got my mojo working
Ann Cole With The Suburbans Lyrics
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Ann Cole Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Black Cat Bones I got my mojo workin' But it just don't work on…
Blues Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Buddy Guy Got my mojo working, but it just don't work on…
Canned Heat Foster-Morganfield I got my mojo working but it just don'…
Chuck Berry Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Daisy & Lewis 1,2,1,2,1,2 Testing 1,2,1,2 Alright, yo Listen up as I rip …
Elvis Presley Hands off of her, she belongs to me Mojo working don't…
Etta James Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Howlin Wolf & Muddy Waters Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Jimmy Smith I got my mojo working baby, and I'm goin' to…
John Hammond Got my mojo working but it just won't work on…
Johnny Rivers I got my mojo working, it just don't work on…
Johnny Winter / Muddy Waters Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Long John Baldry I got my mojo working, but it just don't work…
Louis Jordan Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Otis Spann Got my mojo working, but it just don′t work on…
Perkins Pinetop Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Pinetop Perkins Got my mojo working, just don't work on you Got my…
Rod Stewart I got my mojo working, but it just don't work…
Rory Gallagher I got my mojo working, it just don't work on…
The James Cotton Band Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Got my mojo working, just don't work on you Got my…
The Warren J. 5 Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
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@GarlandFloyd
"Got My Mojo Working" is a 1956 song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole, but popularized by Muddy Waters in 1957. Waters' rendition of the song was featured on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #359[1] and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. This song has been the subject of copyright litigation. McKinley Morganfield, a.k.a. Muddy Waters, heard Ann Cole perform it while she was on tour with him in 1956. He modified the words, and attempted to copyright his own version. Dare Music, Inc., holder of the Preston Foster copyright, and Arc Music Group, holder of the Morganfield copyright, settled out of court, with Arc deferring to Dare's copyright. In Strachborneo v. Arc Music 357 F. Supp 1393 (S.D. N.Y. 1973), Ruth Stratchborneo sued co-defendants Arc Music, Dare Music, McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) and Preston Foster, claiming that all had infringed on her copyright in the song "Mojo Workout". In disagreement with Plaintiff Stratchborneo's claim, the ruling held that the term "Mojo" was essentially in the public domain and that the various uses of it in recordings by Ann Cole, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Smith and Bill Cosby did not, therefore, constitute infringement.
"MOJO is a commonplace part of the rhetoric of the culture of a substantial portion of the American people. As a figure of speech, the concept of having, or not having, one's MOJO working is not something in which any one person could assert originality, or establish a proprietary right.".[3]
Importantly, the ruling also unequivocably established the copyright of Preston Foster and Dare Music, Inc. in the song “Got My Mojo Working”.
“I find that defendant Dare is the owner of a valid copyright originally issued to Foster on October 29, 1956 (No. EU 462214) and duly assigned to Dare, covering the words and music of "GOT MY MOJO WORKING," as set forth in a 1956 lead sheet filed in the Copyright Office and on the demonstration record, Ex. 6, and that such work is an original musical composition of words and music made by Preston Foster, which does not infringe any rights of plaintiff.” [3]
A discussion of the history of the song can be found on pages 173 - 175 in "The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish & Other Crazy But True Stories of Law & Lawyers".
@kamilomar9134
Her music REALLY has to be revised on the radio airwaves - young female singers really should be listening to this talented lady - she was VERY much underrated!!.
@user-fb8rw5uq5d
I first heard this on local station, X-ray radio, not knowing there had been any other version than the widely popular one. Her rendition is far superior, focused intent and powerhouse vocal virtuosity. She brings the determination, and absolute firey willpower that is somewhat absent from later versions.
Subjectivity is a part of the absorption of art, but it is a shame she wasn't given greater credit in her lifetime. This piece offers a timeline of evolution that leads to other greats; Tina Turner not being the least of those clearly influenced by such unleashed vocals.
@morganfisherart
Wiki says about Ann: "She was involved in a serious car accident [aged about 30], which ended her musical career and confined her to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She died of a heart failure in her sleep in November 1986, aged 52."
Life can be so damned unfair :-(
I'm so glad to have discovered her here, and will search for the few other songs she released. Thanks for the upload, markowee!!
@markowee
You're welcome. I'm glad you like it.
@davidespinosa1910
So Muddy stole the song from her, with no credit. What a loser.
@chezztone
It's the lack of road safety and absence of good train service. It's not about unfairness. Tens of thousands of people are killed or disabled in car crashes annually. Touring performers are even more vulnerable because they travel more
@curtisjenkins8112
This is ONE great song! She nails it too!
@ismaelsantos9332
The best version 👋🏾👋🏾
@knuteboy3778
Damn..what a powerhouse vocalist. One of those singers who fell through the cracks.
@Dickneeds
One of the best 50's R&B female singers. Never got her proper dues along with Faye Simmons . You live on on my turntable Annie.