The Song Before the Song

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

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Hound DogBig Mama Thornton2:52
2Rock Around the Clock
Hal Singer2:57
3Bull Doze Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-13)
acoustic guitar, pan flute [quills] and lead vocals:
Henry Thomas (on 1928-06-13)
recording of:
Bull Doze Blues (on 1928-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas3:26
4House of the Rising Sun
Josh White3:01
5Route 66Nat King Cole3:02
6Gallis Pole
recording of:
The Gallis Pole
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
version of:
The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)
Lead Belly3:01
7One Night
Smiley Lewis2:28
8Down on Penny's Farm
Bently Boys2:50
9Tutti Frutti
Slim Gaillard2:47
10Summertime
double bass:
Johnny Williams (on 1939-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1939-06-08)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1939-06-08)
piano:
Meade Lux Lewis (on 1939-06-08)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1939-06-08)
part of:
Blue Note (number: GM-533-14)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1939-06-08)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sidney Bechet4:08
11T & N o Blues
Bessie Jackson3:02
12Baby, Please Don't Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-10-31)
fiddle:
Dad Tracy (on 1935-10-31)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (on 1935-10-31)
washboard:
Kokomo (on 1935-10-31)
background vocals:
Chasey Collins (on 1935-10-31)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (on 1935-10-31)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go (on 1935-10-31)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Big Joe Williams
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams3:20
13My Baby Left MeArthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:30
14Diddie Wah Diddie
recording of:
Diddie Wa Diddie
lyricist and composer:
Blind Blake
Blind Blake2:59
15Lovesick Blues
Emmett Miller2:52
16A Fool Such as I
Hank Snow2:29
17Old Rock Island Blues
Lonnie Coleman3:17
18Blue Moon of Kentucky
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS, Peer International Corporation, Southern Music Publishing, Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック
Bill Monroe3:05
19Highway No.61 Blues
Jack Kelly2:51
20I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
Emry Arthur3:20