The Blues: 1927-1946

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Big Road Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1987)
recording of:
Big Road Blues
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
Kokomo Music
Tommy Johnson3:21
2Canned Heat Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-11, on 1928-08-31)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
lead vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
Tommy Johnson3:39
3Trouble-Hearted Blues
Ishman Bracey3:27
4Dark Knight Blues
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1928-10-17)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1928-10-17)
recording of:
Dark Night Blues (on 1928-10-17)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell2:57
5Loving Talking Blues
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1928-10-17)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1928-10-17)
recording of:
Loving Talking Blues (on 1928-10-17)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell2:37
6Drayman Blues
guitar:
Clifford Gibson (on 1929-11-26)
vocals:
Clifford Gibson (on 1929-11-26)
Clifford Gibson3:02
7She Rolls It Slow
guitar:
Clifford Gibson (on 1931-06-09)
piano:
Roosevelt Sykes (on 1931-06-09)
vocals:
Clifford Gibson (on 1931-06-09)
Clifford Gibson2:47
8The Panama Ltd.
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 White3:14
9I'm Wild About My Loving
Jim Jackson3:14
10Dry Land Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-28)
guitar and lead vocals:
Furry Lewis (American country blues guitarist) (on 1928-08-28)
Furry Lewis3:07
11'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do, Part 2
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
Frank Stokes3:14
12Frank Stokes' Dream
Frank Stokes2:54
13The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
recording of:
The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
lyricist and composer:
Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes2:59
14Poor John Blues
Sleepy John Estes2:55
15Lawyer Clark Blues
Sleepy John Estes3:12
16A Hard Pill to Swallow
Son Bonds3:01
17Don't Want No Woman
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-06-05) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-06-05)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-06-05) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-06-05)
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy3:16
18Memphis Jug Blues
guitar:
Will Shade (in 1927) and Will Weldon (in 1927)
jug:
Charlie Polk (jug player) (in 1927, on 1927-02-24)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (in 1927, on 1927-02-24)
vocals:
Ben Ramey (in 1927), Will Shade (in 1927, on 1927-02-24), Will Weldon (in 1927, on 1927-02-24) and Charlie Polk (jug player) (on 1927-02-24)
Memphis Jug Band3:33
19Going Back to Memphis
guitar:
Charlie Burse (in 1930) and Will Shade (in 1930)
jug:
Hambone Lewis (in 1930)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (in 1930)
vocals:
Charlie Nickerson (in 1930)
Memphis Jug Band2:23
20Jug Band Waltz
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-09-15)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1928-09-15) and Vol Stevens (on 1928-09-15)
harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1928-09-15)
jug:
Jab Jones (on 1928-09-15)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1928-09-15)
Memphis Jug Band2:52
21Viola Lee Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-09-20)
banjo:
Gus Cannon (on 1928-09-20)
guitar:
Elijah Avery (on 1928-09-20)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1928-09-20)
kazoo:
Hosea Woods (on 1928-09-20)
vocals:
Noah Lewis (on 1928-09-20)
recording of:
Viola Lee Blues (on 1928-09-20)
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
Cannon’s Jug Stompers3:11
22Going to Germany
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-01)
banjo:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01) and Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1929-10-01)
jug:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01)
kazoo:
Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
vocals:
Noah Lewis (on 1929-10-01)
Cannon’s Jug Stompers2:35
23Walk Right In
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-01)
banjo:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01) and Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1929-10-01)
jug:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01)
kazoo:
Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
vocals:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01) and Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
recording of:
Walk Right In (on 1929-10-01)
composer:
Gus Cannon and Hosea Woods
Cannon’s Jug Stompers2:58
24The Spasm
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah2:57
25Gonna Hit the Highway
Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band3:09
▼ CD 2
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1Whisky Head Woman
Tommy McClennan3:03
2Des'e My Blues
Tommy McClennan3:20
3Baby 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 (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
washboard:
Kokomo (on 1935-10-31)
background vocals:
Chasey Collins (on 1935-10-31)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go (on 1935-10-31)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams33:24
4Highway 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 Williams3:15
5Peach 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 Williams2:43
6Catfish Blues
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
recording of:
Catfish Blues (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Wabash Music Company (BMI-affiliated)
Robert Petway2:54
7Take a Little Walk With Me
Robert Lockwood Jr.2:58
8Rocks in My Bed
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1935-02-25)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1935-02-25)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1935-02-25)
Leroy Carr3:14
9Six Cold Feet in the Ground
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1935-02-25)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1935-02-25)
recording of:
Six Cold Feet in the Ground
writer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Leroy Carr3:09
10Devil's Son-In-Law
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-09-28)
guitar:
“Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1931-09-28)
piano and lead vocals:
Peetie Wheatstraw (on 1931-09-28)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:25
11Pete Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw3:18
12Vicksburg Blues, Part 3
Little Brother Montgomery3:10
13Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:57
14Detroit Jump
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-07-05)
guitar and spoken vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1945-07-05)
piano and lead vocals:
Big Maceo (on 1945-07-05)
Big Maceo2:50
15Hard Working Man Blues
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy3:38
16Friendless Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1934-03-23)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1934-03-23)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1934-03-23)
Big Bill Broonzy3:25
17The Southern Blues
Big Bill Broonzy3:35
18Kingfish Bues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-03-22)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-22)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1934-03-22)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-22)
Tampa Red3:14
19Tough Luck
Robert Lee McCoy3:07
20Good Morning Schoolgirl
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 and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:02
21Elevator Woman
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-07-02)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1945-07-02)
guitar:
Sid Cox (on 1945-07-02)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1945-07-02)
piano:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist) (on 1945-07-02)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:42
22Early in the Morning
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-10-19)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1945-10-19)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1945-10-19)
membranophone:
Charles Saunders (on 1945-10-19)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1945-10-19)
recording of:
Early in the Morning (on 1945-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Sonny Boy Williamson3:01
23Key to the Highway
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-09)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-05-09)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1940-05-09)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (in 1940)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Jazz Gillum2:41
24Thats All Right
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-06)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1946-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1946-09-06)
guitar:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1946-09-06)
vocals:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1946-09-06)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2020/2021)
recording of:
That’s All Right (on 1946-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Crudup Music, Hill & Range Songs, Inc., Intersong GmbH (publisher; do NOT use as release label), PW Ballads, Special Rider Music, St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup52:54

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