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"Why Baby Why" is the title of a country music song co-written and originally recorded by George Jones. Released in late 1955 on Starday Records〔 and produced by Starday co-founder and Jones' manager Pappy Daily, it peaked at 4 on the ''Billboard'' country charts that year. It was Jones' first chart single, following several unsuccessful singles released during the prior year on Starday. ==Recording and composition== Jones's first chart hit, "Why Baby Why", has gone on to become a country standard, having been covered by many artists. The recording session for "Why Baby Why" took place in Houston, Texas's Gold Star Studios and featured the house lineup of Glenn Barber on lead guitar, Herb Remington on pedal steel guitar, Tony Sepolio on fiddle, and Doc Lewis on piano. The arrangement is upbeat honky tonk,〔 led by a fiddle that plays throughout the song. Overall, the song has been described as a classic of the "finger-pointin' cheatin' song". In the liner notes to the retrospective ''Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years'', country music historian Colin Escott observes that part of the song's appeal "lay in the way a Cajun dance number was trying to break free of a honky tonk song." Jones recorded the backing vocal himself, with help from innovative techniques from engineer Bill Quinn, after a planned appearance by more established singer Sonny Burns did not materialize due to the latter's drinking. According to the book ''George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend'', Jones's frequent songwriting partner Darrell Edwards was inspired to write the words after hearing an argument between a couple at a gas station. The lyric sets up the theme of the song: :''Lord, I can't live without you and you know it's true :''But there's no livin' with you so what'll I do :''I'm goin' honky tonkin', get as tight as I can :''And maybe by then you'll 'preciate a good man :''Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why :''You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Why Baby Why」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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