Work Song (lyrics added by Oscar Brown Jr.)

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lyricist:Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
composer:Nat Adderley
publisher:Upam Music Co.
シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/70794 [info]
Wikidata:Q79349690 [info]
later parody versions:På bana
version of:Work Song (original instrumental)
is the basis for:Sing Sing Song

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1960-03-29Work SongCannonball Adderley5:08
1960-06-24Work Song (1996 remaster)Oscar Brown Jr.2:33
1961-10Work Songcover and liveBilly Eckstine and Quincy Jones3:58
1961Work Song (1961 version)coverNina Simone2:36
1962-08Work Song (live, 1962-08-04: Festival International de Jazz, Comblain-la-Tour, Belgium)instrumentalThe Cannonball Adderley Sextet8:27
1963-04-12Work Song (live, 1963‐04‐12: Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveNina Simone10:24
1965Work Song (stereo)coverThe Quartette Très Bien3:29
1966-06-05Work SongcoverCarola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio3:47
1966-08Work SonginstrumentalCharlie Byrd2:52
1966Work Song (1966 version)coverNina Simone3:07
1968-06-24 – 1968-06-28Work SongGrady Tate6:35
1989-03-27Work SonginstrumentalManhattan Jazz Quintet8:01
1996Work SongcoverMasha Bijlsma Band5:12
1999-03Work Song (live, 1999-03-08 or 1999-03-09: Ernesto’s, Sittard, The Netherlands)cover and liveThe Slackers7:00
2013-01Work SongReija Lang & Arricone Big Band5:48
Angie / Work Song (Medley)cover and medleyBert Jansch3:11
Chain Gang (The Work Song) (from ‘Nina Simone with Strings’)coverNina Simone2:43
The Work SongChuck Jackson2:36
The Work SongcoverEric Burdon and The Animals2:46
The Work SongcoverTommy Hunt2:35
Work SongcoverThe Mark Leeman Five?:??
Work SonginstrumentalStan Getz6:34
Work SongcoverFaith Amour7:50
Work Song (single edit)coverNina Simone2:07
Work SongLyambiko4:57
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:59
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford?:??
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:46
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:57
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:57
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:57
Work SongcoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:58
Work Songcover綾戸智恵2:30
Work Songcover綾戸智恵3:10
Work SongcoverJohnny Rivers4:23
Work SongcoverJohnny Rivers4:22
Work SongcoverJohnny Rivers?:??
Work SongcoverThe Pair Extraordinaire3:46
Work SongLedisi & Metropole Orkest6:20
Work SongcoverBobby Freeman1:57
Work Song (live in France 1969)liveCannonball Adderley10:13
Work SongcoverNol Klinkhamer5:20
Work SongcoverNo Name Septet5:00
Work Songcover and liveCannonball Adderley & Ernie Andrews4:48
Work SongcoverMagda Piskorczyk3:07
Work Songcover and liveMagda Piskorczyk3:39
Work SongOscar Brown Jr.3:09
Work SongOscar Brown Jr.2:41
Work SongcoverJohnny Rivers4:22
Work SongcoverThe West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band2:14
Work Songcover and liveBobby Darin3:14
Work Songcover and liveBobby Darin3:33
Work SongcoverBobby Darin3:30
Work SongcoverOmar and the Howlers4:04
Work SongcoverCarola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio3:47
Work SongcoverCarola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio3:47
Work SongGregory Porter6:34
Work SongcoverThe Slackers5:12
Work Songcover and liveThe Slackers feat. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra6:41
Work SongJoe Williams & Carmen McRae2:59
Work SongAna Popović4:02
Work SongOscar Brown Jr.2:34
Work Song (live)cover and live綾戸智恵4:58
WorksongcoverEric Burdon & the Animals4:37