Down by the Riverside

~ Song

Annotation

First published in “Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland”, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company, 1918

Annotation last modified on 2012-10-29 23:34 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/59954 [info]
Wikidata:Q4068801 [info]
referred to in medleys:Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other (order: 11)
later translated versions:Lawr Ar Lan Y Môr
Vrienden voor ’t leven
later versions:Down by the Riverside
is the basis for:Four North American Ballads: No. 3. Down by the Riverside
Qu’il fait bon vivre
arrangements:Down by the River
Down by the River Side (arr. Jordan)
Down by the Riverside (arr. Barber)
Down by the Riverside (arr. Jackson)
Down by the Riverside (Udo Jürgens arrangement)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1943-07Down by the River SidecoverLucky Millinder & His Orchestra3:09
1943-07 – 1943-08Down by the RiversidecoverSister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra3:49
1943-07 – 1943-08Down by the Riverside (1943-07 or 1943-08)Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra3:57
1947Down by the RiversideSister Rosetta Tharpe2:33
1948-12-02Down by the Riverside (1948-12-02)Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Dependable Boys acc. Sam Price Trio2:32
1953-12-09Down by the Riverside (take 3)George Lewis & His Ragtime Band2:43
1953Down by the River SideBig Bill Broonzy2:18
1955-11-03Down by the RiversideMahalia Jackson with The Falls-Jones Ensemble?:??
1956-12-04Down by the RiversidecoverElvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis et Carl Perkins2:13
1956-12-04Down by the RiversideThe Million Dollar Quartet2:26
1956-12-04Down by the RiversideThe Million Dollar Quartet2:31
1956-12-04Down by the RiversideThe Million Dollar Quartet2:22
1956-12-04Down by the RiversideThe Million Dollar Quartet2:27
1957-10-25Down by the RiversideinstrumentalThe Prestige All Stars5:51
1957-10-27 – 1957-10-28Down by the RiversideKid Ory8:24
1957-12-27Bells of Rhymney / Sinking of the Reuben James / There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly / Study War No More (Down by the Riverside)live and medleyPete Seeger and Sonny Terry15:26
1958-02-06Down by the RiversidecoverLouis Armstrong & His All-Stars with The Sy Oliver Choir3:11
1958-03-26Down by the RiversideMahalia Jackson2:18
1958-11Down by the RiversideinstrumentalHampton Hawes4:42
1958Down by the RiversideThe Golden Gate Quartet2:45
1961 – 1962Ain't Gonna Study War No MoreliveSonny Terry & Brownie McGhee3:22
1964-02-24Down by the Riverside (take 5)instrumentalAlbert Ayler4:23
1964-02-24Down by the Riverside (take 6)instrumentalAlbert Ayler4:48
1965-05-12 – 1965-05-14Down by the Riverside / When the Saints Go Marchin’ Incover and medleyElvis Presley1:57
1965-05-14Down by the RiversideJoseph Spence3:18
1965-05Down by the Riverside / When the Saints Go Marchin’ Incover and medleyElvis Presley1:42
1966-09-23Down by the RiversideJimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery10:02
1971-06-20Down by the RiversideinstrumentalThe JPJ Quartet, Budd Johnson4:59
1971-09-28Down by the Riverside (live, 1971‐09‐28: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveLed Zeppelin?:??
1971-09-28Down by the Riverside (live, 1971‐09‐28: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveLed Zeppelin2:08
1971-09-28Down by the Riverside (live, 1971‐09‐28: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveLed Zeppelin2:42
1971Down by the RiversidecoverVan Morrison3:54
1981-08-05Down by the River Side (live, 1981-08-05: Molde kirke, Molde, Norway)liveMagnolia Jazzband, Lillian Boutté3:52
1988-01No Body Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / Down by the RiversideDavid Murray4:21
1998Down by the RiversidecoverThe Brazz Brothers møter Marinemusikken4:02
2000-12-15 – 2000-12-17Down by the Riversideinstrumental and liveRay Brown4:10
2001-06-13[instrumental] / Down by the Riverside / Uptown Up (live, 2001‐06‐13: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)liveMaceo Parker10:19
2004-02-16Down by the Riverside (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)livePrince3:13
2004-05Down by the RiversidecoverElmhurst College Jazz Band?:??
2007-07-08Down by the Riverside (live, 2007‐07‐08: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)instrumental and livePrince2:52
2007-07-08Down by the Riverside (live, 2007‐07‐08: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)instrumental and livePrince5:18
2007-07-08Down by the Riverside (instrumental) (live, 2007‐07‐08: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)instrumental and livePrince2:50
2007-07-16Down by the Riverside (instrumental) (live, 2007‐07‐16: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland)instrumental and livePrince4:12
2012Down by the Riverside (live, 2012-06-07: Temple de Pentemont, Paris, France)cover and liveChimène3:35
2013-01-21Down by the RiversideTaj Mahal3:34
2014-12-12 – 2014-12-14Down by the RiversideinstrumentalChristian McBride Trio6:48
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MorecoverTennessee Ernie Ford?:??
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MoreLeon Lishner?:??
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MoreTennessee Ernie Ford2:40
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MorecoverTennessee Ernie Ford?:??
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MorecoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:40
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MorecoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:40
Ain’t Gonna Study War No MorecoverTennessee Ernie Ford?:??
Down by the River SidecoverThe Blue Diamonds2:43
Down by the riversideJames Last2:34
Down by the RiversidecoverOriginal Dixieland-Stompers3:44
Down by the RiversidePlaying for Change3:50
Down by the RiversideinstrumentalShirley Scott?:??
Down by the RiversideinstrumentalArnett Cobb5:22
Down by the RiversideLara Downes3:13
Down by the RiversideliveAsylum Street Spankers4:06
Down by the RiversideFisk Jubilee Singers2:17
Down by the RiversidecoverThe Blue Diamonds2:42
Down by the RiversidecoverThe Blue Diamonds2:43
Down by the RiversidecoverThe Blue Diamonds2:47
Down by the RiversidecoverThe Blue Diamonds?:??
Down by the RiversidecoverThe Blue Diamonds?:??
Down by the RiversidecoverThe Blue Diamonds2:42
Down by the RiversideinstrumentalOrchestra Max Greger1:05
Down by the RiversidecoverJack Scott3:22
Down by the RiversideLouis Armstrong3:07
Down by the RiversideKay Starr2:23
Down by the RiversideDeller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller1:35
Down by the RiversidePlaying for Change feat. Keb’ Mo’, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Grandpa Elliott3:50
Down by the RiversideGolden Circle Choir2:56
Down by the RiversideJames Last2:42
Down by the RiversideJames Last2:40
Down by the RiversideJames Last2:40
Down by the RiversideJames Last2:32
Down by the RiversideJames Last & His Orchestra?:??
Down by the RiversideLed Zeppelin?:??
Down by the Riverside (1971‐09‐28: Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)Led Zeppelin2:43
Down by the Riversidecover and instrumentalWycliffe Gordon2:44
Down by the Riverside (live, 1971‐09‐28: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan)liveLed Zeppelin?:??
Down by the RiversideThe Million Dollar Quartet2:16
Down by the RiversideliveThe Platters2:32
Down by the RiversideBig Bill Broonzy3:02
Down by the Riverside (master)coverBilly Lee Riley2:17
Down by the RiversidecoverJack Scott3:18
Down by the RiversideThe King’s Singers3:59
Down by the RiversidecoverAlabama2:49
Down by the RiversideliveTrini Lopez1:30
Down by the RiversideJames Last2:37
Down by the RiversideliveThe Golden Gate Quartet2:40
Down by the Riversidecover and liveMahalia Jackson4:37
Down by the RiversideJerold Ottley, Mormon Tabernacle Choir4:23
Down by the RiversidePreservation Hall Jazz Band2:55
Down by the Riverside103rd Street Gospel Choir3:04
Down by the RiversideLouis Armstrong3:08
Down by the RiversideLouis Armstrong3:12
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