Girl From the North Country

1963 · via Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan wrote “Girl From the North Country” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1963. Also recorded by Rod Stewart (released 1974), The Black Crowes (released 2005) and EELS (released 2006), among 241 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Dylan put it on record first, and Rod Stewart picked it up in 1974. Play them back to back and listen to the same girl get remembered by two very different voices.

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Credited writer: Bob Dylan.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1963.

Other recordings on file · first release year

The Country Gentlemen1966
Johnny Cash1969
Joe Cocker1970
Rod Stewart1974
Hans Theessink & Peter Ratzenbeck1986
Walter Trout Band1990
The Black Crowes2005
Eddie Vedder2005
EELS2006
Rosanne Cash2009
Counting Crows2012
Neil Young2014

241 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Bob Dylan wrote "Girl From the North Country" and cut it first. Which of these singers later recorded his own version of it?Rod Stewart

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