Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
Rufus & Friend
Prince Conley
Canes
The Astors
Eddie Kirk
Rufus Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
Floyd Newman
Rufus Thomas
Bobby Marchan
The Cobras
Barbara & The Browns
Dorothy Williams
Baracudas
Barbara & The Browns
Gorgeous George
The Astors
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Ruby Johnson
Rufus Thomas
Mable John
Sam & Dave
Mable John
Shirley Walton
Delaney & Bonnie
Linda Lyndell
Judy Clay & William Bell
Judy Clay
The Staple Singers
Rufus Thomas
Jeanne & The Darlings
Booker T. & The MG’s
Mable John
Judy Clay & William Bell
Jimmy Hughes
Art Jerry Miller
Eddie Floyd
Booker T. & The MG’s
Jeanne & The Darlings
The Bar-Kays
The Soul Children
Ollie & The Nightingales
William Bell
Booker T. & The MG’s
Carla Thomas
Shack
The Nightingales
The Newcomers
Ilana (Stax)
The Soul Children
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Lee Sain
Hot Sauce (Stax)
The Mad Lads
Isaac Hayes & David Porter
Jean Knight
Johnnie Taylor
Isaac Hayes
John Gary Williams
Major Lance
Hot Sauce (Stax)
The Soul Children
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
The Staple Singers
Shirley Brown
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Frederick Knight
The Green Brothers
John Gary Williams
Billy Eckstine
Chuck Boris
Barbara Lewis
O.B. McClinton
Billy Eckstine
Ben Atkins
O.B. McClinton
Big Ben (Stax)
Don Nix
Don Nix
Chico Hamilton
Cliff Cochran
Connie Eaton
Karan Casey
The Goodees
Bobby Whitlock
The Goodees
Billy Lee Riley
This Generation
Billy Lee Riley
The Village Squad & The Regular Crew
The Goodees
Paris Pilot
Black Oak Arkansas
Big Star
The Hot Dogs (USA)
Big Star
The Hot Dogs (USA)
Big Star
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
Rev. Maceo Woods And The Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
Pops Staples
The Rance Allen Group
The Rance Allen Group
Louise McCord
Charles May & Annette May Thomas
The Rance Allen Group
The People’s Choir Of Operation Push
The Rance Allen Group
Louise McCord
The Rance Allen Group
[Verse 1]
I was brought up in a rough neighborhood
Where you learned more in the street than you learned in school, yes
Now, some of the fellas used to jive me around
But they were only jealous, jealous at what I was puttin' down
While they were shootin’ marbles and climbin' up and down trees
Peggy and Susan would be playin' house with me (Yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
I was a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish)
Yeah, a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish boy)
[Verse 2]
I was a devil (At the age of three)
My mama (She used to try and talk to me)
She tried to talk to me
She said: "Listen, son, there’s no limit to what you can be
Don't waste your time with Tom, Dick and Harry
'Cause the company you keep is the name you will carry"
But, I went on and dropped out of school
'Cause I thought I was a man
But now, at 19, there's a lot of things I don't understand (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
I was a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish)
Yeah, a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish boy)
Don't be too scared
Don't be too scared
Don’t be the [?]
[Outro]
I was a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish)
Yeah, a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish boy)
I was a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish)
Yeah, a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish boy)
I was a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish)
Yeah, a mannish, a mannish boy (Mannish boy)
Mannish Boy was written by Marshall “Rock” Jones & Allen Jones.