Broken Heart Blues

~ Recording by Sonny Boy Williamson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Broken Heart Blues2:51Sonny Boy WilliamsonComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4 (4 April 1941 to 2 July 1945)Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5058
1.14Broken Heart Blues2:52Sonny Boy WilliamsonBroken Heart BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect (DE reissue label of questionable legitimacy, run by TIM The International Music Company AG)205748-203
2.14Broken Heart Blues2:50John Lee Williamson `Sonnyboy´Blues Archive: The Story of the Blues: Chapter 12John Lee Williamson `Sonnyboy´Album + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.222068
3.12Broken Heart Blues2:50Sonny Boy WilliamsonMillion Years BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222496-444
2.8Broken Heart Blues2:51Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Later Years 1939-1947Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
JSP RecordsJSP77101
1.14Broken Heart Blues2:50Sonny Boy WilliamsonBroken Heart BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recorded in:Chicago, United States (on 1941-12-11)
guitar:“Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1941-12-11)
harmonica and lead vocals:Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-11)
piano:Blind John Davis (on 1941-12-11)
washtub bass [imitation bass]:Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-11)