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Muddy Waters

Mannish Boy

1955 · via William Shatner

Muddy Waters’ 1955 recording of “Mannish Boy” is the earliest release on file. Muddy Waters shares the writing credit with Bo Diddley and Mel London. Also recorded by The Rolling Stones (released 1977), Jimi Hendrix (released 1969) and The Band (released 1978), among 270 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
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Muddy Waters made the first recording and split the credit with Bo Diddley and Mel London, and the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix both followed him into it. Shatner came in at the far end of a very long line.

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Credited writers: Bo Diddley, Mel London and Muddy Waters.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1955.

Other recordings on file · first release year

270 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 26, 2026.

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