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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Written by Willie Dixon, also Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin), I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters) and I Just Want to Make Love to You (Etta James)
Part of Bo Diddley, also Hey! Bo Diddley, Who Do You Love? and Bring It to Jerome
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Willie Dixon wrote 96 songs on fono
Bo Diddley wrote 42 songs on fono
Bo Diddley’s most frequent co-writer is Mickey Baker (3 songs together)
Willie Dixon first appears on fono in 1954, 18 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon
- Performed by
- Billy Boy Arnold, Bo Diddley, Frank Kirkland and Jerome Green
- Part of
- Bo Diddley
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon
- Performed by
- Billy Boy Arnold, Bo Diddley, Frank Kirkland and Jerome Green
- Part of
- Bo Diddley
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Willie Dixon
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Bo Diddley
Same writer: Willie Dixon
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Bo Diddley
Same writer: Willie Dixon
Same label: MCA Records
Elsewhere
Sources (9)
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1MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was performed by Billy Boy Arnold
Pretty Thing was performed by Billy Boy Arnold
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was performed by Bo Diddley
Pretty Thing was performed by Bo Diddley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was performed by Frank Kirkland
Pretty Thing was performed by Frank Kirkland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was performed by Jerome Green
Pretty Thing was performed by Jerome Green
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was written by Bo Diddley
6MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was written by Willie Dixon
Pretty Thing was written by Willie Dixon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Pretty Thing is part of the release Bo Diddley
Pretty Thing is part of the release Bo Diddley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Pretty Thing
MCA Records is the label of the song Pretty Thing
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Pretty Thing was released on 1972