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From '' I Just Want To Make Love To You ''
Label: Leedon – LK-1421
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Country: Australia
Released: Aug 1966
Tracklist
A I Just Want To Make Love To You
Written-By – Willie Dixon
B Got Love If You Want It
Written-By – James Moore
Notes
Made By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
👥 [BAND INFO]
Blues Rags'n'Hollers were an Australian band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1966
Members:
Andy Wilkinson, Brian Coughlan, David Harrison, John Hilton, Mick Patterson, Ted Fry
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"I Just Want to Make Love to You" is a 1954 blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters.
The song was a major hit, reaching number four on Billboard magazine's Black Singles chart.
Backing Waters' vocals and guitar on the single were Little Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on second guitar, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on drums.
Waters recorded the song again for the album Electric Mud (1968).
Cover versions
Etta James version
In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last!.
Her rendition also served as the b-side to her hit "At Last." In 1996, Etta James' version became popular in the UK after featuring in a Diet Coke ad campaign.
As a result, the single was re-released there.
The song first appeared on the UK Singles Chart on February 10, 1996 at No. 5, the single stayed on the charts for 7 weeks and left the charts at No. 62 on March 23.
Rolling Stones version
The Rolling Stones recorded the song, with slightly modified lyrics, for their 1964 debut album The Rolling Stones (titled England's Newest Hit Makers in the US) and released the song as the B-side to "Tell Me" in America.
A live version was later released on Rarities 1971-2003.
Foghat version
Blues-rock group Foghat released a version of "I Just Want to Make Love to You" on their self-titled debut album in 1972 and released the song as a single the same year where it reached No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was their first hit.
A live version was released on Foghat Live and released another 45 rpm single with "Fool for the City" as the b-side, the single was edited from over eight minutes to 3 minutes and 56 seconds.
This single version reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Foghat's version of the song was used in the films Dazed and Confused and Halloween II.
Other cover versions
The song was performed by a supergroup consisting of Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter on Super Blues in 1967.
The song has also been recorded by:
Willie Dixon,
Chuck Berry,
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band,
the Grateful Dead,
Buddy Guy,
Mungo Jerry,
The Kinks,
Shadows of Knight,
Robben Ford,
Van Morrison,
Lou Rawls,
The Righteous Brothers,
The Yardbirds,
The Animals,
Janis Siegel,
Meat Puppets,
Cold Blood,
April Wine,
Louise Hoffsten,
Foghat,
Lee Aaron,
Saxon,
Nanette Workman,
Smith,
James Blood Ulmer,
Livin' Blues,
Lloyd Spiegel,
Junior Wells,
Memphis Slim,
Bo Diddley,
Johnny Otis,
Paul Rodgers,
Ross/Wollner's Inner City,
The New Orleans Radiators,
W.C.Spencer,
Medicine Mike,
Eddy Clearwater,
Stone,
Thornetta Davis,
Geoff Achison,
Louise Hoffsten,
Cash McCall,
Corey Osborn,
Radio Moscow,
Chocolate Watchband,
Cold Blood/Lydia Pense
and Not Moving.
A live version by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is featured on their career-spanning live set, The Live Anthology.
The Bob Dylan song 'My Wife's Home Town', from the 2009 album Together Through Life, is heavily influenced musically by the song, and the album notes give credit to Willie Dixon. The song's lyrics however are entirely different.
The middle eight was adapted by the Violent Femmes for their 1982 song "Gone Daddy Gone" and the 2006 cover by Gnarls Barkley.
#bluesragsnhollers
#ijustwanttomakelovetoyou
#garagerock
#muddywaterscover
From '' I Just Want To Make Love To You ''
Label: Leedon – LK-1421
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Country: Australia
Released: Aug 1966
Tracklist
A I Just Want To Make Love To You
Written-By – Willie Dixon
B Got Love If You Want It
Written-By – James Moore
Notes
Made By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
👥 [BAND INFO]
Blues Rags'n'Hollers were an Australian band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1966
Members:
Andy Wilkinson, Brian Coughlan, David Harrison, John Hilton, Mick Patterson, Ted Fry
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"I Just Want to Make Love to You" is a 1954 blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters.
The song was a major hit, reaching number four on Billboard magazine's Black Singles chart.
Backing Waters' vocals and guitar on the single were Little Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on second guitar, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on drums.
Waters recorded the song again for the album Electric Mud (1968).
Cover versions
Etta James version
In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last!.
Her rendition also served as the b-side to her hit "At Last." In 1996, Etta James' version became popular in the UK after featuring in a Diet Coke ad campaign.
As a result, the single was re-released there.
The song first appeared on the UK Singles Chart on February 10, 1996 at No. 5, the single stayed on the charts for 7 weeks and left the charts at No. 62 on March 23.
Rolling Stones version
The Rolling Stones recorded the song, with slightly modified lyrics, for their 1964 debut album The Rolling Stones (titled England's Newest Hit Makers in the US) and released the song as the B-side to "Tell Me" in America.
A live version was later released on Rarities 1971-2003.
Foghat version
Blues-rock group Foghat released a version of "I Just Want to Make Love to You" on their self-titled debut album in 1972 and released the song as a single the same year where it reached No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was their first hit.
A live version was released on Foghat Live and released another 45 rpm single with "Fool for the City" as the b-side, the single was edited from over eight minutes to 3 minutes and 56 seconds.
This single version reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Foghat's version of the song was used in the films Dazed and Confused and Halloween II.
Other cover versions
The song was performed by a supergroup consisting of Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter on Super Blues in 1967.
The song has also been recorded by:
Willie Dixon,
Chuck Berry,
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band,
the Grateful Dead,
Buddy Guy,
Mungo Jerry,
The Kinks,
Shadows of Knight,
Robben Ford,
Van Morrison,
Lou Rawls,
The Righteous Brothers,
The Yardbirds,
The Animals,
Janis Siegel,
Meat Puppets,
Cold Blood,
April Wine,
Louise Hoffsten,
Foghat,
Lee Aaron,
Saxon,
Nanette Workman,
Smith,
James Blood Ulmer,
Livin' Blues,
Lloyd Spiegel,
Junior Wells,
Memphis Slim,
Bo Diddley,
Johnny Otis,
Paul Rodgers,
Ross/Wollner's Inner City,
The New Orleans Radiators,
W.C.Spencer,
Medicine Mike,
Eddy Clearwater,
Stone,
Thornetta Davis,
Geoff Achison,
Louise Hoffsten,
Cash McCall,
Corey Osborn,
Radio Moscow,
Chocolate Watchband,
Cold Blood/Lydia Pense
and Not Moving.
A live version by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is featured on their career-spanning live set, The Live Anthology.
The Bob Dylan song 'My Wife's Home Town', from the 2009 album Together Through Life, is heavily influenced musically by the song, and the album notes give credit to Willie Dixon. The song's lyrics however are entirely different.
The middle eight was adapted by the Violent Femmes for their 1982 song "Gone Daddy Gone" and the 2006 cover by Gnarls Barkley.
#bluesragsnhollers
#ijustwanttomakelovetoyou
#garagerock
#muddywaterscover
