Grateful Dead Family Discography: You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover

You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover

Composer: Willie Dixon

Performed by Jerry Garcia with Howard Wales. Also performed by the New Riders Of The Purple Sage.

Writing credits are sometimes given as Bo Diddley or McDaniel (Bo Diddley's original surname). But these reflect the importance of his early recording of the song. Official Bo Diddley recordings credit Willie Dixon.

The song sometimes occurs with a shorter variation on the title such as Can't Judge A Book.

Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single, Bo Diddley, 1962
16 All-Time Greatest Hits, Bo Diddley, 1963
Big Harmonica Special, Billy Lee Riley, 1964
So Many Roads, John Hammond, 1965
Gloria, Shadows Of Knight, 1966
Super Blues, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Little Walter, 1968
Cactus, Cactus, 1970
no info Schlagers!, Various Artists (Dion), 1970
Got My Own Bag Of Tricks, Bo Diddley, 1972
no info Everything Stops for Tea, Long John Baldry, 1972
Burbank, Various Artists (Long John Baldry), 1972
no info Painted Head, Tim Hardin, 1973
no info Patti Labelle, Patti Labelle, 1977
no info Two Sides of 'Crash', Billy Crash Craddock, 197?
no info Sunrise, Orion, 1980
no info His Greatest Sides, Vol. 1, Bo Diddley, 1983
no info Road Runner, Bo Diddley, 1984
Gee-El-O-Are-I-Ay, The Shadows Of Knight, 1985
no info His Greatest Hits , Bo Diddley, 1986
no info Live 1967, The Monkees, 1987
Willie Dixon Chess Box, Various Artists (Bo Diddley), 1989
The Chess Box, Bo Diddley, 1990
no info Vol. 2: Blues, Backtrack's and Shapes of Things, Yardbirds, 1991
no info Hot Stuff: The Greatest Hits, FabulousThunderbirds , 1992
no info So Many Roads, John Hammond, 1993
The Chess Years, Bo Diddley, 1993
no info You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover, John Hammond, 1993
no info Chess Rhythm and Roll, Various Artists (Bo Diddley), 1994
no info Hang On To A Dream: Verve Recordings, Tim Hardin, 1994
Dark Sides: The Best of the Shadows of Knight, The Shadows Of Knight, 1994
no info Clapton's Cradle: The Early Yardbirds Recordings, Yardbirds, 1995
Live (1982), New Riders of the Purple Sage, 1995
Larger Than Life, Sleepy LaBeef, 1996
Cactology: The Cactus Collection, Cactus, 1996
no info Road I'm On: A Retrospective, Dion, 1997
His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection), Bo Diddley, 1997
no info Rockin' Decade, Sleepy Labeef, 1997
no info Eric Clapton and Friends Eric Clapton, 1998
Stranger Than Fiction, Various Artists (Stephen King & K.K. Goldmark), 1999
no info Dancing On The Edge, Roy Buchanan, 19??
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of, Bo Diddley, 2000
Mission Rock, Gold, 2003
Barely Contained: The Studio Sessions, Cactus, 2004
Chess Pieces: The Very Best of Chess, Various Artists (Bo Diddley), 2005
The Story of Bo Diddley: The Very Best of Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, 2006
Gold, Bo Diddley, 2008
Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues, Part 3: 1960-1969, Various Artists (Bo Diddley), 2012