The Blues

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Saint‐Louis Blues
W.C. Handy2:05
2Hell Hound on My Trail
Robert Johnson2:39
3Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson2:33
4Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Julia Lee3:07
5Death Letter Blues
Ida Cox3:18
6Rollin’ Stone
Muddy Waters3:09
7Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker2:51
8Blues Before Sunrise
recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr3:34
9Good Mornig Blues
Lead Belly2:28
10Terraplane Blues
Frank Edwards2:52
11Standing at the Crossroad
Elmore James3:03
12Midnight Special
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee4:09
13Early Morning Blues
Blind Blake3:09
14Broke and Hungry
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1926-11)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1926-11)
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:07
15Black, Brown and White
Big Bill Broonzy3:08
16See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:14
17Trouble in Mind
Snooks Eaglin2:51
18Careless Love Blues
Bessie Smith3:24
19Mississipi Bo Weavil Blues
Charley Patton3:09
20New Bumble Bee
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1930-07-01)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-07-01) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-07-01)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-07-01)
Memphis Minnie2:58
21Step It Up and Go
Blind Boy Fuller2:59
2244 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes3:13
23Baby Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
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 Williams2:49
24Key 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 Gillum2:42
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