The good Willie Dixon is rightly revered for the lots of of classic blues songs he wrote, his numerous productions for others and his many appearances as a visitor musician. Whereas he was signed by Chess Information as an artist in his personal proper, his breathless schedule as a composer, producer and sideman restricted his personal recording exercise considerably. “Little Red Rooster,” “Hoochie Coochie Man,” “Spoonful,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” and and so many extra from his songbook bear testomony to his indelible affect.
However within the early autumn of 1955, the longer term Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer was having fun with his solely US singles success in his personal title. Mockingly, it was with a music he didn’t write himself. “Walking The Blues” was a pleasant mid-tempo blues composed by Champion Jack Dupree and Teddy McRae. Dupree, the New Orleans blues figurehead, had his personal model of the music out simply forward of Dixon’s, and a chart battle commenced by which each artists had been profitable.
Dupree’s “Walking The Blues,” launched on King, was credited to Jack Dupree and Mr. Bear, the recording id of his co-writer and featured pianist McRae. It entered Billboard’s Finest Sellers In Shops and Most Performed By Jockeys R&B listings on August 20, 1955 and reached No.6 in an 11-week run.
Dixon replicated the walking-tempo beat, spoken vocal and piano options of the unique, the latter performed on his rendition by Lafayette Leake. Willie’s Checker 45 made its debut throughout Dupree’s chart run, on one other of Billboard’s R&B listings, Most Performed In Juke Packing containers, on September 10.
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Three weeks later, on October 1, Dixon’s rendition confirmed for the primary time on Most Performed By Jockeys. It too reached a No.6 peak, however with a shorter, four-week keep. However each takes on “Walking The Blues” had been among the many most fulfilling blues entries of 1955.
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