Songs
Show all 963 Richard Thompson songs
- "Heroes" (1)
- (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (1)
- 1812 Overture (1)
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (653)
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / Rawhide (1)
- 1985 (3)
- 314 (1)
- 96 Tears (2)
- 99 Red Balloons (1)
- A Blind Step Away (2)
- A Bone Through Her Nose (37)
- A Brother Slips Away (20)
- A Day in the Life (1)
- A Drunk Can't Be A Man (1)
- A Fool In Love (1)
- A Hard Day's Night (1)
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (1)
- A Heart Needs a Home (43)
- A Hot Place for Hypocrites (1)
- A Legal Matter (12)
- A Love You Can't Survive (57)
- A Man in Need (77)
- A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid (4)
- A Poisoned Heart and a Twisted Memory (10)
- A Rose for My Lady (1)
- A Second Time (1)
- A Simple Song (1)
- A Solitary Life (3)
- A-11 (5)
- A-Beggin' I Will Go (1)
- A13, Trunk Road to the Sea (1)
- Adieu adieu (4)
- Adieu, Adieu (1)
- Ae Fond Kiss (1)
- Aftermath (1)
- Aftermath / Stood Down / Back In the Line (1)
- Age of Aquarius (1)
- Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens (1)
- Ain't She A Pretty One (2)
- Air for Maurice Ogg (3)
- Air for Maurice Ogg / Mrs. McLeod's Reel (2)
- Al Bowlly's in Heaven (230)
- Alberta (6)
- Albion Sunrise (1)
- Alexander Graham Bell (19)
- All Along the Watchtower (6)
- All Because Of You (2)
- All Buttoned Up (41)
- All in a Garden Green (1)
- All Right (I'll Sign the Papers) (5)
- All Through the Night (1)
- Amarillo (1)
- Amaryllis - Nonesuch a la mode de France (8)
- Amazing Grace (1)
- America the Beautiful (1)
- Among the Gorse, Among the Grey (21)
- Among the Gorse, Among the Grey / Haul Me Up (1)
- And Your Bird Can Sing (2)
- Andalus / Radio Marrakesh (1)
- Angel from Montgomery (1)
- Another Small Thing in Her Favour (1)
- As I Hold You (26)
- As I Roved Out (2)
- As Soon as You Hear the Bell (3)
- As the Lights Go Out (1)
- At the End of a Long Lonely Day (5)
- At the Feet of the Emperor (1)
- Auldie Riggs (4)
- Auldie Riggs Dance (2)
- Ave Maria (1)
- Avenger's Theme (1)
- Baby Don't Know What to Do With Herself (6)
- Baby Talk (2)
- Back in the Line (1)
- Back in the U.S.S.R. (1)
- Back Street Slide (37)
- Backlash Love Affair (6)
- Bad Again (11)
- Bad as Me (1)
- Bad Monkey (17)
- Bad to the Bone (2)
- Ballad of Easy Rider (4)
- Ballad of Tiger Woods (1)
- Banish Misfortune (30)
- Bank Vault in Heaven (13)
- Bathsheba Smiles (140)
- Battle Of New Orleans / I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (1)
- Be Careful of Stones That You Throw (1)
- Be-Bop-A-Lula (3)
- Beat the Retreat (17)
- Beatnik Walking (119)
- Beds Are Burning (1)
- Bee's Wing (1)
- Beeswing (367)
- Bell Bottom Blues (1)
- Between You and Me (1)
- Big Chimney (2)
- Big Iron (1)
- Big Sun Falling in the River (19)
- Bird on the Wire (2)
- Birdtown (1)
- Birthday (1)
- Black Against The Snow (1)
- Black Bell Jones (1)
- Blackbird (5)
- Blackleg Miner (17)
- Blaydon Races (1)
- Blessed (1)
- Bloodshot Eyes (15)
- Blowin' in the Wind (1)
- Blue Christmas (2)
- Blues in My Bottle (1)
- Blues in the Morning (1)
- Bogie's Bonnie Belle (4)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2)
- Bolt Out of the Blue (?) (1)
- Bones of Gilead (57)
- Bonnie St. Johnstone (10)
- Book of Love (1)
- Born to Run (1)
- Borrowed Time (9)
- Both Ends Burning (13)
- Both Sides, Now (1)
- Brave General Wolfe (1)
- Break My Mind (1)
- Breaking Down the Walls (2)
- Breakneck Speed (1)
- Breathless (1)
- Bring It On Home to Me (1)
- Brink of Love (2)
- Broken Doll (61)
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (1)
- Bucket Medley (1)
- Burning Man (10)
- Burns Supper (1)
- Business on You (6)
- Ça plane pour moi (4)
- California Dreamin' (1)
- Can't Help Falling in Love (1)
- Can't Help Falling in Love / You'll Never Walk Alone (1)
- Can't Win (159)
- Candy Man (3)
- Careful (1)
- Che Faro Senza Euridice (1)
- Chicken Dance (1)
- Christine / We're Not Over Yet (1)
- Christmas Wrapping (1)
- Clive Smythe (3)
- Closing Song (1)
- Cold Feet (1)
- Cold Kisses (67)
- Comb Your Hair and Curl It (1)
- Come the Night (1)
- Coming Into Los Angeles (1)
- Cooksferry Queen (127)
- Crash the Party (9)
- Crawl Back (Under My Stone) (169)
- Crawl Back (Under My Stone) / Israelites (1)
- Crawl Back / Uptown Top Ranking / Israelites (1)
- Crazy Man Michael (34)
- Crimescene (16)
- Crimson & Clover (1)
- Crocodile Tears (101)
- Cross Road Blues (1)
- Cry Me a River (16)
- Cuckolds All Awry/Picking Up Sticks/Old Mole (1)
- Cut Across Shorty (2)
- Dad's Gonna Kill Me (60)
- Daddy Rolling Stone (26)
- Danny Boy (8)
- Daphne/Tickle My Toe (1)
- Dargai (7)
- Dargason/Greenwood (1)
- Dark Hand Over My Heart (4)
- Days in the Park (2)
- Days of Our Lives (5)
- Dead End Street (2)
- Dead Man's Handle (3)
- Dear Janet Jackson (3)
- Dear Sir (2)
- Demons in Her Dancing Shoes (24)
- Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (1)
- Desolation Row (1)
- Devonside (35)
- Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? (92)
- Dido Was the Carthage Queen (1)
- Dido's Lament (12)
- Dimming of the Day (275)
- Dirty Linen (2)
- Dirty Old Town (2)
- Do You Believe in Life After Love (1)
- Do You Want to Know a Secret (1)
- Do-Re-Mi (1)
- Doctor of Physick (1)
- Don't Dream It's Over (1)
- Don't Know What I Was Thinking (1)
- Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart (29)
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (2)
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / I Misunderstood (1)
- Don't Renege on Our Love (22)
- Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me (1)
- Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me (10)
- Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands (72)
- Don't Stop the Music (3)
- Don't Tell Secrets (1)
- Don't Tempt Me (6)
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (1)
- Down by the Riverside (1)
- Down in the Flood (1)
- Down Where the Drunkards Roll (157)
- Dragging the River (3)
- Drifting Through The Days (1)
- Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (33)
- Drowned Dog, Black Night (4)
- Dry My Tears and Move On (197)
- Dulcina (1)
- Early Morning Rain (1)
- Eastern Rain (1)
- Easy There, Steady Now (62)
- Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene (2)
- Eight Miles High (2)
- Eleanor Rigby (2)
- Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime (6)
- Everything I Do I Do for You (1)
- Everything Looks Black (1)
- Fair Warning (1)
- False Knight on the Road (5)
- Family (1)
- Famous Blue Raincoat (1)
- Fare Thee Well (1)
- Farewell, Adieu to Courtly Life (1)
- Farewell, Farewell (1)
- Fat Old Sun (1)
- Father Christmas (1)
- Fergus Laing (44)
- Field of Molasses (1)
- Fine Horseman (1)
- Fire in the Engine Room (20)
- Flanagan's Lament (1)
- Flowers of the Forest (2)
- Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll (6)
- For Shame of Doing Wrong (118)
- For Whose Sake? (6)
- Fork in the Road (59)
- Fotheringay (1)
- Free Bird Spoof (3)
- Freight Train (1)
- Friday on My Mind (12)
- From Galway to Graceland (97)
- From the Inside Out (1)
- Full Fathom (1)
- Full Fathom Five (3)
- Gas (2)
- Gates of Eden (1)
- General Taylor (1)
- Genesis Hall (112)
- Get Up, Stand Up (1)
- Gethsemane (85)
- Ghosts in the Wind (60)
- Gimme Shelter (4)
- Girl From the North Country (1)
- Glad All Over (1)
- Glory to the Queen of Heavens (1)
- Gluttony Considered (1)
- Go Silly Note (1)
- God Loves a Drunk (44)
- God Save the Queen (2)
- Goddesses/Heartsease (1)
- Goin' Back (4)
- Gone Fishing (1)
- Gone Gone Gone (1)
- Gonna Back Up Baby / Be-Bop-A-Lula (1)
- Good Hearted Woman (1)
- Good Things Happen to Bad People (146)
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (1)
- Graystars (1)
- Great Balls of Fire (7)
- Green Garters (1)
- Greensleeves (1)
- Grey Funnel Line (16)
- Guitar Heroes (100)
- Guns Are the Tongues (16)
- Gypsy Love Songs (17)
- Habit (1)
- Hallelujah (3)
- Hamlet (Dog Eat Dog in Denmark) (59)
- Hand of Kindness (34)
- Happy Birthday to You (2)
- Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne (10)
- Hard Luck Stories (3)
- Hard on Me (87)
- Haul Me Up (25)
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1)
- Hawaii Five-O (1)
- Heebie Jeebies (2)
- Hello Mary Lou (1)
- Hello Sunshine (1)
- Her Eyes Not Mine (1)
- Her Love Was Meant for Me (57)
- Here Comes Geordie (13)
- Here Comes the Sun (2)
- Here Without You (3)
- Hevene Queen (2)
- Hey Hey Paula (1)
- Hey Joe (16)
- Hey Joe / Purple Haze (1)
- Hey Jude (1)
- Hide It Away (29)
- High School Confidential (4)
- Hobo Bill's Last Ride (1)
- Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) (53)
- Hold Me Tight / There's a Place / I Want to Hold Your Hand (3)
- Home (1)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (7)
- Home on the Range (1)
- Honeysuckle Rose (1)
- Honky Tonk Blues (9)
- Hoots Mon (7)
- Hope You Like the New Me (41)
- Hot Dog (1)
- Hot Peppers (1)
- Hot Rod Lincoln (2)
- Hots for the Smarts (76)
- House of Cards (1)
- House on the Hill (1)
- How Can the Tree (1)
- How Does Your Garden Grow? (1)
- How High The Moon (1)
- How I Wanted To (26)
- How Many Times (15)
- How Will I Ever Be Simple Again (45)
- Hug You Like a Mountain (1)
- Hurdy Gurdy Man (1)
- I Agree With Pat Metheny (17)
- I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More (7)
- I Ain't Livin' Long Like This (1)
- I Ain't Marching Anymore (3)
- I Am a Man in Prison (3)
- I Am the Walrus (1)
- I Can Hear Music (1)
- I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life (21)
- I Feel Fine (1)
- I Feel So Good (284)
- I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song) (1)
- I Get Younger (1)
- I Got You (I Feel Good) (1)
- I Have To Wait (1)
- I Know a Lucky Fellow (3)
- I Long for Lonely (1)
- I Love a Waltz (1)
- I Misunderstood (274)
- I Must Lie Down (1)
- I Ride in Your Slipstream (20)
- I Saw Her Standing There (1)
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1)
- I Say a Little Prayer (1)
- I Still Dream (41)
- I Still Miss Someone (3)
- I Still See Her Face (3)
- I Walk the Line (1)
- I Want the World (3)
- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (344)
- I Want You Back (1)
- I Will (1)
- I Won't Back Down (1)
- I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me) (3)
- I'd Never Seen (2)
- I'll Keep It With Mine (1)
- I'll Never Forget (2)
- I'll Never Give It Up (182)
- I'll Regret It All in the Morning (4)
- I'll Tag Along (13)
- I'm a Believer (3)
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (2)
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (1)
- I'm Ready (Willing and Able) (1)
- I'm Really in Love (1)
- I'm the Urban Spaceman (1)
- I've Just Seen a Face (1)
- If Dogs Run Free (1)
- If I Can't Change Your Mind (1)
- If I Could Live My Life Again (54)
- If I Were a Carpenter (1)
- If Love Whispers Your Name (113)
- If You Don't Want Me (2)
- Imagine (4)
- In My Arms (2)
- In My Life (4)
- In the Hall of the Mountain King (1)
- In the Pines (1)
- Inverness Gathering (1)
- Irish Fiddle Tune (unknown) (1)
- Is Beauty in the Blast (1)
- Island of Dreams (3)
- Israelites (2)
- It Came With a Whisper (1)
- It is Sad to See Them (2)
- It Won't Be Long (11)
- It'll Be Me (9)
- It'll Take a Long Time (1)
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary (2)
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1)
- It's Different for Girls (1)
- It's Not Unusual (1)
- Itsy Bitsy Spider (1)
- Ja nus hons pris (5)
- Jack O'Diamonds (3)
- Jackson (1)
- Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (1)
- Java Jive (10)
- Je Nuls Hom Pris (1)
- Jealous Words (16)
- Jennie (32)
- Jersey Girl (1)
- Jerusalem on the Jukebox (32)
- Jesus (4)
- Jesus / Gethsemene (1)
- Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair (33)
- John Faustus, Doctor of Divinitie (1)
- John the Gun (10)
- Johnny B. Goode (1)
- Johnny's Far Away (162)
- Josephine (47)
- Joshua Gone Barbados (4)
- Just Another Day (1)
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (1)
- Just the Motion (35)
- K.C. Loving (1)
- Keep That Wheel A-Turnin' (2)
- Keep Your Distance (101)
- Kidzz (1)
- Killerman Gold Posse (15)
- Killing Floor (1)
- Killing Jar (4)
- Killing Moon (1)
- King Henry Fifth''s Conquest of France (8)
- King of America (1)
- King of Bohemia (56)
- King of the Road (1)
- Kiss (11)
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1)
- La Valse de Madame Sosten (1)
- Lark in the Morning / John Barleycorn / The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter (1)
- Last Shift (7)
- Last Train to Clarksville (1)
- Lay Lady Lay (1)
- Lazy Bones (1)
- Let It Be Me (1)
- Let It Blow (15)
- Let It Snow (1)
- Let's Talk About Us (6)
- Lie Still My Dear (1)
- Light o' Love Have Over the Water (1)
- Like a Man (5)
- Lipstick on Your Collar (1)
- Little Blue Number (6)
- Little Boxes (1)
- Little Boy Blue (3)
- Little Queenie (4)
- Little Sally Rackett (6)
- Lola (1)
- London Pride (4)
- Lonely Hearts (6)
- Long Black Veil (2)
- Long Dead Love (6)
- Long John Silver (2)
- Lossless (1)
- Lost Child (1)
- Lost in Her Crowd (2)
- Lottery Winners (1)
- Lotteryland (8)
- Louie Louie (1)
- Love in a Faithless Country (12)
- Love Is Bad for Business (5)
- Love Me Do (1)
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit (2)
- Love That Never Lasts (1)
- Lovers' Lane (2)
- Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love (9)
- M'Sanduza (1)
- Madame Bonaparte (2)
- Madame Sosthene (2)
- Madonna's Wedding (13)
- Madrigal: The Silver Swan (1)
- Main Title (1)
- Man in Need (6)
- Man With Money (1)
- Maneater (5)
- Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt (1)
- Mary (You May Have to Run) (1)
- Mascara Tears (12)
- Masquerade (1)
- Masters of War (1)
- Matty Groves (33)
- May You Never (1)
- McGinty's Meal and Ale (1)
- Meet on the Ledge (100)
- Mellow Yellow (1)
- Mercury Blues (1)
- Message on the Wind (2)
- MGB-GT (12)
- Michelle (1)
- Mickey (1)
- Mind Your Own Business (9)
- Mingulay Boat Song (24)
- Mingus Eyes (42)
- Minor Swing (2)
- Minority (1)
- Miss Macleod's Reel (2)
- Missie How You Let Me Down (18)
- Money, Money, Money (11)
- Monster Mash (1)
- Moonshadow (1)
- Mother Knows Best (8)
- Motherless Children (1)
- Move It on Over (18)
- Move It! (1)
- Mr. Dead (1)
- Mr. Rebound (14)
- Mr. Riggs Appreciated (1)
- Mr. Stupid (22)
- Mr. Tambourine Man (2)
- Mrs Brown / Henry the 8th / I'm Into Something Good / Silhouettes (1)
- Mrs Rita (2)
- My Baby Left Me (1)
- My Back Pages (1)
- My Daddy Is a Mummy (37)
- My Dave (1)
- My Enemy (77)
- My Generation / I Can't Explain / Substitute (2)
- My Old Man (Said Follow the Van) (1)
- My Old Man's a Dustman (3)
- My Rock, My Rope (3)
- My Soul, My Soul (10)
- Mystery Train (4)
- Mystery Wind (9)
- Nancy Whiskey (1)
- Nearly in Love (25)
- Needle and Thread (21)
- Needles and Pins (3)
- Neighbours Theme (3)
- Never Again (6)
- New Fangled Flogging Reel / Kerry Reel (1)
- Night and Day (10)
- Night Comes In (16)
- No Longer (3)
- No Peace No End (2)
- Noble Diggers, Stand Up Now (1)
- Nobody's Wedding (9)
- Northern Winds (1)
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (1)
- Not Fade Away (11)
- Now Be Thankful (27)
- Now That I Am Dead (23)
- O Cinderella (1)
- O Come, All Ye Faithful (1)
- O Sleep, Fond Fancy (4)
- O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick (1)
- October Song (3)
- Ode to Portland (1)
- Oh I Swear (6)
- Oh Shenandoah (34)
- Oh, Boy! (2)
- Ohio (1)
- Old Thames Side (17)
- Old Time Rock and Roll (1)
- One Day (1)
- One Door Opens (153)
- One Life at a Time (1)
- One More Breath (1)
- One More Chance (1)
- One of the Best (2)
- One Sure Thing (1)
- Ooby Dooby (1)
- Oops!... I Did It Again (49)
- Oops!... I Did It Again / Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt (3)
- Open Fire (7)
- Orange Colored Sky (9)
- Out of Time (2)
- Outside of the Inside (46)
- Over the Rainbow (1)
- Overture (1)
- Packington's Pound (1)
- Paint It Black (1)
- Painted Ladies (1)
- Pals (2)
- Panic Attack Blues (1)
- Paperback Writer (1)
- Parchman Farm (8)
- Patty Don't You Put Me Down (30)
- Pavanne (9)
- Peaches (1)
- Pearly Jim (8)
- Peggy-O (1)
- Pennsylvania Six‐Five Thousand (11)
- Pepper in the Brandy/The Seven-Coloured Linnet (4)
- Percy's Song (1)
- Persuasion (300)
- Pharaoh (81)
- Pipe Shepherds Pipe (3)
- Pirate King (1)
- Play With Fire (1)
- Polk Salad Annie (1)
- Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (20)
- Poppy Leaf Hornpipe (2)
- Poppy-Red (8)
- Positively 4th Street (2)
- Prelude (3)
- Pressure (1)
- Pretty Ballerina (5)
- Pride (18)
- Pride / Trying (1)
- Psycho Killer (2)
- Psycho Street (14)
- Pump It Up (2)
- Pure Religion (1)
- Purple Haze (1)
- Push and Shove (50)
- Put It There Pal (62)
- Ragg Mopp (6)
- Rainbow Over the Hill (3)
- Raspberry Beret (1)
- Rats (2)
- Rave On / Jocko Homo (1)
- Razor Dance (57)
- Read About Love (96)
- Real Gone (9)
- Real Gone Gal (4)
- Rebel Rebel (1)
- Reckless Kind (10)
- Red Rubber Ball (1)
- Remember O Thou Man (8)
- Reno Nevada (2)
- Reynardine (1)
- Reynardine (R. Thompson et. al) (1)
- Richard Thompson's Cabaret of Souls (1)
- Right From Wrong (12)
- Right or Wrong (1)
- Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo (1)
- Ring of Fire (2)
- Road to Nowhere (1)
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (1)
- Rockin' Chair (4)
- Rockin' in Rhythm (12)
- Roll Over Vaughan Williams (2)
- Root So Bitter (1)
- Rosie / Hexhamshire Lass / Fiddlestix / Rosemary's Sister (1)
- Route 66 (1)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1)
- Run Judas, Run (1)
- Runnin' Down a Dream (1)
- Safe in the Bosom of the Lord (1)
- Salford Sunday (55)
- Sally B (101)
- Sally Rackett (7)
- Sam Hall (8)
- Sam Jones (9)
- Saturday Rolling Around (2)
- Saving the Good Stuff for You (83)
- Scarlet Tear (2)
- Scott Skinner Medley: Glencoe / Scott Skinner's Rockin' Step / Bonny Banchory (1)
- Season of the Witch (4)
- See My Friends (13)
- Separate Ways (1)
- Shady Grove (4)
- Shake, Rattle and Roll (10)
- Shakin' All Over (1)
- Shaky Nancy (2)
- Shane and Dixie (7)
- She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair (9)
- She Had It All (1)
- She Is Woman (1)
- She May Call You Up Tonight (6)
- She Moved Through the Fair (38)
- She Never Could Resist a Winding Road (53)
- She Puts the Bitch in Obituary (1)
- She Said It Was Destiny (16)
- She Sang Angels to Rest (8)
- She Twists the Knife Again (93)
- She Was Lost in the Crowd (8)
- She's A Hard Girl To Know (1)
- She's Not There (1)
- Sheath and Knife (1)
- Sheebeg and Sheemore / Saturday Night (1)
- Shelling (2)
- Shelter From the Storm (1)
- Shepherd's March / Maggie Cameron (6)
- Shepherd's Pipe (1)
- Shine on Love (1)
- Shoot Out the Lights (188)
- Shop Around (1)
- Should I Betray? (7)
- Should My Body Die (2)
- Should My Body Die (reprise) (2)
- Sibella (21)
- Sidney Wells (39)
- Sights and Sounds of London Town (26)
- Since You've Been Gone (1)
- Singapore Sadie (11)
- Sir Patrick Spens (9)
- Sitting on Top of the World (1)
- Skull and Cross Bones (8)
- Sloop John B (1)
- Sloth (25)
- Slow Down (1)
- Small Town Romance (1)
- Smiffy's Glass Eye (14)
- Smokey Joe's Cafe (8)
- So ben mi ch'a bon tempo (40)
- So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (2)
- Some Enchanted Evening (1)
- Somebody to Love (1)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1)
- Something (1)
- Something in the Air (1)
- Song of the Keepers (1)
- Sorrows to the Sea (1)
- Space Oddity (3)
- St. James Infirmary Blues (3)
- Stairway to Heaven (1)
- Stardust (1)
- Statesboro Blues (1)
- Steamroller (1)
- Steel Guitar Rag (1)
- Stony Ground (105)
- Stood Down (1)
- Story of Hamlet (6)
- Stranded in St. Louis (1)
- Strange Affair (6)
- Strange Fruit (1)
- Streets of London (2)
- Streets of Paradise (5)
- Stuck on the Treadmill (60)
- Stumble On (30)
- Substitute (37)
- Subterranean Homesick Blues (1)
- Sugar Baby Swing (1)
- Sugar Bee (4)
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1952 Vincent Black Lightning performed by Richard Thompson
- From the release Rumor and Sigh (Album)
- Total Plays 653 times by Richard Thompson
- 1186 times by 41 artists
- First Played in Concert June 30, 1989 at Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Most Recently Played March 19, 2022 at Cayamo 2022
Years
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2015
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53 |
| 2 |
2019
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51 |
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2014
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50 |
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2017
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47 |
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2018
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47 | |
| 6 |
2016
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39 |
| 7 |
2013
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34 |
| 8 |
2007
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26 |
| 9 |
2011
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23 |
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2021
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| 11 |
1997
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17 |
| 12 |
2001
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16 |
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2006
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1994
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15 |
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2020
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15 | |
| 16 |
2002
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14 |
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2003
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14 | |
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1991
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13 |
| 19 |
2008
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12 |
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1992
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11 |
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1996
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11 | |
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1999
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11 | |
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2004
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11 | |
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2005
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11 | |
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2012
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11 | |
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2022
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11 | |
| 27 |
2000
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10 |
| 28 |
2009
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9 |
| 29 |
1998
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8 |
| 30 |
1995
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7 |
| 31 |
1989
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5 |
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1993
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5 | |
| 33 |
1990
|
4 |
| 34 |
2010
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3 |
Plays by Other Artists
- Reckless Kelly 327 times
- The Del McCoury Band 48 times
- The Richard Thompson Band 24 times
- Mary Lou Lord 14 times
- Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson 13 times
- Sean Rowe 10 times
- Chicago Farmer 8 times
- Tracy Grammer 7 times
- Amanda Palmer 7 times
- Richard Thompson & Loudon Wainwright, III 7 times
- The Waybacks 7 times
- Robert Earl Keen 6 times
- Badlands 5 times
- Red Molly 5 times
- The Other Favorites 4 times
- Carbon Leaf 3 times
- Robert Ellis 3 times
- Luke Jackson 3 times
- Moonalice 3 times
- Danny Olliver 3 times
- Steve Poltz 3 times
- Butch Hancock 2 times
- Mike + Ruthy 2 times
- Pert Near Sandstone 2 times
- Keller Williams 2 times
- Pat Byrne 1 time
- Bob Dylan 1 time
- Martin Harley 1 time
- Johnny Hickman 1 time
- High Range 1 time
- Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift 1 time
- Jackshit 1 time
- Davy Knowles 1 time
- Jeff Lang 1 time
- The Mammals 1 time
- Scott Metzger 1 time
- Bill Sheffield 1 time
- Various Artists 1 time
- Beth Wood 1 time
- Yonder Mountain String Band 1 time
