It's been covered many times:
* 1933 James Baker (AKA Iron Head) and group
* 1939 Huddie Ledbetter AKA Leadbelly
* 1964 Odetta
* 1964 Harry Belafonte
* 1964 Alan Lomax
* 1964 Koerner, Ray and Glover, Lots More Blues, Rags, and Hollers album
* 1976 Starstruck
* 1977 Ram Jam, US #18 (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Golden Earring or Lynyrd Skynyrd)
* 1986 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kicking Against the Pricks album
* 1989 Mekong Delta (band), Toccata 12" Maxi-Single
* 2002 Tom Jones
* 2002 Throttlerod
* 2004 Spiderbait, AUS #1
* 2005 SOiL, unreleased
* 2005 Pumpjack triple platinum
* 2006 Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell III single B-side
* 2006 Joe Brown, Down To Earth album
* 2006 Ying Yang Twins' song "Dangerous" contains a sample of the Ram Jam version.
* 2007 Big City Rock on the TMNT soundtrack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Betty
