The Blues - The Best Blues Of All-Time

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

Tracklist

1▼CD: Disc 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1T.Bone Boogie
T‐Bone Walker3:04
2She's Gone
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup3:00
3Moonshine
double bass:
Bill Settles (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Mr. Sheiks (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)
Memphis Minnie2:48
4Mean Red Spider
recording of:
Mean Red Spider
composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:17
5Let Me Play With Your Poodle
recording of:
Let Me Play With Your Poodle (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
Tampa Red
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:32
6Jim
recording of:
Jim
lyricist:
Nelson Shawn
composer:
Edward Ross and Caesar Petrillo
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
Billie Holiday3:08
7I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More
John Lee Hooker2:41
8I Know Your Gonna Miss Me
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:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
Big Joe Williams3:04
9Gypsy Women
recording of:
Gypsy Woman
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:34
10Gloomy Sunday
recording of:
Gloomy Sunday
lyricist:
Jávor László (Hungarian poet)
composer:
Rezső Seress
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
translated version of:
Szomorú vasárnap
Billie Holiday3:12
11Georgia Rag
recording of:
Georgia Rag
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:04
12Easy Rider
Lead Belly3:12
13Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
Bessie Smith43:27
14Can't Get That Women Off My Mind
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:40
15Break Em 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
16Booze & Blues
Ma Rainey3:18
17Blues at Midnight
Peter Chatman2:43
18Big Leg Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-21)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21)
recording of:
Big Leg Blues (on 1928-12-21)
composer:
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt2:53
2▶CD: Disc 2