ABC of the Blues

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

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Kokomo Arnold & Billy Boy Arnold
▶ CD 2: Richard Berry & Barbecue Bob
▶ CD 3: Bobby “Blue” Bland & Charles Brown
▶ CD 4: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown & Blue Lu Baker
▶ CD 5: Big Bill Bronzy, Scrapper Blackwell & Blind Blake
▶ CD 6: Champion Jack Dupree & Cousin Joe
▶ CD 7: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell & Pee Wee Crayton
▶ CD 8: Bo Diddley
▶ CD 9: Willie Dixon & Floyd Dixon
▶ CD 10: Snooks Eaglin & Sleepy John Estes
▶ CD 11: Lowell Fulson & The Four Blazes
▶ CD 12: Buddy Guy, Arthur Gunter & Slim Gaillard
▶ CD 13: John Lee Hooker & Wynonie Harris
▶ CD 14: Earl Hooker & Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
▼ CD 15: Lightnin’ Hopkins
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1Katie Mae Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-11-04)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
piano:
Thunder Smith
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Katie Mae (on 1946-11-04)
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:01
2Play With Your Poodle
recording of:
Let Me Play With Your Poodle (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
Tampa Red
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:33
3Automonile
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1949)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
recording of:
Automobile Blues (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
publisher:
Prestige Music and The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:47
4“T” Model Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1949)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:36
5Baby Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1948)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
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
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:51
6Needed Time
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (from 1949 until 1950)
producer:
Teo Macero and Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
guitar:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
vocals:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:53
7Short Haired Woman
recording of:
New Short Haired Woman
lyricist and composer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:37
8Mad With You
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1949)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:29
9Lightnin’ Boogie
recording of:
Lightnin's Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:49
10Give Me Central 209
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1951)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1951)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1951)
recording of:
Hello Central (Give Me Central)
writer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:59
11Coffee Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1951)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1951)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1951)
recording of:
Coffee Blues
writer:
Robert Ellen (alias of Robert Shad)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:44
12What’s the Matter Now
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:29
13I’m Wild About You Baby
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:54
14Movin’ On Out Boogie
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:16
15Policy Game
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:04
16Lightnin’ Jump
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:31
17Late in the Evening
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:50
18They Wonder Who I Am
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:09
19Had a Gal Called Sal
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:17
20Blues For My Cookie
recording of:
Blues for My Cookie
writer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:26
▶ CD 16: Howlin’ Wolf
▶ CD 17: Alberta Hunter & Ivory Joe Hunter
▶ CD 18: Robert Johnson
▶ CD 19: Elmore James & Lonnie Johnson
▶ CD 20: Blind Willie Johnson, Tommy Johnson & Skip James
▶ CD 21: B.B. King
▶ CD 22: Little Walter
▶ CD 23: Lightnin’ Slim & J.B. Lenoir
▶ CD 24: Leadbelly
▶ CD 25: Little Willie John & Smiley Lewis
▶ CD 26: Furry Lewis & Robert Lockwood
▶ CD 27: Magic Sam & Jimmy McCracklin
▶ CD 28: Percy Mayfield & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
▶ CD 29: Memphis Minnie & Big Maybelle
▶ CD 30: Roy Milton & Amos Milburn
▶ CD 31: Big Maceo & Blind Willie McTell
▶ CD 32: Memphis Slim & Tommy McLennan
▶ CD 33: Mississippi Fred McDowell & Mississippi John Hurt
▶ CD 34: Robert Nighthawk & Johnny Otis
▶ CD 35: Charley Patton & Snooky Pryor
▶ CD 36: Professor Longhair & Junior Parker
▶ CD 37: Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush
▶ CD 38: Jimmy Rushing & Tampa Red
▶ CD 39: Bessie Smith
▶ CD 40: Huey “Piano” Smith & Frankie Lee Smith
▶ CD 41: Roosevelt Sykes & Son House
▶ CD 42: Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines
▶ CD 43: Big Mama Thornton & Sister Rosetta Tharpe
▶ CD 44: Sonny Terry & Eddie Taylor
▶ CD 45: Big Joe Turner & Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
▶ CD 46: T‐Bone Walker & Jimmy Witherspoon
▶ CD 47: Muddy Waters & Junior Wells
▶ CD 48: Sippie Wallace & Peetie Wheatstraw
▶ CD 49: Johnny Guitar Watson & Big Joe Williams
▶ CD 50: Sonny Boy Williamson I. & Sonny Boy Williamson II.
▶ CD 51: Bukka White & Josh White
▶ CD 52: Jimmy Yancey