Rosemary Clooney recorded the song with Harry James in 1952, and a version was recorded in 1954 by Big Maybelle.

During a performance by a rotund Big Maybelle, who sings about rocking all night, the camera pans across a restrained young white woman trying to figure out how to dance.

However, in 1952 she was signed by Okeh Records, whose record producer Fred Mendelsohn gave her the stage name Big Maybelle.

Big Maybelle died in a diabetic coma in 1972, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Her final album, Last of Big Maybelle, was released posthumously in 1973.

"Gabbin' Blues" turned out to be the first big hit for Big Maybelle and also the songwriter's first hit.

Big Maybelle made it popular in 1955 and another version was recorded by Joe Tex in 1965.

Big Maybelle, from her 1967 album, America's Queen Mother of Soul: Got a Brand New Bag.

The next scene depicted Lewis using the song without crediting the original artist, Big Maybelle.

Little else is known about him except for his fondness for large women, Big Maybelle being his steadiest companion.