The Very Best of Blues

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Baby Lee
John Lee Hooker2:54
2Lonesome Dog
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:39
3Catfish Blues
cover recording of:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Wabash Music Company (BMI-affiliated)
B.B. King2:26
4King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton2:11
5Trouble Blues
Charles Brown2:40
6Big Fat Woman
Lead Belly1:19
7I'm Leaving You Now
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:53
8Guess Who
recording of:
Guess Who
writer:
Jesse Belvin and JoAnne Belvin
publisher:
Michele Publ. Co.
B.B. King5:40
9Rockin' Blues
Charles Brown2:54
10Lonesome
Memphis Slim2:28
11BB Boogie
recording of:
B.B. Boogie
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King3:17
12Somebody's Got To Go
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:25
13Blues For My Baby
Memphis Slim2:43
14Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Charles Brown3:16
15In New Orleans
Lead Belly3:16
16Walkin' And Cryin'
recording of:
Walkin' and Cryin'
writer:
Sam Ling and Riley B. King
B.B. King3:26
17Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:38
18Mr. Jelly Lord
recording of:
Mr. Jelly Lord
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:46
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Big Legged Woman
Charles Brown2:51
2Last Night
Lightnin’ Hopkins5:09
3Boggie Woogie Papa
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore4:00
4Four Walls
Memphis Slim2:46
5Big Fine Woman
John Lee Hooker2:26
6The Bourgeoise Blues
Lead Belly3:03
7Trouble Blues
John Lee Hooker2:58
8Walk A Long Time
Lightnin’ Hopkins5:24
9Boom 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 Hooker3.252:30
10Everyday I Have The Blues
recording of:
Everyday I Have the Blues
lyricist, composer and revised by:
Peter Chatman
writer:
Memphis Slim, Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (1930s blues & boogie-woogie pianist) (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
B.B. King5:02
11Cow Cow Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
12Sweet Sixteen
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. King4:18
13Did You Ever Love a Woman
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore2:38
14Big Bertah
Memphis Slim2:09
15Stratford Hunch
recording of:
Stratford Huntch
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:38
16Shreveport Stomp
recording of:
Shreveport Stomp
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Jelly Roll Morton4:21
17True Love
Memphis Slim2:59
18Blues Before Sunrise
John Lee Hooker3:42