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Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (02:12)

The song "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" by blues/folk guitarist Lead Belly (aka Leadbelly). An old traditional American folk song performed by many artists under the titles "In the Pines," "Black Girl," and,...

Leadbelly - Pick a Bale of Cotton (1945)

Leadbelly - Pick a Bale of Cotton (1945) (02:40)

from ''Three Songs by Leadbelly''

leadbelly - house of the rising sun

leadbelly - house of the rising sun (02:24)

there is a house in new orleans they call the rising sun it's been the ruin of a many a poor girl and me, oh god are one if i had listened like momma said i would not be here today but being so young and foolish too...

Leadbelly Newsreel

Leadbelly Newsreel (03:30)

This is an excerpt from a 1935 March of Time newsreel (produced by Time magazine) which re-enacts Leadbelly's release from Angola Prison, Louisiana. John Lomax plays himself, and Leadbelly performs 'Goodnight Irene'.

Leadbelly:  3 songs, 1945

Leadbelly: 3 songs, 1945 (09:26)

Leadbelly: 3 songs, 1945

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leadbelly's Best Songs

  • 1. Midnight Special
  • 2. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
  • 3. Good Morning Blues
  • 4. Rock Island Line
  • 5. Goodnight Irene
  • 6. The Bourgeois Blues
  • 7. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
  • 8. John Hardy
  • 9. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
  • 10. Big Fat Woman
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