Since I Met You Baby

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Since I Met You Baby
Ivory Joe Hunter
publication 1956
length 2 min 41 sec
Genre (s) Rhythm and Blues
Author (s) Ivory Joe Hunter
Cover versions
1969 Sonny James
1975 Freddy Fender

Since I Met You Baby is a rhythm and blues song recorded in 1956 by American pianist and singer Ivory Joe Hunter and released on Atlantic 1111 (USA), in Canada on Quality 1567 and in the UK on Columbia DB 3872. The song was also written by him. The German version under the title Just like then, Baby was recorded by Peter Kraus in 1958 . 1969 came the song in the version of the country singer Sonny James to hit honors again.

General

Hunter was already a successful rhythm and blues artist with some hits like I Almost Lost My Mind . In 1954 he came to Atlantic Records and at the same time Since I Met You Baby was born. The critic Steve Huey described the song as "a masterpiece of smooth, bluesy elegance ....".

The song, a 12-bar blues, was miles away from the then prevailing rock and roll . The orchestral arrangement came from Ray Ellis, a producer and arranger who had worked with Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan , among others . Saxophonist Jesse Powell sang harmony in the second verse.

The song reached the top # 12 on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues Records chart and stayed there for a total of three weeks. A gold record he achieved with the song was presented to him when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The song remained his only entry on the Billboard charts.

Cover versions

There are many cover versions of the song that cover many different musical genres. The song was covered by country musicians as well as blues singers. They include Molly Bee , Tommy Sands , Freddy Fender , Bobby Vee , Johnny O'Keefe and The Dee Jays, Sam Cooke , José Feliciano , The Spencer Davis Group , Professor Longhair , Jerry Lee Lewis , Bill Anderson & Jan Howard, Sonny James , Dean Martin , The Willy DeVille Acoustic Trio, Kenny Neal , BB King , Gary Moore , Wanda Jackson and Lou Rawls .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AMG Song Review Steve Huey
  2. ↑ A masterpiece of soft, bluesy elegance
  3. ^ AMG biography Ray Ellis
  4. ^ Billboard Magazine January 13, 1958
  5. ↑ Cover info
  6. ↑ Second hand songs