Rock Me Baby (song)
Blues standard popularized by B.B. King and Muddy Waters / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the blues standard. For other songs with the same title, see Rock Me Baby (disambiguation).
"Rock Me Baby" is a blues standard that has become one of the most recorded blues songs of all time.[2] It originated as "Rockin' and Rollin'", a 1951 song by Lil' Son Jackson,[1] itself inspired by earlier blues. Renditions by Muddy Waters and B.B. King made the song well-known. When B.B. King's recording of "Rock Me Baby" was released in 1964, it became his first single to reach the Top 40 in Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart.
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"Rock Me Baby" | ||||
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Single by B.B. King | ||||
from the album Rock Me Baby | ||||
B-side | "I Can't Lose" | |||
Released | May 1964 (1964-05) | |||
Recorded | Los Angeles, prior to January 14, 1962[1] | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 2:56 | |||
Label | Kent | |||
Songwriter(s) | Joe Josea, B.B. King | |||
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In 2022, King's recording was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in the 'Classics of Blues Recording – Singles' category.[3]