In 1954 Lowell Fulson wrote & recorded "Reconsider Baby", his first single for Checker Records, a Chess Records subsidiary. The song, a mid-tempo 12-bar blues, features prominent guitar soloing by Fulson. It spent 15 wks in 1954–1955 on the Billboard R&B chart reaching #3. Presley recorded 1960 for Elvis is Back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconsider_Baby
"Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
According to some sources, Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma. Fulson stated that he was of Cherokee ancestry through his father, but he also claimed Choctaw ancestry. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Ada, Oklahoma, and joined Alger "Texas" Alexander for a few months in 1940, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles and tenor saxophone player, Stanley Turrentine. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940s, Chess Records (on the Checker label) in the 1950s, Kent Records in the 1960s, and Rounder Records (Bullseye) in the 1970s.
Reconsider Baby" came from a long term contract agreed with Chess Records in 1954. It was recorded in Dallas under Stan Lewis' supervision with a saxophone section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone." READ MORE here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Fulson
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