La grande epoque du blues 1926 - 1943

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Diggin' My Potatoes
Washboard Sam3:02
2Louise Louise Blues
Johnny Temple2:59
3Night Time Is the Right Time
recording of:
Night Time Is the Right Time
composer:
Lew Herman
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Planemar Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Tro-Essex Music
Roosevelt Sykes2:57
4Goin' Down Slow
St. Louis Jimmy Oden3:16
5Beer Drinking Woman
recording of:
Beer Drinking Woman (on 1940-10-30)
writer:
Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim43:22
6Trouble in Mind
Georgia White2:42
7Slow and Easy Blues
Jimmy Yancey2:38
8Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Curtis Jones3:06
9See See Rider Blues
Bea Booze3:12
10Bus Rider Blues
Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry2:49
11Picking My Tomatoes
Brownie McGhee2:47
12Key to the Highway
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-09)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-05-09)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1940-05-09)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (in 1940)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar (blues pianist and occasional singer)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Jazz Gillum2:42
13Just a Dream
Big Bill Broonzy2:50
14Why Don't You Do Right?
Lil Green2:59
15War Time Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:59
16Gamblin' Man Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:47
17Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:55
18Pearl Harbor Blues
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 220)
Doctor Clayton3:02
19Uncle Sam Says
Josh White2:45
20Ration Blues
Louis Jordan3:09
21Roll 'em, Pete
piano:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist)
vocal:
Big Joe Turner
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2018)
recording of:
Roll ’em Pete
writer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Big Joe Turner2:51
22T-Bone Blues
T‐Bone Walker3:20