The Blues - The Best Blues Of All-Time

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

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Disc 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1T.Bone Boogie
T‐Bone Walker3:04
2She's Gone
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup3:00
3Moonshine
double bass:
Bill Settles (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Mr. Sheiks (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)
Memphis Minnie2:48
4Mean Red Spider
recording of:
Mean Red Spider
composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:17
5Let Me Play With Your Poodle
recording of:
Let Me Play With Your Poodle (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
Tampa Red
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:32
6Jim
recording of:
Jim
lyricist:
Nelson Shawn
composer:
Edward Ross and Caesar Petrillo
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
Billie Holiday3:08
7I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More
John Lee Hooker2:41
8I Know Your Gonna Miss Me
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
Big Joe Williams3:04
9Gypsy Women
recording of:
Gypsy Woman
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:34
10Gloomy Sunday
recording of:
Gloomy Sunday
lyricist:
Jávor László (Hungarian poet)
composer:
Rezső Seress
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
translated version of:
Szomorú vasárnap
Billie Holiday3:12
11Georgia Rag
recording of:
Georgia Rag
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:04
12Easy Rider
Lead Belly3:12
13Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
Bessie Smith43:27
14Can't Get That Women Off My Mind
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:40
15Break Em Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12)
bass and washtub bass:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-12)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
Big Joe Williams3:14
16Booze & Blues
Ma Rainey3:18
17Blues at Midnight
Peter Chatman2:43
18Big Leg Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-21)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21)
recording of:
Big Leg Blues (on 1928-12-21)
composer:
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt2:53
▼ CD 2: Disc 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1War Is Over (Goodbye California)
guitar and lead vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
War Is Over (Goodbye California) (in 1948-11)
writer:
Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker2:45
2Toad Frog Blues
cornet:
Howard Scott (1920s US jazz cornetist)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall
instruments:
Don Redman
piano:
Fletcher Henderson
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist)
Ma Rainey3:12
3Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
a makeshift studio located in the Brunswick Records Building (on 1937-06-20)
recording of:
Stop Breaking Down Blues (on 1937-06-20)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
MPCA King of Spades
Robert Johnson42:17
4Stack O’ Dollars
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-10-31)
fiddle:
Dad Tracy (on 1935-10-31)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
washboard:
Chasey Collins (on 1935-10-31)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
Big Joe Williams3:11
5Sail on Boogie
T‐Bone Walker2:39
6Rollin’ & Tumblin’
recording of:
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
M. Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters) and Watertoons Music
version of:
Roll and Tumble Blues
Muddy Waters2:59
7Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12)
bass and washtub bass:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-12)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:49
8Am I Blue
cover recording of:
Am I Blue?
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Billie Holiday2:50
9Me and My Chauffeur Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-05-21)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1941-05-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
writer:
Memphis Minnie
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Memphis Minnie2:46
10Little Geneva
recording of:
Little Geneva
writer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:47
11Keeps on a Rainin’
Bessie Smith3:08
12I'm in a Low-Down Groove
recording of:
I'm in a Low Down Groove
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:08
13Gonna Follow My Baby
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:50
14Death Letter Blues
recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
Lead Belly2:59
15Cryin’ Blues
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)
Kokomo Arnold32:58
16Come Back Baby
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:40
17Beer Drinking' Women
Peter Chatman3:22
18Peach Orchard Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-03-27)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-03-27)
washtub bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]:
William Mitchell (blues bassist) (on 1941-03-27)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-03-27)
Big Joe Williams2:45