Roots of Blues: 72 Blues Standards That Inspired Generations

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#TitleArtistLength
1Stormy Sea Blues
Ma Rainey2:43
2Shake It Up and Go
recording of:
Shake It Up and Go
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:32
3Mean Old Frisco Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-04-14)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1942-04-14)
guitar:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1942-04-14)
vocals:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1942-04-14)
recording of:
Mean Old Frisco Blues (on 1942-04-14)
lyricist and composer:
A Crudup
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:37
4She Don’t Move Me No MoreB.B. King3:05
5Little GenevaMuddy Waters2:47
6She’s a Mean Woman
recording of:
She's a Mean Woman
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:33
7I’m a Low‐Down Groove
recording of:
I'm in a Low Down Groove
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan
Billie Holiday3:10
8She’s Dynamite
recording of:
She’s Dynamite
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
B.B. King2:31
9Please Don’t Go
John Lee Hooker2:49
10Some Day, Somewhere
recording of:
Some Day Some Where
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:52
11Cryin’ Blues
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)
Kokomo Arnold2:57
12Story From My Heart and SoulB.B. King2:58
13Death Letter Blues
recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
Lead Belly2:59
14Take a Swing With Me (Love You Baby)
recording of:
Take a Swing With Me
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:34
15Beer Drinkin’ Women
Peter Chatman3:21
16That Ain’t the Way to Do ItB.B. King2:18
17Rollin’ and Tumblin’
recording of:
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement)
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
M. Morganfield
publisher:
Arc Music Corp., Watertoons and Watertoons Music
version of:
Roll and Tumble Blues
Muddy Waters3:00
18The Other Night BluesB.B. King3:38
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ASIN:US: B004C6QEEY [info]