The Rough Guide to Jazz and Blues Legends: Robert Johnson

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1▶CD: The Rough Guide to Jazz and Blues Legends: Robert Johnson
2▼CD: Original Blues Masters
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1Dust 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 James2:46
2How Long, How Long Blues
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1935-02-12)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1935-02-12)
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (on 1935-02-12)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Kokomo Arnold33:13
3I’m So Glad
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02) and United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Skip James
recording of:
I’m So Glad (in 1931-02)
lyricist and composer:
Skip James
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Essex Music, Tro Essex Music Ltd and Wynwood Music Company Inc
part of:
Prelude: Happiness / I’m So Glad
Skip James2:50
4Future Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
acoustic guitar [guitar]:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (in 1930-06)
guitar and lead vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28)
vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28, in 1930-06)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2020/2021)
recording of:
Future Blues (on 1930-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues")
Willie Brown53:00
5Walkin’ Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
acoustic guitar [2d guitar]:
Charley Patton or Willie Brown (American Delta blues musician)
guitar and lead vocals:
Son House (on 1930-05-28)
slide guitar:
Son House (in 1930-06)
vocals:
Son House (in 1930-06)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recorded at:
Paramount Records Studio (Recording studio of Paramount Records) in Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
recording of:
Walking Blues
writer:
Son House
Son House2:58
6Sweet Old Chicago
Roosevelt Sykes2:57
7Take a Little Walk With Me
Robert Lockwood, Jr.2:54
8Black Angel Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949-07, on 1949-09-12)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (in 1949-07)
guitar:
Robert Nighthawk (in 1949-07)
piano:
Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist) (in 1949-07)
vocals:
Robert Nighthawk (in 1949-07)
recording of:
Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues) (on 1949-09-12)
lyricist and composer:
R. Nighthawk
publisher:
Testament Music
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk3:03
9I Want Your Picture
Howlin’ Wolf feat. Willie Johnson2:51
10Good Mornin’ Little School Girl
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:00
11Eyesight to the Blind
recorded in:
Jackson, Mississippi, United States (on 1951-03-12)
recording engineer:
Bill Holford (on 1951-03-12)
producer:
Lillian McMurry
double bass:
Henry Reed (US blues bassist) (on 1951-03-12)
drums (drum set):
Joe Dyson (US blues drummer and bandleader) (on 1951-03-12)
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1951-03-12)
piano:
Willie Love (American Delta blues pianist) (on 1951-03-12)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1951-03-12)
recording of:
Eyesight to the Blind (on 1951-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Algonquin Music Inc., Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:01
12Wind Howlin’ Blues
recorded in:
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States (from 1942-07-20 until 1942-07-22)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
guitar, harmonica and lead vocals:
David “Honeyboy” Edwards
David “Honeyboy” Edwards3:14
13Shake ’Em On Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1937-09-02)
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1937-09-02) and Bukka White (on 1937-09-02)
lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1937-09-02)
recording of:
Shake ’Em On Down (on 1937-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bukka White2:59

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part of:The Rough Guide to Jazz and Blues Legends (order: 3)
Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1232) (order: 232)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/507072 [info]