In My Time of Dying (3 degrees of Bob Dylan)

"In My Time of Dying" is a blues song that has been covered by many rock musicians since the early 1960s. The original recording was a traditional gospel song recorded by Blind Willie Johnson, titled "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed"; his sides were recorded over the period 1927-1930."In My Time of Dying" gained greater prominence in popular music when Bob Dylan included the song (along with several others dealing with the subject of death) on his 1962 eponymous debut album. The song had a slightly different name on the Dylan album, "In My Time of Dyin'" (as did the later Shocking Blue cover). The influence of the Dylan recording is apparent on all of the later versions of this song, although the original recording by the blues great is also well known; for instance, Led Zeppelin included a photograph of Blind Willie Johnson on the cover of their earlier album, Led Zeppelin II."In My Time of Dying" was later covered by a plethora of artists including Joshua White, Fear Itself, Shocking Blue, Martin Gore, Pride & Glory, John Sebastian (under the title "Well, Well, Well"), the Japanese 1990s punk rock performer Pinky, The Be Good Tanyas, and most famously by Led Zeppelin on their 1975 album Physical Graffiti (where the band falsely claimed a songwriting credit rather than an arranging credit, unlike the other performers).