Chess Blues

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: 1947–1952
#TitleArtistLength
1Lollypop Mama
Clarence Samuels2:50
2Bilbo Is Dead
Andrew Tibbs2:57
3Johnson Machine Gun
Sunnyland Slim2:53
4Fly Right, Little Girl
Sunnyland Slim2:37
5Little Anna Mae
recording of:
Little Anna Mae
composer:
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters2:34
6I Can’t Be Satisfied
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1948-04)
double bass [bass]:
Ernest "Big" Crawford (in 1948-04)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (in 1948-04)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (in 1948-04)
recording of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied (in 1948-04)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters
publisher:
Bug Music and Watertoons Music
recording of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied (Bill Frisell arr.)
composer:
McKinley Morganfield
arranger:
Bill Frisell
arrangement of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy Waters2:44
7My Sweet Lovin’ Woman
Robert Nighthawk2:52
8I Feel Like Going Home
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1948-04)
double bass:
Ernest "Big" Crawford (in 1948-04)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (in 1948-04)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters
vocals:
Muddy Waters (in 1948-04)
recording of:
Feel Like Going Home (in 1948-04)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters
publisher:
Arc Music
Muddy Waters3:11
9She Ain’t Nowhere
Sunnyland Slim2:47
10Florida Hurricane
St. Louis Jimmy2:56
11Memory of Sonny Boy
Forrest City Joe3:17
12Tonky Boogie
Forrest Sykes3:10
13Cryin’ the Blues
Laura Rucker2:43
14My Head Can’t Rest Anymore
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949)
bass:
Alfred Elkins
guitar and lead vocals:
“Baby Face” Leroy Foster
harmonica:
Snooky Pryor
Baby Face Leroy3:12
15Big Town Playboy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949)
bass drum and hi-hat:
Leroy Foster
guitar:
Muddy Waters
piano and lead vocals:
Little Johnny Jones
recording of:
Big Town Playboy
writer:
Little Johnny Jones
publisher:
Conrad Music
Little Johnny Jones2:58
16Sweet Black Angel
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1949-07-12)
bass:
Willie Dixon
guitar and lead vocals:
Robert Nighthawk
piano:
Ernest Lane
recording of:
Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues)
lyricist and composer:
R. Nighthawk
publisher:
Testament Music
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk3:05
17Rollin’ Stone
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1950-02)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (in 1950-02)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (in 1950-02)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Rollin’ Stone (Muddy Waters) (in 1950-02)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. and Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
Muddy Waters3:08
18Luedella
Jimmy Rogers2:54
19Mother Earth
alto saxophone:
Alex Atkins (in 1950)
bass:
Alfred Elkins (in 1950)
membranophone:
Leon Hooper (in 1950)
piano:
Memphis Slim (in 1950)
tenor saxophone:
Timothy Overton (in 1950)
background vocals:
[unknown] (in 1950)
vocals:
Memphis Slim (in 1950)
Memphis Slim2:44
20Dr. Ross’ Boogie
Doctor Ross2:39
21Joliet Blues
Johnny Shines2:41
22Moanin’ at Midnight
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1951-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Willie Steele (on 1951-05-14)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (on 1951-05-14)
harmonica:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1951-05-14)
vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1951-05-14)
recording of:
Moanin’ at Midnight (on 1951-05-14)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:58
23All Night Long (alternate)
recording of:
All Night Long
writer:
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters3:50
24Mr. Commissioner (alternate)
Arbee Stidham3:14
25Gettin’ Old and Grey
Howlin’ Wolf2:38
2▼CD: 1952–1954
#TitleArtistLength
1Walkin’ the Boogie (alternate)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (on 1952-04-24)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (on 1952-04-24)
recording of:
Walkin’ the Boogie (on 1952-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker2:34
2Juke
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-05-12)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar:
Muddy Waters (on 1952-05-12) and Jimmy Rogers (on 1952-05-12)
harmonica:
Little Walter (on 1952-05-12)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1952-05-12)
recording of:
Juke (on 1952-05-12)
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs
Little Walter2:49
3Conjur Man
bass:
[unknown]
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1952-07-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1952-07-11)
harmonica:
Little Walter (on 1952-07-11)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1952-07-11)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1952-07-11)
Memphis Minnie2:59
4Who’s Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I’m Gone
recording of:
Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man
writer:
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters3:05
5Broken Heart (alternate)
bass:
[unknown]
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1952-07-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1952-07-11)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1952-07-11)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1952-07-11)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1952-07-11)
Memphis Minnie3:00
6Truckin’ Little Woman
Willie Nix2:41
7Funeral Hearse at My Door
Rocky Fuller3:17
8Hard Time Gettin’ Started
Eddie Boyd2:33
9Don’t Need No Horse
Little Walter3:19
10Eight Ball
Gus Jenkins3:14
11Fast Boogie
Little Walter2:49
12I’m Mad
recording of:
I’m Mad (on 1953-02-05)
writer:
Willie Mabon
Willie Mabon2:39
13Ice Cream Man
guitar:
John Brim (on 1953-05-04) and Eddie Taylor (on 1953-05-04)
harmonica:
Little Walter (on 1953-05-04)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1953-05-04)
vocals:
John Brim (on 1953-05-04)
recording of:
Ice Cream Man (on 1953-05-04)
lyricist and composer:
John Brim
John Brim2:48
14Whose Muddy Shoes
Elmore James3:19
15Got to Have It
Willie Mabon3:07
16I Declare That Ain’t Right
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-05-11)
drums (drum set):
"Stovepipe"
guitar:
Morris Pejoe
harmonica:
Henry Strong
lead vocals [Little Henry]:
Henry Gray
Henry Gray3:07
17Remember
Alberta Adams2:54
18Untitled Instrumental
Henry Gray & Morris Pejoe2:23
19Blues With a Feeling
guitar:
Dave Myers (in 1953) and Louis Myers (in 1953)
harmonica:
Little Walter (in 1953)
membranophone:
Fred Below (in 1953)
recording of:
Blues With a Feeling (Little Walter version) (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Jacobs
is based on:
Blues With a Feeling (original Rabon Tarrant / Jack McVea version)
Little Walter3:08
20Hoochie Coochie Man
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 (on 1954-01-07) and Jimmy Rogers (on 1954-01-07)
harmonica:
Little Walter (on 1954-01-07)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-01-07)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (on 1954-01-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (in 1954)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1984), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 225)
recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (on 1954-01-07)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., Bug Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, Hello Mr. Wilson, Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters2:53
21Forty Four
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1954-10)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1954-10)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (in 1954-10) and Jody Williams (in 1954-10)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1954-10)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1954-10)
cover recording of:
Forty-Four (Howlin’ Wolf version) (in 1954-10)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
version of:
Forty-Four (traditional blues, without lyrics)
recording of:
Forty-Four (Howlin’ Wolf version)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
version of:
Forty-Four (traditional blues, without lyrics)
Howlin’ Wolf2:51
22Got to Find My Baby (alternate)
Little Walter3:08
23Evil
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-05-25)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-05-25)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (on 1954-05-25) and Jody Williams (on 1954-05-25)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-05-25)
vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
recording of:
Evil (aka “Evil Is Going On”) (on 1954-05-25)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. and Hoochie Coochie Music
Howlin’ Wolf2:57
24Reconsider Baby
guitar:
Lowell Fulson (on 1954-09-27)
membranophone:
Harold “Chick” Booth (on 1954-09-27)
piano:
Paul Drake (on 1954-09-27)
saxophone:
Julian Beasley (on 1954-09-27), Choker Campbell (on 1954-09-27), Leroy Cooper (on 1954-09-27) and David “Fathead” Newman (on 1954-09-27)
trombone:
Fats Morris (on 1954-09-27)
trumpet:
Phil Gibeau (on 1954-09-27)
vocals:
Lowell Fulson (on 1954-09-27)
recording of:
Reconsider Baby (on 1954-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
Lowell Fulson3:12
25Mama Talk to Your Daughter
recording of:
Mama Talk to Your Daughter
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music and Ghana Music
J.B. Lenoir2:19
3▼CD: 1954–1960
#TitleArtistLength
1Mellow Down Easy
Little Walter2:45
2My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble)
Muddy Waters3:14
3My Babe
Little Walter2:44
4You Got to Love Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-03-02)
bass:
James Bradford
drums (drum set):
Clifton James
guitar:
Bo Diddley
harmonica and lead vocals:
Billy Boy Arnold
maracas:
Jerome Green
piano:
Otis Spann
Billy Boy Arnold2:27
5Walking the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1955-07)
bass and lead vocals:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set) and foot stomps:
Fred Below
piano:
Lafayette Leake
Willie Dixon3:05
6Don’t Start Me to Talkin’
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-08-12)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-08-12)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (on 1955-08-12)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (on 1955-08-12) and Jimmy Rogers (on 1955-08-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1955-08-12)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1955-08-12)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1955-08-12)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1996)
recording of:
Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (on 1955-08-12)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson
publisher:
Arc Music
Sonny Boy Williamson2:37
7Smokestack Lightnin’
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1956-01)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1956-01)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1956-01)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (in 1956-01) and Hubert Sumlin (in 1956-01)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1956-01)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1956-01)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 285)
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning (in 1956-01)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music
Howlin’ Wolf3:10
829 Ways
bass:
Willie Dixon
piano:
Lafayette Leake
tenor saxophone:
Harold Ashby
Willie Dixon2:12
9Right to Love You
Paul Gayten & Myrtle Jones2:40
10Ain’t Nobody’s Business
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song)
lyricist:
Jimmy Witherspoon
composer:
Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon2:44
11I’m Leaving You
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1956-07)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Fred Below
guitar:
[unknown] and Robert Lockwood, Jr.
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton
piano and lead vocals:
Otis Spann
Otis Spann2:42
12Break of Day
Howlin’ Wolf2:47
13Please Don’t Go
Floyd Dixon3:33
14Keep It to Yourself
recording of:
Keep It to Yourself
writer:
Sonny Boy Williamson
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. and Tristan Music Ltd.
Sonny Boy Williamson2:52
15Walking by Myself
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1956-10-29)
bass:
Willie Dixon
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1956-10-29)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (in 1956-10)
drums (drum set):
A. J. Gladney
drums (drum set) [drums]:
[unknown] (in 1956-10)
guitar:
Jimmy Rogers (in 1956-10, on 1956-10-29) and Robert Lockwood, Jr. (on 1956-10-29)
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton (on 1956-10-29)
membranophone:
[unknown] (on 1956-10-29)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1956-10-29)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Rogers
vocals:
Jimmy Rogers (in 1956-10, on 1956-10-29)
recording of:
Walking by Myself (on 1956-10-29)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Rogers
publisher:
Arc Music Corp., BMG Platinum Songs US and Copyright Control
Jimmy Rogers2:49
16Got My Mojo Working
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1958-12-01)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay
guitar:
Pat Hare
harmonica:
Little Walter
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
Muddy Waters
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 360)
recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Preston Foster
publisher:
Dare Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Muddy Waters2:54
17Fattening Frogs for Snakes (alternate)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:43
18Slow Leake
Lafayette Leake3:04
19Sitting on Top of the World
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-12)
double bass:
Alfred Elkins (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1957-12)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (in 1957-12) and Jody Williams (in 1957-12)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1957-12)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1957-12)
cover recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett) (in 1957-12)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett) (in 1957-12)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
Howlin’ Wolf2:35
20She Don’t Know
J.B. Lenoir2:25
21Your Funeral and My Trial
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1958-03)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (on 1958-03-27)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (on 1958-03-27)
guitar:
Eugene Pierson and Robert Lockwood (on 1958-03-27)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1958-03-27)
piano:
Lafayette Leake (on 1958-03-27)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1958-03-27)
recording of:
Your Funeral & My Trial (on 1958-03-27)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:30
22Key to the Highway
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1958-08)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
George Hunter
guitar:
Fred Robinson and Luther Tucker
harmonica and lead vocals:
Little Walter
instruments:
Muddy Waters
piano:
Otis Spann
cover recording of:
Key to the Highway
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation, MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co.
Little Walter2:50
23Double Trouble (alternate)
recording of:
Double Trouble
lyricist and composer:
Otis Rush
publisher:
Conrad Music
Muddy Waters3:32
24Come on Home
Eddie Boyd2:39
25The Goat (band track)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:23
26So Many Roads, So Many Trains
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1960-01)
bass:
Willie Dixon
bass guitar:
Matt Murphy
drums (drum set):
Odie Payne
guitar and lead vocals:
Otis Rush
piano:
Lafayette Leake
tenor saxophone:
Bob Neely
recording of:
So Many Roads, So Many Trains
lyricist and composer:
Marshall Paul
publisher:
Arc Music Corp.
Otis Rush3:10
4▶CD: 1960–1967