The Best Blues, Volume 2

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Just a Dream
recording of:
Just a Dream (on My Mind)
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Leeds Music and Universal-On Backstreet Music, Inc.
Muddy Waters2:33
2Stroll Out West
Eddie Taylor2:29
3So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Otis Rush3:12
4Wild Woman
Albert King2:37
5Hey Bo Diddley
recording of:
Hey! Bo Diddley
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
Bo Diddley2:10
6Ride Your Pony
Lee Dorsey2:53
7Booze in the Bottle
Carter Brothers3:26
8Good Lover
Jimmy Reed2:28
9I Feel So Worried
Sammy Lewis2:35
10California Blues
Howlin’ Wolf2:57
11Got to Move
recording of:
Got to Move
writer:
Elmore James and Marshall Sehorn
Elmore James2:43
12Walter's Instrumental
Walter Horton2:56
13You Got Me
John Brim3:00
14This Is Hip
John Lee Hooker2:31
15Feelin' Good
Junior Parker2:56
16Steppin' Out
Memphis Slim2:01
17So Close
Otis Rush2:45
18Putt It All in There
George “Wild Child” Butler2:51
19Jelly Roll King
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-04-07)
guitar:
Frank Frost and Jack Johnson (guitar, blues)
harmonica:
Frank Frost
instruments:
Sam Carr (US blues drummer)
vocals:
Frank Frost
Frank Frost with The Night Hawks2:29
20That's What Love Does
Johnny Winter2:22
21So Long Baby Goodbye
Willie Johnson2:10
22Five Spot
Otis Spann2:42
23Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.32:34