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Delta blues musician Big Jim Williams wrote "Baby, Please Don't Go" as a 78 rpm release in 1935. He has recorded many versions since. The song has roots dating back more than a century to a tune called "Long John". Them (Van Morrison, Billy Harrison,

In 1961 Japan's Kyu Sakamoto recorded "Ue o Muite Aruko" (I Look Up As I Walk) (Ei - Nakamura). Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen recorded an instrumental version and used the title "Sukiyaki" because they thought the original title too difficult for their