Song: Crying at Daybreak

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Written by
Howlin' Wolf
Language
English
Comments
Contains elements of Tommy Johnson's "Big Road Blues" (melody of first line and refrain) and The Mississippi Sheiks' "Stop and Listen Blues" (several lines of lyrics, including the line about "Smokestack Lightning") There are also fragments of other earlier performances.

The song is better known as "Smoke Stack Lightning", performed by Howlin' Wolf under that name in 1956.

Originals

First recording
Crying at Daybreak by Howlin' Wolf (January 21, 1951)
First release
Crying at Daybreak by Howlin' Wolf on audio single Passing By Blues (1952)

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Crying at Daybreak Howlin' Wolf 1952
2 Smokestack Lightning Manfred Mann September 1964
3 Smokestack Lightning The Yardbirds December 31, 1964
4 Smoke Stack Lightning The Animals November 1966
5 Protest Jack 1966
6 Smokestack Lightning John Hammond October 19, 1967
7 Smokestack Lightnin' Smokestack Lightnin' [1] 1969
8 Smokestack Lightning The Bintangs 1969
9 Smokestack Lightning Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods 1970
10 Smokestack Lightning Fenton Robinson 1971
11 Smokestack Lightnin' Grateful Dead July 1973
12 Smokestack Lightning Maxwell Street Jimmy 1979
13 Smokestack Lightnin' Bad Smitty 1981
14 Smokestack Lightning Howard Werth 1982
15 Smokestack Lightning Valerie Wellington 1984
16 Smokestack Lightning Green on Red 1985
17 Smokestack Lightning George Thorogood & The Destroyers 1988
18 Smokestack Lightning Soundgarden 1988
19 Smokestack Lightning Gillan November 1989
20 Smokestack Lightnin' Smokey Wilson 1992
21 Smokestack Lightning Things to Come 1993
22 Smokestack Lightning Jimmy Rogers 1994
23 Smokestack Lightning The Electric Prunes May 1997
24 Smokestack Lightning The Groundhogs 1998
25 Smokestack Lightnin' Frankie Lee 1999
26 Smokestack Lightning Chris Whitley July 25, 2000
27 Smoke Stack Lightnin' Graná Louise 2003
28 Smokestack Lightning Lucky Peterson 2003
29 Smokestack Lightnin' Etta James June 2004
30 Smokestack Lightning Big George Brock June 1, 2007
31 Smokestack Lightning Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich DelGrosso May 27, 2008
32 Smokestack Lightnin' Motor City Josh December 9, 2008
33 Smokestack Lightning Mark Doyle and The Maniacs May 27, 2009

Forum topics

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1 Smokestack Lightning (1957) (Bastien) Report Errors anto47 1 2004-03-16 14:16:19 GMT by Bastien
2 Smokestack Lightning Add songs flip 1 2009-09-15 19:39:51 GMT by tsk
3 Smokestack Lightning Add songs dangle 1 2009-10-11 03:32:58 GMT by tsk
4 Smokestack Lightning Add songs snipe 1 2011-02-27 10:03:12 GMT by wally creek
5 Smokestack Lightning Add songs Daniel 1 2011-06-20 00:17:47 GMT by Denis
6 Smokestack Lightning Add songs Dave Nebraski 1 2011-09-15 20:22:27 GMT by Dave Nebraski
7 Smokestack Lightning Add songs sebastiaanl 1 2012-08-16 00:10:29 GMT by walt
8 Smokestack Lightnin' cover by Smokestack Lightnin' Add songs 77vette 1 2013-02-16 15:49:27 GMT by Bastien

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