Chicago Blues

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Sweet Black Angel
2▼CD: Mojo Boogie
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1Sad Hours
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1952)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below
guitar:
Dave Myers and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
recording of:
Sad Hours
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter3:11
2Mojo Boogie
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Alfred Wallace
guitar and lead vocals:
J.B. Lenoir
piano:
Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist)
tenor saxophone:
J.T. Brown (saxophonist)
recording of:
Mojo Boogie
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and BMG Platinum Songs US
J.B. Lenoir2:50
3Please Mr. Doctor
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-01-29)
drums (drum set) and piano:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
L. C. McKinley and Tampa Red
lead vocals:
Tampa Red
vocals:
Tampa Red
Tampa Red2:54
4Evening Sun
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1953)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Shines (singer and guitarist)
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player)
recording of:
Evening Sun
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Shines (singer and guitarist)
Johnny Shines52:31
5Brutal Hearted Woman
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1953)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Shines (singer and guitarist)
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player)
Johnny Shines2:54
6Third Degree
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1953, in 1953-05)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Percy Walker (drummer)
guitar:
Lee Cooper (Blues guitarist)
piano and lead vocals:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Robert “Little Sax” Crowder (saxophonist)
recording of:
Third Degree
writer:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist) and Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music (music publishing) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Eddie Boyd3:17
7Life Time
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar:
John Brim (blues performer and songwriter) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
John Brim (blues performer and songwriter)
John Brim3:05
8I Declare That Ain’t Right
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-05-11)
drums (drum set):
"Stovepipe" (Blues drummer)
guitar:
Morris Pejoe (blues singer and guitarist)
harmonica:
Henry Strong (Blues harmonica player)
lead vocals [Little Henry]:
Henry Gray
Henry Gray3:06
9Lonesome
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1953-04)
bass:
Ernest "Big" Crawford
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy and Lee Cooper (Blues guitarist)
washboard:
Washboard Sam
lead vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy2:54
10Blow Wind Blow
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-09-24)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans (on 1953-09-24)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1953-09-24) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1953-09-24)
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player) (on 1953-09-24)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1953-09-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1953-09-24)
recording of:
Blow Wind Blow (on 1953-09-24)
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music, Inc. and Watertoons Music
Muddy Waters33:12
11Tough Times
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1953-12)
drums (drum set):
Grace Brim (blues performer)
guitar:
John Brim (blues performer and songwriter) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
John Brim (blues performer and songwriter)
recording of:
Tough Times
lyricist and composer:
John Brim (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Tristan Music
John Brim3:05
12I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-01-07)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (on 1954-01-07)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-01-07) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1954-01-07)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1954-01-07)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-01-07)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-01-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1954)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1984), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 225)
recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (on 1954-01-07)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, Hello Mr. Wilson, Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters3.752:52
13No Place to Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1954-03)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Fred Below
guitar:
Lee Cooper (Blues guitarist)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf
piano:
Otis Spann
recording of:
No Place to Go
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:54
14Combination Boogie
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1954)
bass:
Joe Custom (Blues bass player)
drums (drum set) and washboard:
Eddie "Porkshop" Hines (Blues drummer/washboard player)
guitar and lead vocals:
J.B. Hutto
harmonica:
George Maywether (Blues harmonica player)
recording of:
Combination Boogie
writer:
J.B. Hutto
publisher:
Joni Music
J.B. Hutto2:17
15Things Are So Slow
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1954)
bass:
Joe Custom (Blues bass player)
drums (drum set):
Eddie "Porkshop" Hines (Blues drummer/washboard player)
guitar:
J.B. Hutto
harmonica:
George Maywether (Blues harmonica player)
piano:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
J.B. Hutto3:08
16Eisenhower Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-10-06)
drums (drum set):
Al Galvin
piano:
Joe Montgomery
tenor saxophone:
Lorenzo Smith (tenor sax)
lead vocals:
J.B. Lenoir
J.B. Lenoir2:53
17Mama Talk to Your Daughter
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Al Galvin
guitar:
J.B. Lenoir
piano:
Joe Montgomery
tenor saxophone:
Lorenzo Smith (tenor sax)
lead vocals:
J.B. Lenoir
recording of:
Mama Talk to Your Daughter
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Ghana Music
J.B. Lenoir2:28
18Five Spot
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-10-25)
bass:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
drums (drum set):
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
B.B. King and Robert Lockwood, Jr.
piano:
Otis Spann
Otis Spann2:42
19You Don’t Have to Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer) (on 1953-12-30)
guitar:
John Littlejohn, Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1953-12-30) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (on 1953-12-30)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1953-12-30)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1953-12-30)
recording of:
You Don’t Have to Go (on 1953-12-30)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
Jimmy Reed3:06
20Bad Boy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-01-08)
drums (drum set):
Ray Scott (drums)
guitar:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
lead vocals:
Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
recording of:
Bad Boy
writer:
Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
Eddie Taylor3:02
21You Got to Love Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-03-02)
bass:
James Bradford (Blues bass player)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Billy Boy Arnold (US blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter)
maracas:
Jerome Green
piano:
Otis Spann
Billy Boy Arnold2:26
22Mannish Boy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-05-24)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay
guitar:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
Junior Wells
background vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
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 Waters2:57
23Walkin’ the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1955-07)
bass and lead vocals:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set) and foot stomps:
Fred Below
piano:
Lafayette Leake
Willie Dixon3:04
24Don’t Start Me to Talkin’
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-08-12)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-08-12)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (on 1955-08-12)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1955-08-12) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1955-08-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1955-08-12)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1955-08-12)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1955-08-12)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1996)
recording of:
Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (on 1955-08-12)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Sonny Boy Williamson52:36
25Big Town Playboy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-12-05)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (jazz drummer)
guitar:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
lead vocals:
Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
recording of:
Big Town Playboy
writer:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Eddie Taylor2:57
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