The Wind Cries Mary
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Artist Essentials
First released: 1967 (year verified)
Original studio single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Listen for the spaces between the chords and the conversational guitar fills.
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First released: 1967 (year verified)
Year of the selected original commercial recording; later remasters and compilation dates do not determine first release.
Recording: Original studio single recording
Credit: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Role in this collection: Credited group recording
Original single: The Wind Cries Mary / Highway Chile
Jimi Hendrix Record Guide - original singles
Specialist discography distinguishes the 1966 debut single, 1967 Purple Haze and Wind Cries Mary singles, and the 1967 Burning of the Midnight Lamp single from later album issues. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
Experience Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Original 1967 debut repertoire and documented original album songs. Added singles in expanded editions require their own chronology. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
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Jimi Hendrix Record Guide - original singles
Specialist discography distinguishes the 1966 debut single, 1967 Purple Haze and Wind Cries Mary singles, and the 1967 Burning of the Midnight Lamp single from later album issues. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
Experience Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Original 1967 debut repertoire and documented original album songs. Added singles in expanded editions require their own chronology. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
About The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the trio formed in London around guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. With Chas Chandler involved in its early development, the group released Hey Joe and the albums Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland. Hendrix's later Band of Gypsys and Woodstock ensembles are separate lineups.
Artist background sources
Experience Hendrix - official Jimi Hendrix biography
Read artist or institutional historical text supporting the exact ensemble and recorded career; later solo or differently named groups are not merged. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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