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Robert Nighthawk (30 Nov 1909 - 05 Nov 1967)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (9)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1937-1940 1990 (as Robert Lee McCoy)
  2. The Bluebird Recordings 1937-1938 29 Apr 1997 (as Robert Lee McCoy)
  3. Bricks in My Pillow 22 Sep 1998
  4. Prowling Night Hawk: The Complete Robert Lee McCoy 11 Jul 2000 (as Robert Lee McCoy)
  5. Sweet Black Angel 2000
  6. Prowling With the Nighthawk 2004
  7. Ramblin' Bob 2004 (as Prowling Night-Hawk)

Album - Live

  1. Live on Maxwell Street - 1964 14 Feb 1992

Single

  1. Return Mail Blues / My Sweet Lovin' Woman 1951

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Nighthawks original

Recordings by (168)

  1. Return Mail Blues ?:?? (1951)
  2. My Sweet Lovin' Woman ?:?? (1951)
  3. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) 3:03 (05 Jul 1988)
  4. Black Angel Blues 3:04 (1989)
  5. Sweet Black Angel 3:03 (11 Jan 1990)
  6. Anna Lee 3:13 (11 Jan 1990)
  7. Jackson Town Gal 2:51 (11 Jan 1990)
  8. Tough Luck 3:18 (1990)
  9. Lonesome World 2:41 (1990)
  10. G-Man 2:39 (1990)
  11. Don't Mistreat Your Woman 2:36 (1990)
  12. Prowling Nighthawk 3:09 (1990)
  13. Sweet Pepper Mama 2:48 (1990)
  14. My Friend Has Foresaken Me 3:13 (1990)
  15. Mean Black Cat 2:49 (1990)
  16. Brickyard 3:25 (1990)
  17. Mamie Lee 3:02 (1990)
  18. Take It Easy Baby 2:32 (1990)
  19. I Have Spent My Bonus 2:59 (1990)
  20. CNA 3:27 (1990)
  21. Every Day and Night 3:26 (1990)
  22. Ol' Mose 3:23 (1990)
  23. You're All I've Got to Live For 3:36 (1990)
  24. She's Got What It Takes 3:27 (1990)
  25. Next-Door Neighbor 2:51 (1990)
  26. Big Apple Blues 3:12 (1990)
  27. Freight Train Blues 3:11 (1990)
  28. Good Gamblin' 3:11 (1990)
  29. Gonna Keep It for My Daddy 2:21 (1990)
  30. Never Leave Me 2:49 (1990)
  31. Mama Don't Allow Me to Stay Out All Night Long 2:43 (1990)
  32. Friar's Point Blues 2:50 (1990)
  33. Mr. Bell’s Shuffle 1:37 (14 Feb 1992)
  34. Goin' Down to Eli's 4:53 (14 Feb 1992)
  35. The Time Have Come 5:08 (14 Feb 1992)
  36. Yakity Yak 3:35 (14 Feb 1992)
  37. Nighthawk Shuffle 1:55 (14 Feb 1992)
  38. Take It Easy Baby 3:58 (14 Feb 1992)
  39. Maxwell Street (medley) 6:53 (14 Feb 1992)
  40. Burning Heat 2:20 (14 Feb 1992)
  41. I Need Love So Bad 5:20 (14 Feb 1992)
  42. Excerpts From Interview/Kansas City 13:19 (14 Feb 1992)
  43. My Sweet Lovin’ Woman 2:49 (02 Feb 1993)
  44. Murderin' Blues 4:53 (15 Apr 1993)
  45. Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel 7:12 (15 Apr 1993)
  46. Maxwell Street Medley 6:54 (15 Nov 1993)
  47. Kansas City 2:44 (1993)
  48. Maggie Campbell 3:23 (23 Nov 1994)
  49. Crowing Rooster Blues 2:57 (23 Nov 1994)
  50. I'm Getting Tired 3:54 (23 Nov 1994)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. I Know You Gonna Miss Me 3:04 Big Joe Williams (Jun 1937) guitar
  2. Brother James 2:55 Big Joe Williams (Jun 1937) guitar
  3. I Won’t Be in Hard Luck No More 2:39 Big Joe Williams (Jul 1937) guitar
  4. Rootin’ Ground Hog 3:01 Big Joe Williams (Jul 1937) guitar
  5. Sugar Mama Blues 2:58 Sonny Boy Williamson (1937) guitar
  6. Good Morning Little School Girl 3:01 Sonny Boy Williamson (1937) guitar
  7. Christmas Morning Blues 3:24 Sonny Boy Williamson (1938) guitar
  8. Rainy Day Blues 3:20 Sonny Boy Williamson (1938) guitar
  9. Number Five Blues 3:30 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  10. The Right Kind of Life 3:22 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  11. Susie-Q 3:13 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  12. Insurance Man Blues 3:18 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  13. Goodbye, Red 3:10 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  14. Little Girl Blues 3:19 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  15. Low Down Ways 3:13 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  16. Blue Bird Blues - Part 2 3:23 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) guitar
  17. Got the Bottle Up and Gone 2:33 Sonny Boy Williamson (1985) guitar
  18. Jackson Blues 2:58 Sonny Boy Williamson (1985) guitar
  19. Blue Bird Blues 3:07 Sonny Boy Williamson (1985) guitar
  20. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) 3:03 Robert Nighthawk (05 Jul 1988) guitar
  21. Drop Down (I Don’t Feel Welcome Here) 2:44 Sleepy John Estes (1990) harmonica
  22. Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom’s Blues) 2:25 Sleepy John Estes (1990) harmonica
  23. Jailhouse Blues 2:56 Sleepy John Estes (1990) harmonica
  24. Mailman Blues 2:55 Sleepy John Estes (1990) harmonica
  25. She’s Leaving Me 2:44 Walter Jacobs (1991) harmonica
  26. If You Take Me Back 2:46 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) harmonica
  27. Rosa Lee Blues 2:48 Walter Jacobs (1991) harmonica
  28. You Know What You Promised Me 3:10 Walter Jacobs (1991) harmonica
  29. I’m Through With You 2:34 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) harmonica
  30. Skinny Woman 3:00 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  31. When You Said Goodbye 2:41 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) harmonica
  32. I Love You Baby 2:59 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) harmonica
  33. Can’t Get a Word in Edgeways 3:04 Walter Jacobs (1991) harmonica
  34. Night Flight 3:19 Buddy Guy (1991) guitar
  35. Gulf Coast Bay 3:05 Walter Jacobs (1991) harmonica
  36. Every Dog Must Have His Day 3:05 Walter Jacobs (1991) harmonica
  37. Welfare Blues 3:19 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  38. Do the Georgia 3:10 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  39. Kansas City 2:44 Robert Nighthawk (1993) guitar
  40. Down on the Levee 3:14 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  41. Louise Baltimore Blues 3:15 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  42. Try Me One More Time 3:29 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  43. You Got to Fix It 3:14 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  44. Early in the Morning 3:25 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  45. What Makes You Treat Me Mean 3:10 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  46. Take It Easy 3:06 Speckled Red (1993) guitar
  47. So Unkind 3:12 Willie Hatcher (1993) guitar

Vocals

  1. Got the Bottle Up and Gone 2:33 Sonny Boy Williamson (1985)
  2. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) 3:03 Robert Nighthawk (05 Jul 1988)
  3. Kansas City 2:44 Robert Nighthawk (1993)

Credited as (20)

  1. Robert Nighthawk
  2. Robert Nighthawk & Carey Bell
  3. Robert Lee McCoy
  4. Robert Nighthawk & Forrest City Joe
  5. Robert Nighthawk & Kansas Joe McCoy
  6. Robert Nighthawk & Big Joe McCoy
  7. Robert Nighthawk & The Blues Rhythm Boys
  8. Robert Nighthawk with Carey "Ditty" Mason
  9. Big Walter Horton & Robert Nighthawk
  10. Robert Nighthawk feat. Buddy Guy
  11. Prowling Night-Hawk
  12. Rambling Bob
  13. Peetie's Boy
  14. The Nighthawks
  15. Nighthawks
  16. Robert Nighthawk & His Nighthawks Band
  17. Robert Night Hawk
  18. Robert Nighthawk with Little Walter
  19. Walter Davis / Robert Nighthawk
  20. Robert Nighthawk & Walter Vincson

Works (4)

Wrote

  1. Anna Lee

Composed

  1. Someday
  2. I’m Gonna Move to Kansas City

Lyrics

  1. I’m Gonna Move to Kansas City

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105969
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/robert_nighthawk

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-8492/robert-nighthawk/lyrics.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/949081
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1421009
  3. https://www.discogs.com/artist/328160

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000282304

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/56696398

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704710