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itvstart">1955-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">January 25, 1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">44</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Checker_Records" title="Checker Records">Checker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data 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vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>My Babe</b>" <br />(1955) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"Roller Coaster" <br />(1955) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>My Babe</b>" is a <a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a> song and a <a href="/wiki/List_of_blues_standards" title="List of blues standards">blues standard</a> written by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a> for <a href="/wiki/Little_Walter" title="Little Walter">Little Walter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dirks_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dirks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Released in 1955 on <a href="/wiki/Checker_Records" title="Checker Records">Checker Records</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a>, the song was the only Dixon composition ever to become a number one <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> single and it was one of the biggest hits of either of their careers.<sup id="cite_ref-Dirks_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dirks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=My_Babe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dixon based "My Babe" on the traditional <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> song "This Train (Is Bound For Glory)", recorded by <a href="/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe" title="Sister Rosetta Tharpe">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a> as "This Train".<sup id="cite_ref-Herzhaft_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herzhaft-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reworked the arrangement and lyrics from the sacred (the procession of saints into Heaven) into the secular (a story about a woman that won't stand for her man's cheating): "My baby, she don't stand no cheating, my babe, she don't stand none of that midnight creeping."<sup id="cite_ref-pc4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=My_Babe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his autobiography, Dixon recalled: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I felt Little Walter had the feeling for this "My Babe" song. He was the type of fellow who wanted to brag about some chick, somebody he loved, something he was doing or getting away with. He fought it for two long years and I wasn't going to give the song to nobody but him. He said many times he just didn't like it but, by 1955, the Chess people had gained confidence enough in me that they felt if I wanted him to do it, it must be his type of thing. The minute he did it, BOOM! she went right to the top of the charts.<sup id="cite_ref-Dixon_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dixon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Little Walter recorded the song on January 25, 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Herzhaft_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herzhaft-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accompanying his vocal and harmonica were <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lockwood,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Lockwood, Jr.">Robert Lockwood, Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Caston" title="Leonard Caston">Leonard Caston</a> on guitars, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a> on double-bass, and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Below" title="Fred Below">Fred Below</a> on drums.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guitarist <a href="/wiki/Luther_Tucker" title="Luther Tucker">Luther Tucker</a>, then a member of Walter's band, was absent from the recording session that day. "My Babe" was re-issued in 1961 with an <a href="/wiki/Overdubbed" class="mw-redirect" title="Overdubbed">overdubbed</a> female vocal backing chorus and briefly crossed over to the pop charts.<sup id="cite_ref-Dirks_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dirks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Releases_and_charts">Releases and charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=My_Babe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Releases and charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> had famously, and controversially, pioneered the gospel-song-to-secular-song approach with his reworking of the gospel hymn "It Must Be Jesus" into "<a href="/wiki/I_Got_a_Woman" title="I Got a Woman">I Got a Woman</a>," which hit the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a> R&B charts on January 22, 1955, later climbing to the number one position for one week. Within days of the appearance of Charles's song on the national charts, Little Walter recorded "My Babe" and Checker released it while "I've Got a Woman" was still on the charts. The single eclipsed Charles's record by spending 19 weeks on the <i>Billboard</i> R&B charts beginning on March 12, 1955, including five weeks at the top position, making it one of the biggest R&B hits of 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The B-side of "My Babe" was the harmonica instrumental "Thunderbird," following the pattern established by the release of Little Walter's number one hit single from 1952, "<a href="/wiki/Juke_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Juke (song)">Juke</a>," of featuring a vocal performance one side and a harmonica instrumental on the flip side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition_and_influence">Recognition and influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=My_Babe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recognition and influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, "My Babe" was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Blues_Foundation" title="Blues Foundation">Blues Foundation</a> Hall of Fame in the "Classic of Blues Recording – Singles or Album Tracks" category.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song has been recorded by artists with a variety of backgrounds, including <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>, R&B, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dixon_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dixon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=My_Babe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Dirks-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dirks_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dirks_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dirks_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dirks, Scott; & Komara, Edward M. [ed.] (2006). <i>Encyclopedia of the Blues</i>. <a href="/wiki/Routledge" title="Routledge">Routledge</a>. p. 982. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-92699-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-92699-8">0-415-92699-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Herzhaft-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Herzhaft_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Herzhaft_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerzhaft1992" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "My Babe". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofbl00herzh/page/463"><i>Encyclopedia of the Blues</i></a></span>. Fayetteville, Arkansas: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas_Press" title="University of Arkansas Press">University of Arkansas Press</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofbl00herzh/page/463">463</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55728-252-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-55728-252-8"><bdi>1-55728-252-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=My+Babe&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+the+Blues&rft.place=Fayetteville%2C+Arkansas&rft.pages=463&rft.pub=University+of+Arkansas+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=1-55728-252-8&rft.aulast=Herzhaft&rft.aufirst=Gerard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fencyclopediaofbl00herzh%2Fpage%2F463&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMy+Babe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pc4-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pc4_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGilliland1969" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Gilliland" title="John Gilliland">Gilliland, John</a> (1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19750/m1/">"Show 4 - The Tribal Drum: The rise of rhythm and blues. 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style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">1958</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Little_Walter" title="The Best of Little Walter">The Best of Little Walter</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1967</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Blues" title="Super Blues">Super Blues</a></i> (with Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1997</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/His_Best_(Little_Walter_album)" title="His Best (Little Walter album)">His Best – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection</a></i></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">1952</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Juke_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Juke (song)">Juke</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Mean_Old_World" title="Mean Old World">Mean Old World</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1953</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Blues_with_a_Feeling" title="Blues with a Feeling">Blues with a Feeling</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1955</span></dt> <dd>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">My Babe</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Hate_to_See_You_Go" title="Hate to See You Go">Hate to See You Go</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1958</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Key_to_the_Highway" title="Key to the Highway">Key to the Highway</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1963</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Your_Fool" title="Just Your Fool">Just Your Fool</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1965</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_and_Lonesome_(Little_Walter_song)" title="Blue and Lonesome (Little Walter song)">Blue and Lonesome</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">1953</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Driftin%27_Blues" title="Driftin' Blues">Driftin'</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1959</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Worried_Life_Blues" title="Worried Life Blues">Worried Life</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1960</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Going_Down_Slow" class="mw-redirect" title="Going Down Slow">Going Down Slow</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1966</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Chicken_Shack_Boogie" title="Chicken Shack Boogie">Chicken Shack</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs with <br />Muddy Waters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">1950</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_and_Tumblin%27" title="Rollin' and Tumblin'">Rollin' and Tumblin'</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_All_Right_(Jimmy_Rogers_song)" title="That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers song)">That's All Right</a>" (with Jimmy Rogers)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1953</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_Please_Don%27t_Go" title="Baby, Please Don't Go">Baby, Please Don't Go</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1954</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Hoochie_Coochie_Man" title="Hoochie Coochie Man">Hoochie Coochie Man</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Want_to_Make_Love_to_You" title="I Just Want to Make Love to You">I Just Want to Make Love to You</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Ready_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)">I'm Ready</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1955</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Trouble_No_More_(song)" title="Trouble No More (song)">Trouble No More</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1956</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Forty_Days_and_Forty_Nights" title="Forty Days and Forty Nights">Forty Days and Forty Nights</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_Me_Baby_(song)" title="Rock Me Baby (song)">Rock Me</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Got_My_Mojo_Working" title="Got My Mojo Working">Got My Mojo Working</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Walter_discography" title="Little Walter discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rogers" title="Jimmy Rogers">Jimmy Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues_harp" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues harp">Blues harp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromatic_harmonica" title="Chromatic harmonica">Chromatic harmonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonica_techniques" title="Harmonica techniques">Harmonica techniques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Folk_Blues_Festival" title="American Folk Blues Festival">American Folk Blues Festival</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Records" title="Cadillac Records">Cadillac Records</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Willie_Dixon" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Willie_Dixon" title="Template:Willie Dixon"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Willie_Dixon" title="Template talk:Willie Dixon"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Willie_Dixon" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Willie Dixon"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Willie_Dixon" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Willie%27s_Blues" title="Willie's Blues">Willie's Blues</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_the_Blues" title="I Am the Blues">I Am the Blues</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Earthquake_and_Hurricane" title="Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane">Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Charms_(Willie_Dixon_album)" title="Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album)">Hidden Charms</a></i> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs written</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Evil_(Howlin%27_Wolf_song)" title="Evil (Howlin' Wolf song)">Evil</a>" (1954)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hoochie_Coochie_Man" title="Hoochie Coochie Man">Hoochie Coochie Man</a>" (1954)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Want_to_Make_Love_to_You" title="I Just Want to Make Love to You">I Just Want to Make Love to You</a>" (1954)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Ready_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)">I'm Ready</a>" (1954)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Diddy_Wah_Diddy" title="Diddy Wah Diddy">Diddy Wah Diddy</a>" (1955)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">My Babe</a>" (1955)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Quit_You_Baby" title="I Can't Quit You Baby">I Can't Quit You Baby</a>" (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Thing" title="Pretty Thing">Pretty Thing</a>" (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Seventh_Son" title="The Seventh Son">The Seventh Son</a>" (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fishin%27_in_My_Pond" title="Fishin' in My Pond">Fishin' in My Pond</a>" (1957)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Back_Door_Man" title="Back Door Man">Back Door Man</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spoonful" title="Spoonful">Spoonful</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Hold_Out" title="I Can't Hold Out">I Can't Hold Out</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wang_Dang_Doodle" title="Wang Dang Doodle">Wang Dang Doodle</a>" (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Superstitious" title="I Ain't Superstitious">I Ain't Superstitious</a>" (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Red_Rooster" title="Little Red Rooster">Little Red Rooster</a>" (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Judge_a_Book_by_the_Cover" title="You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover">You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover</a>" (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Need_Love_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="You Need Love (Muddy Waters song)">You Need Love</a>" (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Shook_Me" title="You Shook Me">You Shook Me</a>" (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bring_It_On_Home_(Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II_song)" title="Bring It On Home (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)">Bring It On Home</a>" (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Help_Me_(Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II_song)" title="Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)">Help Me</a>" (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whole_Lotta_Love" title="Whole Lotta Love">Whole Lotta Love</a>" (1969)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spider_in_My_Stew" title="Spider in My Stew">Spider in My Stew</a>" (1974)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Willie_Dixon" title="List of songs written by Willie Dixon">List of songs written</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-group" aria-labelledby="The_Coasters" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:The_Coasters" title="Template:The Coasters"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:The_Coasters" title="Template talk:The Coasters"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:The_Coasters" title="Special:EditPage/Template:The Coasters"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_Coasters" class="fn org" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">The Coasters</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Carl_Gardner" title="Carl Gardner">Carl Gardner</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Guy" title="Billy Guy">Billy Guy</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Nunn_(doo-wop_musician)" title="Bobby Nunn (doo-wop musician)">Bobby Nunn</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leon_Hughes" title="Leon Hughes">Leon Hughes</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Jacobs" title="Adolph Jacobs">Adolph Jacobs</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Young_Jessie" title="Young Jessie">Young Jessie</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cornell_Gunter" title="Cornell Gunter">Cornell Gunter</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dub_Jones_(singer)" title="Dub Jones (singer)">Will "Dub" Jones</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Harrell" title="Vernon Harrell">Vernon Harrell</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Earl_Carroll_(vocalist)" title="Earl Carroll 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W. Washburn">D. W. Washburn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Potion_No._9_(song)" title="Love Potion No. 9 (song)">Love Potion Number Nine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_Jerk" title="Cool Jerk">Cool Jerk</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">B-sides</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Aquarela_do_Brasil" title="Aquarela do Brasil">Brazil</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Searchin%27" title="Searchin'">Searchin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zing!_Went_the_Strings_of_My_Heart" title="Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart">Zing! 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