Bd Blues - B.B. King

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From the BDBLUES collection

Annotation last modified on 2008-05-28 20:58 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Hits & Roots 1950/1962
▼ CD 2: Roots & Influences 1950/1962
#TitleRatingLength
1Mistreated Woman
recording of:
Mistreated Woman
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:51
2That’s Ain’t the Way to Do It
recording of:
That Ain’t the Way to Do It
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:25
3Shake It Up and Go
recording of:
Shake It Up and Go
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:37
4Some Day, Somewhere
recording of:
Some Day Some Where
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:53
5Please Help Me
recording of:
Please Help Me
writer:
B.B. King
3:17
6Baby, Look at You
recording of:
Baby, Look at You
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:10
7Precious Lord
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
3:24
8Mean Old Frisco
cover recording of:
Mean Old Frisco
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
2:35
9Fishin’ After Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, United States
cover recording of:
Catfish Blues
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Wabash Music Company (BMI-affiliated)
2:34
10Bad Luck Soul
recording of:
Bad Luck Soul
writer:
B.B. King
2:20
11Hold That Train
recorded in:
Hollywood, United States
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:58
12Mashed Potato Twist
recording of:
Mashed Potato Twist
writer:
B.B. King
2:29
13Beautician Blues
cover recording of:
Beautician Blues
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1950-06-23)
2:01
14It’s a Mean World
recording of:
It's a Mean World
writer:
B.B. King
2:34
15Five Long Years
cover recording of:
Five Long Years
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Frederick Music Co., Lawn Music, Onward Music Ltd, Westminster Music and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:29
16Blues Stay Away From Me
cover recording of:
Blues Stay Away From Me
lyricist:
Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore and Wayne Raney
composer:
Henry Glover
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Lois, Lois Publishing and Trio Music (publisher)
3:09
17Dust My Broom
arranger:
B.B. King
cover recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
cover recording of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
3:22
18Goin’ Down Slow
cover recording of:
Going Down Slow
lyricist and composer:
James Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:52
19Every Day I Have the Blues
cover recording of:
Everyday I Have the Blues
writer:
Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (1930s blues & boogie-woogie pianist) (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935)
revised by:
Peter Chatman
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
5:06

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Release group

part of:BDBlues (French series of CD with comic book related to blues artists.) (order: 4)