Confessin’ the Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rollin’ Stone
recording of:
Rollin’ Stone (Muddy Waters)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
Muddy Waters3:08
2Little Red Rooster (AKA The Red Rooster)
recording of:
The Red Rooster
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Howlin’ Wolf2:29
3Boogie Chillen
John Lee Hooker3:09
4I Hate to See You Go
Little Walter2:18
5Little Queenie
recording of:
Little Queenie
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Chuck Berry2:43
6You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
recording of:
You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Bo Diddley3:11
7Ride ’em On Down
Eddie Taylor2:58
8I’m a King Bee
Slim Harpo3:04
9All Your Love
Magic Sam2:56
10Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James w. Sonny Boy Williamson II2:47
11Just Your Fool
Little Walter2:25
12I Want to Be Loved
recording of:
I Want to Be Loved
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Muddy Waters2:45
13Key to the Highway
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
harmonica:
Jazz Gillum (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (on 1941-05-02)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar (blues pianist and occasional singer)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Big Bill Broonzy43:03
14Love in Vain Blues
Robert Johnson2:23
15You Gotta Move
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:23
16Bright Lights, Big City
Jimmy Reed2:49
17Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:55
18Everybody Knows About My Good Thing, Part 1
Little Johnny Taylor3:17
19Commit a Crime
recording of:
I’m Leaving You (Commit a Crime)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
version of:
What a Woman
Howlin’ Wolf3:08
20I Can’t Quit You Baby
cover recording of:
I Can’t Quit You Baby
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Otis Rush3:07
21Confessin’ the Blues
recording of:
Confessin’ the Blues
writer:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) and Jay McShann
publisher:
Leeds Music, MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Jay McShann & Walter Brown2:56
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