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Albert king born under a bad sign
Born Under a Bad Sign (song)
Blues standard first recorded by Albert King
"Born Under a Bad Sign" is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in Called "a timeless staple of the blues",[2] the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its synchronous bass and guitar lines and topical astrology reference.[3] "Born Under a Bad Sign" appeared on the R&B chart and became a blues standard.
Original song
The lyrics to "Born Under a Bad Sign" were written by Stax Recordsrhythm and blues singer William Bell with music by Stax bandleader Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. & the M.G.'s). Bell recalled, "We needed a blues song for Albert King&#; I had this idea in the back of my mind that I was gonna do myself.
Astrology and all that stuff was pretty big then. I got this idea that [it] might work."[4]
The lyrics describe "hard luck and trouble" tempered by "wine and women", with wordplay in the c