<Li> Webb Pierce on the 1966 Decca album Webb's Choice </Li> <Li> Harry Dean Stanton, in one scene of the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, plays a sped - up version </Li> <Li> Udo Jürgens a 1968 single </Li> <Li> Esther Ofarim sang "Cottons Fields" live on television in 1969, with her then husband Abi Ofarim . They also recorded a German version, "Wenn ich bei Dir sein kann" in 1964 </Li>

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