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   In 1947, pianist and singer Cousin Joe recorded "Bad Luck Blues" with the Sam Price Trio, which contains the lyrics "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all". [5] Lightnin' Slim 's 1954 swamp blues recording of "Bad Luck Blues" contains the same lines and also includes "Cause bad luck's been followin' po' Lightnin', ever since I began to crawl".

2. quoteinvestigator.com › 2020/09/02 › bad-luckIf It Wasn’t for Bad Luck I Wouldn’t Have Any Luck At All

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   Sep 2, 2020 · Onstage at the hungry i, in San Francisco, comic Dick Gregory bemoans his ill-fortune. “If it weren’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all,” he cracks. In 1967 U.S. guitarist and singer Albert King recorded the song “Born Under a Bad Sign”. The lyrics were written by bandleader Booker T. Jones and vocalist William Bell.

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4. genius.com › Albert-king-born-under-a-bad-sign-lyricsAlbert King – Born Under a Bad Sign Lyrics - Genius

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   [Chorus] Born under a bad sign Been down since I began to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all [Verse 1] Hard luck and trouble Been my only friend I've been on ...

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   Feb 4, 2011 · Lyrics : Ray Charles, Jimmy Lewis (1969)

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6. genius.com › Albert-king-and-stevie-ray-vaughanAlbert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan – Born Under A Bad Sign

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   Credits. Born Under A Bad Sign Lyrics: One, two / Born under a bad sign / I been down since I begin to crawl / If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all.

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   Hard luck and trouble is my only friend. I been on my own ever since I was ten. Born under a bad sign. Been down since I began to crawl. If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all. I can't read, haven't learned how to write. My whole life has been one big fight. Born under a bad sign. I been down since I began to crawl.

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   What does if it wasn't for bad luck mean?

   • Read More This classic expresses a feeling of consistent bad luck from birth. On one hand, it grieves about a myriad of problems and ill fates, but at the same time takes a fairly optimistic in the hook ‘If it wasn’t for bad luck…I wouldn’t have no luck at all’, taking a somewhat light-hearted approach to heavy blues misery.

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   What song did Albert King sing if it wasn't for bad luck?

   • Born Under A Bad Sign was Albert King's first album released by Stax. It became King's signature song, with the classic lyrics, "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." The song harkens back to blues of the '30s and '40s which had similar lyrical content. King was an American blues musician.

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   What if you were born under a bad sign?

   • Born under a bad sign; been down since I began to crawl. If it wasn’t for bad luck, you know I wouldn’t have no luck at all. There are three kinds of people: those who have good luck, those who have bad luck, and those who have no luck at all.

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   What does King say when he cries 'born under a bad sign'?

   • King raises a voice like a powerful but sluggish muscle and cries, “Born under a bad sign, been down since I begin to crawl. If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all.” The precise lyrics vary slightly.

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   Did Collins Ewing say if it wasn't for bad luck?

   • It was the kind of a day, Collins Ewing laments in the Odessa Odessan, that made you try to remember the other part of that old blues song that mourned, “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all.” In June 1961 a columnist in “The Los Angeles Times” stated that he heard an instance of the joke from comedian Dick Gregory:

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   When did Yiddish proverb 'even for bad luck' come out?

   • Even for bad luck you need luck. Yiddish proverb. In conclusion, E. K. Means helped to popularize this quip starting in 1927. However, QI hypothesizes that the saying was already circulating before that year. Sidney Sutherland received credit for the joke from a colleague in 1930.

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9. www.songfacts.com › born-under-a-bad-signBorn Under A Bad Sign by Albert King - Songfacts

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   Born Under A Bad Sign was Albert King's first album released by Stax. It became King's signature song, with the classic lyrics, "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." The song harkens back to blues of the '30s and '40s which had similar lyrical content. King was an American blues musician.