Biography

Joseph Lee Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982), billed throughout his career as Big Joe Williams, was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over four decades, he recorded such songs as "Baby Please Don't Go", "Crawlin' King Snake" and "Peach Orchard Mama" for a variety of record labels, including Bluebird, Delmark, Okeh, Prestige and Vocalion. Williams was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992.

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#	Song	Languages	Released	Views
1	Baby Please Don't Go Wild Cow Blues	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1996	135
2	My Baby's Gone Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	128
3	Baby Please Don't Go [#] Too Late, Too Late Blues, Vol. 10: 1926-1951	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1998	128
4	Baby Please Don't Go Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village: Sounds from the Scene in 1961	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2011	100
5	Baby Please Don't Go Smokestacks, Broomsters and Hoochie Coochie Men	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2003	83
6	Catfish Blues Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	82
7	Highway 49 Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	58
8	Drive Away Blues Wild Cow Blues	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1996	52
9	Baby, Please Don't Go Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2003	51
10	Mozelle Blues Guitar King 1939-1942	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1997	45

All album song lyrics by Big Joe Williams

#	Song	Released	Views
101	40 Delta Blues Gems	2012	11
102	All Time Favourite Blues	2013	5
103	Southside Blues	2017	1
104	Mississippi Blues [Takoma]	1969	1
105	Crawlin' King Snake	1999	0
106	The Essential Blue Archive: Baby Please Don't Go	1998	0
107	Masters of the Blues: Low Down Delta Blues	1998	0
108	Blues from the South Side	1993	0
109	Have Mercy!	1996	0
110	Rediscovered Blues	1995	0
111	Blues, Vol. 1 [DA Music]	1994	0
112	Giant of the 9-String Guitar	1996	0
113	These Are My Blues	1998	0
114	The Essential Recording of Mississippi Delta Blues: Dust My Broom	1997	0
115	Ramblin' & Wanderin'	1998	0
116	Baby Please Don't Go	1999	0
117	Going Back to Crawford	1999	0
118	Blues on Highway 49	1961	0
119	Meet Me Around the Corner		0
120	Big Joe Williams, Vol. 2, 1945-1949	1991	0
121	Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson	1969	0
122	Classic Delta Blues	1966	0
123	Nine String Guitar Wizard	1961	0
124	Piney Woods Blues	1958	0
125	Trumpet Masters, Vol. 2: She Left Me a Mule	1991	0
126	The Blues Came from Mississippi	2003	0
127	Otis Rush & the Heroes of Chicago Blues	2010	0
128	Baby Please Don't Go: The Essential Big Joe Williams	2014	0
129	The Essential Big Joe Williams	2014	0
130	Classic Hits by Big Joe Williams	2018	0
131	Shake Your Boogie: Live at the Old Capitol Building 1974	2007	0
132	Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues [Disc A]	2006	0
133	Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues [Disc B]	2006	0
134	The Best of Mississippi Blues [Fuel 2000]	2007	0
135	Big Joe Williams and Friends	2000	0
136	Essential Blues Masters	2001	0
137	Stavin' Chain Blues		0
138	Chicago 63	2003	0
139	Revisited	2004	0
140	Deep Blues Story	2004	0
141	Lost Blues Tapes/More American Folk Blues Festival	2004	0
142	Baby Please Don't Go [Snapper]	2004	0
143	Delta Blues Masters	2005	0
144	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1935-1941)	1991	0
145	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1945-1949)	1991	0
146	25 Best: Blues Classics	2008	0
147	Early Recording		0