Jukebox Favourites: The Best of the Blues

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1Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
Charley Patton3:07
2High Fever Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-08)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
Bukka White2:55
3Blow Wind Blow
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-09-24)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans (on 1953-09-24)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1953-09-24) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1953-09-24)
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player) (on 1953-09-24)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1953-09-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1953-09-24)
recording of:
Blow Wind Blow (on 1953-09-24)
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music, Inc. and Watertoons Music
Muddy Waters53:15
4Sittin’ on Top of the World
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
Howlin’ Wolf2:34
5Hide Away
recording of:
Hide Away
composer:
Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist) and Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
Freddie King2:41
6Before You Accuse Me
double bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer)
maracas:
Jerome Green
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
recording of:
Before You Accuse Me
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Big Seven Music, EMI Longitude Music, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Figure Music and Longitude Music
Bo Diddley43:08
7Blues at Sundown
Amos Milburn2:32
8Homesick Blues
Blind Boy Fuller3:14
9Sugar Mama
Big Joe Williams2:40
10Kidney Stew Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:04
11Blues With a Feeling
Little Walter3:09
12Susie Q
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1938-12-17)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1938-12-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1938-12-17)
mandolin:
Willie Hatcher (Soul artist from Detroit) (on 1938-12-17)
piano:
Speckled Red (on 1938-12-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:19
13Lost Baby Blues
Little Buddy Doyle2:45
14Little Rain
recording of:
Little Rain
writer:
Ewart G. Abner, Jr. and Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Jimmy Reed2:28
15That Ain't the Way to Do It
recording of:
That Ain’t the Way to Do It
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:21
16Dark Was the Night
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:25
17Farther Up the Road
Bobby “Blue” Bland3:03
18I'm a Prowlin' Ground Hog
Big Bill Broonzy3:36
19Sit and Cry (The Blues)
Buddy Guy3:05
20Sweet Sixteen
Walter Davis2:53

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ASIN:US: B005MQ0RUA [info]