Roots of Blues: 72 Blues Standards That Inspired Generations

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Candy Man Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-28)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)
Mississippi John Hurt2:47
2War Is Over (Goodbye California)
recording of:
War Is Over (Goodbye California)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker2:45
3Highway 49
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12)
bass:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-12)
Big Joe Williams3:16
4Me and My Chauffeur Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-05-21, on 1952-07-11)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
double bass [bass]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1952-07-11)
drums (drum set):
Elga Edmunds (on 1952-07-11)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1941-05-21), Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21, on 1952-07-11) and Ernest Lawler (on 1952-07-11)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1952-07-11)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21, on 1952-07-11)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
writer:
Memphis Minnie
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Memphis Minnie2:47
5I Be’s Troubled
recorded in:
Stover, Missouri, United States (in 1941-08)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
I Be’s Troubled (in 1941-08)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:06
6Blind Love
recording of:
Blind Love
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.
B.B. King3:01
7When You Got a Good Friend
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (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:
When You Got a Good Friend (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Robert Johnson42:40
8Boogie Woogie Woman
recording of:
Boogie Woogie Woman
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:49
9Down Baby
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:17
10Don’t You Want a Man Like Me
recording of:
Don’t You Want a Man Like Me
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:02
11Lady Luck Blues
Bessie Smith3:09
12Fine Looking Woman
recording of:
Fine Lookin' Woman
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:19
13Good Morning Blues
recording of:
Good Morning Blues
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
Lead Belly2:56
14Got the Blues
recording of:
Got the Blues
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:51
15Country Blues
Muddy Waters3:24
16Gotta Find My Baby
recording of:
Gotta Find My Baby
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:26
17Stomp Boogie
John Lee Hooker3:08
18Hard Working Woman
recording of:
Hard Workin' Woman
B.B. King2:33
▼ CD 2
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1Brother James
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
Big Joe Williams2:56
2Highway Bound
recording of:
Highway Bound
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:47
3New York City
Lead Belly3:03
4I Gotta Find My Baby
recording of:
Gotta Find My Baby
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:46
5L.A. Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:54
6Miss Martha King
recording of:
Miss Martha King
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:42
7Train Whistle Blues
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry2:47
8Mistreated Woman
recording of:
Mistreated Woman
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:46
9Burr Clover Farm Blues
recording of:
Burr Clover Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:56
10My Baby Is Gone
recording of:
My Baby's Gone
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:45
11Alberta
recording of:
Alberta
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker3:05
12My Own Fault Darlin'
recording of:
My Own Fault, Darlin'
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King3:22
13Guess Who
recording of:
Guess Who
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
composer:
Burton Lane
Billie Holiday3:10
14Neighborhood Affair
recording of:
Neighborhood Affair
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:55
15Frisco Town
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:
Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
Frisco Town (Blues by Memphis Minnie) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie2:55
16Please Hurry Home
recording of:
Please Hurry Home
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King4:31
17Country Blues #2
Muddy Waters3:34
18Please Love Me
recording of:
Please Love Me
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King2:48
▼ CD 3
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1Stormy Sea Blues
Ma Rainey2:43
2Shake It Up and Go
recording of:
Shake It Up and Go
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:32
3Mean Old Frisco Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-04-14)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1942-04-14)
guitar:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1942-04-14)
vocals:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1942-04-14)
recording of:
Mean Old Frisco Blues (on 1942-04-14)
lyricist and composer:
A Crudup
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:37
4She Don’t Move Me No More
recording of:
She Don't Move Me No More
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King3:05
5Little Geneva
recording of:
Little Geneva
writer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:47
6She’s a Mean Woman
recording of:
She's a Mean Woman
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:33
7I’m a Low‐Down Groove
recording of:
I'm in a Low Down Groove
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:10
8She’s Dynamite
recording of:
She’s Dynamite
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
B.B. King2:31
9Please Don’t Go
John Lee Hooker2:49
10Some Day, Somewhere
recording of:
Some Day Some Where
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:52
11Cryin’ Blues
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)
Kokomo Arnold32:57
12Story From My Heart and Soul
recording of:
Story From My Heart and Soul
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:58
13Death Letter Blues
recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
Lead Belly2:59
14Take a Swing With Me (Love You Baby)
recording of:
Take a Swing With Me
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:34
15Beer Drinkin’ Women
Peter Chatman3:21
16That Ain’t the Way to Do It
recording of:
That Ain’t the Way to Do It
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:18
17Rollin’ and Tumblin’
recording of:
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
M. Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters) and Watertoons Music
version of:
Roll and Tumble Blues
Muddy Waters3:00
18The Other Night Blues
recording of:
The Other Night Blues
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King3:38
▼ CD 4
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1Sail On Boogie
T‐Bone Walker2:39
2Three O’Clock Blues
cover recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King3:01
3Am I Blue
cover recording of:
Am I Blue?
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Billie Holiday2:50
4Walkin’ and Cryin’
recording of:
Walkin' and Cryin'
writer:
Sam Ling and Riley B. King
B.B. King3:25
5Stack o’ Dollars
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-10-31)
fiddle:
Dad Tracy (on 1935-10-31)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
washboard:
Chasey Collins (on 1935-10-31)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
Big Joe Williams3:11
6When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes
recording of:
When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:27
7John Hardy
Lead Belly4:19
8Why Did You Leave Me
recording of:
Why Did You Leave Me
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King3:09
9Frankie
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-14)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
recording of:
Frankie
lyricist and composer:
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt3.753:24
10Woke Up This Morning
recording of:
Woke Up This Morning
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing and Powerforce Music
B.B. King2:57
11Come Back Baby
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:40
12You Didn’t Want Me
recording of:
You Didn't Want Me
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King2:33
13Gonna Follow My Baby
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:26
14You Know I Love You
B.B. King3:04
15Peach Orchard Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-03-27)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-03-27)
washtub bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]:
William Mitchell (blues bassist) (on 1941-03-27)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-03-27)
Big Joe Williams2:42
16Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
a makeshift studio located in the Brunswick Records Building (on 1937-06-20)
recording of:
Stop Breaking Down Blues (on 1937-06-20)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
MPCA King of Spades
Robert Johnson42:17
17Keeps On a Rainin’
Bessie Smith3:08
18Toad Frog Blues
cornet:
Howard Scott (1920s US jazz cornetist)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall
instruments:
Don Redman
piano:
Fletcher Henderson
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist)
Ma Rainey3:12

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