Baby Please Don't Go
OK, so I have this theme of showing the black original version and then the best white cover. How could one not, given the state of radio segregation in the heyday of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll?First up is Big Joe Williams, author of "Baby Please Don't Go":This song made a super-strong comeback when Van Morrison and Them did the first rock version, in 1964 ("Gloria" was the B-side!)