Who sang if it wasn't for bad luck?
"Born Under a Bad Sign" is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Called "a timeless staple of the blues", the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its synchronous bass and guitar lines and topical astrology reference. "Born Under a Bad Sign" became an R&B chart hit for King and numerous blues and other musicians have made it perhaps the most recorded Albert King song.
Who sang "Born Under a Bad Sign" in 1967?
Albert King
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Who sang "Bad Luck Blues"?
Lighting' Slim
British rock group Cream recorded "Born Under a Bad Sign" for their third album, "Wheels of Fire" (1968). The group's record company, which also distributed Stax records, requested that they record it, according to guitarist Eric Clapton. Cream's rendition follows Albert King's, except for bassist and singer Jack Bruce combining two verses into "I've been down ever since I was ten" and an extended guitar solo by Clapton. Musicologist Robert Palmer described Clapton's playing as "practically Albert King parodies".
Who sang "Born Under a Bad Sign" in 1968?
Cream
Born Under a Bad Sign (song)
Born Under a Bad Sign (song)
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Similar lyrics are found in Lightnin' Slim's 1954 swamp blues song "Bad Luck Blues":[5]
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Born Under a Bad Sign is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Similar lyrics are found in Lighting' Slim's 1954 swamp blues song Bad Luck Blues. British rock group Cream recorded Born Under a Bad Sign for their third album, Wheels of Fire (1968). Cream's rendition follows Albert King's, except for bassist and singer Jack Bruce combining two verses into "I've been down ever since I was ten" and an extended guitar solo by Clapton.