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Sleepy John Estes (25 Jan 1899 - 05 Jun 1977)

Male Person - United States

Releases (26)

Official

Album

  1. The Legend of Sleepy John Estes 1962
  2. Broke and Hungry 1964
  3. Electric Sleep 1991
  4. Brownsville Blues 1992
  5. Goin’ to Brownsville 1998
  6. Blues At Home 11 15 Oct 2013

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 24 September 1929 to 2 August 1937 1990
  2. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 2 August 1937 to 24 September 1941 1990
  3. I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More: 1929-1941 01 May 1992
  4. The Blues Collection: Sleepy John Estes, Drop Down Mama 1995
  5. The Blues: From Memphis to Chicago 1929‐1941 1997
  6. The Essential 03 Apr 2001
  7. Someday Baby Blues 2004
  8. Someday Baby: The Essential Recordings of Sleepy John Estes 05 Feb 2007
  9. Sleepy John Estes 17 Feb 2015

Single

  1. Diving Duck Blues / The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair Dec 1929 (as John Estes)
  2. Milk Cow Blues / Street Car Blues 10 Oct 1930 (as John Estes)
  3. Poor John Blues / Whatcha Doin’ 12 Dec 1930 (as John Estes)
  4. Down South Blues / Stop That Thing Aug 1935
  5. Married Woman Blues / Drop Down Mama Nov 1935
  6. Someday Baby Blues / Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues Mar 1937
  7. Government Money / I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More Feb 1938
  8. Liquor Store Blues / Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) Aug 1938
  9. Easin' Back to Tennessee / Clean Up at Home Oct 1938
  10. Everybody Oughta Make a Change / Fire Department Blues Mar 1939

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. The Delta Boys

Recordings by (197)

  1. Diving Duck Blues 3:16 (Dec 1929)
  2. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair 2:57 (Dec 1929)
  3. Milk Cow Blues 3:04 (10 Oct 1930)
  4. Street Car Blues 1:54 (10 Oct 1930)
  5. Whatcha Doin’ ?:?? (12 Dec 1930)
  6. Poor John Blues ?:?? (12 Dec 1930)
  7. Down South Blues 3:09 (Aug 1935)
  8. Stop That Thing 2:44 (Aug 1935)
  9. Married Woman Blues ?:?? (Nov 1935)
  10. Drop Down Mama 3:11 (Nov 1935)
  11. Someday Baby Blues 3:01 (Mar 1937)
  12. Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues ?:?? (Mar 1937)
  13. Government Money ?:?? (Feb 1938)
  14. I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More ?:?? (Feb 1938)
  15. Liquor Store Blues ?:?? (Aug 1938)
  16. Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) ?:?? (Aug 1938)
  17. Easin' Back to Tennessee ?:?? (Oct 1938)
  18. Clean Up at Home ?:?? (Oct 1938)
  19. Everybody Oughta Make a Change ?:?? (Mar 1939)
  20. Fire Department Blues ?:?? (Mar 1939)
  21. Someday Baby 2:44 (1962)
  22. Rats in My Kitchen 3:38 (1962)
  23. Diving Duck Blues 3:49 (1962)
  24. Death Valley Blues 2:23 (1962)
  25. Who's Been Telling You, Buddy Brown 2:55 (1962)
  26. You Got to Go 2:55 (1962)
  27. I'd Been Well Warned 2:37 (1962)
  28. Broke and Hungry 4:32 (1964)
  29. Black Mattie 4:26 (1964)
  30. 3:00 Morning Blues 2:49 (1964)
  31. Beale Street Sugar 3:54 (1964)
  32. Olie-Blues 4:27 (1964)
  33. So Glad I’m Livin’ 2:37 (1964)
  34. Freedom Loan 4:48 (1964)
  35. The Girl I Love 3:56 (1964)
  36. Electric Chair 4:14 (1964)
  37. Sleepy John’s Twist 2:44 (1964)
  38. Lawyer Clark Blues 3:06 (1965)
  39. Little Laura Blues 2:28 (1965)
  40. Need More Blues 3:10 (1969)
  41. President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long 4:00 (1969)
  42. City Hall Blues 4:50 (1973)
  43. Registration Day Blues 3:11 (1976)
  44. I'm Tearing Little Daddy 2:03 (1986)
  45. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair 2:58 (1989)
  46. Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty, Too 3:19 (1990)
  47. Stack O' Dollars 3:04 (1990)
  48. Mary Come on Home 2:21 (1990)
  49. Vernila Blues 3:08 (1990)
  50. Black Mattie Blues 3:23 (1990)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Milk Cow Blues 3:04 Sleepy John Estes (10 Oct 1930) guitar
  2. Expressman Blues 3:01 Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell (1952) guitar
  3. Drop Down Mama 5:19 Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary (1971) guitar
  4. President Kennedy 4:38 Ry Cooder (1972) guitar
  5. City Hall Blues 4:50 Sleepy John Estes (1973) guitar
  6. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair 2:58 Sleepy John Estes (1989) guitar
  7. Whatcha Doin'? 3:02 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  8. You Shouldn’t Do That 2:32 The Delta Boys (1990) guitar
  9. Poor John Blues 2:51 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  10. Hobo Jungle Blues 2:54 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  11. Black Mattie Blues 3:23 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  12. Drop Down (I Don’t Feel Welcome Here) 2:44 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  13. Jack and Jill Blues 2:39 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  14. Working Man Blues 2:56 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  15. Airplane Blues 2:53 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  16. Time Is Drawing Near 2:22 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  17. I Wanta Tear It All the Time 3:01 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  18. Vernila Blues 3:08 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  19. Sweet Mama 2:58 Yank Rachell (1990) guitar
  20. My Black Gal Blues 3:02 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  21. Mary Come on Home 2:21 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  22. Expressman Blues 3:01 Yank Rachell (1990) guitar
  23. Easin’ Back to Tennessee 2:41 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  24. Mailman Blues 2:55 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  25. Little Sarah 3:10 Yank Rachell (1990) guitar
  26. Jailhouse Blues 2:56 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  27. New Someday Baby 2:48 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar
  28. Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom’s Blues) 2:25 Sleepy John Estes (1990) guitar

Vocals

  1. Milk Cow Blues 3:04 Sleepy John Estes (10 Oct 1930)
  2. Drop Down Mama 5:19 Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary (1971)
  3. President Kennedy 4:38 Ry Cooder (1972)
  4. City Hall Blues 4:50 Sleepy John Estes (1973) lead vocals
  5. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair 2:58 Sleepy John Estes (1989)
  6. Mailman Blues 2:55 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  7. Time Is Drawing Near 2:22 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  8. Jailhouse Blues 2:56 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  9. Don’t You Want to Know 3:10 The Delta Boys (1990) lead vocals
  10. Airplane Blues 2:53 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  11. Jack and Jill Blues 2:39 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  12. Poor Man’s Friend (T Model) 3:08 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  13. I Wanta Tear It All the Time 3:01 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  14. Drop Down (I Don’t Feel Welcome Here) 2:44 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  15. Poor John Blues 2:51 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  16. New Someday Baby 2:48 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  17. Vernila Blues 3:08 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  18. Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty, Too 3:19 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  19. Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom’s Blues) 2:25 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  20. Floating Bridge 3:12 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  21. Whatcha Doin'? 3:02 Sleepy John Estes (1990)
  22. My Black Gal Blues 3:02 Sleepy John Estes (1990)

Credited as (23)

  1. Sleepy John Estes
  2. Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary
  3. Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
  4. Yank Rachell with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones
  5. Sleepy John Estes & The Delta Boys
  6. Sleepy John Estes, intro. by Lena Spencer
  7. Blind Willie McTell / Sleepy John Estes
  8. Hammie Nixon & Sleepy John Estes
  9. Sleepy John Estes with Yank Rachell
  10. Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon
  11. Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Sleepy John Estes, Brownie McGhee
  12. Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachell, Hammie Nixon
  13. ‘Sleepy’ John Estes
  14. John Estes
  15. John Estes and James Rachel
  16. Sleepy John Estes with Noah Lewis, Yank Rachel / Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers
  17. Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon
  18. Memphis Piano Red feat. Sleepy John Estes
  19. Sleepy John Estes feat. Hammie Nixon
  20. Hammie Nixon feat. Sleepy John Estes
  21. Sleepy John Estes And Yank Rachell
  22. Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon with 憂歌団
  23. Hammie Nixon & "Sleepy" John Adam Estes

Works (40)

Arranged

  1. Milk Cow Blues
  2. Le Blues de la vache à lait

Wrote

  1. Everybody Oughta Make a Change
  2. Stop That Thing
  3. City Hall Blues
  4. Black Mattie
  5. You Give an Account
  6. Goin' to Brownsville
  7. Worried Life Blues
  8. Ax Sweet Mama
  9. President Kennedy
  10. Vernitas Blues
  11. Sloppy Drunk
  12. Kidman Blues

Composed

  1. Someday Baby Blues
  2. Everybody Oughta Make a Change
  3. Drop Down Mama
  4. Clean Up at Home
  5. Floating Bridge
  6. Trouble No More
  7. Airplane Blues
  8. Trouble No More
  9. Drop Down Daddy
  10. Diving Duck Blues
  11. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
  12. Someday Baby

Lyrics

  1. Everybody Oughta Make a Change
  2. Clean Up at Home
  3. Drop Down Mama
  4. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
  5. Airplane Blues
  6. Le Blues de la vache à lait
  7. Drop Down Daddy
  8. Someday Baby
  9. Trouble No More
  10. Trouble No More
  11. Diving Duck Blues
  12. Milk Cow Blues
  13. Someday Baby Blues
  14. Floating Bridge

Links (18)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sleepy_john_estes
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104491
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1036183
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139318397
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84022114
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84022114
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6np4fh7
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134368894

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/71160

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307408

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000022845

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/5121080

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754823

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/22

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/57533
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/00UuF3fAevVz8L0f1WfiQ6

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/1389129

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3bef5827-7f0e-4011-8f3c-50cf29bb187e