Reconsider baby
| Reconsider baby | |
|---|---|
| Lowell Fulson | |
| publication | 1954 |
| length | 3:08 |
| Genre (s) | Blues , West Coast Blues |
| Author (s) | Lowell Fulson |
| Award (s) | Blues Foundation Hall of Fame - " Classics of Blues Recordings " Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - " 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll " |
| Cover versions | |
| 1960 | Elvis Presley |
| 1994 | Eric Clapton |
Reconsider Baby is a West Coast style blues song written by Lowell Fulson and recorded in 1954 for Checker, a Chess Records sub-label . Lowell Fulson was one of the founding fathers of the West Coast style.
Reconsider Baby was written by Lowell Fulson and recorded on September 27, 1954 in Dallas, Texas for the Chess sub-label Checker. The back of the single reads I Believe I'll Give It Up . Reconsider Baby is a slow blues in G. The song became a hit and was on the Billboard R&B charts for 15 weeks, where it reached number three. The song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame - Category: "Classics of Blues Recordings" and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".
In terms of content, it is a song in which the singer complains about saying goodbye to a woman. He was with her for a long time and is not enthusiastic about the type of separation (we've been together so long, to have to separate this way. ”) But his wish is for her to think twice and come back. ("Why don't you reconsider baby give yourself just a little more time.")
Cover versions (selection)
- Elvis Presley (In addition to the cover version from 1960, there is also an earlier version recorded by the Million Dollar Quartet at a jam session in the Sun Studio in 1956. Presley also enjoyed singing the song live.)
- The Charles Ford Band
- Eric Clapton
- BB King
- Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Johnny Guitar Watson
- Freddie King
- Joe Bonamassa
- Rufus Thomas with Carla Thomas
- Little Milton
- Lonnie Brooks
- James Cotton
Individual evidence
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B singles 1942-1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 161. ISBN 0-89820-068-7 .
- ^ Blues Foundation Hall of Fame accessed November 25, 2010
- ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 25, 2010
- ↑ a b Lyrics Reconsider Baby
- ↑ "We were together too long to separate like this."
- ↑ "Why don't you think twice about it and give yourself a little more time."
- ↑ Recosider Baby recorded by James Cotton on Allmusic . Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ Second Hand Songs accessed on November 25, 2010
