The Very Best of Blues

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

Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Big Legged Woman	Charles Brown	2:51
2	Last Night	Lightnin’ Hopkins	5:09
3	Boggie Woogie Papa	Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore	4:00
4	Four Walls	Memphis Slim	2:46
5	Big Fine Woman	John Lee Hooker	2:26
6	The Bourgeoise Blues	Lead Belly	3:03
7	Trouble Blues	John Lee Hooker	2:58
8	Walk a Long Time	Lightnin’ Hopkins	5:24
9	Boom Boom producer: Calvin Carter bass: James Jamerson drums (drum set): Benny Benjamin (in 1961) guitar: John Lee Hooker piano: Joe Hunter tenor saxophone: Hank Crosby vocals: John Lee Hooker phonographic copyright (℗) by: MCA Records, Inc. (in 1967) recorded at: Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463) recording of: Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26) lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker publisher: Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.	John Lee Hooker	2:30
10	Everyday I Have the Blues recording of: Everyday I Have the Blues writer: Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935) revised by: Peter Chatman publisher: Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.	B.B. King	5:02
11	Cow Cow Blues	Memphis Slim	3:32
12	Sweet Sixteen recording of: Sweet Sixteen writer: Joe Bihari and B.B. King publisher: Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Progressive Music and Sidney A. Seidenberg Music Ltd.	B.B. King	4:18
13	Did You Ever Love a Woman	Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore	2:38
14	Big Bertah	Memphis Slim	2:09
15	Stratford Hunch recording of: Stratford Huntch composer: Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton	3:38
16	Shreveport Stomp recording of: Shreveport Stomp composer: Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe	Jelly Roll Morton	4:21
17	True Love	Memphis Slim	2:59
18	Blues Before Sunrise	John Lee Hooker	3:42

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