I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

For the Whitney Houston song, see I'm Your Baby Tonight (song).
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album John Wesley Harding
ReleasedDecember 27, 1967 (1967-12-27)
RecordedNovember 29, 1967
StudioColumbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
GenreCountry[2]
Length2:34
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Bob Johnston

"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" is a 1967 song by Bob Dylan[2] first released on John Wesley Harding. It features Pete Drake on pedal steel guitar, and two other Nashville musicians, Charlie McCoy on bass guitar and Kenneth Buttrey on drums, both of whom had appeared on Dylan's previous album, Blonde on Blonde.[3]

Dylan first performed the song in concert at the Isle of Wight Festival with the Band on August 31, 1969. Since then, he has included it in more than 650 live performances.[3] "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" has been covered by many artists, including Robert Palmer with UB40 in 1990.

  1. ^ Kosser, Michael (2006). How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.: A History Of Music Row. Lanham, Maryland, US: Backbeat Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-1-49306-512-7.
  2. ^ a b Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 10 - Tennessee Firebird: American country music before and after Elvis. [Part 2]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  3. ^ a b Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (October 27, 2015). Bob Dylan: All the Songs – the Story Behind Every Track (First ed.). New York, New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. p. 299. ISBN 9781579129859.