Since I Met You Baby (song)
| "Since I Met You Baby" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Ivory Joe Hunter | |
| Released | November 1956 (U.S.) |
| Format | 7" 45 rpm, 10' 78 rpm |
| Recorded | 1956 |
| Genre | rhythm and blues, pop |
| Length | 2:41 |
| Label |
Atlantic 1111 (U.S.) Quality 1567 (Canada) Columbia DB 3872 (U.K.) |
| Writer(s) | Ivory Joe Hunter |
| Producer(s) | Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler |
| "Since I Met You Baby" | ||||
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| Single by Sonny James | ||||
| from the album The Astrodome Presents in Person Sonny James | ||||
| Released | August 1969 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Ivory Joe Hunter | |||
| Producer(s) | George Richey | |||
| Sonny James singles chronology | ||||
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"Since I Met You Baby" is an American rhythm and blues song written and recorded by pianist Ivory Joe Hunter. The song, which Hunter recorded in 1956, became an American standard, and saw renewed popularity in 1969 when country music artist Sonny James released his hit version.
Hunter had already tasted major success with popular and rhythm and blues audiences with songs such as "I Almost Lost My Mind". He moved to Atlantic Records by 1954, and around that time wrote "Since I Met You Baby."
The song, a 12-bar blues, was described by Allmusic critic Steve Huey as "a masterpiece of smooth, bluesy elegance" and "decidedly removed from the tide of raucous rock & roll sweeping the country." In fact, compared to many of the other uptempo, rock-beat songs of the period, the song was "augmented by a wordless vocal choir (supervised by Ray Ellis who also did the orchestral arrangement) that's strongly reminiscent of traditional pop recordings of the period," wrote Huey. Saxophonist Jesse Powell provided the harmony on the second verse.
"Since I Met You Baby" topped the Billboard magazine Rhythm and Blues Records chart for three weeks in 1956, and became Hunter's only Billboard Hot 100 entry, stopping at No. 12.
Atlantic licensed the recording to Quality Records in Canada and EMI's Columbia label in the UK.
Hunter was presented with a gold record for this song which was awarded during his appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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