Legends of Gospel & Blues

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1New Orleans Function
recording of:
New Orleans Function
writer:
William Christopher Handy
Louis Armstrong6:43
2Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mahalia Jackson3:07
3Down by the Riverside
The Golden Gate Quartet2:49
4I’m So Excited
John Lee Hooker2:50
5When I Wake Up in Glory
Mahalia Jackson4:23
6I Feel So Low
Katie Webster2:27
7Blind Barnabas
recording of:
Blind Barnabas (traditional gospel)
The Golden Gate Quartet2:11
8Hoochie Choochie
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) 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., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters3.82:53
9Keep Your Hand on the Plow
Mahalia Jackson2:28
10Lady Sings the Blues
recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
Billie Holiday3:47
11Goodbye Mister Froggie
The Golden Gate Quartet2:52
12Lullaby of Birdland
cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1954-12-18)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
Sarah Vaughan4:04
13Run All the Way
Mahalia Jackson2:22
14Did You Ever Love a Woman
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1956)
guitar:
B.B. King (in 1956)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B") (in 1956)
vocals:
B.B. King (in 1956)
recording of:
Did You Ever Love a Woman (in 1956)
composer:
Arnold Dwight Moore (Arnold Dwight Moore)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
B.B. King2:34
15My God Is Real
Mahalia Jackson3:45
16Take Me for a Buggy Ride
Bessie Smith2:39
17Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Mahalia Jackson2:29
18Saint Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong2:48
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ASIN:DE: B0000240UU [info]