Rock Me, Baby: A Blues Crossover Standard
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The Many Covers of Rock Me, Baby
Rock Me, Baby has been bouncing around the blues world since its first recording in 1940 by Big Bill Broonzy, and has been covered and reimagined by dozens of musicians of both blues and rock-and-roll fame. The song has crossed genre boundaries and has been recorded by such famous folks as Otis Redding, BB King, and even David Cassidy. While it has been recorded as Rock Me, Rockin' and Rollin', or even All Night Long, the song has remained a standard for blues musicians and rockers for nearly seventy years.
This lens explores those versions and includes the lyrics and guitar tabs for the song so that you can work up your own version. If I've missed your favorite recording of Rock Me, Baby (under whatever name it may have been made), please let me know and I'll add it here. I'd like to collect as many versions as I can find for folks to hear. Thank you!
This lens explores those versions and includes the lyrics and guitar tabs for the song so that you can work up your own version. If I've missed your favorite recording of Rock Me, Baby (under whatever name it may have been made), please let me know and I'll add it here. I'd like to collect as many versions as I can find for folks to hear. Thank you!
Music Videos for Rock Me, Baby
Don't miss the great blues master John Lee Hooker and the version from AC/DC and The Rolling Stones!
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Rock Me, Baby Song Lyrics
The Lyrics to the Otis Redding Version
You can rock me all night long
Rock me baby, rock me baby, rock me babe, huh
You girl you can't rock me all night long, now oh now
Just keep on rockin' me little girl, girl
Honey 'till my back ain't got no bone, yeah, huh
Roll me, baby, ha
Roll me like a wagon wheel, now, huh
Keep on rollin', rollin', rollin' me baby
Just like they roll a wagon wheel, now oh my, oh my
Because when you thought you roll little girl, huh
Baby you just don't know how good you make me feel, now oh
Yeah, play the blues Steve
Oh, hey, have mercy
Too much soul, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't do it to me,huh
Don't do it, huh
Don't do it
Don't do
Don't do that, huh
Roll it baby, yeah
Keep on rocking me baby, he good rockin'
Baby rock me, rock me so,now
Keep on rockin' me, baby
Keep rocking me
Keep rocking me
Baby you know how to rock me so, now oh my, oh my
I want you to just keep om rocking me babe
Rock me babe, rock me
'till I just can't take it no more, oh my
I want you to rock, rock, rock, rock me babe
Rock me babe, rock me babe, rock me babe
You don't know what I need
I want you to keep rocking me
You don't know what I want
I want you to keep rocking me
Everything I love
I want you to keep rocking
Give it, give it to me baby...
Try Eight Full Versions of Rock Me Baby
Try More Covers of this Blues Standard
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Dozens of Rock Me, Baby Cover Versions
The Blues Standard, Reimagined
Sample a few dozen different covers of Rock Me, Baby, from the greats like BB King and Otis Redding (though I couldn't find an mp3 download for the Big Bill Broonzy recording) to covers of the blues standard from Ike and Tina Turner, The Partridge Family, and Jimi Hendrix.
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The Guitar Tabs for Rock Me, Baby
Since the lens format isn't text-layout-friendly, I'm simply going to give you a link to the only guitar tabs for Rock Me, Baby that I could find, rather than fight with it. If you've got your own posted, let me know and I'll add them. Most of the other versions I found on-line were incomplete or had been removed due to record label conflicts. If you want official tabs, I recommend getting a few versions of the song and checking the books listed below. For those of you who just can't wait: tabs for the BB King version Guitar Tabs for Rock Me Baby and Other Blues Standards
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Fan Feedback: Do You Love Rock Me, Baby?
Tell me all about it.
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hughgrissettsr
Nov 3, 2011 @ 5:37 pm | delete
- great lens! for a change of pace, listen to the box tops version.
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JebbieBlue
Sep 28, 2011 @ 2:54 pm | delete
- I didn't know the history of this song. I've always loved the B.B. King version most.
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Bluesgal
Aug 1, 2011 @ 1:29 am | delete
- I love Rock Me Baby, but I have to say Big Mama Thorton does it best! :)
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chemrat Jan 27, 2011 @ 1:08 am | delete
- Yes! Great lens- lensrolled at my guitar lens
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mcclainl
Oct 31, 2010 @ 11:25 pm | delete
- I really enjoyed your lens! I'm a big BB King and Buddy Guy fan and I really like the crossroads video.
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awelldressedbullet
Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:58 am | delete
- Very nice, I picked Hendrix in your poll, probably not the best but I have always been a Hendrix fan! - Kathy
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bdkz
Dec 17, 2008 @ 9:40 am | delete
- Nice!
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