Best of the Blues: 50 Favorites

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Payin’ the Cost to Be the BossB.B. King2:37
2Blue Monday
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964)
live recording of:
Blue Monday (in 1964)
writer:
Gil Caple and Don Robey
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells5:03
3Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown4:02
4Rockin’ Blues
Charles Brown2:54
5Everyday I Have the Blues
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells4:32
6Bring Me My Shotgun
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:01
7You’ve Done Lost a Good ThingB.B. King5:15
8Cow Cow Blues
Memphis Slim3:34
9Slo Fuse
Johnny Otis4:13
10Boogie Thang
The James Cotton Band4:56
11Inner City Blues (live)Marvin Gaye5:10
12My Baby’s on Line
Pee Wee Crayton3:22
13Caledonia
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (on 1945-04-16)
B.B. King3:26
14Round About Midnight
Richard Berry3:55
15Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn2:45
16Dust My Broom
cover recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music, Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Canned Heat5:49
2CD
#TitleArtistLength
1First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy2:13
2Forty Four Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
3Bad Luck Shadow
Johnny Otis3:24
4Nobody Cares
recording of:
Nobody Cares
lyricist and composer:
Baby Washington
Baby Washington2:10
5Goin’ Back to L.A.
Joe Liggins3:07
6Bad Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn2:29
7Information Blues
Roy Milton2:26
8I Ain’t Mad at You Baby
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:15
9London Blues
recording of:
London Blues
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:08
10Wee Baby Blues
Big Joe Turner4:55
11I’m the Midnight Creeper
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:28
12Rich Man’s Blues
Dinah Washington2:57
13Baby, Please Don’t Go
Big Joe Williams1:53
14Somebody Got to Go
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:26
15So Tired
Amos Milburn3:26
16C.C. Rider
Amos Milburn2:43
17Lover Come Back to MeBillie Holiday2:21
3CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Boogie Woogie Blues
Roy Brown5:37
2Bullfrog BluesCanned Heat7:20
3Blues in the Ghetto
Pee Wee Crayton3:08
4Woman Is the Root of All Evil
Dr. John2:15
5I Put a Spell on YouScreamin’ Jay Hawkins3:31
6Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
Johnny Otis3:45
7I’ll Just Keep on Singing the Blues
Memphis Slim2:43
8Shake That Thing
recording of:
Shake That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Jackson
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Holdings
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:00
9The Thrill Is GoneB.B. King5:01
10Broken Hearted Blues
Buddy Guy3:10
11Big Legged Woman
Charles Brown2:52
12Chicken Shack Boogie
Canned Heat3:29
13Blues After Hours
Pee Wee Crayton5:12
14Got My Mojo Working
The James Cotton Band4:05
15When Something Is Wrong With My BabySam & Dave3:15
16Barrelhouse Blues
Johnny Otis6:13
17John Lee Boogie
recording of:
John Lee Boogie
writer:
John Mayall
John Mayall4:13

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B0009VNBUQ [info]