The Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Saint‐Louis Blues
W.C. Handy2:05
2Hell Hound on My Trail
Robert Johnson2:39
3Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson2:33
4Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Julia Lee3:07
5Death Letter Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-31)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1939-10-31)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-10-31)
drums (drum set):
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-10-31)
guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-10-31)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1939-10-31)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1939-10-31)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1939-10-31)
lead vocals:
Ida Cox (on 1939-10-31)
Ida Cox3:18
6Rollin’ Stone
recording of:
Rollin’ Stone (Muddy Waters)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
Muddy Waters3:09
7Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker2:51
8Blues Before Sunrise
recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr3:34
9Good Mornig Blues
Lead Belly2:28
10Terraplane Blues
Frank Edwards2:52
11Standing at the Crossroad
Elmore James3:03
12Midnight Special
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee4:09
13Early Morning Blues
Blind Blake3:09
14Broke and Hungry
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-11)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-11)
recording of:
Broke and Hungry
writer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:07
15Black, Brown and White
recording of:
Black, Brown and White
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd.
Big Bill Broonzy3:08
16See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:14
17Trouble in Mind
Snooks Eaglin2:51
18Careless Love Blues
Bessie Smith3:24
19Mississipi Bo Weavil Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:09
20New Bumble Bee
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1930-07-01)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-07-01) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-07-01)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-07-01)
Memphis Minnie2:58
21Step It Up and Go
Blind Boy Fuller2:59
2244 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes3:13
23Baby Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:49
24Key to the Highway
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-09)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-05-09)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1940-05-09)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (in 1940)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Jazz Gillum2:42
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sweet Home Chicago
Junior Parker2:35
2Everyday I Have the Blues
Lowell Fulson2:12
3Things I Used to Do
Guitar Slim3:05
4I Don’t Know
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1952)
bass:
Bill Evans (bassist for Willie Mabon) and Bill Anderson (1950s US R&B bassist) (in 1952)
drums (drum set):
Billy Stepney (in 1952)
piano:
Willie Mabon (in 1952)
tenor saxophone:
Ernest Cotton (1950s US jazz saxophonist) (in 1952)
vocals:
Willie Mabon (in 1952)
recording of:
I Don’t Know (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
Cripple Clarence Lofton and Willie Mabon
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
is based on:
Strut That Thing
Willie Mabon3:13
5I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, Hello Mr. Wilson, Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters2:53
6Don’t Start Me Talkin
Sonny Boy Williamson2:40
7That’s All Right
Jimmy Rogers2:50
8TV Mama
Big Joe Turner2:51
9Stormy Monday
T‐Bone Walker3:08
10I’m a King Bee
Slim Harpo3:06
11I’m a Man
recording of:
I’m a Man
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
68 Publishing Ltd., Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bo Diddley2:49
12Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:56
13The Come Back
Memphis Slim2:20
14Big Boss Man
Jimmy Reed2:54
15Five Long Years
Eddie Boyd2:40
16First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy2:20
17Rock Me Baby
B.B. King2:53
18Kansas City
Wilbert Harrison2:29
19The Red Rooster
recording of:
The Red Rooster
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Howlin’ Wolf2:28
20Hide Away
recording of:
Hide Away
composer:
Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist) and Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
Freddie King2:37
21Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker2:31
22Worried Life Blues
cover recording of:
Worried Life Blues
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Ray Charles3:08
23Confessin’ the Blues
recording of:
Confessin’ the Blues
writer:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) and Jay McShann
publisher:
Leeds Music, MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Chuck Berry2:12
24Messing With the Kid
Junior Wells2:13