''Baby'' is the third studio album by

The Detroit Cobras The Detroit Cobras were an American garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan, which was formed around 1994 by vocalist Rachel Nagy and guitarist Mary Ramirez, with a constantly changing assortment of (mostly male) sidemen. Nagy died on January 14 ...

. It was originally released in the United Kingdom by

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in November 2004. The following year

Bloodshot Records Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, which specializes in alternative country. History Bloodshot Records was founded in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock, who knew each other from jobs ...

released the album in the United States. Bloodshot's release included the ''

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'' EP in its entirety.

Track listing

#"Slipping Around" #*Original by Art Freeman #"I Wanna Holler (But the Town's Too Small)" #*Original by

Gary U.S. Bonds Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson, June 6, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and " Quarter to Three". Career Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Bonds lived in Norfolk, ...

#"Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand" #*Original by

Hoagy Lands Victor I. Hoagland Sr. (May 4, 1936 – January 12, 2002), known professionally as Hoagy Lands, was an American soul singer. Biography Lands was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, to an Afro-Cuban father and an African American ...

#"Weak Spot" #*Original by

Ruby Johnson Ruby Johnson (April 19, 1936 – July 4, 1999) was an American soul singer, best known for her recordings on the Volt label in the late 1960s. Life and career She was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and was raised in the Jewish faith. S ...

#"Everybody's Going Wild" #*Original by

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#"Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)" #*The lone original song. Composed by

Greg Cartwright Greg Cartwright, also known by his stage name Greg Oblivian (born March 18, 1972), is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. From 2001 to 2022 he fronted Reigning Sound which was signed to Merge Records. After m ...

/ Mary Restrepo/

Rachel Nagy The Detroit Cobras were an American garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan, which was formed around 1994 by vocalist Rachel Nagy and guitarist Mary Ramirez, with a constantly changing assortment of (mostly male) sidemen. Nagy died on January 14 ...

#"Mean Man" #*Original by

Betty Harris Betty Harris (born September 9, 1939 in Orlando, Florida, United States) is an American soul singer. Her recording career in the 1960s produced three hit singles that made the U.S. ''Billboard'' R&B and ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts: "Cry to M ...

#"Now You're Gone" #*Original by

Bobbie Smith & the Dreamgirls Bobbie Smith and the Dream Girls were a Detroit-based American girl vocal group during the 1950s and 1960s. They are best known for "Duchess of Earl", which was released in early 1962 as an answer song to ''Duke of Earl''. The group's original li ...

#" It's Raining" #*Original by

Irma Thomas Irma Thomas ( Lee; born February 18, 1941) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans". Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial succ ...

#"Just Can't Please You" #*Original by

Jimmy Robins Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...

#"The Real Thing" #*Original by

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#"Baby Help Me" #*Original by

Percy Sledge Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song " When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 196 ...

Cha Cha Twist "Cha Cha Twist" is a 1960 song by Brice Coefield.Billboard - 12 Sept 1960 p 41 "BRICE COEFIELD CHA-CHA TWIST (Jay & Cee-Armo, BMI) (2:30)— This one is loaded with teen-appeal. Coefield contributes an exuberant vocal stint on an unusually danceab ...

" #*Original by Brice Coefield

Personnel

- Vocals * Maribel (Mary) Ramirez - Guitar *

Joey Mazzola Joe "Joey" Mazzola (born April 13, 1961) is a guitarist, songwriter, music educator and visual artist and is probably best known as a founding member of the American rock band, Sponge. Joe was the original Sponge guitarist and played with the ...

- Bass * Steve Nawara - Guitar *

Kenny Tudrick Kenny is a surname, a given name, and a diminutive of several different given names. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Ó Cionnaith'', also spelt ''Ó Cionnaoith'' and ''Ó Cionaodha'', meaning "descendant of Cionnaith". ...

- Percussion, Drums

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums The Detroit Cobras albums Bloodshot Records albums