[1] In 1958, Chicago blues singer and harmonica player Shakey Jake Harris recorded "Roll Your Moneymaker" with a band including Magic Sam on guitar and Willie Dixon on bass.

Author Peter Silverton believes that they are not "a reference to prostitution but to the same nexus of cash and female sexuality that's there in the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice".

[5] James assembled a Mississippi version of his backing band, the Broomdusters, for the recordings: Johnny "Big Moose" Walker on piano, Sammy Lee Bully on bass, and Sam Myers on drums.

As one of his most popular pieces, the song is included on several compilations of his music, such as the box set Elmore James: King of the Slide Guitar (1992, Capricorn Records), The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James (1993, Rhino Entertainment),[6] and Shake Your Money Maker: The Best of the Fire Sessions (2001, Buddha Records).

The induction statement describes it as "an exuberant, uptempo departure from slide guitar master Elmore James' deep blues recordings" and notes its popularity among rock musicians, including Fleetwood Mac (1968, Fleetwood Mac), George Thorogood (1988, Born to Be Bad), the Black Crowes with Jimmy Page (1999, Live at the Greek), and Rod Stewart (2013, Time).