"Baby, Please Don't Go"
Song by AC/DC
from the album '74 Jailbreak
Released	October 1984
'74 Jailbreak track listing
Soul Stripper (4)	"Baby, Please Don't Go" (5)	N/A

"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a song by Big Joe Williams. Since its 1945 release, it has been covered by many other artistes, including Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Them, Paul Butterfield and Paul Revere & the Raiders, Amboy Dukes(Ted Nugent), AC/DC, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Aerosmith, Budgie (band) and The Yardbirds Image File history File links Baby_Please_Don't_Go. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Shahrukh is a bona vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Front cover of the AC/DC album High Voltage(Australian version) This is an album cover. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... This article is about the band. ... The Australian hard rock band AC/DCs first album High Voltage was released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) in Australia. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Albert Records is an Australian record label founded in 1964 by Ted Albert. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Harry Vanda is a Dutch popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer from Australia. ... George Redburn Young (born on 6 November 1947 in Glasgow), is an Australian rock musician, songwriter and record producer. ... The Australian hard rock band AC/DCs first album High Voltage was released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) in Australia. ... Shes Got Balls is by the Australian Band AC/DC. It is the second track on their debut album High Voltage, which was released in February 1975. ... Image File history File links Ac-dc-74-jailbreak-cover. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... This article is about the band. ... 74 Jailbreak is a hard rock/blues oriented EP by Australian band AC/DC, composed of earlier unreleased tracks. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 74 Jailbreak is a hard rock/blues oriented EP by Australian band AC/DC, composed of earlier unreleased tracks. ... Soul Stripper is a song by popular Australian hard rock band AC/DC. This song can be found as the fifth track on their 1975 (Australian release of High Voltage. ... Image File history File links Aerosmith_-_Honkin'_On_Bobo. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Aerosmith are a prominent American rock band, sometimes regarded as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Honkin on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jack Douglas is an influential American record producer. ... Anthony Joseph Joe Perry (Born September 10, 1950 in Lawrence, Massachusetts), is the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. ... Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York), better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed the Demon of Screamin), is an American musician and songwriter. ... Honkin on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. ... McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the father of Chicago blues. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Them was a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, best known for the garage rock standard Gloria and launching singer Van Morrisons career. ... Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and one of the earliest Caucasian exponents of the Chicago-originated electric blues style. ... Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the 1960s, best-known for hits like Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) (1971), Steppin Out, Kicks, Let Me (1969) and Hungry (1966). ... A Detroit-based rock band, best remembered for their hit single Journey to the Center of the Mind, the Amboy Dukes also launched the career of the Motorcity Madman, Ted Nugent. ... Theodore Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948, Detroit, Michigan) (aka The Nuge, Uncle Ted, Terrible Ted, Cock Sucker Nugent, Sweaty Teddy, Deadly Tedly, Great Gonzos, Theodocious Atrocious,Tedinator and The Motor City Madman) is a hard rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy... This article is about the band. ... Thomas Tom Earl Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a popular American musician, known for his album-oriented, classicist rocknroll. ... Robert Allen Zimmerman (born May 24, 1941), better known by his stage name Bob Dylan, is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... who this nigga ... Aerosmith are a prominent American rock band, sometimes regarded as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Budgie is a hard rock band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. ... The Yardbirds were an early English rock band, noted for starting the careers of three of rocks most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ...

This song explains why a man begs his wife (perhaps his girlfriend) to come back, and what the man does for loneliless if his wife/girlfriend leaves him.

Personnel

• Big Joe Williams - Guitar, Vocals
• Sonny Boy Williamson II - Harp
• Ransom Knowling - Double Bass
• Judge Riley - Drums

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Parts of the guitar. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Sonny Boy Williamson, circa 1964 Aleck Rice Miller (December 5, 1899 - May 25, 1965), a. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ...

Notable cover versions

Van Morrison and Them

The band Them fronted by Van Morrison, released "Baby, Please Don't Go" as the A side of a single in late 1964. It became their first hit, reaching #10 on the UK Singles Chart, possibly influenced by the B side song, a ditty called Gloria. Them was a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, best known for the garage rock standard Gloria and launching singer Van Morrisons career. ... who this nigga ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Gloria is a rock song written by Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrisons band Them in 1964 as the B-side of Baby Please Dont Go, which reached #10 on the UK charts. ...

Budgie

Budgie released a version of the song "Baby, Please Don't Go" on their third album "Never Turn Your Back On A Friend" in 1973. "Baby, Please Don't Go" was track #2 on the album after "Breadfan". Budgie is a hard rock band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. ...

AC/DC

AC/DC covered the song on their 1975 Australia-only album High Voltage. It was released internationally in 1984 on their compilation/EP '74 Jailbreak. The video, as released on Family Jewels, was recorded on the Australian music program "Countdown" and featured Bon Scott in drag. It has also been clarified that Dave Evans, who proceeded Bon Scott, sung this song. This article is about the band. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Australian hard rock band AC/DCs first album High Voltage was released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) in Australia. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... 74 Jailbreak is a hard rock/blues oriented EP by Australian band AC/DC, composed of earlier unreleased tracks. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late 1974 until July 19, 1987. ... Ronald Belford Bon Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was a Scottish-born Australian rock musician. ... David Evans may mean: David C. Evans (1924-1998), computer graphics pioneer David Howell Evans (b. ...

John Lee Hooker

On John Lee Hooker's post-humously released DVD, Come See About Me, he can be seen playing "Baby, Please Don't Go" on his guitar while sitting on a dock. He is joined by Van Morrison in the 1992 performance. John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Cover ofCome See About Me Come See About Me is a DVD released by the Hooker estate in 2004. ... who this nigga ...

Aerosmith Version

Aerosmith released a version of the song "Baby, Please Don't Go" on their blues cover album, Honkin' on Bobo in 2004. It was the only major single from the album, and hit #7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Ever since its release, it has been a staple song in the band's concert performances. It is also argued to be one of the hardest rocking versions of the song, and a major step back to hard rock music for Aerosmith, as the band had experimented heavily with pop music on some of their previous works in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Aerosmith are a prominent American rock band, sometimes regarded as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the members are actually from the city. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... Honkin on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) other events of 2004 list of years in music 2000s in music // January 1 Vienna New Years Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ...

External links

• Big Joe Williams' Discography
• "Baby, Please Don't Go" on AllMusic.com Shows artists, albums and release dates for this title (may be slightly inaccurate)