Delta Lady

"Delta Lady"
Side A of the original UK single
Single by Joe Cocker
from the album Joe Cocker!
B-side"She's So Good To Me"
ReleasedOctober 1969
Recorded1969
GenreRock
Length2:51
LabelRegal Zonophone (UK)
A&M (US)
SongwriterLeon Russell
ProducersDenny Cordell, Leon Russell
Joe Cocker singles chronology
"Feelin' Alright"
(1968) 		"Delta Lady"
(1969) 		"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
(1969)

"Delta Lady" is a song written and composed by American rock singer and pianist Leon Russell. It was first recorded by British singer Joe Cocker for his 1969 album Joe Cocker! and also appeared on his 1970 concert album Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Cocker's single peaked at #10 on the UK singles chart and at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Russell went on to record his own version for his 1970 self-titled debut solo album and was released as a single the following year. Like "A Song for You" from the same album, Russell was inspired to write the song by vocalist Rita Coolidge. Coolidge named her autobiography after the song.[1]

Joe Cocker version

Russell co-produced Joe Cocker's second studio album Joe Cocker! in 1969, and wrote two songs for the album, "Delta Lady" and "Hello, Little Friend." As Rita Coolidge recalled in her 2016 autobiography Delta Lady: A Memoir, she was living with Russell at the time: "'Delta Lady' was about me: 'Woman of the country, now I've found you / longing in your soft and fertile delta... be all mine, Delta lady.' I was deeply honored, of course — no one had ever written a song about me." Russell also wrote "A Song for You" about Coolidge before they broke up later in 1969.[1]

Cocker's studio version (which featured Coolidge on backing vocals along with others including Bonnie Bramlett) was released as the first single from the album and hit the top 10 on the UK singles chart.[2][3] In 1970, the song closed out Cocker's live album Mad Dogs & Englishmen, recorded at Fillmore East in New York City.

Charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia 34
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 85
Netherlands[5] 15
New Zealand (Listener)[6] 18
UK Singles Chart[7] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 69

Leon Russell version

"Delta Lady"
Side A of the UK single
Single by Leon Russell
from the album Leon Russell
B-side"Pisces Apple Lady"
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1971
Recorded1969–1970
GenreRock
Length4:00
LabelShelter (US)
A&M (UK)
SongwriterLeon Russell
ProducersDenny Cordell, Leon Russell
Leon Russell singles chronology
"Roll Away the Stone"
(1970) 		"Delta Lady"
(1971) 		"The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
(1971)

Russell recorded the song for his self-titled debut solo album, which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. It led off side two of the album, while Russell's other song about Rita Coolidge, "A Song for You," led off side one. "Delta Lady" was released as a single on A&M Records in the UK, backed with "Pisces Apple Lady."[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Coolidge, Rita (2016). Delta Lady: A Memoir. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062372048.
  2. ^ "Joe Cocker, 'Delta Lady' (UK)". 45cat. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Joe Cocker, 'Delta Lady' (US)". 45cat. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Search: RPM". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Joe Cocker, 'Delta Lady'". Dutch Charts. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  6. ^ https://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qsongid=1870#n_view_location search Listener
  7. ^ "Joe Cocker, 'Delta Lady'". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Hot 100 chart, Nov. 8, 1969". Billboard. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Leon Russell, 'Delta Lady' (UK)". 45cat. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

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