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We remembered this 'Good Morning Little School Girl' from a rather obscure R and B artiste-a friend of ours had it on a long-player. Trouble was finding new material for a disc. working about every single night of the week. The group's guitarist Eric Clapton explained in an early interview: When the Yardbirds were looking for a song to follow up to their first single, " I Wish You Would", they chose the Don and Bob tune. Although they use the phrase "good morning little schoolgirl", the song has different chord changes and lyrics, including references to popular dance styles of the time. In 1961, Don Level and Bob Love, as the rhythm and blues duo "Don and Bob", recorded a different version of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" for Argo Records, a Chess subsidiary. Don and Bob/Yardbirds version "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl" Specialty Records released the song as the B-side to "Ting-A-Ling", with the writer credit listed as "L. Although it uses some of Williamson's lyrics and melody, music writer Gene Sculatti notes the more dance-inspired version. Rock and R&B adaptations Larry Williams version Įarly rock and roll singer and pianist Larry Williams recorded "Little School Girl" on Januat Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California. McDowell included a 1971 performance on Live in New York and in 1978, Muddy Waters recorded an updated rendition for I'm Ready.
In 1965, Junior Wells with Buddy Guy recorded it as a Chicago blues, with a distinctive guitar and bass line, for their influential Hoodoo Man Blues album. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, several versions of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" were recorded as acoustic country-style blues, including versions by John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, and Doctor Ross. Memphis one-man-band Joe Hill Louis recorded an electric version titled "Good Morning Little Angel" in February or March 1953. In 1950, the song reached number nine on the Billboard Best-Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records chart and number five on the magazine's Most Played Juke Box R&B chart. Texas bluesman Smokey Hogg recorded his version, calling it "Little School Girl". In October 1948, Leroy Dallas recorded a version of the song, titled "Good Morning Blues". "Good Morning, School Girl" features Williamson's vocal and harmonica with accompaniment by Big Joe Williams and Robert Lee McCoy (also known as Robert Nighthawk) on guitars. The melody has been traced to “Back and Side Blues”, a 1934 blues song recorded by Son Bonds. Although identified with Chicago blues, a write-up in the Blues Hall of Fame notes "it was a product of Sonny Boy’s west Tennessee roots and his pre-Chicago ensemble work". The song is an uptempo blues with an irregular number of bars. Sonny Boy Williamson I recorded "Good Morning, School Girl" in 1937 during his first recording session for Bluebird Records.