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"'''Cotton Fields'''" is a song written by Huddie Ledbetter, more commonly known as [[Lead Belly]]. It has been covered by [[Bill Monroe]], [[Harry Belafonte]] (1958), [[The Highwaymen]] (1961), [[Johnny Cash]] (1962), [[Buck Owens]] (1963), [[Odetta]] (1963), [[Unit 4+2]] (1965), [[The Robert De Cormier Singers]] (1966), [[The Beach Boys]] (1969-1970), [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] (1969), [[Frantic Flintstones]], and [[Buckwheat Zydeco]] (1994).
"'''Cotton Fields'''" is a song written by Huddie Ledbetter, more commonly known as [[Lead Belly]]. It has been covered by [[Bill Monroe]], [[Harry Belafonte]] (1958), [[The Highwaymen]] (1961), [[Johnny Cash]] (1962), [[Buck Owens]] (1963), [[Odetta]] (1963), [[Unit 4+2]] (1965), [[The Robert De Cormier Singers]] (1966), [[The Beach Boys]] (1969-1970), [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] (1969), [[Frantic Flintstones]], and [[Buckwheat Zydeco]] (1994).

The song mentions that the fields are "down in [[Louisiana]], just about a mile from [[Texarkana]]". This is geographically impossible.


==Beach Boys version==
==Beach Boys version==

Revision as of 00:35, 20 September 2007

"Cotton Fields" is a song written by Huddie Ledbetter, more commonly known as Lead Belly. It has been covered by Bill Monroe, Harry Belafonte (1958), The Highwaymen (1961), Johnny Cash (1962), Buck Owens (1963), Odetta (1963), Unit 4+2 (1965), The Robert De Cormier Singers (1966), The Beach Boys (1969-1970), Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969), Frantic Flintstones, and Buckwheat Zydeco (1994).

The song mentions that the fields are "down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana". This is geographically impossible.

Beach Boys version

"Cotton Fields"
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"Cotton Fields" was covered by the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1969 album 20/20 under the title of "Cottonfields" with Al Jardine on lead vocals. The song was recorded on November 18, 1968.

Dissatisfied with Brian Wilson's arrangement, Al Jardine later led the group to record a more folk-rock style version. The remake was recorded on August 15,1969 with Orville "Red" Rhodes on steel pedal guitar. Released as the renamed "Cottonfields", this remake, while not a hit in the U.S., was a top ten song around the world in the Spring and Summer of 1970. It was the group's last single for Capitol Records and the last released in mono. Because of its popularity, it was placed on the international release of the group's Sunflower album.

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