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*(1970) RCA ''Cotton Fields'' (Rehearsal) Elvis Presley

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''Cotton Fields'' (Rehearsal)
Recorded Wednesday July 15, 1970 at MGM Sound Stage 1, Culver City, California

Name (Or. No of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocals & Guitar / James Burton - Guitar
John Wilkinson - Guitar / Charlie Hodge - Guitar
Jerry Scheff - Bass / Ronnie Tutt - Drums
Glen D. Hardin - Piano

Artist & Repertoire/Producer: Felton Jarvis
Recording Engineer: Al Pachucki

"Cotton Fields" (also known as "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" and "In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home") is a blues song written by Huddie Ledbetter in 1940.

Lead Belly wrote and recorded the song in 1940. The song gained fame when American singer Odetta performed it at the Tin Angel nightclub in San Francisco in 1954, under the title "Old Cotton Fields At Home". Harry Belafonte released his version of the song twice, first on his 1958 album ''Belafonte Sings The Blues'' and then on the 1959 live album ''Belafonte At Carnegie Hall''. In 1957, the then thirteen-year-old Jimmy Page and his skiffle band performed the song on TV. The Highwaymen had a top-20 hit with their version in 1961.

The song was also recorded by several country and folk artists, including Ferlin Husky, Buck Owens, The New Christy Minstrels, Johnny Cash, Udo Jürgens and The Seekers. Creedence Clearwater Revival had a number-one hit in Mexico with their version in 1970 and Elvis Presley sang the song in the film ''Elvis: That's The Way It Is''.

Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, was one of the most powerful figures in the early years of the American folkmusic movement. He wasn't tall or muscular, but his steel-wire energy as a "cotton-chopper" gave him the nickname he bore most of his life. His performances radiated an overwhelming intensity that few artists have ever matched. His recordings were instrumental in the creation of Britain's Skiffle movement, which produced many of the other rhythm and blues artists.

Source and more information see: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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