Cotton Fields
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"Cotton Fields" is a traditional American folk and blues song popularized by Lead Belly and later widely covered by various artists across genres.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotton Fields canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues song
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folk song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cotton Fields Back Home
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In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American South
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Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Lead Belly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy |
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beach Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Delltones NERFINISHED ⓘ The Highwaymen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kingsmen NERFINISHED ⓘ The River City Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seekers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spencer Davis Group NERFINISHED ⓘ The Springfields NERFINISHED ⓘ Unit 4+2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | African American folk tradition ⓘ |
| firstRecordedBy | Lead Belly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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folk ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Cotton Fields (Creedence Clearwater Revival recording)
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Cotton Fields (The Beach Boys recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African American work songs
ⓘ
blues tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicalTradition |
American blues
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American folk music ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Lead Belly NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beach Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Lead Belly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
acoustic guitar accompaniment
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group singing ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | cotton plantations in the American South ⓘ |
| theme |
cotton picking
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homesickness ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | call and response ⓘ |
| writer | Lead Belly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.