Baby, Please Don't Go

About Baby, Please Don't Go

"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a traditional blues song that was popularized by Delta blues musician Big Joe Williams in 1935. Many cover versions followed, and the song been described by French music historian Gérard Herzhaft as "one of the most played, arranged, and rearranged pieces in blues history". After World War II, Chicago blues and rhythm and blues artists adapted the song to newer music styles. In 1952, a doo-wop version by the Orioles reached the top ten on the race records chart. In 1953, Muddy Waters recorded the song as an electric Chicago-ensemble blues piece, which influenced many subsequent renditions. By the early 1950s, the song became a blues standard. In the 1960s, "Baby, Please Don't Go" became a popular rock song after the Northern Irish group Them recorded it in 1964. Several music writers have identified Jimmy Page, a studio guitarist at the time, as participating in the recording, although his exact contributions are unclear. Subsequently, Them's uptempo rock arrangement also made it a rock standard. AC/DC and Aerosmith are among the rock groups who have recorded the song. "Baby, Please Don't Go" has been inducted into both the Blues and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. more »

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2001

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Baby, please don't go 
Baby, please don't go 
Baby, please don't go
Down to New Orleans, you know I love you so 

Before I be your dog 
Before I be your dog 
Before I be your dog 
I get you way'd out here, and let you walk alone 

Turn your lamp down low 
Turn your lamp down low 
Turn your lamp down low 
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go 

You know your man down gone 
You know your man down gone 
You know your man down gone 
Down the country farm, with all the shackles on

You brought me way down here 
You brought me way down here 
You brought me way down here 
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog 

Baby, please don't go 
Baby, please don't go 
Baby, please don't go 
Down to New Orleans, I beg you all night long

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Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, and was ranked No. 17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. more »

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