BEFORE THE HIT VERSION
COTTON EYE JOE. Continues later this week.

BEFORE IT WAS A

HIT SONG…

These songs are well known but you may not know about the earlier attempts to score a hit record with prior versions of the same song.

Cotton Eye Joe

Swedish group Rednex charted around the world with "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994-5. The single reached the top of the British and European Top 40. As well as peaking at #25 in America, it climbed into the Canadian and Australian Top 10.

The song's origins have been cited as pre-dating the 20th century. Listed as "Cotton Eyed Joe", the earliest known recording was by Fiddlin' John Carson in 1926-7. It was later covered by Burl Ives, Nina Simone and The Chieftains.

Each new song will be added to the spotify playlist named: ‘Before It Was A Hit Song’.  You can check out the previous earlier / original versions of the hit songs you know and love.

The playlist and other Caffe` Latte` selections can be found at:

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte

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