Best of the Blues: 50 Favorites

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#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
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy2:13
2Forty Four Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
3Bad Luck Shadow
Johnny Otis3:24
4Nobody Cares
recording of:
Nobody Cares
lyricist and composer:
Baby Washington
Baby Washington2:10
5Goin’ Back to L.A.
Joe Liggins3:07
6Bad Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn2:29
7Information Blues
Roy Milton2:26
8I Ain’t Mad at You Baby
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:15
9London Blues
recording of:
London Blues
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:08
10Wee Baby Blues
Big Joe Turner4:55
11I’m the Midnight Creeper
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:28
12Rich Man’s Blues
Dinah Washington2:57
13Baby, Please Don’t Go
Big Joe Williams1:53
14Somebody Got to Go
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:26
15So Tired
Amos Milburn3:26
16C.C. Rider
Amos Milburn2:43
17Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
Billie Holiday2:21
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boogie Woogie Blues
Roy Brown5:37
2Bullfrog Blues
cover recording of:
Bullfrog Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Harris (Early 1900's blues artist (aka Alonso Boone))
publisher:
Metric Music Co (publisher), SBK United Partnership Ltd. and United Artists Music Ltd.
Canned Heat7:20
3Blues in the Ghetto
Pee Wee Crayton3:08
4Woman Is the Root of All Evil
Dr. John2:15
5I Put a Spell on You
recording of:
I Put a Spell on You
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), SBK Unart Catalog Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins3:31
6Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
Johnny Otis3:45
7I’ll Just Keep on Singing the Blues
Memphis Slim2:43
8Shake That Thing
recording of:
Shake That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Jackson
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Holdings
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:00
9The Thrill Is Gone
recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (1951 blues song)
writer:
Roy Hawkins (in 1951) and Rick Darnell (in 1951)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Grosvenor House Music, Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Pamco Music Inc., Powerforce Music, Sounds Of Lucille, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
B.B. King5:01
10Broken Hearted Blues
Buddy Guy3:10
11Big Legged Woman
Charles Brown2:52
12Chicken Shack Boogie
Canned Heat3:29
13Blues After Hours
Pee Wee Crayton5:12
14Got My Mojo Working
The James Cotton Band4:05
15When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
recording of:
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
composer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Rondor, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
Sam & Dave3:15
16Barrelhouse Blues
Johnny Otis6:13
17John Lee Boogie
recording of:
John Lee Boogie
writer:
John Mayall
John Mayall4:13

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B0009VNBUQ [info]