The Blues

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Blue Mood
2▶CD: Blue Masters
3▼CD: Blue Heaven
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Forty Days and Forty Nights
recording of:
Forty Days and Forty Nights
lyricist and composer:
Bernard Roth (songwriter)
Muddy Waters2:53
2Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker2:32
3How Many More Years
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1951-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Willie Steele (on 1951-05-14)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) (on 1951-05-14)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1951-05-14)
piano:
Ike Turner (on 1951-05-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
How Many More Years (on 1951-05-14)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett (in 1951)
publisher:
Abraham Music, Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
Howlin’ Wolf22:42
4Bo Diddley
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 Diddley2:27
5My Dearest Darling
Etta James2:58
6It Hurts Me Too
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-04)
bass guitar:
Homesick James
drums (drum set):
Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer)
guitar:
Elmore James and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
piano:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
tenor saxophone:
J.T. Brown (saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Elmore James
recording of:
It Hurts Me Too
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James and Mel London
writer:
Kevin Moore
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lonmel Publishing (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Rhinelander Music Inc. and Mo’ Than Jus’ Music (in 2000)
Elmore James3:05
7Just to Be With You
recording of:
Just to Be With You
lyricist and composer:
Bernard Roth (songwriter)
Muddy Waters3:14
8No Shoes
recording of:
No Shoes
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker2:27
9Juke
recording of:
Juke
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter2:45
10Keep It to Yourself
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1956-08-07)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (on 1956-08-07)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (on 1956-08-07)
guitar:
Robert Lockwood (on 1956-08-07) and Luther Tucker (on 1956-08-07)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1956-08-07)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1956-08-07)
recording of:
Keep It to Yourself
writer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
Sonny Boy Williamson52:50
11Losing Hand
Little Milton2:39
12So Many Tears
Lowell Fulson2:29
13Smokestack Lightning
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Howlin’ Wolf2:16
14Say Man
recording of:
Say Man
writer:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Bo Diddley3:08
15I'd Rather Go Blind
recording engineer and producer:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, “Father of Muscle Shoals Music”)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (drummer and producer)
electric bass guitar:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) and Albert Lowe Jr. (American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter)
organ:
Carl Banks and Dewey Oldham
piano:
Dewey Oldham
saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Floyd Newman and Aaron Varnell
trumpet:
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter)
lead vocals:
Etta James
arranger:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, “Father of Muscle Shoals Music”)
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-08-23)
recording of:
I’d Rather Go Blind (on 1967-08-23)
lyricist:
Billy Foster (American singer, member of The Medallions and songwriter)
composer:
Ellington Jordan
publisher:
The Jewel Music Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Etta James42:35
16Cry for Me Baby
recording of:
Cry for Me Baby
lyricist and composer:
Mel London
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Lonmel Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
Elmore James2:44
4▶CD: Blue Midnight