Midnight Blues

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

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Payin' the Cost to Be the BossB.B. King2:38
2The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly3:04
3Lonesome Dog
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (from 1949 until 1950)
guitar:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
vocals:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
recording of:
Lonesome Dog Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:41
4I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Billie Holiday2:25
5Begging Mama BluesDinah Washington2:55
6Mama Talk to Your Daughter
cover recording of:
Mama Talk to Your Daughter
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music and Ghana Music
John Mayall3:57
7Boom BoomJohn Lee Hooker2:32
8Alimony Blues
recording of:
Alimony Blues
lyricist and composer:
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson2:50
9Dust My Broom
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
Elmore James2:58
10Driftin' BluesCharles Brown3:50