Blues Legends: The Best of the Blues

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Tracklist

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1Baby Please Don’t Go (live)
live recording of:
Baby Please Don't Go
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH
version of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Muddy Waters4:30
2I Put a Spell on YouScreamin’ Jay Hawkins3:30
3C.C. Rider
recording of:
C.C. Rider
lyricist and composer:
Ma Rainey
writer:
Arent
publisher:
Leeds Music Ltd.
Ray Charles2:37
4Rambling On My Mind
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
recording of:
Ramblin’ on My Mind (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Robert Johnson2:53
5The Letter (live)
live recording of:
The Letter
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
B.B. King3:29
6Dimples
bass:
George Washington (in 1956)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (in 1956) and Eddie Taylor (in 1956)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (in 1956)
recording of:
Dimples (in 1956)
lyricist:
John Lee Hooker (in 1956)
composer:
James Bracken
publisher:
Conrad Music, Costoma Publishing Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker2:15
7It Ain’t Necessarily So
Maxine Sullivan3:35
8New Orleans
Dr. John1:50
9When the Sun Goes Down
Big Joe Turner4:15
10When the Levee Breaks
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie3:11
11Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lead Belly2:34
12Georgia on My Mind
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1941-03-14)
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1941-03-14)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation, Peermusic III, Ltd., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Mildred Bailey3:23
13Shame, Shame, Shame
recording of:
Shame, Shame, Shame
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
Jimmy Reed2:49
14Rich Man’s Blues
Dinah Washington2:56
15Got My Mojo Working (live)
live recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (Muddy Waters arrangement)
additional writer:
Morgan Field
arranger:
Muddy Waters
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. and Dare Music Co.
version of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
Muddy Waters4:04
16A Sentimental Blues
cover recording of:
A Sentimental Blues
lyricist and composer:
William York
Ray Charles2:26

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ASIN:UK: B0007YH6WE [info]