Essential Chess Blues

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ten Years Ago
Buddy Guy2:38
2Howlin' for My Baby
recording of:
Howlin’ for My Baby
composer:
Willie Dixon
Howlin’ Wolf2:32
3I'm Your Hoochie 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
4Juke
recording of:
Juke
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter2:44
5The Sun Is Shining
Elmore James2:45
6Leave My Wife Alone
John Lee Hooker2:46
7Luedella
Jimmy Rogers2:52
8I Can't Stop
Otis Rush2:14
9Reconsider Baby
Lowell Fulson3:10
10I'm Mad
recording of:
I’m Mad (on 1953-02-05)
writer:
Willie Mabon
Willie Mabon2:36
11Evil
recording of:
Evil (aka “Evil Is Going On”)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Howlin’ Wolf2:54
12Fly Right, Little Girl
Sunnyland Slim2:35
13Rollin' 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 Waters3:06
14High Priced Woman
John Lee Hooker2:44
15Ninety Nine
Sonny Boy Williamson2:40
1629 Ways
Willie Dixon2:09
17Mellow Down Easy
Little Walter2:37
18Are You Out There
Percy Mayfield2:56
19One Kiss
Jimmy Rogers2:44
20Just One Mistake
Willie Nix3:01
21Rockin' in the Pad
Memphis Slim2:38
22First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy2:18
23I'm Satisfied
Otis Rush2:24
24Baby Please Don't Go
recording of:
Baby Please Don't Go
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH (music publishing)
version of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Muddy Waters3:15
25Six Three O
Robert Nighthawk2:53
26Forty Four
recording of:
Forty-Four (Howlin’ Wolf version)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Forty-Four (traditional blues, without lyrics)
Howlin’ Wolf2:50
27Big Town Playboy
Little Johnny Jones2:55
28Union Station Blues
John Lee Hooker3:03