Chess matrix 7847. It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) / Jimmy Witherspoon

TitleSource
It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) (Primary title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Willie Dixon (songwriter)
Unverified composer information: Dixon-Fratto
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.

It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) / Jimmy Witherspoon

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It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) / Jimmy Witherspoon - Checker 826 - Take unknown - 7/15/1955
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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chess matrix 7847. It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) / Jimmy Witherspoon," accessed December 27, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645984/7847-It_aint_no_secret_what_my_baby_can_do.

Chess matrix 7847. It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) / Jimmy Witherspoon. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 27, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645984/7847-It_aint_no_secret_what_my_baby_can_do.

"Chess matrix 7847. It ain't no secret (what my baby can do) / Jimmy Witherspoon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 27 December 2025.

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