Big Boss Man
| Big Boss Man | |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Reed | |
| publication | 1960 |
| Genre (s) | blues |
| Author (s) | Luther Dixon, Al Smith |
| Award (s) | RS500 , Blues Hall of Fame (1990) |
| album | Found love |
| Cover version | |
| 1967 | Elvis Presley |
Big Boss Man is a Blue song of 1960 by Luther Dixon, the house songwriter of Vee-Jay , and Al Smith, his producer for Jimmy Reed was written. In 1961, the song was released as a single and reached number 13 on the R&B charts, in the pop charts, the title came to number 78. 1960 he was released on the LP Found Love . Along with Bright Lights, Big City , the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 songs that made rock and roll . In 1990 he was also inducted into the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame. In the original version, Jimmy Reed's wife Mamma Reed can be heard as a background singer. In terms of content, the song criticizes a big boss who exploits his workers: “ You got me working, boss man - Working 'round the clock, I want me a drink of water, You won't let me stop… ” (German: “You lets me work, work around the clock, and if I want a drink of water, you won't let me stop ... ")
Impact history
The song has been covered by many rock, blues and country musicians. Probably the most famous was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1967, it made it to number 38 in the charts. Elvis brought the song on his 1968 comeback special and sang it often on tour in the 1970s.
There are also covers by Frank Frost , The Animals , Big Jack Johnson , Koko Taylor , Alan Price , Jerry Lee Lewis , Charlie Rich , Conway Twitty , John Hammond , Bobby Gentry, Nancy Sinatra , The Grateful Dead , The Who , Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers , Steve Miller , The Pretty Things , David Bowie , T-Model Ford and many others. The cover version of Junior Reid was used in the film Office Space - The Everyday Madness in the Office .
Charts
- USA R&B Charts: # 13
- USA Pop Charts: # 78
Individual evidence
- ↑ Big Boss Man . All Music Guide
- ↑ Joel Whitburn: Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. 1942-2004 . Billboard Books, New York 2006, p. 484
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 1994, p. 492
- ↑ Blues Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lyrics Big Boss Man
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 1994, p. 474
- ^ Cover versions database for Jimmy Reed
