Sweet Baby (Stanley Clarke and George Duke song)

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"Sweet Baby"
Sweet Baby by George Duke & Stanley Clarke.jpg
Single by Stanley Clarke & George Duke
from the album The Clarke/Duke Project
B-side "Never Judge a Cover By Its Book"
ReleasedApril 1981
Genre
Length3:46
Label
Songwriter(s) George Duke
Producer(s)
Stanley Clarke & George Duke singles chronology
"Sweet Baby"
(1981)		"Louie Louie"
(1981)
Music video
"Sweet Baby" on YouTube

"Sweet Baby" is a song by American musicians George Duke and Stanley Clarke. It was released in 1981 as the first single of their collaborative debut album The Clarke/Duke Project . Reaching a peak position of No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the single remained on the chart for a total of twenty weeks. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, "Sweet Baby" reached No. 6. [2] The song is also noteworthy for its use of the electric sitar. During concert performances, Duke performed the song with American singer Lynn Davis. [3] [4] Their version appears on Duke's concert DVD Live in Tokyo Japan 1983. [5]

Contents

Al Jarreau and Lalah Hathaway recorded the song for 2014 tribute album My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke. [6]

Track listing

7", Vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Baby" George Duke 3:46
2."Never Judge a Cover By Its Book" Stanley Clarke 1:43

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position		scope "row"
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 19
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [8] 16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 6
Year-end chart (1981)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard) [10] 78

References

  1. ↑ Clark/Duke fusion retrieved 12 August 2021
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research.
  3. ↑ George Duke & Lynn Davis – Sweet Baby (Live at Shibuya Hall). YouTube. Retrieved July 23, 2019
  4. ↑ George Duke & Lynn Davis – Sweet Baby (Live at Japan 2nd Live Aid). YouTube. Retrieved July 23, 2019
  5. ↑ Live Tokyo Japan 1983 – George Duke. AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2019
  6. ↑ "Sweet Baby by Stanley Clarke and George Duke on WhoSampled". WhoSampled . Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "George Duke Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "George Duke Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ "George Duke Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. December 26, 1981. p. YE-9. Retrieved April 5, 2020.


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