I'll Play the Blues for You

~ Release by Albert King (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
℗ 1972 Stax Records

Annotation last modified on 2025-11-13 19:13 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1I'll Play the Blues for You (Parts 1 & 2)
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2017)
recording of:
I'll Play the Blues for You
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Marlon Beach
3.57:18
2Little Brother (Make a Way)
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
Little Brother (Make a Way)
writer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer), Carl William Smith (US songwriter and producer active in Chicago) and Marshall Jones (songwriter)
2:45
3Breaking Up Somebody's Home
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
writer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Timothy Matthews
publisher:
South Memphis Music and South Memphis Music Inc.
7:16
4High Cost of Loving
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
High Cost of Loving
writer:
Sherwin Hamlett and Alan Jones (member of the Shadows, 60s Merseybeat group)
2:54
5I'll Be Doggone
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
I’ll Be Doggone
writer:
Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin and Warren Moore
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
5:32
6Answer to the Laundromat Blues
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
Answer to the Laundromat Blues
writer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
54:35
7Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cuz You Might Wanna Come Back Across)
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
Don't Burn Down That Bridge
writer:
Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer) and Carl Wells
5:05
8Angel of Mercy
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
recording of:
Angel of Mercy
writer:
Homer Banks (soul singer and songwriter) and Raymond Jackson (songwriter, guitarist and producer)
publisher:
East/Memphis Music
4:21