Best of Blues (36 Songs) (turquoise)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker2:31
2Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (Live)
live recording of:
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers
B.B. King6:21
3I Smell Trouble
Ike & Tina Turner3:45
4Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Charles Brown3:16
5Blue And Disgusted
Memphis Slim3:38
6Sweet Sixteen (Live)B.B. King4:18
7Boogie Woogie Blues
Roy Brown5:35
8No Use Cryin'
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells3:03
9Blues On My Weary Mind
Betty Roché & Earl Hines Sextet3:01
10I Got A Big Fat Mama
Roy Milton2:54
11Poor Fool
Ike & Tina Turner2:45
12Wee Baby Blues
Big Joe Turner4:54
2CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Thrill is Gone (Live)
B.B. King5:05
2I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Billie Holiday2:25
3The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Leadbelly3:03
4Mama Talk to Your Daughter
John Mayall3:56
5I Cried for You
Big Maybelle2:47
6Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall
Big Joe Williams1:56
7Information Blues
Roy Milton2:26
8Bad Bad Whiskey
recording of:
Bad Bad Whiskey
writer:
Adelia Davis and Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
Amos Milburn2:27
9So Blue Over You
Ike & Tina Turner2:33
10All Over Again
recording of:
All Over Again
writer:
Carl Adams and B.B. King
B.B. King3:28
11Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:17
12Mojo Hand
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:59
3CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
144 Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
2Cannon's Blues
Cannonball Adderley7:00
3Black Night
Charles Brown3:07
4Big Road Blues
recording of:
Big Road Blues
writer:
Frank Cook (US drummer), Bob Hite, Larry Taylor (US bassist), Henry Vestine and Alan Wilson (Canned Heat member)
publisher:
Reheated Music
Canned Heat2:06
5Blues After Hours
Pee Wee Crayton3:21
6Walkin' & Talkin'
Bo Diddley2:38
7Loser For You Baby
Dr. John3:08
8Every Day I Have The Blues
cover recording of:
Everyday I Have the Blues
lyricist, composer and revised by:
Peter Chatman
writer:
Memphis Slim, Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (1930s blues & boogie-woogie pianist) (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells4:28
9Billie's Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday3:08
10Last Night
Lightnin’ Hopkins5:09
11You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (Live)B.B. King5:15
12Put Yourself In My Place
Big Maybelle2:00

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Release

ASIN:CA: B0009W5IS8 [info]