| recordings |
|---|
| 1926-06-21 | John Henry | | Ernest V. Stoneman | ?:?? |
| 1927-04-26 | Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand | | Williamson Brothers and Curry | 3:26 |
| 1927-06-30 | John Henry | | Henry Thomas | 2:46 |
| 1931-05-20 | John Henry Blues | | Two Poor Boys | 2:49 |
| 1949 | John Henry | | John Lee Hooker | 3:11 |
| 1950-01-10 | John Henry Blues | | Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra | 2:59 |
| 1956-05 | John Henry | instrumental and live | Charlie Monroe | 1:26 |
| 1956-09-26 | John Henry | instrumental | Snuffy Jenkins | 1:36 |
| 1956-09-26 | John Henry | instrumental | Snuffy Jenkins | 1:12 |
| 1958-06-14 | John Henry | | Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys | 0:54 |
| 1958 | John Henry | instrumental | The Ramsey Lewis Trio | 2:26 |
| 1958 | John Henry (Alternative Take) | instrumental | The Ramsey Lewis Trio | 2:31 |
| 1959-08-02 | John Henry | live | Bill Monroe | 1:37 |
| 1959 | John Henry (live) | live | Earl Scruggs & Hylo Brown & The Timberliners | 2:54 |
| 1960-08-11 | John Henry | instrumental | Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | 2:06 |
| 1961-04 | John Henry | | Furry Lewis | 5:51 |
| 1962-04 | John Henry | | Mississippi Fred McDowell | 3:09 |
| 1963-09-17 | John Henry | | Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys | 2:14 |
| 1963-11-16 | John Henry | live | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 2:44 |
| 1967 | John Henry | | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | 1:50 |
| 1969-08-01 | John Henry | live | Mississippi Fred McDowell | 4:39 |
| 1975-05-17 | John Henry | live | Bill Monroe | 2:23 |
| 1975 | John Henry | cover | Van Morrison | 5:49 |
| 1979-06-16 | John Henry | live | Bill Monroe | 2:15 |
| 1988-02-20 | John Henry, the Steel Drivin' Man | live | The Johnson Mountain Boys | 1:52 |
| 1989-07-30 | John Henry | live | Bill Monroe | ?:?? |
| 1989-07-30 | John Henry | live | Bill Monroe | 2:52 |
| 1995-04-13 – 1995-04-14 | John Henry | live | Dry Branch Fire Squad | 2:22 |
| 1997-10-25 | John Henry | | John Jackson | 3:23 |
| 2002-04-23 – 2002-04-25 | John Henry | instrumental | The Little Grasscals | 2:55 |
| 2006-04-08 | John Henry | live | Garrison Keillor & The Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band | 3:21 |
| John Henry | | Krüger Brothers | 3:40 |
| John Henry | instrumental | The Kentucky Colonels | 2:54 |
| John Henry | instrumental | Mike Scott | 3:18 |
| John Henry | | Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys | 1:33 |
| John Henry | | Josh White | 3:09 |
| John Henry | | Hot Rize | 1:48 |
| John Henry | | Crary & Hoppers | 2:44 |
| John Henry | | The Del McCoury Band | 2:50 |
| John Henry | instrumental | Kenny Baker & Josh Graves | 2:44 |
| John Henry | | Foghorn Stringband | 3:11 |
| John Henry | | Cécile McLorin Salvant | 5:14 |
| John Henry | | Big Bill Broonzy | 3:21 |
| John Henry | | Merle Travis | 3:07 |
| John Henry | | Pete Seeger | 4:31 |
| John Henry | cover | Danny Cox | ?:?? |
| John Henry | | DeFord Bailey | 3:09 |
| John Henry | | Dock Boggs | 3:32 |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? |
| John Henry | cover | "Tennessee" Ernie Ford | ?:?? |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 2:55 |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 2:57 |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1:23 |
| John Henry | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 2:57 |
| John Henry | | DeFord Bailey | 0:46 |
| John Henry | | Merle Travis | 3:04 |
| John Henry | | Big Bill Broonzy | ?:?? |
| John Henry | | The Down Hill Strugglers | 3:51 |
| John Henry | | Roscoe Holcomb | 4:28 |
| John Henry | | The Bluegrass Band | 2:30 |
| John Henry | instrumental | Charlie Cline | 1:49 |
| John Henry | | Peter La Farge | 4:52 |
| John Henry | | Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson | 2:20 |
| John Henry | | James Roberts | 0:51 |
| John Henry | | Joe Glazer | 4:00 |
| John Henry | | Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys | 1:29 |
| John Henry | | Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys | 3:09 |
| John Henry | | Johnny Cash | 2:51 |
| John Henry | cover | Oran Etkin | 4:02 |
| John Henry | | Scotty Anderson | 3:37 |
| John Henry | | Billy Bragg & Joe Henry | 2:42 |
| John Henry | cover | Buell Kazee | 2:28 |
| John Henry (Dakota Demo) | cover | John Lennon | 1:02 |
| John Henry (live) | | Pete Seeger | 4:10 |
| John Henry / Let Your Hammer Ring | | Frank Tovey | 5:02 |
| John Henry, the Steel Drivin' Man | | The Johnson Mountain Boys | 1:49 |
| John Henry, the Steel Driving Man | | The Stanley Brothers | 3:55 |
| The Ballad of John Henry | cover | Oink & the SOBs | 4:36 |
