music.wikisort.org - Composition"Help Me" is a blues standard first recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963.[1] The song, a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues, is credited to Williamson, Willie Dixon, and Ralph Bass and is based on the 1962 instrumental hit "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs.[1] "Help Me" became a hit in 1963 and reached number 24 in the Billboard R&B chart.[2]
Blues standard
"Help Me" |
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B-side | "Bye Bye Bird" |
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Released | 1963 (1963) |
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Recorded | Chicago, January 11, 1963 |
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Genre | Blues |
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Length | 3:07 |
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Label | Checker (no. 1036) |
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Producer(s) |
- Leonard Chess
- Phil Chess
- Willie Dixon
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"One Way Out" / "Nine Below Zero" (1962) |
"Help Me" (1963) |
"Trying to Get Back on My Feet" / "Decoration Day" (1963) |
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The song was later included on the 1966 Williamson compilation More Folk Blues.[3] In 1987, "Help Me" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classic of Blues Recordings" category.[4] It is featured on many Sonny Boy Williamson greatest hits albums including His Best.[5]
References
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Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Help Me". Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. p. 450. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
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Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 447. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- Chess Records 1509 (1966)
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Blues Foundation (November 10, 2016). "1987 Hall of Fame Inductees: Help Me – Sonny Boy Williamson (No. 2) (Checker, 1963)". The Blues Foundation. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- "His Best [MCA] - Sonny Boy Williamson II | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
External links
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