Chess Blues

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: 1947–1952
2▶CD: 1952–1954
3▼CD: 1954–1960
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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