Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
FREAKY Version:
Shut Up USA 1986
HENDRIX cover:
Clas Yngström of Sky High UK, Curtis King Band Vietnam 2002, David Parker Germany 1998, D'Swooners Philipines 1968,
Frémont's Group France 1971, Fungoid Germany 1994, Funk Project USA, 1994
Herbert Hildebrandt
Germany, 2001- formerly named Karibik 2001, CD title.
Majek Fashek USA 1997, Matthew Cadillac Cooper Singapore 2003, Maz Mitreko Band UK, Michael Coleman USA 1994, Mike Esposito USA
More UK 1982 (members list has been updated),
Rainbow / Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow / Blackmore's Night (4 pages, more 500 added pictures) artworks
Ras Iginga USA 1995, Sky High feat. Clas Yngström UK, Thanx Austria 2001, Tommie Bouzianis Greece 2000, Unknow French Band France, 90's, Voodoo Blue Australia 2001, Voodoo Blues Band USA 2007
LEAVES cover:
Mute Drivers England 1988, Paul Wather (Sweden, 1967) Slavko Mustapić from Croatia sent me the scans of this rare single. I thank him very much
Sebastian's Floral Array New Zealand 1968, Shadows Of Knight live in 2017 - from Youtube, video posted by Jim Sohns, Zero End Sweden 1967.
LATINO Version :
Willy DeVille: artworks - more 400 added pictures


WEBSITE UPDATED IN 2021 
New Performers:
HENDRIX cover:
My friend Slako Mustapić still discovered 2 new interpreters. He sent me the scans of the 2 CDs of Miguel Montalban and The Southern Vultures and gave me a CD as a gift: Spaghetti Western B-Movie Blues Band. I thank him very much for his help. .
Jake Green Band

Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
HENDRIX cover
Arzachel, BlackPerl, Carmen Consoli (cover and labels redone with better resolution), Carson, David Gwynn, Hard Rock Circus, Jeriko,
Joe Walsh at Chicago Fest 1983 artwork, Jonny Glut, Love Canal, Mel Brown and the Homewrekers, Molle, Orlek
Wess and the Airedales

LEAVES cover:
Baronen, Beat Killers, British Road Runners, Cryan' Shames, Danny and the Wonderbras, Litter, Warlocks

Made corrections
British Road Runners: the single Flower Movement / Do Something To Me was released in February 1968 and not in 1966 as previously. announced Stevie Winwood was on keyboards in the band Blind Faith and not on guitar as previously stated.


UPDATED IN 2020
billy roberts
Finally, a real version of Hey Joe played by William Moses Roberts Jr. dit Billy Roberts (1936-2017):
HOME DEMO TAPE 3:41 unreleased, USA 1961 mono
video posted by Stephen Dorian Kutos on Youtube in 2019
Stephen write:
This is the very first recording of the song "Hey Joe", ever made. Is is a home demo recording by the song's writer, Billy Roberts. The song has a long and complicated history regarding it's authorship, but this is the absolute first version ever recorded, in 1961/62, as a favor to Billy Roberts friend Barry Friedman. I received a CDR copy of this ree-to-reel tape in the early 2000's from Billy then lawyer/manager. I have edited together some historical footage of prisoners from the 30's and 40's to aid the song visually, as the images seem to fit the tone of the song very well.
Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmrGOXJMQj0

billy roberts hey joe pict from the video
picture from the video

I enlarged the fonts from 12 to 16 points and therefore enlarged my pages accordingly.
I am in the process of changing the CD labels from jpg to png. I have already made the images of the performers of the 60's.
For the versions other than Billy Roberts, I created 2 different pages: One for the country and one for the others.

New Performers:
Back Porch Band, Bloodclot Faggot, Bluekilla, Brett Noland Band, Carolyn Gaines, Chicken Doody Faggot, Derrick Larsen,
Discara Band (artiste inconnu)
, Doorbells, Jake Blake Project, Jo Martin, Jonestown 4, Pendleton Praise Team (artwork), Rita Mitsouko,
Squibb
, Tackhead alias Tack Head (artwork), Tyler Henderson and the Ultrasonics, Vigon and the Dominos

Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
HENDRIX Cover
Aktivist Group, Albert Mangelsdorff and members of Klaus Lage Band, Alain Bashung dit Bashung, Blues Goes On, Budellam, Change,
Franco Battiato
, Frémont's Group (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix), Difference, Easy, Fifteen, Gang (French group), Gli Avvoltoi, Grana Louise,
Jeff Beck (artwork), Jeriko, Jerry Cantrell, Kevin Peek, Lotsa Poppa (Julius High Jr), Luky Schrempf Band, Mathilde Santing, People (CD),
Rockin' Squat et Calbo
, Rocky Roberts and the Airedales, Septimus, Shrunken Heads, Soft Cell,
Steve Earle and the Dukes (LP continental Club), Vdelli, Věra Ŝpinarová (1951 - 2017), Vertical after, Zwinks
LEAVES Cover
Bluethings aka Blue Things, Del Tino's Hesitations, Destructors, Dukes Of hamburg, Flowerz, Folkswingers (LP sitar beat), Gants,
Hazards
( album Days Of A Quiet Sun), Jimmibeetles, King Arthur's Quart, Litter, Outcasts, Scorpio, Shaggs, Soulbenders,
Stillroven (CD Nuggets Vol.2, Japan), Swamp Rats, Warlocks, Wonderlick

Made corrections
Blues Goes On: gross mistake corrected. I had indicated 1978 as the date of publication instead of 1971. I added Blues Goes On in the list of the 60's.
Fremont's Group: the LP best of Jimi Hendrix label Turquesa was released in Spain, not in Portugal.
Friends Of Whitney Sunday image and members list added
Future Cafe is a band from Roumania, not from Hungary
Live Experience Band: members list added
Matter Of Taste: members list added
Peewee Bluesgang: I forgot to list the CD and LP 40 Bluesful Years. Error fixed.
Rock Pile: The 7 "single was released in 1972. I deleted it from the sixties list

I have corrected some code errors and images have found their right place (example on Fever Tree's page).

UPDATED in 2019
New Performers:
My friend Slavko Mustapić from Croatia found the scarce 7" EP of The Brown Boys from Singapore and sent me the pictures and the songs. I thank him very much
He also gave me three CD's as a gift The Droogs, Jimi Sumen the Dreams and Joe Publik and Pete Wheatley Band. Thank you, Merci, Slavko.

Andreas Diehlmann Band, Band Of Gypsys Reincarnation, Bandogs, Basse Wickman, Cesare's Dog, Chickens Go Mad, Cornelius Boots,
Dave Rudolf, Del Paraohs, Dewey, Pickette and Howe (artwork), El Chico, Electric Trunk - Mariachis Gringos, Frank David Selection,
Guitar Duo Eclectico, Jimmy Dawkins (artwork), Les Wilson and the Mighty Houserockers, Lovell Sisters (artworks), Manfred Hirschbach,
Michael Greco, Nkem Favour Blues Band, Olivia Morgayne,Pat Henry y sus Diablos Azules, Paul Doogan, Prigal (Patrick Rigal), Ralph De Jongh Trio, Ren Ashfield and The Magicians, Rumspringa Rocks, So Much Hate, Soulpower (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix), Soul Katch Trio,
Stagefright (from Okland, Californie), Screamin' Stevie, Surf Sessions, Théo Maxyme, Toth Bagi Csaba, Zanzibars Twist

Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
Attacks ,
Dennis Schütze trio (Jochen Volpert is a guitarist, not a drummer)
D'Swooners, recorded Hey Joe in 1968, not in 1969. The LP Portrait Of D'Swooners released in 1968.
Eric Carr (2 versions of Hey Joe recorded in 1978, not in 1970. I removed Eric Carr in the list of sixties performers),
Fragile Zookeeper (members list added), Jeff Cooper and The Stoned Wings (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix), Jukka Syrenius Band,
Live Experience Band (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix), Living End, Liz Borden, Los Hermanos Dalton, Los Locos Del Ritmo (LP Que Voy a Hacer), Majestics, Marmalade, Music Machine (artwork Los Angeles 1989), Omar Dykes (Jimi Hendrix Music Festival),
Peet Shaw Bearb (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix), Peewee Bluesgang, Pied Pipers, Purple Fox (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix),
Rex Swanigan and the Fabulous Troubadores (I adde the Fabulous Troubadores in the sixties list), Rob Tognoni (artworks), Ron Land Band,
Ron Westray,Standells (including artwork live at satellite August 9, 2013), Terence and the Tight Wire, Tolo Marton, Wilson Pickett

Made corrections
Hey Joe by Los Locos Del Ritmo released in 1968, not in 1967.There is not Hey Joe on the LP Mexico Es Magico; I removed the picture.
The date of Ten Years Later live at Winterland, San Francisco 1978 is May 19 and not May 5 as previously stated. I corrected the image.
Female singer Liz Borden and not Liz Border
Bap Kennedy 1962-2016, RIP
Tim Rose: Hey Joe single version on LP's and CD's recorded in 1966 not in 1967.
Wilson Pickett: the record Hey Joe b/w Night Owl - label ATCO # ACS 205.019, Brazil, 1969 is a single 7", not 12" but it is well 33 rpm.

marc shapiro cover of book hey joe when I knew, in March 2019, the existence of Marc Shapiro's book about Hey Joe (issued in 2016), of course I bought it and surprise,
my name is quoted on page VII and heyjocovers.fr is quoted on page 142 as well as the website of my Dutch friend Jan Marius Franzen: heyjoeversions.com page 148. I thank you Marc for your very interesting book.

Marc write page VII: There’s this guy in France named Christian Arnould, who also lives and breathes Hey Joe, to the extent that he has made it his life’s work to dig up the most obscure international Hey Joe 45’s, bootlegs and everything else on the planet. His contributions alone bumped my list of Hey Joe covers to well over 2000 and counting.

Marc write page 142: HeyJoeCovers.fr continues to dig deep. Updated on a regular basis, the dedicated website, run with passion by the enthusiastic and possessed Christian Arnould, continues to discover and report obscurities. In 2015 alone, easily a dozen recorded takes, everything from jazz, to solo acoustic, to rock and pop and back again were dutifully reported for the first time.
marc shapiro pictureMarc Shapiro
marc shapiro book hey joe page VII
142


UPDATED in 2018
In 2017, my Dutch friend Jan Marius Franzen informed me of the death of Billy Roberts.
Billy Roberts was credited for writing Hey Joe, which he copyrighted in 1962.
William Moses "Billy" Roberts Jr., born August 16, 1936 in Greenville, South Carolina, deceased on October 7, 2017 in Georgia, United States.
Billy Roberts never, to my knowledge, recorded Hey Joe in studio, he played it in Clubs, including 1987 at Bouncer's in San Francisco with Summer Of Love All Stars, with John Cipollina

billymosesroberts

Tim Rose / Jimi Hendrix
Tim Rose is the first performer to have sung hey joe that I call "hendrix cover". I chose Jimi Hendrix for my titles because it is the best known version.
Jimi Hendrix heard hey joe by Tim Rose at Cafe Wah? in New York, probably in 1965 since Jimi Hendrix already played hey joe at Cafe Wah? in early 1966, before leaving for England and recording his version inspired by that of Tim Rose. For that I chose to add Tim Rose next to Jimi Hendrix in my titles.

Slavko sent me the scans of the Swedish single Hey Joe of Wilson Pickett. I shall update the Wilson Pickett's page in January or February 2019.
I thank Slavko, Mislav and Robert very much.
New Performers:
My Croatian friend Slavko Mustapić offered me (again) three discs as a gift: a CD of God Street Wine, Tony Lee King and Troubadour Blues Band. I thank you, Slavko.

Alexander Khodchenko, Al Berry and Doug Pinnick (Slavko Mustapić sent me this CD as a gift), Arcadia Style, Asep Stone Experience,
Barcelona Bluegrass Band
,BGF Band - a tribute to Bambi Fossati (of Garybaldi), Big Al Carson and the Blues Masters, Blind Fret, Brown Sugar,
Catfish John Tisdell, Children On Stun, Corey Ledet and his Zydeco Band, David Sutton Band, Den Speggan, Enzo Pietropaoli Wire Trio, Eyelids, Fouth Stone (aka The Robbers, new performer but not new version), Frankie's Jazz Trio feat. Francesco Di Giovanni, Gaetano Liguori,
Giht Shasie
, Grandmothers Of Invention, Hot Club Of Las Vegas, Jenny Darren and the Ladykillers, Jimi Jeff and Gypsy Band, Jimmy Ondo, Konsulat, Lauren Hope, Long Beach Motor Devils, Manilla Road, Mojohand, Nightlosers, Nota Jazz, Papa Legba's Blues Lounge, Patti Austin, Revox, Rich Harper Band, Rockin' Dopsie Jr and Zydeco Twisters, Sabotaje, Sludge Butter Blues Band, Yann Lem (Hey Jo in French)

Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
1000 Heftl, Baronen (Slavko sent me the pictures of this rare Danish single), Boss Tweeds aka Bill Wendry and the Boss Tweeds artwork for the CD live in Newport in 1968,
Byrds, Dead Moon, Dolphin, Friar Tuck and the Monks, Fuzzfogs, Garybaldi, Johnny Hallyday R.I.P., Martò, Niela Miller, Roy Buchanan,
Shigeo Rollover aka Sigeo Roll Over
, Tim Rose, Yuya Uchida and the Flowers

Made corrections
Brucher Blues Band (list of members), Byrds: demo version of Hey Joe released in 1966, not in 1967


Updated in 2017
in November 2017,
My Croatian friend Slavko Mustapić offered me three discs as a gift: a CD of Jesse James and the MOB and two singles of the Surfaris (pink labels) and the Rogues, German pressing. I thank him very much.
I updated the pages of the Surfaris and the Rogues and I created the Jesse James and the MOB's page.
Slavko also sent me pictures of the very rare record 45 rpm EP of the Scorpions, a Swiss band from the 60's. I updated the page
(Slako is collector of Singles and EP's included Hey Joe)
Slavko sent me (again) new pictures of: Aaron Lordson, The Byrds, Calder's Collection, The Leaves, The Rogues and Wages of Sin.
About the Fantastic Dee-Jays, I made big mistake. I wrote the Fantastic Dee-Jay pre Warlocks instead of Fantastic Dee-Jays pre Swamp Rats.
Fortunately my Croatian friend Slavko Mustapić visited my website and wrote me:
in website is an mistake : The Fantastic Dee-Jays are NOT Pre-Warlocks, They are Pre-Swamp Rats..
The error was corrected. Thank you, Slavko

New Performers:

Abracam
, Adam Palma, All Our Friends Are Dead, Anathema, Azna De Lader, Bernie Worrel and Gypsy Soul (artwork), Big Belly's Blues Band , Bill Perry (artworks), Billy Joel, Blinstone, Boom Shaka (from USA not from South Africa), Burr and Klaiber, Club 27, Cold War Relicz (artwork), Crushers, Dave Fields, Davide Drusian, Ed Kuepper, Fantastic Dee-Jay pre Swamp Rats, Garbage Men, Giovani Leoni 2, Graal,
Gransten Bluesband, Griffith Harter Union link to Hey Joe mp3 128 mbps on the page, Hazel Miller and Hymie Smith, Honey Pot,
Jesse James and the MOB
, Jimi Barbiani Band, Jimmy D Lane, Little Jimmy and the Blackbirds, Los Contentos, Los Lobos (artworks),
Low Times, Mick Rutherford Band, Ossan Band, Paul Wather, Riff Diamond, Rob Buick, Rob Love, Steve Earle and the Dukes, the Tenants, Tres, Uli Von Roth and Villa 21

Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
Ant Trip Ceremony, Bad Company, Bob Dylan, Grana Louise , Leaves: Oups, I forgot to add pictures from this group that recorded Hey Joe first. I added them,
Love (artwork live at Troubadour 1993), Lee Moses (CD Hendrix in Jazz), Moods (LP live at Turner Hall), Rogues, Scorpions, Surfaris,
Willy De Ville
(LP and CD Hendix in Jazz), and U 235

Made corrections
Leaves LP Hey Joe label Festival # FDLX 525, France released in 1967, not in 1966
Ant Trip Ceremony LP 24 Hours label Resurrection released in mid eighties, not in mid sixties. Original LP CRC 2129 has been recorded in 1968, not in 1967.

updated in 2016:
New Performers:
Camaro's , Char, Dee Alexander, Erika Stucky, Eugene Chadbourne, Fabulous Troubadores, Gears, Glisson, Jammin The Blues, Jimi Hockin's Blues Machine, Joscho Stephan, Jussi Hamalainen, Kastro, Kofo The Wonderman, Mitchell Cox Aledort (Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox "Freedom" live in Japan in 2004), Solo Razafindrakoto, Stencils, Stryper, Terence and Tight Wire, Tip Band (Unknow Artist) and Vedran Božić and Rock Masters

Added pictures (some of them enlarged) on pages of:
Baobas, Baronen, Bo Weevil, Carmen Consoli, Carson, Castiles feat. Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Harper, Cher, Crazy Women, Creation, Danny and the Wonderbras, Dutch Rhythm Steel and Show Band, Elektryczne Gitary, Enemys, Euphoria's Id, Frantic, Golden Cups, Group Therapy, Hazards, Hobo Blues Band, Hollywood Squares, Johnny Hallyday,, Kristin Oppenheim, Les Charlots, Love, Mad Sound, More Experience, Peewee Bluesgang, Peter Belli, Pied Pipers, Roks, Shadows of Knight, Sound Of Seasons, Tangents The Sound Of The Reign, Thee Sixpence and Ultimate Spinach

Made corrections
in Leaves's covers list: The Fragile Zookeeper, not the Fragile Zookeepers
Mass Confusion: (Hey Joe released in 1969 not in 1968) Band from New York (Brooklin), NY, USA
Kenny Bernard: Hey Joe released in 1966 not in 1967
Sean Boniwell of Music Machine deceased in 2011 and not in 2001
The Sound Of The Reign is the name of the band, Reigned Out is the album title and not the contrary (I thank Slavko Mustapić for this information)