Best of Blues (48 Songs)

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

Annotation

3 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Individual cat#s / barcodes:

CD 1: KSW2 0436 / 056775043629
CD 2: KSW2 0437 / 056775043728
CD 3: KSW2 0438 / 056775043827

Annotation last modified on 2024-10-30 06:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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#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. King6:23
2Blues Is My Middle Name
recording of:
Blues Is My Middle Name
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:10
3Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
Billie Holiday2:01
4Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.252:32
5Trouble Trouble
Dinah Washington2:22
6I Smell Trouble
cover recording of:
I Smell Trouble
lyricist and composer:
Don Robey
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Ike & Tina Turner3:46
7Broken Hearted Blues
Buddy Guy3:10
8Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Charles Brown3:18
9Blue and Disgusted
Memphis Slim3:39
10Sweet Sixteen
producer:
Quincy Jones and Johnny Pate
bass:
Louis Satterfield (on 1966-11-05)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Freeman (on 1966-11-05)
guitar:
B.B. King (on 1966-11-05)
organ:
Duke Jethro (on 1966-11-05)
tenor saxophone:
Bobby Forte (saxophonist) (on 1966-11-05)
trumpet:
Kenny Sands (on 1966-11-05)
vocals:
B.B. King (on 1966-11-05)
recorded at:
International Club in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1966-11-05)
live cover recording of:
Sweet Sixteen (on 1966-11-05)
lyricist and composer:
A. Nugetre (US songwriter/producer)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher)
live recording of:
Sweet Sixteen
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Progressive Music (publisher) and Sidney A. Seidenberg Music Ltd.
recording of:
Sweet Sixteen
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Progressive Music (publisher) and Sidney A. Seidenberg Music Ltd.
B.B. King4:19
11(I Know) I'm Losing You
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 55)
cover recording of:
(I Know) I’m Losing You
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Cornelius Grant (soul, funk and disco producer and songwriter) and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Stone Agate Music and Stone Agate Music Division
Rare Earth3:37
12Rx for the Blues
Mike Bloomfield2:22
13Boogie Woogie Blues
Roy Brown5:36
14I’m Going Down to the River
recording of:
I'm Going Down to the River
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:05
15Mess Around
Bo Diddley2:16
16No Use Cryin'
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells3:03
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