Blind Willie Johnson
First recording
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time by Blind Willie Johnson (December 3, 1927)
First release
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time by Blind Willie Johnson on audio single If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down (1928)
Language
English

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Mother's Children Have a Hard Time Blind Willie Johnson 1928
2 Motherless Children The Carter Family 1929
3 Motherless Children Joshua White 1933
4 Motherless Children Josh White [1] 1944
5 Motherless Children Jesse Fuller April 22, 1955
6 Motherless Children Felix Dukes & Fred McDowell 1960
7 Motherless Children Mance Lipscomb 1961
8 Motherless Children Steve Miller Band November 1969
9 Motherless Children Have a Hard Time Blind Willie McTell October 5, 1972
10 Motherless Children Perry Tillis 1972
11 Motherless Children Herman E. Johnson 1972
12 Motherless Children Thomas Shaw 1972
13 Motherless Children Eric Clapton 1974
14 Motherless Children Blind Connie Williams 1974
15 Motherless Children Have a Hard Time Son House 1974
16 Motherless Children Robert Richard 1977
17 Motherless Children Lucinda Williams 1979
18 Motherless Children Big Joe Williams 1980
19 Motherless Children Alfred "Snuff" Johnson 1994
20 Motherless Child Leon Pinson 2006
21 Motherless Children Rosanne Cash October 2, 2009

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