[3] However, it was not copyrighted until 1932 by Bo Carter (under his real name, Armenter Chatmon), along with his publishers Mitchell Parish and J. Mayo Williams.
[4] "Corrine, Corrina" has been recorded in a number of musical styles, including blues, jazz, rock and roll, Cajun, and Western swing.
Rider" in April 1926 entitled "Corrina Blues" which contains a verse in a similar vein: If you see Corrina, tell her to hurry home I ain't had no true love since Corrina been gone (3×) The Mississippi Sheiks also recorded "Sweet Maggie" in the 1930s: Sweet Maggie sweet Maggie where you bin so long Tell me sweet Maggie where you bin so long There hasn't bin no lovin since you bin gone Notable early singers to record the song included Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926), Bo Carter (1928), Charlie McCoy (1928), Tampa Red (1929, 1930), James "Boodle It" Wiggins (1929),[6] Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon (1929), Walter Davis (1939), Johnny Temple (1940), and Big Joe Turner (1941).
Veteran blues artists recorded for the revival market include Mississippi John Hurt (1966) and Mance Lipscomb (1968).
Several recordings were made for the country market by artists including Clayton McMichen (1929) and the Cajun musician Leo Soileau (1935).
[8] "Corrine, Corrina" is also an important song related to Western swing's pioneering use of electrically amplified stringed instruments.
[10] Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers also recorded an early version of Chatmon's song on February 5, 1937 (Decca 5350).
Although his blues-based version contains lyrics and song structure from "Corrine Corrina", his melody is lifted from "Stones in My Passway" (Vocalion 3723) recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937.
Michael Cooney included it under the title "Weeping Willow (Corrina)" on his 1976 album on Front Hall Records, Singer of Old Songs.
Asleep at the Wheel recorded the song for their 1993 album A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys with Brooks & Dunn.