This article is about the blues song. For the Spike Lee film, see When the Levees Broke. For the T.V. episode, see When the Levee Breaks (Supernatural). For dike failures, see Levee breach.
"When the Levee Breaks"
Single by Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
Released
August–September 1929
Recorded
New York City, June 18, 1929
Genre
Country blues
Length
3:11
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Kansas Joe McCoy
Memphis Minnie
"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
"When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their untitled fourth album. Singer Robert Plant used many of the original lyrics and the songwriting is credited to Memphis Minnie and the individual members of Led Zeppelin.[1] Many other artists have performed and recorded versions of the song.
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