The Great Blues Singers

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Tracklist

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1I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
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:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson?:??
2You're an Old Lady
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-10-19)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Charles Saunders (on 1945-10-19)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1945-10-19)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1945-10-19)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1945-10-19)
recording of:
You're an Old Lady (on 1945-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??
3In New Orleans
Lead Belly?:??
4East Chicago Blues
Pinetop and Lindberg?:??
5Sitting on Top of the World
recorded in:
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States (on 1930-02-17)
guitar:
Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
violin:
Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:
Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009)
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1930-02-17)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. and Mayfair Music Corp.
Mississippi Sheiks?:??
6Crawlin' Kingsnake
John Lee Hooker?:??
7Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1939)
piano:
Cripple Clarence Lofton (in 1939)
Cripple Clarence Lofton?:??
8Barrelhouse Woman No.2
Leroy Carr?:??
9I Be's Troubled
recorded in:
Stover, Missouri, United States (in 1941-08)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
recording of:
I Be’s Troubled (in 1941-08)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters?:??
10Midnight Steppers
Big Bill Broonzy?:??
11Careless Love Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (on 1925-05-26)
Bessie Smith?:??
12Break 'em on Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12)
bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (on 1941-12-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1941-12-12)
Big Joe Williams?:??
13Panama Limited Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-26)
guitar:
Booker T. Washington White (on 1930-05-26) and Napoleon Hairiston (on 1930-05-26)
lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1930-05-26)
vocals:
Booker T. Washington White (on 1930-05-26)
recording of:
The Panama Limited (on 1930-05-26)
writer:
Bukka White
Bukka White?:??
14Weed Smoker's Dream
recording of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy (in 1936)
translated version of:
La fille aux cheveux roux (Weed Smoker’s Dream)
Kansas Joe McCoy?:??
15Down on Pennsylvania Avenue
Bertha Idaho?:??
16Street State Special
Jimmy Yancey?:??
17When the Levee Breaks
recording of:
When the Levee Breaks
writer:
John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Memphis Minnie, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
version of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song)
Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy?:??
18Rope Stretching Blues
Blind Blake?:??
19Rowdy Man Blues
Kid Bailey?:??
20Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold?:??
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