Best of the Blues: 50 Favorites

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Payin’ 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
2Blue Monday
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964)
live recording of:
Blue Monday (in 1964)
writer:
Gil Caple and Don Robey
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells5:03
3Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown4:02
4Rockin’ Blues
Charles Brown2:54
5Everyday I Have the Blues
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells4:32
6Bring Me My Shotgun
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:01
7You’ve Done Lost a Good Thing
cover recording of:
You’ve Done Lost You’re Good Thing Now
writer:
Joe Josea and Riley B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Pub Ltd and Universal Music Careers
B.B. King5:15
8Cow Cow Blues
Memphis Slim3:34
9Slo Fuse
Johnny Otis4:13
10Boogie Thang
The James Cotton Band4:56
11Inner City Blues (live)
live recording of:
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
composer:
Marvin Gaye and James Nyx (R&B songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Marvin Gaye5:10
12My Baby’s on Line
Pee Wee Crayton3:22
13Caledonia
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
B.B. King3:26
14Round About Midnight
Richard Berry3:55
15Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn2:45
16Dust My Broom
cover recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Canned Heat5:49
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ASIN:US: B0009VNBUQ [info]