Rock covers of the song 'Baby Please Dont Go'.

An amazing song written in 1935 with many interpretations over the years. I first became aware of the song when Budgie recorded a version in 1973 and this remains my favourite. I know Them, AC/DC and Aerosmith also recorded 'rock' interpretations of it , is there anymore you know of as I'd like to bear them ?

 

Is this the same song Lennon played with Zappa and called "Well" on the live bonus disc for Some Time in NYC?

With the recurring line "Well you know I love you baby please don't go"

 

Willie and the Poor Boys:

 

The Amboy Dukes version...smokin'!

 

John Mellencamp:

 

Tom Petty:

 

Not really a "rock" cover but it's with the Stones who couldn't be more rock:


Lots of people have covered Baby Please Don't Go; these were the first to pop into my head...

 

No. The Lennon cover was a completely different song that was really titled "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)". It was originally done by The Olympics in 1958.

The more famous "Baby Please Don't Go" was an old blues tune, popularized by Big Joe Williams in 1935.

 

Them

 

here's a more rocking version from Ted Nugent:

 

here's a nice re-interpretation from Al Kooper:

 

Also a version by The Ballroom.

 

Here's an early (1952) version by the Orioles.

 

AC/DC

 

Gary Glitter:

 

The Ballroom version is the one I listen to most of all...

 

I know the OP already talked about Aerosmith but how about Aerosmith with Led Zeppelin from the R&R HOF. I think that's worthy of a shout-out:

 

I like Webb Wilder's version; haven't heard most of the others mentioned:

 

Tony Joe White (R.I.P.)

 

Here’s the Budgie version mentioned in the OP:

 

The Clash, The Animals, The Doors, Troyce Key, The Rising Storm, The Wild Cherries, Oxford Circle, Bari and the Breakaways, Butterfield Blues Band, MC5, Flaming Groovies, Steppenwolf, Kenny and the Kasuals, TC Atlantic, Cops ’n Robbers, The Modes, The Ballroom, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Raik's Progress, The Livin' End, The Beacon Street Union, The Blues Syndicate, Taste, Ten Years After

 

Los Hitters
Ottilie Patterson & Sonny Boy Williamson
The Rising Storm
The Mods
The Moonrakers
The Walflower Complextion
The Hi-Balls
The We Few
The Modes
Los Ovnis
Restless
Caterina Caselli


.. to name just a few ..

 

Shambolic jam featuring Led Zeppers and Aerosmithers:

 

Them for the win.
Sounds like Nuge and the Dukes “were inspired” by their version....

Not “rock music” but Muddy Water’s version rocks.....!