Juke (instrumental)

"Juke"
Single by Little Walter & His Night Cats
B-side"Can't Hold on Much Longer"
ReleasedAugust 1952 (1952-08)
RecordedMay 12, 1952
StudioUniversal Recording (Chicago)
GenreChicago blues
Length2:44
LabelChecker
Songwriter(s)Walter Jacobs a.k.a. Little Walter
Producer(s)Leonard Chess
Little Walter & His Night Cats singles chronology
"Juke"
(1952)
"Mean Old World"
(1952)

"Juke" is a harmonica instrumental recorded by the Chicago bluesman Little Walter Jacobs in 1952. Although Little Walter had been recording sporadically for small Chicago labels over the previous five years, and had appeared on Muddy Waters' records for Chess Records since 1950, "Juke" was Little Walter's first hit, and it was the most important of his career. Due to the influence of Little Walter on blues harmonica, "Juke" is now considered a blues harmonica standard.