Rich Woman
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| "Rich Woman" | ||||
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| Single by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss | ||||
| from the album Raising Sand | ||||
| Released | October 23, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | R&B, folk rock | |||
| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Rounder | |||
| Songwriters | Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet | |||
| Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
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"Rich Woman" is a song written by Dorothy LaBostrie and McKinley "Li'l" Millet, who recorded it in 1955, and was most notably recorded by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on their 2007 album Raising Sand.
The song was first recorded by Li'l Millet and his Creoles, for Specialty Records. He co-wrote the song with LaBostrie, who had previously co-written "Tutti-Frutti" with Little Richard. Li'l Millet and His Creoles played clubs in Louisiana and Mississippi. They were heard playing at a club in Thibodaux, Louisiana by Bumps Blackwell of Specialty Records, who signed them to a contract and first recorded them at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studios in September 1955 and released in November 1955. The band comprised Millet (vocals, bass), Edgar Myles (vocals, trombone), Lee Allen (tenor sax), Ernest Mare (guitar), Bartholomew Smith (drums), James Victor Lewis (tenor sax) and Warren Myles (piano).
