Big Boss Man (song)

1960

Big Boss Man Blue is a song of 1960 by Luther Dixon, the house songwriter of Vee -Jay and Al Smith, his producer, was written for Jimmy Reed. In 1961 the song as a single, 1960, he was released on the LP Found Love. Together with Bright Lights, Big City, the song was added to the list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. In 1990 he was also in the Blues Hall of Fame Blues Foundation aufgenommen.In the original version can be heard as a background singer Jimmy Reed's woman mom Reed. On substance, the song a great boss who exploits his workers: " You got me working, one boss - Working 'round the clock, I want me a drink of water, You will not let me stop ... " ( German: "You makes me work, working around the clock, and if I want a drink of water, you will not let me stop ... " )

Effect story

The song was covered by many rock, blues and country musicians. The most famous took Elvis Presley in 1967, they brought it into the charts at # 38 Elvis brought the song on his 1968 Comeback Special and sang it in the 1970's often on tour.

Among other things, there are also cover versions of Frank Frost, The Animals, Big Jack Johnson, Koko Taylor, Alan Price, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, John Hammond, Bobby Gentry, Nancy Sinatra, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Steve Miller, The Pretty Things, David Bowie, T- Model Ford and many others. The cover version of Junior Reid was in the movie Office Space - The everyday madness in office.

Charts

• U.S. R & B charts: # 13
• U.S. Pop Charts: # 78