This Little Light of Mine

~ Song

Relationships

additional lyricist:Avis Christiansen
writer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:Harry Dixon Loes
publisher:Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12987 [info]
Wikidata:Q7786114 [info]
referred to in medleys:Sandi's Sunday School Sing-A-Long (order: 5)
later versions:This Little Light of Mine (Psalty/Rettino version)
This Little Light of Mine (Mavis Staples version)
This Loving Light of Mine (Van Morrison arrangement)
is the basis for:This Little Light of Mine
This Little Light of Mine (Juba Collective version)
This Little Light of Mine (for choir with piano accompaniment, arr. Robert A. Harris)
This Little Light of Mine
arrangements:This Little Light of Mine (Group Publishing arrangement)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1962-04-28This Little Light of MineBarbara Dane3:01
1964-07-07 – 1964-07-08This Little Light of MineliveSam Cooke3:36
1964This Little LightThe Seekers2:14
1965-02-20This Little Light of Mine (live, 1965-02-20: Carnegie Music Hall, Carnegie, PA, USA)livePete Seeger6:25
1992-08-04 – 1992-08-05This Little Light of MineThe Gene Harris Quartet5:29
1992This Little Light of MineliveFontella Bass2:31
1996-12This Little Light of MineGene Harris8:23
1999-03This Little Light of MineEthnic Heritage Ensemble6:50
2000-10-09This Little Light of Mine (live, 2000‐10‐09: Hot House, Chicago, IL, USA)liveKahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio featuring Pharoah Sanders14:15
2002-05-19This Little Light of MineliveChildren's Chorus of Washington, Joan Gregoryk3:02
2006-10-05This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐10‐05: Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy)liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band?:??
2006-10-10This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐10‐10: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy)liveBruce Springsteen4:26
2006-10-10This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐10‐10: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy)liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band4:27
2006-10-28This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐10‐28: Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark)liveBruce Springsteen4:39
2006-10-30This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐10‐30: Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden)liveBruce Springsteen4:46
2006-11-11This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐11‐11: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK)liveBruce Springsteen4:37
2006-11-11This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐11‐11: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK)liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band4:36
2006-11-12This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐11‐12: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK)liveBruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band4:33
2006-11-19This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐11‐19: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)liveBruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band3:08
2006-11-19This Little Light of Mine (live, 2006‐11‐19: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)liveBruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band?:??
2011-01-08The Weight / This Little Light of Mine (live, 2011-01-08: The Rock Boat XI, Paris Lounge, Carnival Inspiration)live and medleyGreen River Ordinance5:43
2013-07-23This Little Light of Mine (live, 2013‐07‐23: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band4:01
2013-07-23This Little Light of Mine (live, 2013‐07‐23: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, UK)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band6:21
2013-07-28This Little Light of Mine (live, 2013‐07‐28: Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland)liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band4:44
2013-07-28This Little Light of Mine (live, 2013‐07‐28: Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland)liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band3:36
2014-01-28This Little Light of Mine (live, 2014‐01‐28: Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa)liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2014-01-28This Little Light of Mine (live, 2014‐01‐28: Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa)liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band5:37
2019-06-10 – 2019-06-13This Little Light of MineThe King’s Singers3:03
2023-05-04AmenliveCowboy Mouth1:49
Little Light of MinePeters Sisters?:??
Medley: He's Got the Whole World / One Light, One Sun / This Little Light of Mine (live, 1988-07: The Markham Theatre for The Performing Arts, Markham, ON, CA)live and medleyRaffi4:00
Medley: Just a Closer Walk With Thee / This Little Light of Mine / Amencover and medleySolomon Burke4:30
Sunday Skool Rawkcover and medleyOne Bad Pig3:05
The Light of Mine (interlude)partialShaquille O’Neal0:57
The Little Light of Mine (live)liveAretha Franklin2:44
This Little Light (mono)Dionne Warwick2:10
This Little LightDionne Warwick2:12
This Little LightliveNeko Case3:01
This Little Light (stereo)Dionne Warwick2:12
This Little Light (mono)Dionne Warwick2:13
This Little Light of Mine (live, 1993‐04: Gershwin Theatre, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)liveRaffi4:22
This Little Light of Mine (children/adult choral, claps, a cappella)[unknown]2:21
This Little Light of MineThe Robinsons3:29
This Little Light of MineBilly Preston2:58
This Little Light of MineFirewater3:41
This Little Light of MineOdetta2:14
This Little Light of MineLadysmith Black Mambazo3:42
This Little Light of MineThe Hit Crew2:34
This Little Light of MineSam Cooke3:45
This Little Light of MinecoverThe Seekers2:18
This Little Light of MineThe Seekers?:??
This Little Light of MineJudith Durham & The Seekers2:16
This Little Light of MineThe Seekers2:41
This Little Light of Mine (2009 stereo remastered version)The Seekers2:18
This Little Light of MineSam Cooke?:??
This Little Light of MinecoverThe Steeles4:36
This Little Light of MineElizabeth Mitchell2:07
This Little Light of MineElizabeth Mitchell2:21
This Little Light of MineWilliam Brown, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman3:35
This Little Light of MinecoverAlex Newell2:06
This Little Light of MineAretha Franklin2:43
This Little Light of MineThe Seekers2:17
This Little Light of MineThe Seekers2:41
This Little Light of MineJudith Durham & The Seekers2:17
This Little Light Of MineHootenanny Singers1:54
This Little Light Of MineJack Jezzro & Sam Levine3:00
This Little Light Of MineliveBob Gibson, Herb Brown & Dick Rosmini2:39
This Little Light of Mine (live)liveAretha Franklin2:48
This Little Light of Mine (medley)medleyGrandpa Elliott4:10
This Little Light of Mine / Jesus Loves MemedleyThe Duggar Girls4:20