The Best of the Blues [Excelsior]

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

Tracklist

▼ Medium 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Stormy Monday Blues
Big Joe Turner2:43
2Catfish Blues
cover recording of:
Catfish Blues
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Wabash Music Company (BMI-affiliated)
B.B. King2:29
3Information Blues
Roy Milton2:28
4Nice Work If You Can Get It
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
cover recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Billie Holiday32:36
5Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.42:33
6Barrel House Blues
Johnny Otis3:46
7Frisco Blues
John Lee Hooker2:52
8Please Love Me
producer:
Joe Bihari
alto saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1952-12)
bass:
James Walker (Bassist credited as playing with B.B. King) (in 1952-12)
congas:
Charles Crosby (drums) (in 1952-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Curry (in 1952-12)
guitar:
B.B. King (in 1952-12)
piano:
Connie McBooker (in 1952-12)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Harvey (saxophone) (in 1952-12)
trumpet:
Floyd Jones (Soul trumpet player and arranger) (in 1952-12)
vocals:
B.B. King (in 1952-12)
arranger:
Bill Harvey (saxophone)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.) (in 1953) and P‐VINE RECORDS (record label — add releases here) (in 1953)
recorded at:
ACA Studios in Houston, Texas, United States (in 1952-12)
recording of:
Please Love Me (in 1952-12)
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King2:51
9Slo Fuse
Johnny Otis4:13
10God Bless This Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday3:09
11Trouble Blues
John Lee Hooker3:01
12Hey Now
recording of:
Hey Now
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles2:24
13Cracklin'
Bo Diddley2:54
14I Got The Walkin' Blues
Louis Jordan3:02
15I'm Mad Again
John Lee Hooker2:42
16Walkin' and Talkin'
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1952)
performer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
recording of:
Walkin’ and Talkin’ (To Myself) (in 1952)
writer:
Cliff Jackson (jazz pianist)
Ray Charles3:11
17Can I Go Home With You
Bo Diddley2:45
18C.C. Rider
Ray Charles2:46
19Wednesday Evening Blues
John Lee Hooker3:58
20Paying The Cost To Be The Man
recording of:
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
B.B. King2:46