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Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup

My Baby Left Me

1951 · via Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup wrote “My Baby Left Me” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1951. Also recorded by Elvis Presley (released 1956), Creedence Clearwater Revival (released 1970) and John Lennon (released 1986), among 169 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – My Baby Left Me
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Crudup put My Baby Left Me out in 1951, and five years later Elvis Presley released it too. Creedence and John Lennon followed it down the same road, so play the man who wrote it first.

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Credited writer: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1951.

Other recordings on file · first release year

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Arthur Crudup wrote My Baby Left Me and put out the first recording himself. Which singer released a version of it in 1956?Elvis Presley
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