6 Hours of the Greatest Blues Recordings Ever Made

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Catfish Blues
recording of:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Wabash Music Company (BMI-affiliated)
B.B. King2:27
2Blue & Disgusted
Memphis Slim3:01
3Unknown Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell4:09
4Don’t Let Him See You Cry
Big Maybelle2:44
5Big 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 Heat3:07
6Trouble Blues
recording of:
Trouble Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Charles Brown2:38
7Blues Is My Middle Name
recording of:
Blues Is My Middle Name
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:11
8Where Did You Sleep Last Night
recording of:
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Lead Belly
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
version of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
Lead Belly3:02
9Jumping the Blues
Jimmy McGriff4:12
10I Won’t Cry Anymore
Big Maybelle2:54
11Big Fat Mama
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:22
12In the Morning Blues
Ike & Tina Turner2:45
13How Blue Can You Get
recording of:
How Blue Can You Get?
writer:
Jane Feather
composer:
Leonard Feather
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Melva Pub. Co. and Modern Age Music
B.B. King3:25
14Put Yourself in My Place
recording of:
Put Yourself in My Place
writer:
William Drain and Reggie Obrecht
publisher:
Ludix Publishing Co., Inc.
Big Maybelle2:00
15Last Night
Lightnin’ Hopkins5:09
16Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday3:08
17Loser for You Baby
recording of:
Loser for You Baby
writer:
Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Crazy Cajun Music (This is the publisher. Label is Crazy Cajun only)
Dr. John3:08
18Walkin’ and Talkin’
Bo Diddley2:38
19Black Night
Charles Brown3:07
20Cannon’s Blues
Cannonball Adderley7:00
2144 Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
22Mojo Hand
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1960-11)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Mojo Hand
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:59
23Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
writer:
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
24So Blue Over You
recording of:
So Blue Over You
composer:
Ike & Tina Turner (US rock & soul duo)
Ike & Tina Turner2:33
25Goin’ Away, Won’t Be Back Till Fall
Big Joe Williams1:56
26The Bourgoeis Blues
Lead Belly3:03
27Poor Fool
recording of:
Poor Fool
writer:
Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner2:45
28I Got a Big Fat Mama
Roy Milton2:54
29No Use Cryin’
recording of:
No Use Cryin’
writer:
Junior Wells
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells3:03
30Sweet Sixteen
recording of:
Sweet Sixteen
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Progressive Music (publisher) and Sidney A. Seidenberg Music Ltd.
B.B. King4:18
31Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker2:31
32Payin’ the Cost to Be the Boss
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. King2:37
33Blue Monday
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964)
live recording of:
Blue Monday (in 1964)
writer:
Gil Caple and Don Robey
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells5:03
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