Let Me Tell You About the Blues: Chicago - The Evolution of Chicago Blues 1925-1958

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Tracklist

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1Maxwell Street Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson?:??
2You Can't Keep No Brown
Bo Weavil Jackson?:??
3Prison Bound Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1928-12-20)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1928-12-20)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1928-12-20)
recording of:
Prison Bound Blues (on 1928-12-20)
writer:
Scrapper Blackwell
composer:
Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr?:??
4Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade "Lux" Lewis?:??
5Blame It on the Blues
Ma Rainey?:??
6Diddie Wa Diddie
recording of:
Diddie Wa Diddie
lyricist and composer:
Blind Blake (1920s blues singer)
Blind Blake?:??
7"44" Blues
Roosevelt Sykes?:??
8I Can't Be Satisfied
Big Bill Broonzy?:??
9Devil's Son in Law
Peetie Wheatstraw?:??
10Turpentine Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1932-05, on 1932-05-07)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1932-05-07)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1932-05-07)
Tampa Red?:??
11East Chicago Blues
Pinetop & Lindberg?:??
12Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold?:??
13Chickasaw Train Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-08-24)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1934-08-24)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1934-08-24)
Memphis Minnie?:??
14Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim)?:??
15Bed Springs Blues
Jimmie Gordon?:??
16Evil Devil Woman Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-08-16)
guitar:
“Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1934-08-16) and Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1934-08-16)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1934-08-16)
Joe McCoy?:??
17Baby Please Don't Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams?:??
18Drop Down Mama
Sleepy John Estes?:??
19Sweet Sixteen
Walter Davis?:??
20Who Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut
accordina:
Washboard Sam
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
piano:
Black Bob
washboard:
Ham Gravy
vocals:
Ham Gravy
Washboard Sam?:??
21Sam - The Hot Dog Man
Lil Johnson?:??
22Sarah Jane
Jazz Gillum?:??
23I'll Keep Sittin' On It
Georgia White?:??
24WPA Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1936-02-12)
double bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1936-02-12)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1936-02-12)
steel guitar:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1936-02-12)
vocals:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1936-02-12)
Casey Bill Weldon?:??
25Louise Louise Blues
Johnny Temple?:??
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1Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
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 Williamson?:??
2Lake Michigan Blues
Yank Rachell?:??
3Bottle It Up and Go
Tommy McClennan?:??
4Good Gin Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Good Gin Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
Bukka White?:??
5Friar's Point Blues
Robert Lee McCoy?:??
6Rock and Rye
Charlie Spand?:??
7If You Take Me Back
Big Joe & His Washboard Band?:??
8Junker Blues
Champion Jack Dupree?:??
9Love Is Gone
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-07-01)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-07-01)
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1941-07-01)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1941-07-01)
lead vocals:
Doctor Clayton (on 1941-07-01)
Doctor Clayton?:??
10Take a Little Walk With Me
Robert Lockwood?:??
11Going Down Slow
St. Louis Jimmy Oden?:??
12Macy Special
Big Maceo?:??
13Chicago Blues
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup?:??
14Jumping at the Club Blue Flame
Jimmie Gordon?:??
15Round the World Boogie
Lee Brown?:??
16Round About Boogie
Jimmy Rogers?:??
17Better Cut That Out
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-11-12)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-11-12)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-11-12)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1947-11-12)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-11-12)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1947-11-12)
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??
18Rockin' the House
Memphis Slim?:??
19Brown Skin Woman
Sunnyland Slim?:??
20Boogie
Snooky Pryor & Moody Jones?:??
21Keep What You Got
Floyd Jones with Snooky Pryor & Moody Jones?:??
22Chicago Is Just That Way
Eddie Boyd?:??
23I Can't Be Satisfied
recording of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music (music publishing) and Watertoons Music
Muddy Waters?:??
24Big Town Playboy
Little Johnny Jones?:??
25Kidman Blues
bass and membranophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (in 1949) and Memphis Minnie (in 1949)
piano:
Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist) (in 1949)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (in 1949)
Memphis Minnie?:??
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1Goin' Away Baby
Jimmy Rogers?:??
2I Just Keep Loving Her
Little Walter?:??
3Love Her With a Feelin'
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1950-03-07)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1950-03-07)
drums (drum set):
Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer) (on 1950-03-07)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1950-03-07)
piano:
Johnnie Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (on 1950-03-07)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1950-03-07)
Tampa Red?:??
4Crawlin' King Snake
Tony Hollins?:??
5South Bound Train
Big Bill Broonzy?:??
6Dust My Broom
Robert Lockwood?:??
7Juke
recording of:
Juke
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter?:??
8Seventy Four
Robert Nighthawk?:??
9Worried About My Baby
Sunnyland Slim?:??
10The Mojo
J.B. Lenoir?:??
11Tough Times
John Brim?:??
12High and Lonesome
Jimmy Reed?:??
13Hoodoo Man
Junior Wells?:??
14Been Through the Mill
Roosevelt Sykes?:??
15Hard Hearted Woman
Walter Horton?:??
16Ride 'em on Down
cover recording of:
Shake ’Em On Down
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Eddie Taylor?:??
17I Wish You Would
Billy Boy Arnold?:??
18That Ain't Right
Henry Gray?:??
19Mannish Boy
recording of:
Mannish Boy
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Muddy Waters?:??
20Smokestack Lightnin'
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’ Wolf?:??
21I Can't Quit You Baby
Otis Rush?:??
22All Your Love
Magic Sam?:??
23Coming Home
recording of:
Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
Elmore James?:??
24Sit and Cry (The Blues)
Buddy Guy?:??
25Your Funeral and My Trial
recording of:
Your Funeral & My Trial
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present))
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??

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