Blues Classics 1927-1969

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Tracklist

1▼CD: 1927-1940
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1Billy Lyons and Stock O'Lee
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-10-09)
guitar and lead vocals:
Furry Lewis (Walter E. Lewis, American country blues guitarist) (on 1927-10-09)
vocals:
Furry Lewis (Walter E. Lewis, American country blues guitarist) (on 1927-10-09)
Furry Lewis52:36
2Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues, Part 1
Jim Jackson3:18
3How Long-How Long Blues
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1928-06-19)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1928-06-19)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1928-06-19)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1988)
recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (on 1928-06-19)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr3.53:05
4Cow Cow Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-07-16)
piano:
Cow Cow Davenport (ragtime and blues pianist) (on 1928-07-16)
recording of:
Cow Cow Blues (on 1928-07-16)
composer:
Cow Cow Davenport (ragtime and blues pianist)
Cow Cow Davenport3:06
5It's Tight Like That
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red3:05
6Trouble in Mind
Bertha “Chippie” Hill3:14
7Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
Pinetop Smith3:22
8That's No Way to Get Along
recording of:
That’s No Way to Get Along (aka “The Prodigal Son”)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Wilkins
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Robert Wilkins2:54
9What's the Matter With the Mill
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-10-11)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-10-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-10-11)
recording of:
What's the Matter With the Mill
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Minnie McCoy
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc. (on 1931-01-24)
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy2:48
10Things 'Bout Comin' My Way
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-02-10, on 1934-03-23)
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Kenneth Goldstein
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1931-02-10, on 1934-03-23)
piano:
Georgia Tom (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1931-02-10)
solo guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1931-02-10)
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red3:26
11Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold3:12
12Dirty Mother for You
guitar and lead vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1935-01-10)
piano:
Charles Segar (on 1935-01-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Lakeshore Records (in 2015)
Memphis Minnie2:44
13The Honeydripper
Roosevelt Sykes2:53
14Lone Wolf Blues
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1936-03-21)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recording of:
Lone Wolf Blues
lyricist and composer:
Oscar “Buddy” Woods (American blues guitarist)
Oscar Woods3:20
15The Black Ace
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1937-02-15) and Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1937-02-15)
steel guitar [National steel guitar]:
Black Ace (American blues musician) (on 1937-02-15)
vocals:
Black Ace (American blues musician) (on 1937-02-15)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd.
recording of:
Black Ace
lyricist and composer:
Black Ace (American blues musician)
Black Ace52:45
16Crazy With the Blues
piano:
Peetie Wheatstraw (on 1937-03-26)
vocals:
Peetie Wheatstraw (on 1937-03-26)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:08
17If You See My Pigmeat
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-07-12)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1937-07-12)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1937-07-12)
Blind Boy Fuller3:01
18Down the Highway
Charlie Pickett3:17
19Floating Bridge
Sleepy John Estes3:17
20Mr. Johnson Swing
Lonnie Johnson2:45
21Truckin' Thru Traffic
Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson2:24
22The Blues Ain't Nothin' but a Woman Cryin' for Her Man
Georgia White2:37
23This Train
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:40
24Fine and Mellow
Alberta Hunter2:46
25Friar's Point Blues
Robert Lee McCoy2:48
2▶CD: 1940-1960
3▶CD: 1960-1969