| "Hell Hound on My Trail" | |
|---|---|
 Original 78 record label | |
| Single by Robert Johnson | |
| Released | September 1937 |
| Recorded | Dallas, Texas, June 20, 1937 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 2:35 |
| Label | Vocalion |
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Johnson |
"Hellhound on My Trail" (originally "Hell Hound on My Trail") is a blues song recorded by Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson in June 1937 and released as a 78 rpm single on Vocalion Records that September. It was inspired by earlier blues songs[1] and blues historian Ted Gioia describes it as one of Johnson's "best known and most admired performances—many would say it is his greatest".[2]
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Pearsonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gioia, Ted (2008). Delta Blues (Norton Paperback 2009 ed.). New York City: W. W. Norton. pp. 181–182. ISBN 978-0-393-33750-1.