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Written by Luther Dixon, also Boys (The Beatles), Baby It’s You (Carpenters) and Blue Holiday (Aretha Franklin)
Released on Charly R&B, also Onions (John Lee Hooker), It Serves Me Right to Suffer (John Lee Hooker) and Flamingo (Earl Bostic)
Written by Al Smith, also The Motor City Is Burning (John Lee Hooker), Tell Me You Love Me and Big Boss Man (Mercury Rev)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Luther Dixon wrote 26 songs on fono
Luther Dixon’s most frequent co-writer is Willie Denson (3 songs together)
Luther Dixon first appears on fono in 1957, 23 years before this song
Al Smith first appears on fono in 1967, 13 years before this song
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Al Smith and Luther Dixon
- Performed by
- Earl Phillips, Jimmy Reed, Lee Baker, Jr., Lefty Bates, Mary “Mama” Reed and Willie Dixon
- Part of
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Released on
- Charly R&B
- Written by
- Al Smith and Luther Dixon
- Performed by
- Earl Phillips, Jimmy Reed, Lee Baker, Jr., Lefty Bates, Mary “Mama” Reed and Willie Dixon
- Part of
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Released on
- Charly R&B
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Luther Dixon
Same writer: Al Smith
Same label: Charly R&B
Same writer: Luther Dixon
Same writer: Al Smith
Same label: Charly R&B
Same writer: Luther Dixon
Same writer: Al Smith
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was performed by Earl Phillips
Big Boss Man was performed by Earl Phillips
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was performed by Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man was performed by Jimmy Reed
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was performed by Lee Baker, Jr.
Big Boss Man was performed by Lee Baker, Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was performed by Lefty Bates
Big Boss Man was performed by Lefty Bates
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was performed by Mary “Mama” Reed
Big Boss Man was performed by Mary “Mama” Reed
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was performed by Willie Dixon
Big Boss Man was performed by Willie Dixon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was written by Al Smith
8MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was written by Luther Dixon
Big Boss Man was written by Luther Dixon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Big Boss Man is part of the release Shame, Shame, Shame
Big Boss Man is part of the release Shame, Shame, Shame
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Charly R&B is the label of the song Big Boss Man
Charly R&B is the label of the song Big Boss Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Big Boss Man was released on 1980