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Engineered by Rudy van Gelder, also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), First Light (Freddie Hubbard) and Blue Train (John Coltrane)
Released on Prestige, also Vierd Blues (Miles Davis), Airegin (Miles Davis Quintet) and Blues by Five (Miles Davis Quintet)
Part of Folksinger, also Hang Me, Oh Hang Me, Long John and Poor Lazarus
Released on Prestige International, also Hang Me, Oh Hang Me, Long John and Poor Lazarus
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Rudy van Gelder engineered 1208 songs on fono, the 7th most of any engineer
Rudy van Gelder engineered 10 of Dave Van Ronk’s top 10 songs
Rudy van Gelder’s most frequent co-engineer is Maureen Sickler (13 songs together)
Rudy van Gelder first appears on fono in 1951, 11 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Performed by
- Dave Van Ronk
- Engineered by
- Rudy van Gelder
- Part of
- Folksinger
- Released on
- Prestige and Prestige International
- Performed by
- Dave Van Ronk
- Engineered by
- Rudy van Gelder
- Part of
- Folksinger
- Released on
- Prestige and Prestige International
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Rudy van Gelder
Same label: Prestige
Same release: Folksinger
Same engineer: Rudy van Gelder
Same label: Prestige
Same release: Folksinger
Same engineer: Rudy van Gelder
Same label: Prestige
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Dave Van Ronk
Motherless Children was performed by Dave Van Ronk
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Motherless Children is part of the release Folksinger
Motherless Children is part of the release Folksinger
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Prestige is the label of the song Motherless Children
Prestige is the label of the song Motherless Children
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Prestige International is the label of the song Motherless Children
Prestige International is the label of the song Motherless Children
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Motherless Children was engineered by Rudy van Gelder
Motherless Children was engineered by Rudy van Gelder
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Motherless Children was released on 1962
Motherless Children was released on 1962
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026