The Legendary Lou Rawls

~ Release by Lou Rawls (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-09-23)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1968-09-23)
cornet:
Nat Adderley (on 1968-09-23)
double bass [bass]:
Victor Gaskin (on 1968-09-23)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1968-09-23)
electric piano:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (on 1968-09-23)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1968-09-23)
edit of:
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water (with intro) by Cannonball Adderley feat. Nancy Wilson (jazz/blues/soul singer) & Lou Rawls
live recording of:
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water (on 1968-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter)
3:08
2World of Trouble
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-02-01)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
double bass [bass]:
Jimmy Bond (on 1966-02-01)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Palmer (on 1966-02-01)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1966-02-01)
piano:
Tommy Strode (on 1966-02-01)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1966-02-01)
live recording of:
Living Double in a World of Trouble (on 1966-02-01)
writer:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
7:22
3Tobacco Road
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-02-01)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
double bass [bass]:
Jimmy Bond (on 1966-02-01)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Palmer (on 1966-02-01)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1966-02-01)
piano:
Tommy Strode (on 1966-02-01)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1966-02-01)
live cover recording of:
Tobacco Road (on 1966-02-01)
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
7:59
4Willow Weep for Me
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
engineer:
Malcolm Addey
producer:
Nick Venet
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ron Jefferson (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
piano:
Les McCann (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
vocals:
Lou Rawls (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
remixer:
Malcolm Addey
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
cover recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (in 1962-02)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
5:59
5(They Call It) Stormy Monday
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
producer:
Nick Venet
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ron Jefferson (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
piano:
Les McCann (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
vocals:
Lou Rawls
cover recording of:
Call It Stormy Monday (but Tuesday Is Just as Bad) (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
lyricist and composer:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910–1975)
publisher:
Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. (ended), Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Songs Of The Knoll, 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI) (until 2018-11-01), Gregmark Music Inc (Gregmark) (from 1959 to present), Lord and Walker Publishing (from 1959 to present) and Raleigh Music Group (RALEIGH MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC) (from 2018-11-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Scandinavia AB (in 1994)
3:46
6God Bless the Child
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
engineer:
Malcolm Addey
producer:
Nick Venet
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ron Jefferson (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
piano:
Les McCann (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
vocals:
Lou Rawls (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
remixer:
Malcolm Addey
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
cover recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1962-02-05)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
cover recording of:
God Bless the Child (from 1962-02-05 until 1962-02-12)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
4:30
7For You My Love
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-10-27)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1964-10-27)
vocals:
Lou Rawls
conductor:
Benny Carter
arranger and orchestrator:
Benny Carter
recording of:
For You My Love (on 1964-10-27)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Gayten (US R&B)
3:18
8Dead End Street
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-02-16)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
double bass [bass]:
Jimmy Bond (on 1967-02-16)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Palmer (on 1967-02-16)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1967-02-16)
piano:
Gerald Wilson (US jazz trumpeter/bandleader/composer/arranger) (on 1967-02-16)
saxophone:
Teddy Edwards (jazz saxophonist) (on 1967-02-16) and Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist) (on 1967-02-16)
trumpet:
Freddie Hill (trumpet) (on 1967-02-16) and Tony Terran (on 1967-02-16)
lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1967-02-16)
arranger:
H.B. Barnum
live recording of:
Dead End Street (on 1967-02-16)
writer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer) and Ben Raleigh
publisher:
Mijac Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Wise Brothers Music LLC
4:01
9Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-05-29)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1969-05-29)
arranger:
Phil Wright (American jazz pianist and assistant to Barbara Morrison)
recording of:
Your Good Thing (Is About to End) (on 1969-05-29)
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Picking Soul Music, Irving Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and East/Memphis Music (in 1967)
2:54
10Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-07-06)
producer:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
lead vocals:
Lou Rawls (on 1966-07-06)
vocals:
Lou Rawls
conductor:
H.B. Barnum
arranger:
H.B. Barnum
recording of:
Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing (on 1966-07-06)
writer:
Dave Linden (Motown songwriter) and Ben Raleigh
publisher:
FP Wixen LLC, Rawlou Music, Wise Brothers Music LLC, ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
2:14
11You Can’t Go Home No More
electric guitar:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
vocals:
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
recording of:
You Can't Go Home No More (in 1989-01)
5:33
12At Last
solo tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine
lead vocals:
Dianne Reeves
recording of:
At Last (in 1989-01)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:39
13Fine Brown Frame
lead vocals:
Dianne Reeves
recording of:
Fine Brown Frame (in 1989-01)
writer:
Guadalupe Cartiero and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
3:05
14Room With a View
solo electric guitar:
Cornell Dupree
recording of:
Room With a View (in 1989-01)
3:59
15Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
executive producer:
Lou Rawls
producer:
Michael Cuscuna and Billy Vera
mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
vocals:
Lou Rawls
cover recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (in 1990-01)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
3:38
16All Around the World
executive producer:
Lou Rawls
producer:
Michael Cuscuna and Billy Vera
mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
vocals:
Lou Rawls
cover recording of:
All Around the World (aka “Grits Ain’t Groceries”) (in 1990-01)
lyricist and composer:
Titus Turner
publisher:
Bro ’n Sis Music, Rockland Music and Titus Turner Songs Co.
3:21
17Good Morning Blues
executive producer:
Lou Rawls
producer:
Michael Cuscuna and Billy Vera
mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
vocals:
Lou Rawls
recording of:
Good Morning, Blues (in 1990-01)
writer:
Billy Vera
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30)
4:01

Credits

Release

art direction:Cynthia Cochrane
photography:Scavullo (photographer)
compiler:Michael Cuscuna
design:Franko Caligiuri (art director, designer)
ASIN:US: B000002V0E [info]