Play Me the Blues... The Legendary Blues Singers, Volume 1

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Tracklist

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1Mannish Boy
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 229)
recording of:
Mannish Boy
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Muddy Waters4.252:54
2Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:53
3Three O'Clock Blues
recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King3:01
4Tell Me Baby
recording of:
Tell Me Baby
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:57
5Jeff's Blues
instrumental recording of:
Jeff’s Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist)
Jeff Beck3:03
6Choker
recording of:
Choker
writer:
Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Eric Clapton1:21
7Mean Old World
recording of:
Mean Old World
lyricist and composer:
Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)” if the release has an imprint)
Little Walter2:55
8My First Wife Left Me
recording of:
My First Wife Left Me
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker5:28
9Uncle Bob's Barrelhouse Blues
recording of:
Uncle Bob's Barrelhouse Blues
writer:
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield5:43
10Hoochie Coochie Man
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-01-07)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (on 1954-01-07)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-01-07) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1954-01-07)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1954-01-07)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-01-07)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-01-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1954)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1984), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 225)
recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (on 1954-01-07)
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 Waters3.852:51
11Poor Boy
recording of:
Poor Boy
lyricist and composer:
Chester Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:34
12Mean Mistreatin' Mama
recording of:
Mean Mistreatin’ Mama
writer:
Elmore James and Bobby Robinson
Elmore James2:43
13Your Funeral; My Trail
recording of:
Your Funeral & My Trial
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present))
Sonny Boy Williamson2:32
14My Baby
recording of:
My Baby
writer:
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim3:04
15Gangster of Love
recording of:
Gangster of Love
lyricist and composer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
publisher:
Booty Ooty Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lynnal Music, Virjon Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Johnny “Guitar” Watson2:42
16Sloppy Drunk Blues
recording of:
Sloppy Drunk
writer:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Big Joe Williams2:37

Credits

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part of:Play Me the Blues… The Legendary Blues Singers (V.A. Compilations (1991)) (number: 1) (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1978309 [info]