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"Little Sadie" is a 20th-century American folk ballad. It is also known variously as "Bad Lee Brown", "Penitentiary Blues", "Cocaine Blues", "Transfusion Blues", "East St. Louis Blues", "Late One Night" and other titles.
It tells the story of a man, who is apprehended after shooting his wife/girlfriend. He is then sentenced by a judge.
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written by English

Title Performer Release date Info
1928 First release
March 1930
1962
April 1965
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June 8, 1970
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June 11, 1979
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1994
March 9, 1995 Released more than 10 years after its recording
Live
October 15, 1996
February 26, 1997
1997 Released more than 10 years after its recording
June 23, 1998
1998
September 21, 1999
April 18, 2000
April 25, 2000
June 2000
June 4, 2001
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2001 Live
Released more than 10 years after its recording
2001
2002
September 20, 2004 Live
July 10, 2006
August 22, 2006
2006
June 26, 2007
October 3, 2008
October 24, 2008
July 6, 2009
2010
August 23, 2011
September 26, 2011
March 10, 2012 Live
March 26, 2013
Little Sadie Eric Richards May 21, 2013 Unverified
May 25, 2015
2015
April 2018
April 28, 2023

written by instrumental

Title Performer Release date Info
i 1962
i 1964
i October 1980
i March 21, 1995 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i 2013

written by English

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July 1947
July 1947
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August 1948
April 1952
1957
August 1959
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1971
1971
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1978
June 30, 1986
1993 Live
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September 23, 2002
2002
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March 30, 2004
2004
November 15, 2005
2007
Cocaine Blues Hank Cash 2007 Unverified
October 21, 2008
September 27, 2009
October 4, 2011
2011
2013
December 2014
June 2015
July 2015
August 1, 2015
November 2015
July 2020
February 2022
Cocaine Blues Tris Beaumont 2022 Unverified
Cocaine Blues Woody Guthrie Unverified

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