death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
5 july 2006 southfield , michigan , united states 1952 -- 1966 ; 1999 -- 2006 detroit , michigan , united states various joe weaver solo_singer 27 august 1934 piano , vocals detroit blues , r & b , electric blues joe weaver
 joseph weaver pianist , singer , bandleader , songwriter
joe weaver

joe weaver -lrb- august 27 , 1934 -- july 5 , 2006 -rrb- was an american detroit blues , electric blues and r&b pianist , singer and bandleader .
his best known recording was `` baby i love you so '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- , and he was a founding member of both the blue note orchestra and the motor city rhythm & blues pioneers .
over his lengthy but staggered career , weaver worked with various musicians including the four tops , marvin gaye , john lee hooker , nathaniel mayer , the miracles , martha reeves , nolan strong & the diablos , andre williams , nancy wilson , and stevie wonder .
in addition , weaver was a session musician in the early days of motown records and played in the house band at fortune records .
he was a key component in the 1950s detroit r&b scene .
