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plainlist">Jimmie’s Mean Mama Blues<sup id="cite_ref-studio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">February 13, 1931<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1931-02-13</span>)</span> by <a href="/wiki/Peermusic" title="Peermusic">Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 6, 1931<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1931-02-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">July 11, 1930<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1930-07-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-studio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Hollywood Recording Studios, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, California<sup id="cite_ref-studio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Hillbilly (Country)</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Country_blues" title="Country blues">Country blues</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">50</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company" title="Victor Talking Machine Company">Victor 23503</a><sup id="cite_ref-studio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: peachpuff;color:inherit;">Alternative cover</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MuleSkinnerBlues.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/MuleSkinnerBlues.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="194" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="194" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Record label from Bill Monroe's version, 1946</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: peachpuff;color:inherit;">Alternative cover</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Fendermen_-_Mule-Skinner-Blues.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Fendermen_-_Mule-Skinner-Blues.jpg/220px-Fendermen_-_Mule-Skinner-Blues.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Fendermen_-_Mule-Skinner-Blues.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="299" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of the Fendermen's version, 1960</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Blue Yodel no. 8, Mule Skinner Blues</b>" (a.k.a. "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues") is a classic <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> song written by <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a>. The song was first recorded by Rodgers in 1930 and has been recorded by many artists since then, acquiring the <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> title "Mule Skinner Blues" after Rodgers named it "Blue Yodel #8" (one of his <a href="/wiki/Blue_Yodel" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Yodel">Blue Yodels</a>). </p><p>"George Vaughn", a pseudonym for songwriter <a href="/wiki/George_Vaughn_Horton" title="George Vaughn Horton">George Vaughn Horton</a>, is sometimes listed as co-author. Horton wrote the lyrics for "New Mule Skinner Blues", <a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a>'s second recorded version of the song.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenberg1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosenberg1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was discussed in the <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> 2019 documentary miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_(miniseries)" title="Country Music (miniseries)">Country Music</a></i> and Jimmie Rodgers' rendition was on the soundtrack album for the series. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mule_Skinner_Blues&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song tells the tale of a down-on-his-luck <a href="/wiki/Mule" title="Mule">mule</a> skinner, approaching "the Captain", looking for work ("Good Morning, Captain." / "Good morning, Shine." / "Do you need another muleskinner on your new mud line?"). He boasts of his skills: "I can pop my 'nitials on a mule's behind" and hopes for "a <a href="/wiki/US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">dollar and a half</a> a day". He directs the water boy to "bring some water round". The term "Mule Skinner", slang for <a href="/wiki/Muleteer" class="mw-redirect" title="Muleteer">muleteer</a>, is a driver of mules, and has nothing to do with removing the animal's hide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tom_Dickson's_"Labor_Blues""><span id="Tom_Dickson.27s_.22Labor_Blues.22"></span>Tom Dickson's "Labor Blues"</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mule_Skinner_Blues&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tom Dickson's "Labor Blues""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first verse of the song is similar to Tom Dickson's 1928 recording "Labor Blues" in which the exchange is clearly between a white boss and an <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> worker who is quitting the job, not applying for it: </p> <dl><dd>It’s "good mornin’ Captain", ‘e said "good mornin’ Shine",</dd> <dd>Said "good mornin’ Captain", said "good mornin’ Shine".</dd> <dd>"T’ain’t nuthin’ the matter, Captain, but I just ain’t gwine.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>"I don’t mind workin’, Captain, from sun to sun,</dd> <dd>I don’t mind workin’, Captain, from sun to sun.</dd> <dd>But I want my money, Captain, when pay-day come."</dd></dl> <p>"Captain" was a traditional term for the white boss; "Shine" is a derogatory expression for "African-American". Dickson was black. After the narrator rebels and quits because he is not being paid, he turns his attention to his "<a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> gal" and the remaining lyrics concern their romance. In this <a href="/wiki/12-bar_blues" class="mw-redirect" title="12-bar blues">12-bar blues</a> recording, muleskinning is not mentioned, and the remaining Dickson lyrics differ from Rodgers', whose other <a href="/wiki/Blue_Yodel_(songs_by_Jimmie_Rodgers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Yodel (songs by Jimmie Rodgers)">Blue Yodels</a> also used verses previously recorded by Blues musicians, such as <a href="/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson" title="Blind Lemon Jefferson">Blind Lemon Jefferson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions_of_"Muleskinner_Blues""><span id="Versions_of_.22Muleskinner_Blues.22"></span>Versions of "Muleskinner Blues"</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mule_Skinner_Blues&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Versions of "Muleskinner Blues""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>1930s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Rodgers' original version was a <a href="/wiki/Hit_single" class="mw-redirect" title="Hit single">hit</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a> recorded the song in 1939; his version was released in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenberg2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosenberg2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a> performed the song for his November 25, 1939 debut on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>. The performance can be found on the MCA compilation <i>Music of Bill Monroe From 1936-1994</i> (1994).<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenberg2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosenberg2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>1940s</dt></dl> <ul><li>The song was Monroe's first solo studio recording. Recorded on October 7, 1940, for <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Victor</a>, the song became a hit and one of Monroe's signature tunes.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenberg2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosenberg2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" title="Woody Guthrie">Woody Guthrie</a> recorded the song in 1944 for Asch Recordings, which can be found on <a href="/wiki/The_Asch_Recordings" title="The Asch Recordings"><i>Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2</i></a>, and on <i>Original Folk: Best of Woody Guthrie</i> (Music Club Deluxe, 2008).</li></ul> <dl><dt>1950s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Monroe re-recorded the song in 1950 as "New Mule Skinner Blues" in his first session for <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>, with new lyrics written by George Vaughn Horton (credited as "George Vaughn"). Monroe apparently never sang the song with Horton's lyrics in concert.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenberg1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosenberg1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odetta" title="Odetta">Odetta</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Odetta_Sings_Ballads_and_Blues" title="Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues">Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Donegan" title="Lonnie Donegan">Lonnie Donegan</a> - <i>Lonnie Donegan Live, 1957</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r440886">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott" title="Ramblin' Jack Elliott">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Jack_Takes_the_Floor" title="Jack Takes the Floor">Jack Takes the Floor</a></i> (1958)</li> <li>Joe D. Gibson (Jody Gibson) recorded a souped up version titled "Good Morning Captain" on tetra Records which served as a model for The Fendermen.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1960s</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Fendermen" title="The Fendermen">The Fendermen</a> - <i>Mule Skinner Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/Soma_Records_(U.S._label)" title="Soma Records (U.S. label)">Soma Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/1960_in_music" title="1960 in music">1960</a>) <br /> This <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>-based duo reached #5 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts">Billboard charts</a> with their version, featuring abbreviated <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrics</a> and strong Fender electric guitar instrumentation. This version is arguably the most widely circulated of recent versions of the song, due to its Billboard chart performance and its subsequent prolific appearances on novelty song collections. The song reached #2 in <a href="/wiki/CHUM_Chart" title="CHUM Chart">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> performed his rendition as "Muleskinner" on track seven of his <a href="/wiki/Midnight_Special_(Harry_Belafonte_album)" title="Midnight Special (Harry Belafonte album)">Midnight Special</a> album released in 1962.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> made this song part of his live performance at the Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada in July 1962.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Jones" title="Grandpa Jones">Grandpa Jones</a> - "Muleskinner Blues" recorded some point in the 60's.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wiffen" title="David Wiffen">David Wiffen</a> - <i>David Wiffen At The Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC</i> (1965)</li> <li>The Wildwood Boys, a bluegrass band featuring <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Garcia" title="Jerry Garcia">Jerry Garcia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(lyricist)" title="Robert Hunter (lyricist)">Robert Hunter</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Nelson_(musician)" title="David Nelson (musician)">David Nelson</a>, played the song as part of their live repertoire in 1963.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Feliciano" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Feliciano">Jose Feliciano</a> - "Mule Skinner Blues" (<a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor Records">RCA Victor Records</a>, 1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streaplers" title="Streaplers">Streaplers</a> - "Mule Skinner Blues" 1964 (Swedish group)</li> <li>A novelty version of the song, "Batskinner" by Robin & The Batmen (Sara 6612, 1966), was inspired by both <a href="/wiki/The_Fendermen" title="The Fendermen">The Fendermen</a> version of "Mule Skinner Blues" and the popular <a href="/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)" title="Batman (TV series)"><i>Batman</i> television series</a>. ("Good morning, Commissioner!")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derroll_Adams" title="Derroll Adams">Derroll Adams</a> - <i>Portland Town</i> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Country_Gentlemen" title="The Country Gentlemen">The Country Gentlemen</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Live_from_the_Stage_of_the_Roanoake_Bluegrass_Festival" title="Live from the Stage of the Roanoake Bluegrass Festival">Live from the Stage of the Roanoake Bluegrass Festival</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Same_Train,_a_Different_Time" title="Same Train, a Different Time">Same Train, a Different Time</a></i> (1969)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1970s</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)"</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Dolly_Parton" title="The Best of Dolly Parton">The Best of Dolly Parton</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"More Than Their Share"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">June 1970</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">May 4, 1970</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">RCA Studio B, Nashville</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">10</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records_Nashville" title="RCA Records Nashville">RCA Victor</a> 47-9863</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers" title="Jimmie Rodgers">Jimmie Rodgers</a></li> <li>George Vaughan</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Ferguson_(musician)" title="Bob Ferguson (musician)">Bob Ferguson</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"Daddy Come and Get Me" <br />(1969) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)</b>" <br />(1970) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Joshua_(song)" title="Joshua (song)">Joshua</a>" <br />(1970) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott" title="Ramblin' Jack Elliott">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Cash Show">Johnny Cash Show</a></i> (1971) Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Norman Blake and Randy Scruggs on The Johnny Cash Show, January 6, 1971.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Of_Dolly_Parton" class="mw-redirect" title="The Best Of Dolly Parton">The Best Of Dolly Parton</a></i> (1970) This 1970 recording of the song reached #3 on the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">country charts</a>, and earned Parton a <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> nomination. (Parton and Bill Monroe would later perform the song together on the 1978 CBS television special <i>Fifty Years of Country Music</i>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reed" title="Jerry Reed">Jerry Reed</a> - <i>Georgia Sunshine</i> (1971) <a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a> plays on the right channel and takes one guitar solo.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stompin%27_Tom_Connors" title="Stompin' Tom Connors">Stompin' Tom Connors</a> - <i>Live at the Horseshoe</i> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_Cadillac_%26_the_Continental_Kids" title="Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids">Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids</a> - <i>Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids</i>, Released as " Muleskinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)" (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> - <i>Playin' Favorites</i> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> - <i>Solo</i> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfish_(band)" title="Kingfish (band)">Kingfish</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Live_%27n%27_Kickin%27_(Kingfish_album)" title="Live 'n' Kickin' (Kingfish album)">Live N Kickin</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Maddox" title="Rose Maddox">Rose Maddox</a> w/Mark O'Connor (lead gtr) & Jeff Thorn - (1978) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://picosong.com/4kF/">http://picosong.com/4kF/</a></li> <li>Levi's used a variation of this song for its blue jeans commercial using stop motion animation, around 1972. Lyrics included: <br /> "Good Morning, World! Good Morning to you! I'm Wearing my Levi's, Le-hee-hee-hee-vis!"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muleskinner_(band)" title="Muleskinner (band)">Muleskinner</a> - <a href="/wiki/Muleskinner_(album)" title="Muleskinner (album)"><i>Muleskinner</i></a> (1973) This bluegrass supergroup were named after and led off their only studio album with the song.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_%26_In_the_Way" title="Old & In the Way">Old & In the Way</a> - <a href="/wiki/Breakdown_(Old_%26_In_the_Way_album)" title="Breakdown (Old & In the Way album)"><i>Breakdown</i></a> (recorded 1973, released 1997)</li></ul> <dl><dt>1980s</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Rice" title="Tony Rice">Tony Rice</a> - <a href="/wiki/Cold_on_the_Shoulder_(Tony_Rice_album)" title="Cold on the Shoulder (Tony Rice album)"><i>Cold On The Shoulder</i></a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_Four" title="The Brothers Four">The Brothers Four</a> - Released as "Muleskinner" on the compilation album <i>Folk Classics: Roots of American Folk Music</i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>, 1989). This version is arranged by Stuart Gotz; it primarily uses a western show tune style and includes some bluegrass-like elements.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1990s</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Cramps" title="The Cramps">The Cramps</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Stay_Sick!" title="Stay Sick!">Stay Sick!</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/How_Long_Has_This_Been_Going_On_(Van_Morrison_album)" title="How Long Has This Been Going On (Van Morrison album)">How Long Has This Been Going On</a></i> (1996) (2009 CD reissue bonus track)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo" title="Sweethearts of the Rodeo">Sweethearts of the Rodeo</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Lies_(Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo_album)" title="Beautiful Lies (Sweethearts of the Rodeo album)">Beautiful Lies</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Vibro_Champs" title="The Vibro Champs">The Vibro Champs</a> - <i>Stranger Than You Think</i> (1996)<sup id="cite_ref-VCLinerNotesStranger_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCLinerNotesStranger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>2000s</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a> - <i>The Skiffle Sessions</i> (2000) and <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Austin_City_Limits_Festival" title="Live at Austin City Limits Festival">Live at Austin City Limits Festival</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_H._Biram" title="Scott H. Biram">Scott H. Biram</a> - <i>The Dirty Old One Man Band</i> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Vincent" title="Rhonda Vincent">Rhonda Vincent</a> - Ragin' Live (<a href="/wiki/Rounder_Records" title="Rounder Records">Rounder</a>, 2005)</li></ul> <dl><dt>2010s</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Singletary" title="Marcus Singletary">Marcus Singletary</a> - <i>Sings Country Music Standards</i> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melinda_Schneider" title="Melinda Schneider">Melinda Schneider</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beccy_Cole" title="Beccy Cole">Beccy Cole</a> covered the song on their album <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Women_of_Country" title="Great Women of Country">Great Women of Country</a></i> (2014).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Vincent" title="Rhonda Vincent">Rhonda Vincent</a> and The Rage - <i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Rage_(Rhonda_Vincent_album)" title="All the Rage (Rhonda Vincent album)">All the Rage</a></i> (2016)</li> <li>Sore Points recorded and performed the song on <a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">X-Files</a> SE11E03 (2018)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charting_versions">Charting versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mule_Skinner_Blues&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charting versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Release<br />date </th> <th rowspan="2">Artist </th> <th colspan="5">Chart Positions </th></tr> <tr> <th><small>U.S. C&W</small> </th> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">U.S.</a></small> </th> <th><small>CAN C&W</small> </th> <th><small>U.K.</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Fendermen" title="The Fendermen">The Fendermen</a> 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Streets_of_Glory" title="The Golden Streets of Glory">The Golden Streets of Glory</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joshua_(album)" title="Joshua (album)">Joshua</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_Many_Colors" title="Coat of Many Colors">Coat of Many Colors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Touch_Your_Woman" title="Touch Your Woman">Touch Your Woman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Songwriter,_Porter_Wagoner" title="My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner">My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Tennessee_Mountain_Home" title="My Tennessee Mountain Home">My Tennessee Mountain Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bubbling_Over_(album)" title="Bubbling Over (album)">Bubbling Over</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jolene_(album)" title="Jolene (album)">Jolene</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Like_a_Butterfly" title="Love Is Like a Butterfly">Love Is Like a Butterfly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bargain_Store" title="The Bargain Store">The Bargain Store</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_(album)" title="Dolly (album)">Dolly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_I_Can_Do_(album)" title="All I Can Do (album)">All I Can Do</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Harvest...First_Gathering" title="New Harvest...First Gathering">New Harvest...First Gathering</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here_You_Come_Again" title="Here You Come Again">Here You Come Again</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heartbreaker_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton album)">Heartbreaker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Balls_of_Fire_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Great Balls of Fire (Dolly Parton album)">Great Balls of Fire</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1980s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Sparrow" title="Little Sparrow">Little Sparrow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Halos_%26_Horns" title="Halos & Horns">Halos & Horns</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_God_and_Country_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="For God and Country (Dolly Parton album)">For God and Country</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Those Were the Days (Dolly Parton album)">Those Were the Days</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backwoods_Barbie" title="Backwoods Barbie">Backwoods Barbie</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2010s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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href="/wiki/As_Long_as_I_Love" title="As Long as I Love">As Long as I Love</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Dolly_Parton" title="The Best of Dolly Parton">The Best of Dolly Parton</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_the_Way_I_Am" title="Just the Way I Am">Just the Way I Am</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mine_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Mine (Dolly Parton album)">Mine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Best_of_Dolly_Parton" title="Best of Dolly Parton">Best of Dolly Parton</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Dolly Parton album)">Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Winning_Hand" title="The Winning Hand">The Winning Hand</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collector%27s_Series_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Collector's Series (Dolly Parton album)">Collector's Series </a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Think_About_Love" title="Think About Love">Think About Love</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_There_Is_(Dolly_Parton_album)" title="The Best There Is (Dolly Parton album)">The Best There Is</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Best_of_Dolly_Parton,_Vol._3" title="Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3">Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You_and_Other_Greatest_Hits" title="I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits">I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Dolly_Parton" title="Ultimate Dolly Parton">Ultimate Dolly Parton</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Dolly_Parton" title="The Very Best of Dolly Parton">The Very Best of Dolly Parton</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playlist:_The_Very_Best_of_Dolly_Parton" title="Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton">Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diamonds_%26_Rhinestones:_The_Greatest_Hits_Collection" title="Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection">Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1960s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy,_Happy_Birthday_Baby" title="Happy, Happy Birthday Baby">Happy, Happy Birthday Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dumb_Blonde_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Dumb Blonde (Dolly Parton song)">Dumb Blonde</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Something_Fishy_(song)" title="Something Fishy (song)">Something Fishy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Ghetto" title="In the Ghetto">In the Ghetto</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1970s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mule Skinner Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joshua_(song)" title="Joshua (song)">Joshua</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot" title="Swing Low, Sweet Chariot">Comin' for to Carry Me Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Coat_of_Many_Colors_(song)" title="Coat of Many Colors (song)">Coat of Many Colors</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Touch_Your_Woman_(song)" title="Touch Your Woman (song)">Touch Your Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Tennessee_Mountain_Home_(song)" title="My Tennessee Mountain Home (song)">My Tennessee Mountain Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jolene_(song)" title="Jolene (song)">Jolene</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You" title="I Will Always Love You">I Will Always Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Like_a_Butterfly_(song)" title="Love Is Like a Butterfly (song)">Love is Like a Butterfly</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bargain_Store_(song)" title="The Bargain Store (song)">The Bargain Store</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Seeker_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="The Seeker (Dolly Parton song)">The Seeker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Used_To" title="We Used To">We Used To</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Can_Do_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="All I Can Do (Dolly Parton song)">All I Can Do</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Light_of_a_Clear_Blue_Morning" title="Light of a Clear Blue Morning">Light of a Clear Blue Morning</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Your_Love_Keeps_Lifting_Me)_Higher_and_Higher" title="(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher">(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_You_Come_Again_(song)" title="Here You Come Again (song)">Here You Come Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Doors_Down_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Two Doors Down (Dolly Parton song)">Two Doors Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_Wrong,_But_It%27s_All_Right" title="It's All Wrong, But It's All Right">It's All Wrong, But It's All Right</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heartbreaker_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton song)">Heartbreaker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Too_Late_to_Love_Me_Now" title="It's Too Late to Love Me Now">It's Too Late to Love Me Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby_I%27m_Burnin%27" title="Baby I'm Burnin'">Baby I'm Burnin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Really_Got_the_Feeling" title="I Really Got the Feeling">I Really Got the Feeling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Only_One_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="You're the Only One (Dolly Parton song)">You're the Only One</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Great_Balls_of_Fire" title="Great Balls of Fire">Great Balls of Fire</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Summer_Lovin%27" title="Sweet Summer Lovin'">Sweet Summer Lovin'</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1980s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Starting_Over_Again_(Donna_Summer_song)" title="Starting Over Again (Donna Summer song)">Starting Over Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Flames_Can%27t_Hold_a_Candle_to_You" title="Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You">Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/9_to_5_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)">9 to 5</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/But_You_Know_I_Love_You" title="But You Know I Love You">But You Know I Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="The House of the Rising Sun">The House of the Rising Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Single_Women" title="Single Women">Single Women</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heartbreak_Express_(song)" title="Heartbreak Express (song)">Heartbreak Express</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_I_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Do I Ever Cross Your Mind">Do I Ever Cross Your Mind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hard_Candy_Christmas" title="Hard Candy Christmas">Hard Candy Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Potential_New_Boyfriend" title="Potential New Boyfriend">Potential New Boyfriend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Save_the_Last_Dance_for_Me" title="Save the Last Dance for Me">Save the Last Dance for Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Downtown_(Petula_Clark_song)" title="Downtown (Petula Clark song)">Downtown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He_Will_Break_Your_Heart" title="He Will Break Your Heart">He Will Break Your Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Homesick_Blues" title="Tennessee Homesick Blues">Tennessee Homesick Blues</a>"</li> <li>"Medley: <a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sleigh_Ride" title="Sleigh Ride">Sleigh Ride</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Call_It_Love_(song)" title="Don't Call It Love (song)">Don't Call It Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Real_Love_(Dolly_Parton_and_Kenny_Rogers_song)" title="Real Love (Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers song)">Real Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Think_About_Love_(song)" title="Think About Love (song)">Think About Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tie_Our_Love_(In_a_Double_Knot)" title="Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)">Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Had_It_All_(song)" title="We Had It All (song)">We Had It All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/To_Know_Him_Is_to_Love_Him" title="To Know Him Is to Love Him">To Know Him Is to Love Him</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Telling_Me_Lies" title="Telling Me Lies">Telling Me Lies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Those_Memories_of_You" title="Those Memories of You">Those Memories of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_River_Unbroken" title="The River Unbroken">The River Unbroken</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wildflowers_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Wildflowers (Dolly Parton song)">Wildflowers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Why%27d_You_Come_in_Here_Lookin%27_Like_That" title="Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That">Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yellow_Roses_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Yellow Roses (Dolly Parton song)">Yellow Roses</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1990s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Time_for_Me_to_Fly_(song)" title="Time for Me to Fly (song)">Time for Me to Fly</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/White_Limozeen_(song)" title="White Limozeen (song)">White Limozeen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Strange" title="Love Is Strange">Love Is Strange</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Years" title="Rockin' Years">Rockin' Years</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Silver_and_Gold_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Silver and Gold (Dolly Parton song)">Silver and Gold</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eagle_When_She_Flies_(song)" title="Eagle When She Flies (song)">Eagle When She Flies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Light_of_a_Clear_Blue_Morning" title="Light of a Clear Blue Morning">Light of a Clear Blue Morning</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Romeo_(Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Romeo (Dolly Parton song)">Romeo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Silver_Threads_and_Golden_Needles" title="Silver Threads and Golden Needles">Silver Threads and Golden Needles</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/To_Daddy" title="To Daddy">To Daddy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_When_I_Needed_You_Most" title="Just When I Needed You Most">Just When I Needed You Most</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Peace_Train" title="Peace Train">Peace Train</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/After_the_Gold_Rush_(song)" title="After the Gold Rush (song)">After the Gold Rush</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feels_like_Home_(Randy_Newman_song)" title="Feels like Home (Randy Newman song)">Feels Like Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_I_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Do I Ever Cross Your Mind">Do I Ever Cross Your Mind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walking_on_Sunshine_(Katrina_and_the_Waves_song)" title="Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves song)">Walking on Sunshine</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2000s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Seven_Bridges_Road" title="Seven Bridges Road">Seven Bridges Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shine_(Collective_Soul_song)" title="Shine (Collective Soul song)">Shine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Imagine_(song)" title="Imagine (song)">Imagine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Both_Sides,_Now" title="Both Sides, Now">Both Sides, Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twelfth_of_Never" title="The Twelfth of Never">Twelfth of Never</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Transamerica_(soundtrack)" title="Transamerica (soundtrack)">Travelin' Thru</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Do_the_Children_Play%3F" title="Where Do the Children Play?">Where Do the Children Play</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Better_Get_to_Livin%27" title="Better Get to Livin'">Better Get to Livin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She_Drives_Me_Crazy" title="She Drives Me Crazy">Drives Me Crazy</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2010s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Together_You_and_I" title="Together You and I">Together You and I</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Calling_My_Children_Home" title="Calling My Children Home">Calling My Children Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Story_(Brandi_Carlile_song)#Dolly_Parton_version" title="The Story (Brandi Carlile song)">The Story</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold_discography#1960s_2" title="Eddy Arnold discography">The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Am_(Dolly_Parton_song)#2018_version" title="Here I Am (Dolly Parton song)">Here I Am</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girl_in_the_Movies" title="Girl in the Movies">Girl in the Movies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_Only_Knows_(For_King_%26_Country_song)" title="God Only Knows (For King & Country song)">God Only Knows</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There_Was_Jesus" title="There Was Jesus">There Was Jesus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Faith_(Galantis_and_Dolly_Parton_song)" title="Faith (Galantis and Dolly Parton song)">Faith</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2020s5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/When_Life_Is_Good_Again" title="When Life Is Good Again">When Life Is Good Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mary,_Did_You_Know%3F" title="Mary, Did You Know?">Mary, Did You Know?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus" title="I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cuddle_Up,_Cozy_Down_Christmas" title="Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas">Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Sweet_By-and-By" title="In the Sweet By-and-By">In the Sweet By and By</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Magic_Man" title="Magic Man">Magic Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_Champions" title="We Are the Champions">We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Step_by_Step_(Annie_Lennox_song)" title="Step by Step (Annie Lennox song)">Step by Step</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Be_(song)" title="Let It Be (song)">Let It Be</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_Up%3F_(4_Non_Blondes_song)" title="What's Up? (4 Non Blondes song)">What's Up?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wrecking_Ball_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)">Wrecking Ball</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Southern_Accents_(song)" title="Southern Accents (song)">Southern Accents</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Features8" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Islands_in_the_Stream_(song)" title="Islands in the Stream (song)">Islands in the Stream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Strange" title="Love Is Strange">Love Is Strange</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_You_Tell_Me_That_You_Love_Me" title="When You Tell Me That You Love Me">When You Tell Me That You Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Knockin%27_on_Heaven%27s_Door" title="Knockin' on Heaven's Door">Knockin' on Heaven's Door</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sleepless_Nights_(Everly_Brothers_song)" title="Sleepless Nights (Everly Brothers song)">Sleepless Nights</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Viva_Las_Vegas_(song)" title="Viva Las Vegas (song)">Viva Las Vegas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside" title="Baby, It's Cold Outside">Baby, It's Cold Outside</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Said_You_Have_a_Beautiful_Body_Would_You_Hold_It_Against_Me" title="If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me">If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_I_Get_Where_I%27m_Going" title="When I Get Where I'm Going">When I Get Where I'm Going</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Still_Miss_Someone" title="I Still Miss Someone">I Still Miss Someone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Make_Old_Friends" title="You Can't Make Old Friends">You Can't Make Old Friends</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Country" title="Forever Country">Forever Country</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Rain" title="Smoky Mountain Rain">Smoky Mountain Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Words_(Bee_Gees_song)#Other_versions" title="Words (Bee Gees song)">Words</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eagle_When_She_Flies_(song)" title="Eagle When She Flies (song)">Eagle When She Flies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Does_He_Love_You#Revisited_version" title="Does He Love You">Does He Love You (Revisited)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Young_(Rod_Stewart_song)" title="Forever Young (Rod Stewart song)">Forever Young</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Please_Please_Please_(Sabrina_Carpenter_song)" title="Please Please Please (Sabrina Carpenter song)">Please Please Please</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film and TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_(1976_TV_series)" title="Dolly (1976 TV series)">Dolly</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_(1987_TV_series)" title="Dolly (1987 TV series)">Dolly</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_%26_Carol_in_Nashville" title="Dolly & Carol in Nashville">Dolly & Carol in Nashville</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_to_Dollywood" title="Hollywood to Dollywood">Hollywood to Dollywood</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_Lady" title="The Book Lady">The Book Lady</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_Dolly" title="For the Love of Dolly">For the Love of Dolly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton%27s_Coat_of_Many_Colors" title="Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors">Coat of Many Colors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton%27s_Christmas_of_Many_Colors:_Circle_of_Love" title="Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love">Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton%27s_Heartstrings" title="Dolly Parton's Heartstrings">Dolly Parton's Heartstrings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_on_the_Square" title="Christmas on the Square">Christmas on the Square</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halos_%26_Horns_Tour" title="Halos & Horns Tour">Halos & Horns Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hello,_I%27m_Dolly_Tour" title="Hello, I'm Dolly Tour">Hello, I'm Dolly Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Vintage_Tour" title="The Vintage Tour">The Vintage Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Dolly_Parton" title="An Evening with Dolly Parton">An Evening with Dolly Parton</a></li> <li><a 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