What connects this song
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Recorded at Universal Recording, also Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry), She Caught the Katy (Blues Brothers) and How ’Bout Us (Champaign)
Produced by Orrin Keepnews, also Off Minor (take 4) (Thelonious Monk), Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) and Waltz for Debby (Cannonball Adderley)
Released on Craft Recordings, also Chameleon (Creedence Clearwater Revival), It’s Just a Thought (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and (Can't You) Trip Like I Do (Filter)
Written by Blind Willie Johnson, also Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Blind Willie Johnson), It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson) and God Moves on the Water (Blind Willie Johnson)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
74 other songs on fono were recorded at Universal Recording, by Chuck Berry and Martin Denny and others
Orrin Keepnews produced 109 songs on fono
Orrin Keepnews’s most frequent co-producer is Helen Keane (5 songs together)
Blind Willie Johnson first appears on fono in 1928, 94 years before this song
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Produced by
- Orrin Keepnews
- Performed by
- Al Duncan, Cleotha Staples, Johnny Pate, Mavis Staples, Pervis Staples, Phil Upchurch, Roebuck “Pops” Staples and Yvonne Staples
- Engineered by
- Bob Kidder
- Recorded at
- Universal Recording
- Released on
- Craft Recordings
- Written by
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Produced by
- Orrin Keepnews
- Performed by
- Al Duncan, Cleotha Staples, Johnny Pate, Mavis Staples, Pervis Staples, Phil Upchurch, Roebuck “Pops” Staples and Yvonne Staples
- Engineered by
- Bob Kidder
- Recorded at
- Universal Recording
- Released on
- Craft Recordings
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Orrin Keepnews
Same writer: Blind Willie Johnson
Same engineer: Bob Kidder
Same studio: Universal Recording
Same label: Craft Recordings
Same release: Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium
Same producer: Orrin Keepnews
Same writer: Blind Willie Johnson
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Al Duncan
Motherless Children was performed by Al Duncan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Cleotha Staples
Motherless Children was performed by Cleotha Staples
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Johnny Pate
Motherless Children was performed by Johnny Pate
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Mavis Staples
Motherless Children was performed by Mavis Staples
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Pervis Staples
Motherless Children was performed by Pervis Staples
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Phil Upchurch
Motherless Children was performed by Phil Upchurch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Roebuck “Pops” Staples
Motherless Children was performed by Roebuck “Pops” Staples
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Motherless Children was performed by Yvonne Staples
Motherless Children was performed by Yvonne Staples
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Motherless Children was produced by Orrin Keepnews
Motherless Children was produced by Orrin Keepnews
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Motherless Children was written by Blind Willie Johnson
Motherless Children was written by Blind Willie Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Motherless Children is part of the release Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium
Motherless Children is part of the release Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Motherless Children was recorded at Universal Recording
Motherless Children was recorded at Universal Recording
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Craft Recordings is the label of the song Motherless Children
Craft Recordings is the label of the song Motherless Children
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Motherless Children was engineered by Bob Kidder
Motherless Children was engineered by Bob Kidder
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Motherless Children was released on 2022
Motherless Children was released on 2022
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026