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	Black Betty
		Writers: Huddie Ledbetter Published: Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. From: Leadbelly - Negro Sinful Songs Sung by Leadbelly (5x78rpm, US) Source: Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk Notes: Writing credits for this song are sometimes given as 'traditional'. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion recorded a cover of this track (VIEW LYRICS) for a Volkswagen advert [LINK] which also appears on a split 7" single with the Melvins (VIEW RELEASE). Although the earliest known recording is by James Iron Head Baker and Group (1933) the Blues Explosion version has more in common with the Leadbelly adaption (VIEW RELEASE) and the most well-known rock arrangement of the song is by Ram Jam (VIEW RELEASE / VIEW LYRICS).
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