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Seventh Son (song)

"The Seventh Son"
Single by Willie Mabon
B-side "Lucinda"
Released October 1955 (1955-10)
Format 7" 45 RPM
Recorded June 1, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois
Genre Rhythm and blues
Label Chess
Writer(s) Willie Dixon
Producer(s) Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Willie Mabon singles chronology
"Come on, Baby"
(March 1955)
"The Seventh Son"
(October 1955)
"Knock on Wood"
(June 1956)

"The Seventh Son", also recorded as "Seventh Son", is a song written by Willie Dixon. It was released as a single by Willie Mabon on Chess Records in 1955. It has also been recorded by artists such as Johnny Rivers (on his album Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go), Bill Haley & His Comets (released on their 1999 greatest-hit compilation), John Mellencamp (on the 2005 reissue of Rough Harvest), Billy "Crash" Craddock (on the album You Better Move On), Mose Allison, Sting, Georgie Fame, Climax Blues Band, the Soul Agents, Long John Baldry, George Thorogood and, as with many of his own songs, by Willie Dixon.

Willie Mabon recorded "The Seventh Son" on June 1, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. The exact personnel on the session is not known for sure but is most likely Willie Mabon (vocals, piano), Bill Martin (trumpet), Herbert Robinson (tenor saxophone), Willie Dixon (bass), and Oliver Coleman (drums). The song was paired for release as a single with "Lucinda" as its b-side and was released in October.


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