Baby What You Want Me to Do
Jimmy Reed wrote “Baby What You Want Me to Do” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1959. Also recorded by Elvis Presley (released 1976), Etta James (released 1964) and John Mayall (released 1980), among 289 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
Reed cut this one first, and it traveled far enough that Etta James, the Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley all took a run at it. Play Reed's, then flip to Elvis and hear how much of the original he kept.
Jimmy Reed wrote it and put it on record first, and somehow one song of his landed with Chuck, Elvis, Etta James and the Everly Brothers. Play his before theirs and you'll hear what they were all reaching for.
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▶Baby What You Want Me to DoCredited writer: Jimmy Reed.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1959.
- The Everly Brothers1960
- Etta James1964
- Them1967
- Carl Perkins1969
- Albert Collins1969
- The Byrds1971
- Brainbox1972
- Chuck Berry1975
- Elvis Presley1976
- John Mayall1980
- Bon Jovi1992
289 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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