Little Walter

Aliases: Little Walter and His Jukes
Little Walter and His Night Caps
Little Walter and His Night Cats
Little Walter Jacobs
Little Walter Trio
Real name: Marion Walter Jacobs
Born: May 1, 1930
Died: February 15, 1968
Country: United States
IPI: 00014990874 39 works
00018241605 2 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Blues harmonica player, singer and composer, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's sideman category in 2008
Not to be confused with: Walter Vinson Member of the Mississippi Sheiks

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Ah'w Baby	Little Walter	February 1960	(5 artists)
	As Long as I Have You	Little Walter	February 1961	(9 artists)
	Bad Actin' Woman	Little Walter Trio	September 1950	"Earring" George Mayweather
	Blue and Lonesome	Little Walter	1965	(14 artists)
i	Blue Midnight	Little Walter	June 1960	(8 artists)
	Boom, Boom, Out Goes the Lights	Little Walter	August 1957	(21 artists)
	Can't Hold On Much Longer	Little Walter and His Night Cats	July 1952	(32 artists)
	Come Back Baby	Little Walter Jacobs	1978	(2 artists)
i	Crazy Legs	Little Walter	July 1961	(2 artists)
	Crazy Mixed Up World	Little Walter	March 1959	(17 artists)
	Dead Presidents	Little Walter	June 1964	(6 artists)
	Everybody Needs Somebody	Little Walter	April 1957	(6 artists)
	Everything Gonna Be Alright	Little Walter	July 1959	(28 artists)
	I Don't Play	Little Walter	February 1961	(9 artists)
	I Got to Go	Little Walter and His Jukes	May 1955	(17 artists)
	I Just Keep Loving Her	Little Walter J. - Othum Brown	1947	(10 artists)
	I'm a Business Man	Little Walter	June 1964	(4 artists)
	It Ain't Right	Little Walter	February 1956	(16 artists)
	It's Too Late Brother	Little Walter	December 1956	(14 artists)
i	Juke	Little Walter and His Night Cats	July 1952	(17 artists)
	Just a Feeling	Little Walter	August 1956	(7 artists)
	Last Night	Little Walter and His Jukes	November 1954	(45 artists)
	Mellow Down Easy	Little Walter and His Jukes	November 1954	(39 artists)
	My Baby Is Sweeter	Little Walter	March 1959	(7 artists)
	My Kind of Baby REC	Little Walter Jacobs	1978	Originally by Rod Piazza REL
	Nobody but You	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1957	(11 artists)
i	Off the Wall	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1953	(6 artists)
	Oh Baby	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1954	(11 artists)
	One More Chance with You	Little Walter and His Jukes	May 1956	(7 artists)
	One of These Mornings	Little Walter Jacobs	1978	(3 artists)
	Ora-Nelle Blues	Little Walter J. - Othum Brown	1947	(59 artists)
	Quarter to Twelve	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1953	(3 artists)
i	Rocker	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1954	Tip of the Top
i	Roller Coaster	Little Walter and His Jukes	May 1955	(5 artists)
i	Sad Hours	Little Walter and His Night Caps	December 1952	(7 artists)
	Shake Dancer	Little Walter	March 1964	(3 artists)
	Take Me Back	Little Walter	December 1956	(6 artists)
i	Teenage Beat	Little Walter	August 1956	(2 artists)
	Temperature	Little Walter	August 1957	(22 artists)
i	That's It	Little Walter	October 24, 1995	Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers
	The Toddle	Little Walter	March 1958	Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
	Tonight with a Fool	Little Walter	March 1953	(2 artists)
	Too Late	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1955	(18 artists)
	Up the Line	Little Walter	April 1963	(16 artists)
	Who	Little Walter and His Jukes	February 1956	James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell & Billy Branch
	You'd Better Watch Yourself	Little Walter and His Jukes	August 1954	(15 artists)
	You're So Fine	Little Walter and His Jukes	December 1953	(12 artists)
	You're Sweet	Little Walter	October 24, 1995	(3 artists)

Covers by Little Walter

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Blues with a Feeling	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1953	Rabon Tarrant with Jack McVea and His Door Openers Covered by (30 artists)
Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Bo Diddley
Confessin' the Blues	Little Walter	March 1958	Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
Crazy for My Baby	Little Walter	July 1961	Willie Dixon
Driftin'	Little Walter	October 24, 1995	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
I Got to Find My Baby	Little Walter	May 1962	Doctor Clayton Covered by (8 artists)
I Had My Fun	Little Walter	February 1960	St. Louis Jimmy
I Hate to See You Go	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1955	Bo Diddley Covered by (19 artists)
I Just Want to Make Love to You	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Muddy Waters and His Guitar
I'm a Man	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Bo Diddley
Just Your Fool	Little Walter	May 1962	Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal by Ella Johnson
Key to the Highway	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1958	Charles Segar
Little Store Blues	Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter	1974	Sleepy John Estes
Long Distance Call	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Me and Piney Brown	Little Walter	December 1959	Joe Turner and His Fly Cats
Mean Old World	Little Walter and His Night Caps	December 1952	T-Bone Walker featuring Freddie Slack at the Piano with Bass and Drums Covered by (27 artists)
Mean Ole Frisco	Little Walter	1965	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
My Babe	Little Walter and His Jukes	February 1955	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet Covered by (191 artists)
My Babe	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
Tell Me Mama	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1953	Casey Bill Covered by (16 artists)
Up The Line	Little Walter	April 1963	Unverified
Who Do You Love	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Bo Diddley
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Bo Diddley
You Don't Love Me	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Bo Diddley

Songs written by Little Walter

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Ah'w Baby	Little Walter	Little Walter	February 1960	Covered by (5 artists)
Bad Actin' Woman	Little Walter	Little Walter Trio	January 1950	Covered by "Earring" George Mayweather
Blue and Lonesome	Little Walter	Little Walter	August 12, 1959	Covered by (14 artists)
Blue Midnight	Little Walter	Little Walter	1952	Covered by (8 artists)
Can't Hold On Much Longer	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Night Cats	May 12, 1952	Covered by (32 artists)
Come Back Baby	Little Walter	Little Walter Jacobs	1954	Covered by (2 artists)
Crazy Legs	Little Walter	Little Walter	1953	Covered by (2 artists)
Everybody Needs Somebody	Little Walter	Little Walter	March 5, 1957	Covered by (6 artists)
Everything Gonna Be Alright	Little Walter	Little Walter	July 21, 1959	Covered by (28 artists)
I Got to Go	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 28, 1955	Covered by (17 artists)
I Just Keep Loving Her	Little Walter	Little Walter J. - Othum Brown	1947	Covered by (10 artists)
It Ain't Right	Little Walter	Little Walter	December 1955	Covered by (16 artists)
Juke	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Night Cats	May 12, 1952	Covered by (17 artists)
Just a Feeling	Little Walter	Little Walter	July 27, 1956	Covered by (7 artists)
Last Night	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	July 1, 1954	Covered by (45 artists)
My Kind of Baby	Little Walter	Little Walter Jacobs REC, Rod Piazza REL	December 1953
Off the Wall	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	March 1953	Covered by (6 artists)
Oh Baby	Little Walter, Willie Dixon	Little Walter and His Jukes	February 22, 1954	Covered by (11 artists)
One More Chance with You	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	May 1956	Covered by (7 artists)
One of These Mornings	Little Walter	Little Walter Jacobs	September 12, 1959	Covered by (3 artists)
Quarter to Twelve	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1953	Covered by (3 artists)
Rocker	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1954	Covered by Tip of the Top
Sad Hours	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Night Caps	October 1952	Covered by (7 artists)
Shake Dancer	Little Walter	Little Walter	March 1964	Covered by (3 artists)
Take Me Back	Little Walter	Little Walter	December 1956	Covered by (6 artists)
Teenage Beat	Little Walter	Little Walter	August 1956	Covered by (2 artists)
Temperature	Little Walter, Joel Michael Cohen	Little Walter	August 1957	Covered by (22 artists)
That's It	Little Walter	Little Walter	July 23, 1953	Covered by Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers
The Toddle	Little Walter	Little Walter	March 1958	Covered by Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
Tonight with a Fool	Little Walter	Little Walter	March 1953	Covered by (2 artists)
Up the Line	Little Walter	Little Walter	February 5, 1963	Covered by (16 artists)
You'd Better Watch Yourself	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	July 14, 1954	Covered by (15 artists)
You're So Fine	Little Walter	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1953	Covered by (12 artists)
You're Sweet	Little Walter	Little Walter	December 1959	Covered by (3 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Blues with a Feeling	Little Walter	Blues with a Feeling	Little Walter and His Jukes	Covered by (30 artists)
I Got to Find My Baby	Little Walter	Gotta Find My Baby	Little Walter	Covered by (8 artists)
I Hate to See You Go	Little Walter	You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)	Little Walter and His Jukes	Covered by (19 artists)
Mean Old World	Little Walter	Mean Old World	Little Walter and His Night Caps	Covered by (27 artists)
Tell Me Mama	Little Walter	Back Door Blues	Little Walter and His Jukes	Covered by (16 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Blue and Lonesome	Little Walter Jacobs	1978	(self-released)
Blues with a Feeling	Little Walter	October 24, 1995	Chess
Southern Feeling	Little Walter Jacobs	1978	Le Roi du Blues
Super Blues	Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter	1967	Checker

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ah'w Baby	Little Walter	February 1960	Checker
Blues with a Feeling	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1953	Checker
Boom, Boom Out Goes the Lights	Little Walter	August 1957	Checker
Crazy for My Baby	Little Walter	July 1961	Checker
Don't Have to Hunt No More	Little Walter	March 1953	Checker
Everything Gonna Be Alright	Little Walter	July 1959	Checker
I Don't Play	Little Walter	February 1961	Checker
I'm a Business Man	Little Walter	June 1964	Checker
It's Too Late Brother	Little Walter	December 1956	Checker
Juke	Little Walter and His Night Cats	July 1952	Checker
Just a Feeling	Little Walter	August 1956	Checker
Just Your Fool	Little Walter	May 1962	Checker
Key to the Highway	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1958	Checker
Last Night	Little Walter and His Jukes	November 1954	Checker
Me and Piney Brown	Little Walter	December 1959	Checker
Mean Old World	Little Walter and His Night Caps	December 1952	Checker
Mean Ole Frisco	Little Walter	1965	Checker
Muskadine Blues	Little Walter Trio	September 1950	Regal [US2]
My Babe	Little Walter and His Jukes	February 1955	Checker
My Babe	Little Walter	June 1960	Checker
My Baby Is Sweeter	Little Walter	March 1959	Checker
Nobody but You	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1957	Checker
Oh Baby	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1954	Checker
One More Chance with You	Little Walter and His Jukes	May 1956	Checker
Ora-Nelle Blues	Little Walter J. - Othum Brown	1947	Ora Nelle
Roller Coaster	Little Walter and His Jukes	May 1955	Checker
Shake Dancer	Little Walter	March 1964	Checker
Tell Me Mama	Little Walter and His Jukes	April 1953	Checker
The Toddle	Little Walter	March 1958	Checker
Too Late	Little Walter and His Jukes	September 1955	Checker
Up the Line	Little Walter	April 1963	Checker
Who	Little Walter and His Jukes	February 1956	Checker
You'd Better Watch Yourself	Little Walter and His Jukes	August 1954	Checker
You're So Fine	Little Walter and His Jukes	December 1953	Checker

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Chicago Boogie	various artists	1974	Barrelhouse

Tributes

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Blues with a Feeling - A Tribute to Little Walter	George Smith and The Chicago Blues Band	1968	World Pacific
I Just Keep Lovin' Him - A Tribute to Little Walter	Dennis Gruenling	March 7, 2008	BackBender Records
Roots and Branches - The Songs of Little Walter	Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues	July 2019	Alligator Records [US]

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#29778	anto47	2004-02-21 18:53:24 UTC	processed	2004-03-04 12:50:23 UTC by Bastien
#37769	Patrick	2008-09-18 20:05:34 UTC	processed	2009-06-27 13:36:57 UTC by Bastien
#39369	baggish	2009-06-17 23:31:53 UTC	processed	2010-07-26 01:23:09 UTC by tsk

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