Best of Blues (36 Songs) (turquoise)

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Thrill is Gone (Live)
B.B. King5:05
2I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Billie Holiday2:25
3The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Leadbelly3:03
4Mama Talk to Your Daughter
John Mayall3:56
5I Cried for You
Big Maybelle2:47
6Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall
Big Joe Williams1:56
7Information Blues
Roy Milton2:26
8Bad Bad Whiskey
recording of:
Bad Bad Whiskey
writer:
Adelia Davis and Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
Amos Milburn2:27
9So Blue Over You
Ike & Tina Turner2:33
10All Over Again
recording of:
All Over Again
writer:
Carl Adams and B.B. King
B.B. King3:28
11Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:17
12Mojo Hand
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:59
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