I’d Rather Go Blind

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lyricist:	Billy Foster (American singer, member of The Medallions and songwriter)
composer:	Ellington Jordan

publisher:	The Jewel Music Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9318 [info]
Wikidata:	Q5965561 [info]

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
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1967-08-23	I’d Rather Go Blind		Etta James	2:36
1968	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Clarence Carter	3:04
1970-08-06	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 1970‐08‐06: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)	cover and live	Fleetwood Mac	1:16
1970-08-06	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 1970‐08‐06: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)	cover and live	Fleetwood Mac	4:02
1972-09-24	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Bettye Swann	2:45
1973-10	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover and live	Rod Stewart / Faces	6:04
1975-07-11	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 1975‐07‐11: Casino Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland)	cover and live	Etta James	9:23
1986-05	I’d Rather Go Blind	live	Etta James & Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson	6:50
1987-04-15	I’d Rather Go Blind (live)	live	B.B. King feat. Dr. John & Etta James	6:04
1989	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover and live	Notodden Blues Band	4:50
2010-04-09	I'd Rather Go Blind (live, 2010-04-09: The Great American Songbook, BBC4 Sessions)	cover and live	Paolo Nutini	?:??
2011-05-21	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2011-05-21: Arnsberg, Germany)	cover and live	Henrik Freischlader Band	?:??
2011-05-21	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2011-05-21: Kunst-Werk, Arnsberg, Germany)	cover and live	Henrik Freischlader Band	9:17
2011-07-07	I'd Rather Go Blind (live, 2011-07-07: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland)	cover and live	Paolo Nutini	?:??
2012-12-02	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2012-12-02: John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, US)	cover and live	Beth Hart & Jeff Beck	5:01
2012	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover and live	Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters	6:08
2013-06-29	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2013-06-29: Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands)	cover and live	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	10:02
2013-06-29	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2013-06-29: Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands)	cover and live	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	10:11
2016-08-10	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2016-08-10: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	cover and live	Jeff Beck feat. Beth Hart & Jan Hammer	6:49
2016-08-10	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2016-08-10: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	cover and live	Jeff Beck feat. Beth Hart & Jan Hammer	7:07
2018-12-06	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2018-12-06: Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia)	cover and live	Mary Coughlan in Vlado Kreslin	7:32
2021-03-20	I'd Rather Go Blind (livestream, 2021-03-20: Metropolis Studios, London, UK)	cover and live	Nati Dreddd	2:17
2022-12-03	I’d Rather Go Blind (live, 2022-12-03: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, UK)	cover and live	Nati Dreddd	2:24
	I Would Rather Go Blind	live	Davina and the Vagabonds	5:07
	I Would Rather Go Blind	cover	Phil Bates and Mik Kaminski feat. Tina McBain	5:04
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Mick Hucknall	4:25
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Leela James	4:11
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Chicken Shack	3:14
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover and live	Ruby Turner	10:59
	I'd Rather Go Blind		Rosemary Standley, Sylvain Griotto	2:34
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	6:34
	I'd Rather Go Blind (John Peel Sessions)	cover and live	Chicken Shack	?:??
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:04
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:06
	I'd Rather Go Blind		Etta James	2:32
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Michael Grimm	6:15
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Shannon McNally	4:00
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	3:31
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:04
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	3:29
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:01
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Martha High	3:53
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:05
	I'd Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	?:??
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Martha High With Shaolin Temple Defenders	?:??
	I'd Rather Go Blind	cover	Jason Manns feat. Briana Buckmaster	3:14
	I'd Rather Go Blind		Rod Stewart	3:47
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Clarence Carter	3:04
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	The Frightnrs	3:33
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:14
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:05
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Etta James	2:34
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover and live	Henrik Freischlader	6:47
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Rod Stewart	3:53
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	4:16
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	8:07
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Elkie Brooks	2:47
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Chicken Shack	3:16
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Beth Case	?:??
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Karise Eden	3:24
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Marcia Ball	5:23
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	3:57
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	4:15
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	4:17
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	4:16
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	3:57
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Ruby Turner	6:33
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Gemma Ray	3:09
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Chicken Shack	3:15
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Christine Perfect	3:17
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Fleetwood Mac	3:15
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Fleetwood Mac	3:16
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Ruby Turner	4:06
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:05
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:04
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Rod Stewart	?:??
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Ruby Turner	4:26
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Etta James	2:34
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Billy Swan	?:??
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Margie Joseph	5:41
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Barbara Lynn	3:30
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:14
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	?:??
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Etta James	2:37
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Sydney Youngblood	3:57
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:12
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:14
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:16
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:15
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:15
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:14
	I’d Rather Go Blind (part of "The Party Mix: Swinging 60s" DJ-mix)		Chicken Shack	3:09
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:14
	I’d Rather Go Blind	live	B.B. King, Etta James & Dr. John	6:04
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Etta James	2:36
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:03
	I’d Rather Go Blind		Chicken Shack	3:13
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Clarence Carter	3:04
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:00
	I’d Rather Go Blind	cover	Ruby Turner	4:07
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