The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - (I'M YOUR) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN

Artist: Muddy Waters
Author: Willie Dixon
Label: Chess
Year: 1954

First hit combination Muddy Waters-Willie Dixon.

Covers:

1963:: Alexis Korner
1964:: Manfred Mann [as Hoochie Coochie Man]
1964:: Dion
1964:: Dave Berry
1965:: Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
1965:: Graham Bond Organisation
1965:: Bob Dylan [the "fifth daughter on the twelfth night" stanza from Highway 61 Revisited is a discreet tip of the hat to Willy Dixon's lyrics]
1966:: John Mayall
1966:: Junior Wells [and in '70 with Buddy Guy & Junior Mance]
1966:: Jimmy Smith
1966:: Doors [London Fog tapes]
1967:: Tim Hardin
1968:: Jimi Hendrix
1968:: Steppenwolf
1970:: Allman Brothers Band
1970:: Willie Dixon [on I Am The Blues]
1973:: Freddie King
1983:: Motörhead
1988:: Supertramp [live]
1989:: Rocky Hill
1993:: Paul Rodgers
1994:: Eric Clapton [on From The Cradle]
2000:: King
2009:: Guy Davis
2015:: Lenny Henry
2024:: Slash [with Billy F. Gibbons]

The Hootchy-Kootchy was a belly dance originally, demonstrated by dancer Little Egypt on Chicago's World Fair in 1893 (Columbia Exposition), causing scandal. More covers: Chuck Berry, Marshall Crenshaw, John Hammond, Dave Van Ronk, Bill Black Combo, Lou Rawls, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Magic Sam and Jeff Healey.

(I'M YOUR) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN

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