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A twelve-bar blues composition created by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, this song was originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton in Los Angeles in 1952 and released by Peacock Records in early 1953. It became Thornton's sole commercially successful recording, achieving sales exceeding 500,000 units and dominating the R&B charts for fourteen weeks, with seven of those weeks spent at the top position. The recording has since received substantial recognition, including placement on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's influential list of songs that shaped the genre.
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