Covers:

1928:

Virginia Jubilee Singers

1945:

Silver Echo Quartet [as Sinner Man]

1954:

Sensational Nightingales [as On The Judgement Day]

1956:

Swan Silvertones [for Vee-Jay]

1956:

Rod McKuen [idem]

1956:

Les Baxter Orch. [as Sinner Man; vocal by folk singer Will Holt, who shares the authorship with Les Baxter on the label; B-side of Tango On The Drums]

1957:

Davis Sisters [as Sinner Man (Where You Gonna Run To)]

1958:

Folksmiths [on lp We've Got Some Singing To Do, also containing the first Kumbaya (see there)]

1959:

Weavers [as Sinner Man]

1959:

Leon Bibb

1960:

Tommy Sands [live in Vegas]

1961:

Nina Simone [Live At The Village Gate]

1962:

Two Tones [Gordon Lightfoot and Terry Whelan]

1964:

Nina Simone [as Sinner Man on album Pastel Blues (10 minute version), later used in film The Thomas Crown Affair, version also holding the sample used by Felix Da Housecat in a '03 Verve remix]

1966:

Peter Tosh & The Wailers [for Studio One, without Bob Marley]

1967:

Seekers

1971:

Wailers [as Downpressor Man, vocal by Peter Tosh, produced by Lee Perry]

1977:

Peter Tosh [idem; on his album Equal Rights]

1995:

Sweet Honey In The Rock [as Can't Hide Sinner]

2002:

Blue Angels [as Rock; inspired by Nina Simone]

2002:

16 Horsepower

2003:

Felix Da Housecat [samples Simone's '64 version]

2005:

Sinéad O'Connor [as Downpressor Man]

2021:

Celeste [Nina Simone samples throughout Flame]