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Reconsider Baby

Blues standard written by Lowell Fulson

Summary

Blues standard written by Lowell Fulson

Field	Value
name	Reconsider Baby
cover	Reconsider Baby single cover.jpg
type	single
artist	Lowell Fulson
B-side	I Believe I'll Give It Up
released
recorded	Dallas, Texas, 1954
genre	Blues
length
label	Checker (no. 804)
writer	Lowell Fulson
producer	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
prev_title	I'm a Night Owl
prev_year	1951
next_title	Loving You
next_year	1955

| B-side = I Believe I'll Give It Up "Reconsider Baby" is a blues song written and recorded by Lowell Fulson in 1954. Performed in the West Coast blues style, it was Fulson's first record chart hit for Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records. With memorable lyrics and a driving rhythm, "Reconsider Baby" became a blues standard and has been recognized by the Blues Foundation and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Original song

Blues historian Jim O'Neal describes "Reconsider Baby" as "Lowell Fulson's wistful goodbye and plea to a departing lover, with a lyrical message so strong (and memorable music to match) that it became a standard in the modern-day blues repertoire." And the way that I will miss you I guess you will never know}} Music critics have noted the song's strong rhythmic element – Bill Dahl describes it as a "relentless mid-tempo blues" | editor-last = Erlewine | editor-first = Michael | editor-link = Michael Erlewine | section-url = https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetob00erle/page/90

"Reconsider Baby" has a twelve-bar structure with prominent guitar soloing by Fulson. It was recorded September 27, 1954, in Dallas, Texas, under the supervision of Leonard Chess associate and Jewel Records owner Stan Lewis. Backing Fulson on vocal and guitar are Paul Drake on piano, Bobby Nicholson on bass, and Chick Booth on drums, plus a horn section with Phillip Gilbeaux on trumpet, Phatz Morris on trombone, Julian Beasley on alto and baritone saxophones, and Choker Campbell on tenor sax. The song became a hit, spending 15 weeks during 1954 and 1955 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart where it reached number three. | author-link = Joel Whitburn

Recognition and influence

"Reconsider Baby" is a blues standard and Fulson's most recognized song. | author-link = Jim O'Neal | access-date = February 8, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070502032502/http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs-qs/ |archive-date = 2007-05-02 |access-date = March 4, 2011 |url-status = dead

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