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Joan Baez

Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You

1962 · via Anne Bredon

Joan Baez’s 1962 recording of “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” is the earliest release on file. Anne Bredon is credited as its writer. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are on the credit through Led Zeppelin’s 1969 version. Also recorded by Led Zeppelin (released 1969), Quicksilver Messenger Service (released 1968) and Great White (released 1994), among 32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Anne Bredon's name is on the credit, but the song lived in other people's mouths: Joan Baez had it on record first, back in 1962, and Quicksilver Messenger Service picked it up later. Start with Baez and hear where it began.

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Credited writer: Anne Bredon.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are on the credit through Led Zeppelin’s 1969 version.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1962.

Other recordings on file · first release year

32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Anne Bredon wrote "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You." Before Quicksilver Messenger Service took it on, who made the first recording of it?Joan Baez
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