Blues Legends

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

4 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase. Individual cat#s: MBSCD 416-1/2/3/4

Annotation last modified on 2026-05-19 10:49 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Guitar Legends
2▶CD: Blues Giants
3▶CD: Live Legends
4▼CD: Chicago Blues
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy6:24
2Don’t Stay Out All Night
Billy Boy Arnold & Tony McPhee3:18
3Hoochie 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 Waters3.752:54
4Born With the Blues
Buster Benton & Carey Bell4:50
5Country Girl
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells5:52
6I Wish You Would
Billy Boy Arnold & Tony McPhee3:14
7Road Runner
recording of:
Road Runner
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Bo Diddley3:27
8Born in Missouri
Magic Slim5:12
9The Leading Band
Earl Hooker2:34
10Why Do You Want to Hurt Me
Mighty Joe Young4:39
11When My First Wife Quit Me
Jimmy Johnson5:22
12Wang Dang Doodle
cover recording of:
Wang Dang Doodle
lyricist:
Willie Dixon (in 1960-06)
composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Hoochie Coochie Music
Koko Taylor4:04
13I Had It So Hard
Sunnyland Slim3:29
14She’s 19 Years Old
Muddy Waters4:33
15You Don’t Know What Love Is
Fenton Robinson4:24
16You Went Away Baby
Willie Williams4:14
17Moaning for Molasses
Jody Williams2:24
18I Don’t Like to Travel
Byther Smith4:17
19The Foxtrot
recording of:
The Foxtrot
composer:
Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker1:56