The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - I'M GOING TO LIVE THE LIFE I SING ABOUT (IN MY SONG)

Artist: Madame Ernestine Martin
Author: Thomas Dorsey
Label: Down Town
Year: 1948

Recorded in '46 as I Live The Life I Sing About.

Covers:

1949:: Fairfield Four
1949:: Trumpeteers [as Live The Life I Sing About]
1949:: Marie Knight [as Live The Life]
1950:: Brother Joe May
1955:: Josh White [as Live The Life]
1956:: Mahalia Jackson
1960:: Gogi Grant
1964:: Marion Williams [with Ray Brown and Milt Jackson]
1970:: Rev. Maceo Woods
1973:: B.B. King [as I Like To Live The Love; top 10 R&B crediting Charles Mann/Dave Crawford]
1974:: Chi-Lites [idem]
1974:: Bob & Marcia [idem]
1993:: Nina Hagen [as I'm Gonna Live The Life]
2020:: Don McLean

I'M GOING TO LIVE THE LIFE I SING ABOUT (IN MY SONG)