From '' Sodbusters ''
Label: Razor Records -- RAZ 23
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Tracklist
A1 Poison
Written-By - Denman
A2 My Babe
Written-By - Dixon
A3 Get Up And Go
Written-By - Denman
A4 Rockin Crazy
Written-By - Denman
A5 Texas Boogie
Written-By - Denman
A6 Long Tall Texan
Written By - Strzelcki
B1 Paradise
Written-By - Denman
B2 My Idea Of Heaven
Written-By - Denman
B3 Mad About You
Written-By - Denman
B4 Wreckin Me
Written By - Wilkins
B5 Dance Of The Head Hunters
Written-By - Denman
B6 Endless Sleep
Written By - Leander/Glitter/Reynold/Nance
Double Bass, Vocals - Mark Carew
Drums - Anthony Theodotu
Guitar - Mark Denman
Photography - David Oliver
Recorded at Soft Option Studios Ltd. for SOFT OPTION PRODUCTIONS.
(P) 1987 RAZOR RECORDS.
(c) 1987 SOFT OPTION STUDIOS LTD.
\"My Babe\" is a blues song and a blues standard written by Willie Dixon for Little Walter. Released in 1955 on Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, the song was the only Dixon composition ever to become a no. 1 R&B single, and it was one of the biggest hits of either of their careers.
Recording
Although no documentation exists, the song was probably recorded at Universal Recorders in Chicago, the site of the majority of Chess and Checker sessions until Chess opened their own studio c. 1956/'57.
Backing Little Walter's vocals and harmonica were Robert Lockwood, Jr. and Leonard Caston on guitars, Willie Dixon on double-bass, and Fred Below on drums.
Guitarist Luther Tucker, then a member of Walter's band, was absent from the recording session that day. \"My Babe\" was re-issued in 1961 with an overdubbed female vocal backing chorus and briefly crossed over to the pop charts.
Cover Versions
The success of song lead to dozens of cover versions by many diverse artists:
Elvis Presley released a live cover on the album From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis
Dale Hawkins released \"My Babe\" as a single by Checker Records
Chuck Berry covered the song on Chuck Berry in 1975
The song was performed by Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Muddy Waters on Super Blues
Sonny Burgess and the Pacers on their self-titled album
Cliff Richard on Cliff
Ricky Nelson on his 1958 album Ricky Nelson
Peter & Gordon on In Touch With...
Donald Byrd on Up with Donald Byrd
Ronnie Milsap on Just for a Thrill Conway Twitty, Ramsey Lewis, Grant Green, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Ammons, The Everly Brothers, The Animals,the Steve Miller Band, Lou Rawls, Ike & Tina Turner, and many others have also covered the song. Mose Allison rewrote it as \"My Brain\" and recorded it for his 2010 album \"The Way of the World\". The song \"My Babe\" by the Spencer Davis Group (Stevie Winwood) on their first album is a different song.
\"My Babe\" was performed by Ben Harper, with James Cotton sitting in on blues harp, during the induction ceremony for Little Walter into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008.
\"My Babe\" was sung by Robert Britton Lyons, portraying Carl Perkins, in medley with \"Sixteen Tons\" sung by Lance Guest, portraying Johnny Cash, in the Broadway musical \"Million Dollar Quartet,\" which opened in New York in April, 2010. Lyons and Guest also covered the songs on the \"Million Dollar Quartet\" original Broadway cast recording, copyright 2010 by MDQ Merchandising, LLC.\"
