Rock Me Baby

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"Rock Me Baby" is a classic electric blues song popularized by B.B. King that has become one of his signature tunes and a standard in the blues repertoire.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric blues song
song
associatedWithArtist B.B. King
Big Bill Broonzy
Muddy Waters
associatedWithInstrument Lucille (B.B. King's guitar)
genre blues
electric blues
hasAudience blues fans
rock audiences
hasCulturalRole canonical blues repertoire piece
hasForm 12-bar blues
hasInfluenceOn modern blues standards
rock guitar playing
hasInstrumentation bass
drums
electric guitar
vocals
hasLyricalTheme romantic relationships
sexual innuendo
hasNotableGuitarStyle single-note lead lines
string bending
vibrato
hasNotableLivePerformancesBy B.B. King
hasRecordingEra 1960s
hasRhythm shuffle feel
hasSignatureStatusFor B.B. King
hasTempo medium
influencedGenre blues rock
isCoveredBy Albert King
B.B. King & Friends
Buddy Guy
Eric Clapton
Freddie King
Ike & Tina Turner
Jeff Beck
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Winter
Otis Redding
isIncludedIn B.B. King live setlists
isRecognizedAs B.B. King signature song
blues standard
isStandardIn blues repertoire
electric blues repertoire
isUsedFor guitar instruction in blues style
language English
performer B.B. King
popularizedBy B.B. King

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
B. B. King
notableWork
Live at the Regal ("Rock Me Baby (B.B. King album)")
precededBy

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