The Very Best of Blues

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Shake, Rattle and Roll
Big Joe Turner3:01
2Doin’ It
Richard Berry3:17
3Goin’ Down Slow
cover recording of:
Goin’ Down Slow
lyricist and composer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Leeds Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Ray Charles2:48
4Cho Choo Ch’Boogie
Louis Jordan2:49
5Ain’t Mad at You, Perry Baby
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:16
6I’m the Midnight Creeper
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:31
7My Babe
Little Walter2:41
8Bo Diddley
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
maracas:
Jerome Green
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
recording of:
Bo Diddley
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (until 1955-03-02)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Good Music Ltd.
Bo Diddley4.52:27
9Pink Champagne
Joe Liggins2:46
10Texas Hop
Pee Wee Crayton3:17
11Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown4:04
12Chicken Sack Boogie
Amos Milburn2:45
13R.M. Blues
Roy Milton3:05
14Willie and the Hand Jive
recording of:
Willie and the Hand Jive
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Otis
publisher:
Eldorado Music Company
Johnny Otis2:44
15Tell Mama
recording engineer and producer:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, “Father of Muscle Shoals Music”)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1967-08-24)
electric bass guitar:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist) (on 1967-08-24)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) (on 1967-08-24) and Albert Lowe Jr. (American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter) (on 1967-08-24)
organ:
Carl Banks (on 1967-08-24) and Dewey Oldham (on 1967-08-24)
piano:
Dewey Oldham (on 1967-08-24)
saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) (on 1967-08-24), Floyd Newman (on 1967-08-24) and Aaron Varnell (on 1967-08-24)
trumpet:
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter) (on 1967-08-24)
lead vocals:
Etta James (on 1967-08-24)
arranger:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, “Father of Muscle Shoals Music”)
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-08-24)
cover recording of:
Tell Mama (on 1967-08-24)
writer:
Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell
publisher:
Lowery Music Corp.
Ellta James42:21
16Baby Please Don’t Go
recording of:
Baby Please Don't Go
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH (music publishing)
version of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Muddy Waters53:16
17Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot3:18
18Diggy Liggy Lo
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen2:01
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1End of the Blues
Earl Hooker4:26
2Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker2:49
3I Had It So Hard
Sunnyland Slim3:28
4Cold Blooded Woman
cover recording of:
Cold Blooded Woman
writer:
Peter Chatman
Savoy Brown3:49
5The Foxtrot
Earl Hooker1:57
6The House of the Rising Sun
Raveling Blues3:47
7Mannish Boy
recording of:
Mannish Boy
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Muddy Waters2:56
8Dust My Broom
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
Elmore James2:55
9Three o’Clock Blues
recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King3:01
10Tell Me Baby
Lead Belly2:58
11Jeff’s Blues
instrumental recording of:
Jeff’s Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist)
Jeff Beck3:05
12Poor Boy
recording of:
Poor Boy
lyricist and composer:
Chester Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:34
13My Baby
Memphis Slim3:05
14Gangster of Love
producer:
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
orchestra:
Bumps Blackwell Orchestra (Robert Alexander "Bumps" Blackwell) (on 1957-11-11)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1957-11-11)
recording of:
Gangster of Love (on 1957-11-11)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
publisher:
Booty Ooty Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lynnal Music, Virjon Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Johnny “Guitar” Watson2:42
15Sloppy Drunk Blues
recording of:
Sloppy Drunk
writer:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Big Joe Williams2:38
16Trouble in My Mind
producer:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
Trouble in Mind (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones (US jazz pianist)
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Nina Simone4.22:43
17Wee Wee Hours
Mike Bloomfield7:19
18Turn On Your Love Light
recording of:
Turn On Your Love Light
writer:
Deadric Malone and Joe Scott (40s–60s US blues artist)
publisher:
Don Music, Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Duchess Music Corporation
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Grateful Dead6:08

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rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)