Great Black Music: Roots 1927–1962

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ Digital Media 1: 1927 – 1952
▼ Digital Media 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Feel Like I Wanna Cry
Dinah Washington3:20
2Little Rootie Tootie
recording of:
Little Rootie Tootie
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk3:09
3Hound Gog
Big Mama Thornton2:52
4Smokey Joe’s Cafe
The Robins2:48
5El bombón de Elena
Cortijo y su Combo3:16
6I Just Want to Make Love to You
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Muddy Waters2:52
7Sinner’s Prayer
cover recording of:
Sinner’s Prayer
writer:
Lowell Fulson and Lloyd Glenn
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Ray Charles3:25
8This May Be the Last Time
The Blind Boys of Alabama2:33
9Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley2:47
10Louie Louie
Richard Berry2:14
11Mack the Knife
recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Louis Armstrong3:25
12Oye Mama
Bienvenido Granda3:14
13Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
Harry Belafonte3:02
14God Is So Good
Mahalia Jackson4:25
15Please Please Please
James Brown2:47
16Roll Over Beethoven
recording of:
Roll Over Beethoven
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry (in 1956-01)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Dualtone Words and Songs, Fujipacific Music, Inc., Isalee Music Publishing Company, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Rock ’n’ Roll Music
Chuck Berry2:23
17I Put a Spell on You
recording of:
I Put a Spell on You
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins2:29
18All for You
Emmanuel Mensah2:44
19India
Sun Ra4:51
20Cinemascope
Terence Perkins3:28
21Miwela Miwela
African Jazz4:03
22Ran Kan Kan
recording of:
Ran kan kan
lyricist and composer:
Tito Puente
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Tito Puente3:13
23Milestones
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Jazz Horn Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Miles Davis5:42
▶ Digital Media 3