Chess matrix 7848. Why do I love you like I do? / Jimmy Witherspoon

TitleSource
Why do I love you like I do? (Primary title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Willie Dixon (songwriter)
Unverified composer information: London
Composer information source: Disc label..
PersonnelNotes
Jimmy Witherspoon (vocalist)
Eddie Chamblee (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone)
Willie Dixon (instrumentalist : string bass)
Additional Information
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Information on this recording derives from Holzer, Steven; Black, Jack Jr.; and Settlemier, Tyrone. "Checker Records 78rpm numerical listing discography." The Online Discographical Project. The Online Discographical Project, 12 February. 2017. Web. {accessed Aug. 2024} and from the disc label; and Information on this recording derives from "The Chess labels : A discography" / Michel Ruppli (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983), as well as disc labels examined by DAHR editors.
Label has "Arc... BMI" printed by the matrix number. Ruppli notes unnamed performers on piano, drums, and vocals.
Source(s): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
7/15/1955 Chicago, Illinois unknown Master Checker 826 10-in.

Why do I love you like I do? / Jimmy Witherspoon

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Why do I love you like I do? / Jimmy Witherspoon - Checker 826 - Take unknown - 7/15/1955
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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chess matrix 7848. Why do I love you like I do? / Jimmy Witherspoon," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645983/7848-Why_do_I_love_you_like_I_do.

Chess matrix 7848. Why do I love you like I do? / Jimmy Witherspoon. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645983/7848-Why_do_I_love_you_like_I_do.

"Chess matrix 7848. Why do I love you like I do? / Jimmy Witherspoon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

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