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Didn't It Rain

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"Didn't It Rain", sometimes given as "Oh, Didn't It Rain", is an American gospel song. It originated as a Negro spiritual or work song, and appeared in sheet music for piano art song form in a 1919 arrangement by Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866–1949).

Modern versions

  • The Galilee Singers (1923-1929?)
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1948)
  • Mahalia Jackson (1954)
  • Marion Williams (1967)
  • Rev. James Cleveland (1982)
  • Tom Jones (2010)
  • Hugh Laurie (2013)
  • (Glen David Andrews) (2014) (From "Redemption," produced by Leo Sacks for Louisiana Red Hot Records.)
    • (Evelyn Freeman) (1958)
  • Amy Helm (2015)
  • [Noya Soul] (2017)

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