Charlie Bowman
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Brown)
RECORDINGS:
Birmingham Jubilee Singers, "Raise A Rukus Tonight" (CD - Complete
Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1927-1930), Document)
Charlie Bowman & his Brothers, "Gonna Raise the Ruckus Tonight"
(Columbia 15357-D, 1929)
Buster Brown, "Raise A Ruckus Tonight" (CD - New King of The Blues,
Collectables; Raise A Ruckus Tonight, Relic; Home of the Blues, Juke
Box Treasures; The Very Best of Buster Brown, Collectables)
Gus Cannon, "Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight" (CD - Walk Right In, Stax)
Warren Caplinger, "G'wina Raise a Ruckus Tonight" (Vocalion 5222, c.
1928)
Bill Carlisle, "Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight" (CD - Rough and Rowdy
Hillbilly of the 1930's, Collector/White Label)
Cliff Carlisle, "Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight" (Decca 5774, 1939)
Bill Chitwood & his Georgia Mountaineers, "Raise Rough House
Tonight" (OKeh 45236, 1928)
Jimmy Dean, "Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight" (CD - The Best of,
Columbia; Big Bad John, Bear Family)
Double Decker Stringband, "Raise A Ruckus" (CD - Chasing Rainbows,
Marimac Rec.)
Folkmasters, "Raise a Rukus Tonight" (on Fmst01)
Foster & Larue, "Raise A Ruckus" (CD - Stirring With Soul)
Jesse Fuller, "Raise a Ruckus" (CD - Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals &
Blues)
The Georgia Yellow Hammers, "Going To Raise A Ruckus Tonight"
(Victor 20928, 1927)
Georgia Serenaders [pseud. for Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain
Entertainers], "Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight" (Supertone 9473, 1929)
Highwaymen, "Raise a Ruckus (Tonight)" (LP - Hootenanny with the
Highwaymen, United Artists, UAL 3294, 1962)
Hootenanny Group, "Raise a Ruckus" (LP - Folk Radio Music, Radiola,
MR 1133, 1982)
Bill Kirchen, "Raise a Ruckus" (CD - Raise a Ruckus, and, Big Hat,
Hightone Records)
Alan Lomax and the Dupree Family, "Raise A Ruckus Tonight" (LP -
Raise a Ruckus Tonight and Have a Hootenanny, Kapp KL 1316
Lonesome River Boys, "Raise a Ruckus" (LP - Hills and Home; Thirty
Years of Bluegrass, New World NW 225, 1976)
J.E. Mainer, "Raise a Ruckus" (CD - 20 Old Time Favorites, Rural
Rhythm)
Brownie McGhee, "Raise A Ruckus Tonight" (CD - The Folkways Years
1945-1959)
Mobile Strugglers, "Raise a Ruckus Tonight" (CD - coll. Blues
Masters Vol 10, Rhino)
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet, "Raise Rukus Tonight" (Paramount 12032,
1923)
Plank Road String Band, "Raise a Ruckus Tonight" (LP - self titled,
Carryon 1976)
Riley Puckett, "Gonna Raise Ruckus Tonight" (Columbia 15455-D, 1929)
Pete Seeger, "Raise a Ruckus Tonight" (on PeteSeeger05)
Southern Quartet, "Gonna Raise Rukus Tonight" (Columbia 14048-D,
1924)
Josh White, "Raise A Ruckus" (CD - Josh at Midnight, Collectables;
Elektra Years, Elektra)
WPAQ: Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains - Theme Song (CD - Rounder)
Here's a thread on the Mudcat Discussion Forum about different lyrics
Here are Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee's lyrics
Charlie Bowman