Baby, Please Don’t Go (live, 1960-07-03: Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)

~ Recording by Muddy Waters

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:04Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
Chess (US label)LP-1449
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:04Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
Chess (US label)CH-9198
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:04Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
Chess (US label)CHD-31269
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go2:59Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
Chess (US label)CDCHESS 1011
1.3Baby Please Don’t Go3:04Muddy WatersLiveMuddy WatersAlbum + Live
Roots (Cat numbers RTS XXXXX), Movieplay (label active in Brazil and Portugal)RTS 33018
6.3Baby, Please Don't Go3:02Muddy WatersThe Complete Muddy Waters, 1947–1967Muddy WatersAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCD RED BOX 3
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:17Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport / Muddy Waters LiveMuddy WatersAlbum + Compilation
Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records)BGOCD314
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:05Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
  • US2001-02-27
Chess (US label)088 112 515-2
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:04Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
Chess (US label), Speakers CornerLP-1449
2.3Baby Please Don’t Go (live)3:05Muddy WatersYou Shook Me: The Chess Masters, Vol. 3: 1958–1963Muddy WatersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-12-18
Geffen Records, Chess (US label)B0017581-02
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go2:59Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
  • GB2015-03-09
Hallmark Music & Entertainment715712
2.13Baby, Please Don’t Go3:01Muddy WatersFour Classic AlbumsHowlin’ Wolf & Muddy WatersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-05-17
Avid Entertainment
1.3Baby, Please Don't Go3:04Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
  • XE2018-05-25
Jazz Images38073
1.3Baby Please Don’t Go3:04Muddy WatersLiveMuddy WatersAlbum + Compilation + Live
Roots (Cat numbers RTS XXXXX)RTS 33018
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go2:52Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + LiveGreen Line RecordsGCH 8022
1.3Baby, Please Don’t Go3:05Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960Muddy WatersAlbum + Live
Geffen Records

Relationships

bass guitar:Andrew Stephenson
drums (drum set):Francey Clay
guitar:Pat Hare
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
harmonica:James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
piano:Otis Spann
lead vocals:Muddy Waters (blues musician)
recorded at:Newport Jazz Festival (1960-06-30 – 1960-07-04)
recording of:Baby, Please Don’t Go (on 1960-07-03: cover, live)

Baby, Please Don’t Go

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:EMI Full Keel Music
Leeds Music Corp.
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
MCA Music Ltd.
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
later versions:Baby Please Don't Go
version of:Another Man Done Gone
is the basis for:Skybound Blues