Artists Covering Songs by Richard Thompson

Artists covering songs by Richard Thompson

	Artist	Song Performances
1	Richard Thompson Band	662


2	Reckless Kelly	346


3	Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson	249


4	The Del McCoury Band	200


5	Tim Finn	130


6	Fairport Convention	78


7	Richard Thompson & Loudon Wainwright, III	77


8	Broken Compass Bluegrass	73


9	Albert Lee	62


10	Christy Moore	52


11	Mary Lou Lord	47


12	Melrose	31


13	Willi Carlisle	29


14	The Finn Brothers	27


15	Richard & Linda Thompson	26


16	Marshall Crenshaw	22


17	The Futureheads	20


18	Luke Jackson	19


19	Joan Baez	17


20	Evan Dando	14


21	Kudzu Kings	13


22	Cory Branan	12


	The Devil Doves	12


24	Acts of Man	11


	Sean Rowe	11


	Martin Simpson	11


27	Celtic Woman	10


	Robert Earl Keen	10


29	Chicago Farmer	9


	Grace Petrie	9


	Plainsong	9


32	Nathan Carter	8


	Tracy Grammer	8


	Barbara Manning	8


	Red Molly	8


36	The Albion Band	7


	Colin Meloy	7


	Amanda Palmer	7


	The Waybacks	7


40	Robert Ellis	6


41	Badlands	5


	The HalFSmokes	5


	Jackshit	5


	Mad Dog Mcrea	5


	Steve Poltz	5


46	Shawn Colvin	4


	Tim Finn, Bic Runga, Dave Dobbyn	4


	Bonnie Hayes	4


	Edwina Hayes	4


	Buddy Miller	4


	Moonalice	4


	Matthew O'Donnell	4


	The Other Favorites	4


	Thompson	4


55	Bonnie “Prince” Billy	3


	The Boatman	3


	Carbon Leaf	3


	Theo Kandel	3


	Patty Loveless	3


	Midnight Choir	3


	Danny Olliver	3


	Garnet Rogers	3


	The Soft Boys	3


	Jo-El Sonnier	3


	Teddy Thompson	3


	Paul Thorn	3


	Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway	3


68	ALT	2


	Pat Byrne	2


	Calum Gilligan	2


	Deerhunter	2


	Mark Erelli	2


	French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson	2


	Iona Fyfe	2


	Butch Hancock	2


	Martin Harley	2


	Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell	2


	Dave Hause	2


	Jason Isbell	2


	Joe Russo's Almost Dead	2


	Keith Harkin	2


	The Mammals	2


	Iain Matthews	2


	Max Creek	2


	Scott Metzger	2


	Mike + Ruthy	2


	Buddy & Julie Miller	2


	Michael Penn	2


	Pert Near Sandstone	2


	Tim Rogers	2


	Nick Tarry	2


	Too Much Joy	2


	The Travelin’ McCourys	2


	Roel Van Bambost	2


	Various Artists	2


	Keller Williams	2


	Siobhan Wilson	2


98	Mary Black	1


	Ruben Block	1


	Boxin' The Vox	1


	Phoebe Bridgers	1


	Greg Brown	1


	Dolph Chaney	1


	Chris Finnen & Jeff Lang	1


	Christine Collister	1


	Continental Drifters	1


	Elvis Costello	1


	Darin & Brooke Aldridge	1


	Drunken Gramophone	1


	Bob Dylan	1


	Tommy Emmanuel	1


	Peter Frampton	1


	French Frith Kaiser Thompson	1


	Girls Guns & Glory	1


	Amy Goddard	1


	Patty Griffin	1


	Jess Guise	1


	Johnny Hickman	1


	High & Rising	1


	High Range	1


	Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift	1


	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	1


	Tom Jones	1


	Kadril	1


	Kitchen Dwellers	1


	Davy Knowles	1


	Jeff Lang	1


	Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes	1


	Ted Leo	1


	Alan Licht	1


	Live From Here with Chris Thile	1


	Jake Marsh	1


	Peter Mulvey	1


	Casey Neill & the Norway Rats	1


	Odin KBR	1


	Pretty Little Goat	1


	Punch Brothers	1


	Alistair Russell	1


	Jonathan Segel	1


	Bill Sheffield	1


	Curtis Stigers	1


	Marty Stuart	1


	SYSTIR	1


	Three Girls and Their Buddy	1


	Tremaar	1


	Molly Tuttle	1


	Rachel Unthank & the Winterset	1


	Carl Verheyen	1


	Lucy Wainwright Roche	1


	The Wainwright Sisters	1


	The Whistlin’ Donkeys	1


	Dar Williams	1


	Beth Wood	1


	Yonder Mountain String Band	1

Covered Richard Thompson songs

This table lists all songs by Richard Thompson that got covered by other artists. Multiple performances from the same setlist are also counted towards the total.

	Song	Song Performances
1	1952 Vincent Black Lightning Play Video stats	782


2	Beeswing Play Video stats	188


3	Persuasion Play Video stats	180


4	Tear-Stained Letter Play Video stats	165


5	Dry My Tears and Move On Play Video stats	72


6	I Feel So Good Play Video stats	58


7	Valerie Play Video stats	57


8	Al Bowlly's in Heaven Play Video stats	52


9	From Galway to Graceland Play Video stats	39


10	Crawl Back (Under My Stone) Play Video stats	27


	Waltzing's for Dreamers Play Video stats	27


12	Keep Your Distance Play Video stats	26


13	The Poor Ditching Boy Play Video stats	22


14	Ghosts in the Wind Play Video stats	21


	One Door Opens Play Video stats	21


16	Easy There, Steady Now Play Video stats	20


	I Misunderstood Play Video stats	20


	Razor Dance Play Video stats	20


	Turning of the Tide Play Video stats	20


20	Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands Play Video stats	19


21	How Many Times Play Video stats	18


22	Time to Ring Some Changes Play Video stats	17


23	Mingus Eyes Play Video stats	16


	Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman Play Video stats	16


25	Hard on Me Play Video stats	15


	Read About Love Play Video stats	15


	When the Spell Is Broken Play Video stats	15


28	Bathsheba Smiles Play Video stats	13


	Sunset Song Play Video stats	13


30	Dad's Gonna Kill Me Play Video stats	12


	Mascara Tears Play Video stats	12


32	Cold Kisses Play Video stats	11


	Gethsemane Play Video stats	11


	Johnny's Far Away Play Video stats	11


	She Never Could Resist a Winding Road Play Video stats	11


	The Ghost of You Walks Play Video stats	11


37	A Bone Through Her Nose Play Video stats	10


	Cooksferry Queen Play Video stats	10


	Gypsy Love Songs Play Video stats	10


	Hand of Kindness Play Video stats	10


	King of Bohemia Play Video stats	10


	Outside of the Inside Play Video stats	10


	She Twists the Knife Again Play Video stats	10


	The End of the Rainbow Play Video stats	10


	Uninhabited Man Play Video stats	10


	Withered and Died Play Video stats	10


47	Can't Win Play Video stats	9


	I Still Dream Play Video stats	9


	I'll Never Give It Up Play Video stats	9


	Jennie Play Video stats	9


51	Crash the Party Play Video stats	8


	I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life Play Video stats	8


	I'll Tag Along Play Video stats	8


	Nobody's Wedding Play Video stats	8


	Sights and Sounds of London Town Play Video stats	8


	Take Care the Road You Choose Play Video stats	8


	The Way That It Shows Play Video stats	8


	Two Left Feet Play Video stats	8


59	A Brother Slips Away Play Video stats	7


	Bad Monkey Play Video stats	7


	Bank Vault in Heaven Play Video stats	7


	Down Where the Drunkards Roll Play Video stats	7


	How Will I Ever Be Simple Again Play Video stats	7


	I Ride in Your Slipstream Play Video stats	7


	Jealous Words Play Video stats	7


	MGB-GT Play Video stats	7


	Missie How You Let Me Down Play Video stats	7


	Mr. Stupid Play Video stats	7


	Nearly in Love Play Video stats	7


	Needle and Thread Play Video stats	7


	Put It There Pal Play Video stats	7


	Strange Affair Play Video stats	7


	The Dimming of the Day Play Video stats	7


	Woods of Darney Play Video stats	7


75	A Love You Can't Survive Play Video stats	6


	Modern Woman Play Video stats	6


	Old Thames Side Play Video stats	6


	Pearly Jim Play Video stats	6


	She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair Play Video stats	6


	The Wrong Heartbeat Play Video stats	6


	Time's Gonna Break You Play Video stats	6


	Walking the Long Miles Home Play Video stats	6


83	Bee's Wing Play Video stats	5


	Business on You Play Video stats	5


	Hide It Away Play Video stats	5


	Hots for the Smarts Play Video stats	5


	Jerusalem on the Jukebox Play Video stats	5


	Let It Blow Play Video stats	5


	Two-Faced Love Play Video stats	5


	Woman or a Man? Play Video stats	5


	Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen Play Video stats	5


92	Alexander Graham Bell Play Video stats	4


	Don't Tempt Me Play Video stats	4


	Fire in the Engine Room Play Video stats	4


	Shane and Dixie Play Video stats	4


96	Devonside Play Video stats	3


	God Loves a Drunk Play Video stats	3


	If Love Whispers Your Name Play Video stats	3


	Long Dead Love Play Video stats	3


	My Soul, My Soul Play Video stats	3


	Ragg Mopp Play Video stats	3


	Rainbow Over the Hill Play Video stats	3


	Shaky Nancy Play Video stats	3


	Sibella Play Video stats	3


	Too Late to Come Fishing Play Video stats	3


	You Don't Say Play Video stats	3


107	Backlash Love Affair Play Video stats	2


	Dead Man's Handle Play Video stats	2


	For Whose Sake? Play Video stats	2


	Fork in the Road Play Video stats	2


	Good Things Happen to Bad People Play Video stats	2


	Gooi al je zorgen (in een koffer) Play Video stats	2


	Guns Are the Tongues Play Video stats	2


	Lovers' Lane Play Video stats	2


	Mind Your Own Business Play Video stats	2


	Mother Knows Best Play Video stats	2


	My Daddy Is a Mummy Play Video stats	2


	Pharaoh Play Video stats	2


	Roll Over Vaughan Williams Play Video stats	2


	Sidney Wells Play Video stats	2


	Taking My Business Elsewhere Play Video stats	2


	The Calvary Cross Play Video stats	2


	The Money Shuffle Play Video stats	2


	The New St. George Play Video stats	2


125	A Poisoned Heart and a Twisted Memory Play Video stats	1


	Among the Gorse, Among the Grey Play Video stats	1


	Baby Don't Know What to Do With Herself Play Video stats	1


	Baby Talk Play Video stats	1


	Back Street Slide Play Video stats	1


	Bad Again Play Video stats	1


	Big Sun Falling in the River Play Video stats	1


	Burning Man Play Video stats	1


	Crawl Back (Under My Stone) / Israelites Play Video stats	1


	Crimescene Play Video stats	1


	Demons in Her Dancing Shoes Play Video stats	1


	Hanky Panky Play Video stats	1


	Haul Me Up Play Video stats	1


	Here Comes Geordie Play Video stats	1


	How Does Your Garden Grow? Play Video stats	1


	How I Wanted To Play Video stats	1


	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Play Video stats	1


	Miss Patsy Play Video stats	1


	My Enemy Play Video stats	1


	Mystery Wind Play Video stats	1


	Night Comes In Play Video stats	1


	Oh I Swear Play Video stats	1


	Painted Ladies Play Video stats	1


	Pipe Dreams Play Video stats	1


	Reckless Kind Play Video stats	1


	Salford Sunday Play Video stats	1


	Sally B Play Video stats	1


	Saving the Good Stuff for You Play Video stats	1


	She Said It Was Destiny Play Video stats	1


	Stuck on the Treadmill Play Video stats	1


	Stumble On Play Video stats	1


	Sugar Bee Play Video stats	1


	That's All, Amen, Close the Door Play Video stats	1


	The Angels Took My Racehorse Away Play Video stats	1


	The White Friar's Hornpipe / Shreds and Patches Play Video stats	1


	They Tore the Hippodrome Down Play Video stats	1


	Tinker's Rhapsody Play Video stats	1


	Wounding Myself Play Video stats	1

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Artists covering songs by Richard Thompson

Covered Richard Thompson songs