Sonny Terry

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Work	Writers	Artists	ISWC	Type	Lyrics languages	Attributes
Back to New Orleans	Sonny Terry (composer) Brownie McGhee (composer)	Lightnin’ Hopkins		Song	English
Big Wind (Is A’ Comin’)	Mighty Mo Rodgers (composer, lyricist, keyboardist and producer) (writer) Gillian Michaels (writer)	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		Song	English
Blues Before Sunrise	Leroy Carr (composer, lyricist)	Ray Charles John Lee Hooker Eric Clapton Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell (show 6 more)		Song	English
Bring It On Home to Me	Sam Cooke (lyricist, composer)	The Animals Sam Cooke Eddie Floyd Percy Sledge (show 108 more)	`T-070.233.152-9`	Song	English	308540 (ACDAM ID) 5240279 (AGADU ID) (show 22 more) 000001 269 52 (SUISA ID)
Conversation Blues	Lightnin’ Hopkins (writer) Sonny Terry (writer)	Lightnin’ Hopkins		Song	English
Cumberland Gap	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Lonnie Donegan Woody Guthrie The Vipers Skiffle Group Pete Seeger (show 32 more)		Song	English
Custard Pie	Sonny Terry (writer)	Van Morrison	`T-700.008.063-9`	Song	English	267181 (BMI ID)
Fighting a Losing Battle	Sonny Terry (writer) Brownie McGhee (writer)	Bintangs The Bintangs		Song	English
Go Tell Aunt Rhody	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Pete Seeger Woody Guthrie Unto Ashes Almeda Riddle (show 8 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 84 more)	`T-070.881.899-8`	Song	English	5035524 (AACIMH ID) 5035524 (ACAM ID) (show 28 more) 000007 116 47 (SUISA ID)
Hard Travelin’	Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (writer)	Woody Guthrie Bob Dylan Pete Seeger Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (show 11 more)		Song	English
High Powered Woman	Sonny Terry (composer, lyricist)	Jerry Lee Lewis	`T-700.021.909-2`	Song	English
How Long, How Long Blues	Leroy Carr (composer, lyricist) J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (lyricist, composer)	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 Crazy ’Bout You Baby	Sonny Terry (writer)	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		Song	English
Jackhammer Blues	Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (lyricist, composer)	Woody Guthrie Lindisfarne Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie feat. Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry	`T-700.031.727-3`	Song	English
Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues, Part 1	Jim Jackson (African American blues and hokum singer) (writer)	Jim Jackson Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Janis Joplin, Jorma Kaukonen & Margaretta Kaukonen		Song	English
John Henry	Lead Belly (arranger) [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (writer)	Lead Belly Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	`T-700.032.686-5`	Song
Key to the Highway	Big Bill Broonzy (writer) Charles Segar (writer)	Eric Clapton Derek and the Dominos Big Bill Broonzy The Rolling Stones (show 38 more)		Song	English	799986 (BMI ID)
Meeting at the Building	Huddie William Ledbetter (arranger, writer)	Lead Belly The Lunenberg Travelers, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie Bob Wallis' Washboard Beaters	`T-700.043.085-5`	Song		247459701 (AKM ID) 3501839 (APDAYC ID) (show 9 more) 003345 530 79 (SUISA ID)
Midnight Special	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Lead Belly ABBA Johnny Rivers Paul McCartney (show 39 more)		Song	English
New York Town	Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (lyricist, composer)	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Arlo Guthrie & Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with Sonny Terry	`T-700.047.800-4`	Song	English	1061397 (BMI ID)
People Get Ready	Curtis Mayfield (composer, lyricist)	The Impressions U2 Aretha Franklin Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (show 106 more)	`T-070.242.872-5`	Song	English	298901 (ACDAM ID) 6147734 (AGADU ID) (show 25 more) 000027 165 22 (SUISA ID)
Pick a Bale of Cotton	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Lead Belly ABBA Johnny Cash Joe Dassin (show 8 more)		Song	English
Pistol Slapper Blues	Fulton Allen (lyricist, composer)	Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry Rory Gallagher		Song	English
Poor Howard	Huddie William Ledbetter (writer)	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Lead Belly	`T-700.054.389-7`	Song
Sail Away	Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer) (composer, lyricist)	Randy Newman Joe Cocker Linda Ronstadt Ray Charles (show 5 more)	`T-071.070.675-4`	Song	English	4600063 (AGADU ID) 27371502 (AKM ID) (show 18 more) 000287 066 75 (SUISA ID)
The Titanic (aka "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down")	William & Versey Smith (publishing) [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (writer)	Woody Guthrie William & Versey Smith William and Versey Smith Ernest Stoneman (show 6 more)		Song	English
the way i feel	Sonny Terry (writer) Brownie McGhee (writer) Andy Gold (arranger) James Clyde (arranger)	the bunch.		Song	English
Walk On	Sonny Terry (writer) Brownie McGhee (writer)	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Lloyd Spiegel Chris Bailey Ruthie Foster Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi		Song	English
Walking Away Blues	Ry Cooder (composer) Sonny Terry (composer)	Ry Cooder Nei Lisboa
We Shall Be Free	Huddie William Ledbetter (composer, lyricist)	Garth Brooks Woody Guthrie Lead Belly & Woody Guthrie Lead Belly (show 3 more)	`T-700.078.107-9`	Song
Whoopin’ (Whoopin’ the Blues)	Sonny Terry (writer)	Tom Walbank		Song	English

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