Checked this out in Wikipedia today and this is the first recording of this song that has been covered by many people since - my favorites being Bob Dylan and Taj Mahal
Listen to this song since childhood from various sources and have been a fan of Bo for more than 40 years, I'm just enlightened now that I know that Bo's version is the original. Thx!
Thank you for posting this and thanks to anyone on the youtoobs that posts original music versions. I heard this today on a bluegrass and hillbilly station I catch sometimes. I love Big Joe Turner and naively assumed it was his composition since he recorded it in 1956 and the Ray Peterson version which gets the most airplay (on stereotypical 50's-60's Rock & Roll style stations) was from 1960. However, I should have known better; not only because the style is not really like a Big Joe composition, but because I need to heed my own advice and "KEEP GOING BACK, BACK, BACK" to get music history. I see a lot of different comments here from various viewpoints. I think what we all can agree on though, is that traditional standards like this song are GREAT and that is why they are so infuential! Likewise, I would say what a great time to be alive when we can share music history in this way. Thanks again for posting this.
I think if Rod changed the name you'd be hard pressed to make any connection.
Outside of a couple of words.... and the blues rhythm... the songs are completely different. I'd buy Rods.... the other one sucks.