Checkin' Up on My Baby

"Checkin' Up on My Baby"
Song by Sonny Boy Williamson II
from the album The Real Folk Blues
Released1966 (1966)
RecordedChicago, April 14, 1960
GenreBlues
Length1:53
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Sonny Boy Williamson II
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon

"Checkin' Up on My Baby" (or sometimes "Checking On My Baby") is a song recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1960 that has become a classic of the blues.[1] The song was not released as a single, but was included on Williamson's The Real Folk Blues album released after his death in 1965. The song has been recorded by numerous blues and other artists, making it one of Williamson's most recorded songs.

  1. ^ Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Sonny Boy Williamson". Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 385, 442. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.