Chicago Blues

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1Friendless Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1934-03-23)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1934-03-23)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1934-03-23)
Big Bill Broonzy3:25
2Mississippi River Blues
Big Bill Broonzy2:44
3Keep on Knocking
cover recording of:
Keep a‐Knockin’ an You Can’t Get In (on 1935-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
Lil Johnson3:06
4When the Sun Goes Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-02-25)
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1935-02-25)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1935-02-25)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1935-02-25)
recording of:
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) (on 1935-02-25)
writer:
Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr3:01
5Hustlin' Woman Blues
double bass:
Bill Settles (on 1935-10-31)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1935-10-31)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1935-10-31)
steel guitar:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1935-10-31)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1935-10-31)
Memphis Minnie2:58
6Well Well (J. McCoy)
Kansas Joe McCoy3:08
7I Love All My Women
Washboard Sam3:03
8Prowlin' Night Hawk
Robert Lee McCoy3:07
9Blue Bird Blues
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:07
10My Gal Is Gone
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-04)
guitar:
Willie B. James (on 1937-05-04)
piano:
Tampa Red (on 1937-05-04)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1937-05-04)
Tampa Red3:16
11My Old Lizzie
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-10-11)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1937-10-11)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1937-10-11)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1937-10-11)
Jazz Gillum3:26
12Back Door
Washboard Sam3:12
13Bad Luck Blues 1939
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1939-07-21)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-07-21)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1939-07-21)
piano:
Walter Davis (American blues singer and pianist) (on 1939-07-21)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:44
14I Been Dealing With the Devil
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:51
1538 Pistol Blues
Yank Rachell2:55
16Break 'em on Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12)
bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-12)
Big Joe Williams3:14
17Why Don't You Do Right?
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right?
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Lil Green3:02
18Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
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
Big Maceo2:58
19Beer Drinking Woman
Memphis Slim3:01
20I'm Gonna Train My Baby
Robert Lockwood Jr.2:56
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