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Big Joe Williams
Joseph Lee Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982), billed throughout his career as Big Joe Williams, was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over four decades, he recorded such songs as "Baby Please Don't Go", "Crawlin' King Snake" and "Peach Orchard Mama" for a variety of record labels, including Bluebird, Delmark, Okeh, Prestige and Vocalion. Williams was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992.
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Baby Please Don't Go: The Essential Big Joe Williams [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go [Two Takes, First Incomplete] | 2:05 |
| Highway 49 | 2:55 |
Folk Singer-Humdinger, Vol. 2: Just About as Good as It Gets! [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sitting on Top of the World |
How Britain Got the Blues, Vol. 3: How London Got the Blues [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:08 |
50 of the Most Influential Blues Songs of the 20th Century [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 2:47 |
Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village: Sounds from the Scene in 1961 [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:24 |
ABC of the Blues: The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 2:48 |
Cover To Cover: The Originals [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go [Album Sessions 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'] | 3:25 |
Let Me Tell You About the Blues: Chicago (The Evolution of Chicago Blues 1925-58) [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:24 |
The Later Years 1939-1947 [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Highway 49 | 3:13 |
| Love Me, Baby | 3:23 |
| Baby Please Don't Go | 2:47 |
| Baby Please Don't Go [Alternate Take] | 2:49 |
Shake Your Boogie: Live at the Old Capitol Building 1974 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby, Please Don't Go | 2:54 |
Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues [Disc A] [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:25 |
| Highway 49 | 3:13 |
Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues [Disc B] [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 2:47 |
| Baby Please Don't Go (Alt. TK) | 2:49 |
Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues [Disc C] [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Can Mistreat Me Here | 2:45 |
| Classy Mae Blues | 2:48 |
| Whiskey Head Woman | 3:00 |
| Brown Skin Girl | 2:45 |
| I'm a Guitar King | 2:49 |
| Mozelle Blues | 2:57 |
| Blues Trip Me This Morning | 3:03 |
| My Little Girl | 3:11 |
| My Baby's Gone | 2:45 |
| It's Hard to Be Lonesome | 2:38 |
| She's a Good Looking Mama | 2:52 |
| New Sugar Mama | 2:58 |
| Catfish Blues | 2:55 |
| Black Minnie | 2:56 |
| Elsie Blues | 2:59 |
Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:25 |
| Highway 49 | 3:13 |
| Baby Please Don't Go [Alternate Take] | 2:49 |
| You Can Mistreat Me Here | 2:45 |
| Whiskey Head Woman | 3:00 |
| Brown Skin Girl | 2:45 |
| My Little Girl | 3:11 |
| My Baby's Gone | 2:45 |
| It's Hard to Be Lonesome | 2:38 |
| She's a Good Looking Mama | 2:52 |
| New Sugar Mama | 2:58 |
| Black Minnie | 2:56 |
| Elsie Blues | 2:59 |
| Classy Mae Blues | 2:48 |
| I'm a Guitar King | 2:49 |
| Mozelle Blues | 2:57 |
| Blues Trip Me This Morning | 3:03 |
| Catfish Blues | 2:55 |
Century of the Blues: The Definitve Country Blues Collection [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 2:49 |
The Blues: Chicago 1937-1945 [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Coal and Iceman Blues | 3:04 |
| Sloppy Drunk Blues | 3:16 |
| Early in the Morning | 3:03 |
When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby, Please Don't Go | 3:25 |
All the Blues You Need: The Indigo 5th Anniversary Box Set [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 2:47 |
The Essential Recording of Mississippi Delta Blues: Dust My Broom [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go |
The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:20 |
The Blues: Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:22 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1935-1941) [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:22 |
| Highway 49 | 3:10 |
Unknown Album
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Brown Skin Girl | 2:45 |
| Baby Please Don't Go | 3:23 |
| Highway 49 | 3:52 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:41 |
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