Odetta (American singer Odetta Holmes)

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Work	Writers	Artists	ISWC	Type	Lyrics languages	Attributes	Rating
900 Miles	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Bert Jansch Bob Dylan and The Band Terry Callier Bob Dylan (show 19 more)		Song	English
Another Man Done Gone	Johnny Cash (country music legend) (writer) Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (writer) John A. Lomax (writer) Vera Hall (writer) Ruby Pickens Tartt (writer)	Odetta Johnny Cash Vera Hall Carolina Chocolate Drops (show 17 more)
Baby, I'm in the Mood for You	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Odetta		Song	English
Bald Headed Woman (traditional)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	The Jay Jays Odetta Jay-Jays		Song	English
Battle Hymn of the Republic	Julia Ward Howe (American poet) (lyricist) William Steffe (composer)	Judy Garland Joan Baez Andy Williams Manic Street Preachers (show 92 more)	`T-902.649.618-4` `T-919.809.566-8` `T-919.809.620-7`	Song	English	6962397 (COMPASS ID) 9955103 (COMPASS ID) (show 3 more) 001028 294 99 (SUISA ID)
Blowin’ in the Wind	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Stevie Wonder The Hollies Joan Baez (show 159 more)	`T-070.249.957-7`	Song	English	3941144 (AACIMH ID) 3382265 (ACAM ID) (show 43 more) 000005 868 10 (SUISA ID)
Cool Water	Bob Nolan (Western songwriter) (lyricist, composer)	Marty Robbins Frankie Laine Sons of the Pioneers Hank Williams (show 32 more)	`T-913.782.987-9`	Song	English	GW01218850 (APRA ID) 243956 (BMI ID) (show 12 more) 000090 314 24 (SUISA ID)
Cotton Fields	Huddie William Ledbetter (lyricist, composer)	Creedence Clearwater Revival The Beach Boys Udo Jürgens Johnny Cash (show 35 more)	`T-070.881.176-0`	Song	English	250019 (ACDAM ID) 5282767 (AGADU ID) (show 21 more) 000015 012 63 (SUISA ID)
Deep River	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Johnny Mathis Fats Waller Barbra Streisand Bobby Womack (show 37 more)		Song	English
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right	Bob Dylan (lyricist, composer) Paul Clayton (arranger) Bruce Langhorne (arranger) [traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Bob Dylan Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Elvis Presley (show 104 more)	`T-070.249.989-5`	Song	English	4036989 (ACAM ID) 4879455 (ACAM ID) (show 29 more) 000032 219 44 (SUISA ID)
Down on Me	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Eddie Head and His Family Bob Dylan Odetta Bob Dylan and The Band (show 2 more)		Song	English
Every Night	Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (composer, lyricist)	Paul McCartney Phoebe Snow Jamie Cullum Paul McCartney & Wings (show 11 more)	`T-900.010.945-5`	Song	English	350060525 (ASCAP ID) 647542-001 (GEMA ID) 0E0-1282-1 (JASRAC ID)
Gallows Tree	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	The Dolmen Odetta		Song	English
God’s Gonna Cut You Down	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Pow woW Marilyn Manson (show 6 more)		Song	English
Goodnight Irene	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer) Ledbetter (arranger) John A. Lomax (arranger)	Lead Belly Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard (show 82 more)	`T-070.881.899-8`	Song	English	5035524 (AACIMH ID) 5035524 (ACAM ID) (show 28 more) 000007 116 47 (SUISA ID)
Great Historical Bum	Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (writer)	Bob Dylan Odetta		Song
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Nina Simone Laurie London Andy Williams GroupMusic (show 38 more)		Song	English
Hit or Miss	Odetta (American singer Odetta Holmes) (writer)	Tom Jones Odetta		Song	English
House of the Rising Sun	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Nina Simone Frijid Pink Eric Burdon The Ventures (show 162 more)		Song	English	589048 (BMI ID) 1F3-0155-2 (JASRAC ID)
How Long, How Long Blues	Leroy Carr (composer, lyricist) J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (composer, lyricist)	Ray Charles Lead Belly Leroy Carr Count Basie (show 63 more)	`T-071.396.166-0`	Song	English	4444152 (AGADU ID) 380109944 (ASCAP ID) 15517945 (COMPASS ID) 2452881 (SACVEN ID)
I'm Alabama Bound	Robert Hoffman (Wrote "I'm Alabama Bound") (composer)	The Golden Gate Quartet Delmore Brothers Jelly Roll Morton Lead Belly Odetta		Song
I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain	[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (composer)	Odetta
If Anybody Ask You	Odetta (American singer Odetta Holmes) (writer)	Nils Landgren
If I Had a Hammer	Pete Seeger (writer) Lee Hays (writer)	Trini Lopez Peter, Paul & Mary Pete Seeger Aretha Franklin (show 41 more)	`T-070.918.631-1`	Song	English	3418180 (AACIMH ID) 3418180 (ACAM ID) (show 36 more) 000003 906 38 (SUISA ID)
In the Pines (Black Girl)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys Lead Belly The Louvin Brothers (show 40 more)		Song	English	881313559 (ASCAP ID)
Jim Crow Blues	Huddie William Ledbetter (writer)	Lead Belly Odetta		Song
John the Revelator	Roger McGuinn (lyricist, arranger) [traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer) Camilla McGuinn (lyricist, arranger)	Roger McGuinn with Jean Ritchie and Odetta Roger McGuinn	`T-071.284.770-5`	Song	English	5121305 (APA ID) 3938203 (APDAYC ID) (show 15 more) 5768826 (SPA ID)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Elvis Presley Mahalia Jackson The Golden Gate Quartet Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires (show 61 more)		Song	English
Julie Ann Johnson	Huddie William Ledbetter (writer)	Lead Belly Odetta		Song
Listening to Old Voices	John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter) (lyricist, composer)	John Hiatt Odetta	`T-700.037.803-2`	Song	English	876490 (BMI ID)
Lo and Behold	James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) (composer, lyricist)	James Taylor Cold Blood Duo Odetta (show 5 more)	`T-070.269.057-0`	Song	English
Long Ago, Far Away	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Odetta Bob Dylan	`T-070.250.060-4`	Song	English
Long Time Gone	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Odetta	`T-070.250.061-5`	Song	English
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor	Bunk Johnson (arranger) [traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers Sidney Bechet David Bromberg Jimmy Yancey (show 12 more)		Song
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)	Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer) (composer, lyricist)	Three Dog Night Tom Jones with Stereophonics Randy Newman The Wolfgang Press (show 17 more)	`T-071.066.671-9`	Song	English	4038493 (AACIMH ID) 4038493 (ACAM ID) (show 31 more) 000263 049 06 (SUISA ID)	5
Masters of War	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Pearl Jam Odetta Roger Taylor (show 33 more)	`T-070.250.071-7`	Song	English	291380 (ACDAM ID) 5161250 (AGADU ID) (show 26 more) 000159 467 72 (SUISA ID)	5
Midnight Special	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Lead Belly ABBA Johnny Rivers Paul McCartney (show 39 more)		Song	English
Motherless Child	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer, composer, lyricist)	Eric Clapton Sarah Vaughan Fats Waller Tom Jones with Portishead (show 89 more)		Song	English
Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan (lyricist, composer)	The Byrds Bob Dylan Melanie Roger McGuinn (show 95 more)	`T-042.625.833-4` `T-070.250.077-3`	Song	English	291386 (ACDAM ID) 5161468 (AGADU ID) (show 23 more) 000005 880 20 (SUISA ID)
New Genious (Brother)	Odetta Gordon (writer) Damon Albarn (writer)	Gorillaz More Tsua
No Expectations	Mick Jagger (writer) Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (writer)	The Rolling Stones Johnny Cash Joan Baez Cowboy Junkies (show 33 more)	`T-010.065.524-0`	Song	English	6143913 (AGADU ID) 16192101 (AKM ID) (show 22 more) 000169 741 72 (SUISA ID)
No More Auction Block	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer) Bob Dylan (arranger)	Bob Dylan Pete Seeger Odetta	`T-070.250.085-3`	Song		291394 (ACDAM ID) 5161634 (AGADU ID) (show 23 more) 001940 749 49 (SUISA ID)
No More Auction Block for Me	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Odetta Sweet Honey in the Rock			English
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out	Jimmy Cox (lyricist, composer)	Eric Clapton Nina Simone Derek and the Dominos Bessie Smith (show 72 more)	`T-070.271.782-5` `T-926.324.618-0`	Song	English	440033214 (ASCAP ID) 10266539 (COMPASS ID) (show 7 more) 226548J (PRS tune code)
One Grain of Sand	Pete Seeger (lyricist, composer)	Pete Seeger Odetta	`T-700.050.760-0`	Song		267435301 (AKM ID) 3493121 (APDAYC ID) (show 9 more) 362.736 (SGAE ID)
Pastures of Plenty	Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (composer, lyricist)	Woody Guthrie Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls Bob Dylan Lila Downs (show 18 more)		Song	English
Paths of Victory	Bob Dylan (lyricist, composer)	Bob Dylan The Byrds Cat Power Odetta	`T-070.250.094-4`	Song	English
Ramblin’ Round	Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (writer)	Woody Guthrie Bob Dylan Linda Ronstadt Arlo Guthrie (show 4 more)		Song	English
Roberta	Huddie William Ledbetter (writer)	Lead Belly Odetta	`T-700.058.464-7`	Song
Rock Island Line	Lead Belly (lyricist, composer)	Johnny Cash Lead Belly Lonnie Donegan Mano Negra (show 40 more)	`T-070.940.053-2`	Song	English	35808801 (AKM ID) 4232499 (APDAYC ID) (show 6 more) 240372 (SPA ID)
Sail Away Lady	Roger McGuinn (lyricist, composer)	Roger McGuinn with Odetta Roger McGuinn	`T-072.337.900-7`	Song	English	5130940 (APA ID) GW38109696 (APRA ID) (show 10 more) 003164 459 66 (SUISA ID)
Saro Jane	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	The Kingston Trio Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Odetta The Red Clay Ramblers (show 3 more)		Song
See See Rider Blues	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Elvis Presley Lead Belly Grateful Dead LaVern Baker (show 31 more)		Song	English	0C0-0001-0 (JASRAC ID)
Special Delivery Blues	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Odetta		Song	English
Take Me to the Pilot	Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) (composer) Bernie Taupin (lyricist)	Elton John Elton John with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Elton John & Billy Joel Taron Egerton (show 15 more)	`T-010.440.895-8` `T-070.183.359-1`	Song	English	4649370 (AGADU ID) 20116701 (AKM ID) (show 22 more) 000300 698 13 (SUISA ID)
The Boll Weevil	Huddie William Ledbetter (writer)	Lead Belly Dan Zanes feat. Aloe Blacc & Pauline Jean Odetta Dan Zanes & Kyla Middleton	`T-070.246.391-9`	Song
The Bourgeois Blues	Lead Belly (lyricist, composer) Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (arranger) John A. Lomax (arranger)	Lead Belly Ry Cooder Pete Seeger Taj Mahal (show 8 more)	`T-070.234.865-9`	Song	English
The Times They Are A‐Changin’	Bob Dylan (lyricist, composer)	Bob Dylan The Byrds Simon & Garfunkel Nina Simone (show 86 more)	`T-070.250.142-5`	Song	English	5113642 (AACIMH ID) 5113642 (ACAM ID) (show 39 more) 000032 228 43 (SUISA ID)
The Virgin Mary	Roger McGuinn (lyricist, composer)	Roger McGuinn with Odetta	`T-071.284.772-7`	Song	English	5142786 (APA ID) 3938205 (APDAYC ID) (show 12 more) 5748387 (SPA ID)
There’s a Hole in the Bucket	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer, lyricist, composer) Harry Belafonte (arranger) Odetta Gordon (arranger)	Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte and Odetta Harry Belafonte & Odetta [traditional] & Donald Marrow (show 5 more)	`T-071.432.353-1`	Song	English
This Little Light of Mine	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer) Robert A. Harris (arranger) Harry Dixon Loes (composer) Avis Christiansen (lyricist) Boosey & Hawkes (publishing)	Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band Dionne Warwick Bruce Springsteen Sam Cooke (show 30 more)		Song	English
Tomorrow Is a Long Time	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Rod Stewart Elvis Presley Sandy Denny (show 32 more)	`T-070.250.145-8`	Song	English	291454 (ACDAM ID) 5163468 (AGADU ID) (show 28 more) 000084 017 16 (SUISA ID)
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread	Bernie Hanighen (writer)	Sister Rosetta Tharpe acc. by Sam Price Trio Benny Goodman Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Evelyn Knight (show 2 more)		Song
Walkin’ Down the Line	Bob Dylan (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Joan Baez Odetta The Country Gentlemen (show 10 more)	`T-070.250.158-3`	Song	English
Water Boy (Avery Robinson arrangement)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer) Avery Robinson (arranger)	Harry Belafonte Odetta Fats Waller Paul Robeson Roger Whittaker	`T-070.197.654-6`	Song	English
Whoa Back, Buck	Huddie William Ledbetter (writer)	Lead Belly Dan Zanes feat. Donald Saaf with Isak Saaf & Olaf Saaf Odetta	`T-700.080.400-4`	Song
With God on Our Side	Bob Dylan (lyricist, composer) Liam Clancy (lyricist) Tom Clancy (singer) (lyricist) Patrick "Paddy" Clancy (lyricist) (show 3 more)	Bob Dylan Joan Baez Odetta The Neville Brothers (show 17 more)	`T-070.250.173-2`	Song	English	291482 (ACDAM ID) 5164084 (AGADU ID) (show 21 more) 000084 021 25 (SUISA ID)
You Don’t Know My Mind	Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (writer) Virginia Liston (blues singer) (writer) Sam Gray (Vaudeville performer) (writer)	Hugh Laurie Ella Fitzgerald Lead Belly Etta Jones Odetta		Song	English	550017257 (ASCAP ID)

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