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Elizabeth Cotten (05 Jan 1893 - 29 Jun 1987)

Female Person - United States

Releases (5)

Official

Album

  1. Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar 1958
  2. Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree 1967
  3. Volume 3: When I'm Gone 1979

Album - Live

  1. Live! 1983

Album - Compilation

  1. Shake Sugaree 21 Sep 2004

Relationships (1)

Children

  1. Lillie Cotten

Recordings by (62)

  1. Wilson Rag 1:40 (1958)
  2. Freight Train 2:46 (1958) Folkways recording circa 1957-58
  3. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 2:12 (1958)
  4. I Don't Love Nobody 1:14 (1958)
  5. Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now 0:57 (1958)
  6. Graduation March 2:33 (1958)
  7. Honey Babe Your Papa Cares for You 2:15 (1958)
  8. Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck 3:48 (1958)
  9. Run... Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone 2:19 (1958)
  10. Sweet Bye and Bye / What a Friend We Have in Jesus 3:02 (1958)
  11. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 4:43 (1958)
  12. When I Get Home 2:23 (1958)
  13. Vastapol 2:11 (1958)
  14. Spanish Flag Dang 2:51 (1958)
  15. Washington Blues 3:37 (1967)
  16. I'm Going Away 3:25 (1967)
  17. Fox Chase 3:42 (1967)
  18. Ontario Blues 3:45 (1967)
  19. Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby 1:36 (1967) Instrumental
  20. Look and Live, My Brother 1:52 (1967)
  21. Jesus Lifted Me 2:08 (1967)
  22. Jesus Is Tenderly Calling 1:39 (1967)
  23. Buck Dance 1:52 (1967)
  24. Ruben 2:13 (1967)
  25. Oh, Miss Lulie Gal 1:31 (1967)
  26. Shoot That Buffalo 1:40 (1967)
  27. Boatman Dance 1:47 (1967)
  28. Ball the Jack 2:34 (1967)
  29. Till We Meet Again 1:58 (1967)
  30. New Year's Eve 3:17 (1979)
  31. Praying Time Will Soon Be Over 3:15 (1979)
  32. Time To Stop Your Idling 2:33 (1979)
  33. Gaslight Blues 4:50 (1979)
  34. Jenny 2:42 (1979)
  35. Street Blues 2:17 (1979)
  36. Home Sweet Home 2:24 (1979)
  37. Casey Jones 1:49 (1979)
  38. Willie 5:08 (1979)
  39. Boddie's Song 2:18 (1979)
  40. When I'm Gone 4:47 (1979)
  41. Jumpin' Jack 3:29 (1983)
  42. Shake Sugaree 4:28 (1983) Live 1983
  43. Shake Sugaree / Banjo Story, Rattler 5:23 (1983)
  44. Vastopol 4:51 (1983) Live 1983
  45. Guitar Story 4:19 (1983)
  46. Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie 7:13 (1983) Live 1983
  47. Elizabeth Story, et al., Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares For You 7:56 (1983)
  48. Spanish Flangdang 2:44 (1983) Live 1983
  49. 'Til We Meet Again 1:23 (1983) Live 1983
  50. Freight Train 3:48 (1993)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Graduation March 2:33 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  2. I Don't Love Nobody 1:14 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  3. Freight Train 2:46 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  4. Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now 0:57 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  5. Wilson Rag 1:40 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  6. Honey Babe Your Papa Cares for You 2:15 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  7. When I Get Home 2:23 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  8. Run... Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone 2:19 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  9. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 2:12 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  10. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 4:43 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  11. Spanish Flag Dang 2:51 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  12. Vastapol 2:11 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  13. Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck 3:48 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  14. Sweet Bye and Bye / What a Friend We Have in Jesus 3:02 Elizabeth Cotten (1958) guitar
  15. I'm Going Away 3:25 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  16. Buck Dance 1:52 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  17. Boatman Dance 1:47 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  18. Shake Sugaree 5:01 Elizabeth Cotten and Brenda Evans (1967) guitar
  19. Look and Live, My Brother 1:52 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  20. Till We Meet Again 1:58 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  21. Ball the Jack 2:34 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  22. Jesus Is Tenderly Calling 1:39 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  23. Ontario Blues 3:45 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  24. Ruben 2:13 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  25. Washington Blues 3:37 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  26. Fox Chase 3:42 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  27. Shoot That Buffalo 1:40 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  28. Oh, Miss Lulie Gal 1:31 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  29. Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby 1:36 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  30. Jesus Lifted Me 2:08 Elizabeth Cotten (1967) guitar
  31. Casey Jones 1:49 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  32. Street Blues 2:17 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  33. Praying Time Will Soon Be Over 3:15 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  34. Boddie's Song 2:18 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  35. Willie 5:08 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  36. Time To Stop Your Idling 2:33 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  37. Gaslight Blues 4:50 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  38. When I'm Gone 4:47 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar
  39. New Year's Eve 3:17 Elizabeth Cotten (1979) guitar

Vocals

  1. Run... Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone 2:19 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  2. I Don't Love Nobody 1:14 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  3. Freight Train 2:46 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  4. When I Get Home 2:23 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  5. Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck 3:48 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  6. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 4:43 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  7. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 2:12 Elizabeth Cotten (1958)
  8. Boatman Dance 1:47 Elizabeth Cotten (1967)
  9. Shoot That Buffalo 1:40 Elizabeth Cotten (1967)
  10. Oh, Miss Lulie Gal 1:31 Elizabeth Cotten (1967)
  11. When I'm Gone 4:47 Elizabeth Cotten (1979)

Credited as (7)

  1. Elizabeth Cotten
  2. Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda
  3. Elizabeth Cotten and Brenda Evans
  4. Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans
  5. Libba Cotten
  6. Libba Cotten with The New Lost City Ramblers
  7. The New Lost City Ramblers, Highwoods Stringband, Pete Seeger, Libba Cotten

Works (22)

Wrote

  1. Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
  2. Le Train
  3. רכבת המשא
  4. Shake Sugaree
  5. Freight Train

Composed

  1. Ball the Jack (1964 - 1967)
  2. Washington Blues (Jan 1965)
  3. Freight Train
  4. New Year's Eve
  5. Gaslight Blues
  6. Jenny
  7. Street Blues
  8. Willie
  9. Boddie's Song
  10. When I'm Gone
  11. Wilson Rag
  12. Je change un peu de vent
  13. Ontario Blues

Lyrics

  1. Freight Train
  2. Shoot That Buffalo
  3. Willie
  4. When I'm Gone

Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66r4xpx
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/103543900X
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14064688t
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85373137
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85373137

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Elizabeth+Cotten

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/546598

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cotten

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/367082

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000796950

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2719435/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/71598024

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454320

Picture

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