Artist: Sonny Boy Williamson
Author: John Lee Williamson
Label: Bluebird
Year: 1937
The first Sonny Boy Williamson, also his first recording. Original title: Good Morning Schoolgirl. Influenced by the three year older Back And Side Blues by Brother Son Bonds (Champion), who also came from Tennessee. Sonny Boy had a crush on a schoolgirl he couldn't get (Estelle).
Covers:
Sleepy John Estes [melody in Airplane Blues]
Memphis Minnie [melody in Me And My Chauffeur Blues; see there]
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee [as Airplane Blues]
Larry Williams [as Little Schoolgirl]
Big Joe Williams [who played on the original]
Rod Stewart [his first single]
Gov't Mule [and again on Heavy Load Blues Deluxe]
Billy Boy Arnold [on a Sonny Boy Williamson tribute album]
Rory Block [tribute to Fred McDowell]
In '64, the Yardbirds (with Eric Clapton) covered the Schoolgirl light version of Don & Bob on Argo ('61).
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