Worried Life Blues

~ Recording by Big Maceo

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Worried Life Blues?:??Big MaceoWorried Life Blues / Texas BluesBig MaceoSingle
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-8827
1.1Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoThe King of Chicago Blues PianoBig MaceoAlbum + Compilation
Arhoolie Productions, Inc.CD 7009
3.13Worried Life Blues2:56Big MaceoThe Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsRD 101-1, RD 101-2, RD 101-3, RD 101-4
1.1Worried Life Blues2:58Big MaceoBluebird Blues & Heritage SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)RJC-67431-2
1.14Worried Life Blues2:54Big MaceoFull Spectrum Blues, Rural BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum
1.21Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoStrut That Thing: The Essential Recordings of Piano Blues & BoogieVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Indigo (a sub-label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)IGOCD 2031
3.2Worried Life Blues2:54Big MaceoBlues GreatsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW1997-01-01
EPM Musique
1.10Worried Life Blues2:52Big MaceoBlues AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
FMCGFMC040
1.1Worried Life Blues2:57Big MaceoThe Bluebird Recordings 1941 - 1942Big MaceoAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)07863 66715-2
1.18Worried Life Blues2:58Big MaceoLiving the Blues: Blues Roots: 1930-1944Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR859-20
1.11Worried Life Blues2:54Maceo MerriweatherThe Great Blues SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
RedX EntertainmentRXBOX31074
1.18Worried Life Blues2:58Big MaceoChicago BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-02-19
Camden Deluxe74321 727092
1.11Worried Life Blues2:53Big MaceoThe Country Blues Roots of Eric ClaptonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Catfish Records (UK; blues, jazz, country, bluegrass)KATCD159
2.10Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoLes 100 plus grands thèmes du bluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.3Worried Life Blues2:57Big MaceoRoots of Chuck BerryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Catfish Records (UK; blues, jazz, country, bluegrass)KATCD204
1.3Worried Life Blues2:58Big MaceoWhen the Sun Goes Down, Volume 4: That's All RightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-08-20
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)09026-63989-2
6.12Worried Life Blues2:50Big MaceoThe Ultimate 8 Blues CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Planet Media8X 8804-1, 8X 8804-2, 8X 8804-7
2.14Worried Life Blues2:56Big MaceoMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical JourneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Hip‐O RecordsB0000393-02
2.14Worried Life Blues2:56Big MaceoMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical JourneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
Hip‐O RecordsCOL 512578 2
1.1Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoVolume 1 (1941-1945) - Flying BoogieBig MaceoAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5673
1.3Worried Life Blues2:57Big MaceoWorried Life BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arista Associated Labels, Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), BMG Heritage82876 55611 2
2.13Worried Life Blues2:57Big MaceoThe Blues: 1927-1946Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2004-08-25
BMG JapanBVCM-37530, BVCM-37531
1.14Worried Life Blues2:56Big MaceoBlues: The Essential AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicESNDCD230
4.5Worried Life Blues2:54Big MaceoCentury of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
11.13Worried Life Blues2:53Big MaceoL’Histoire du jazz vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1941–1953Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde574 1311.20
31.1Worried Life Blues2:57Big MaceoABC of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-09-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233168
2.12Worried Life Blues2:55Big Maceo MerriweatherPure… BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2010-10-11
  • GB2011-06-06
  • DE2011-06-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697776272
1.23Worried Life Blues2:53Maceo MerriweatherEric Clapton's Jukebox: The Songs That Inspired the ManVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Chrome Dreams ("Maximum" bootleg biography series)CDCD5060
39.1Worried Life Blues?:??Big MaceoBlues MastersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
4π, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)cd 1
1.26Worried Life Blues?:??Maceo MerriweatherPure BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.3Worried Life Blues2:55Maceo MerriweatherThe Real… Blues: The Ultimate CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)888751397323
3.2Worried Life Blues2:53Big MaceoThe Many Faces of Eric ClaptonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • MX2016-10-14
Music BrokersMBB7232
1.8Worried Life Blues?:??Big MaceoGolden BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-01-17
Brownsville
1.17Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoConfessin’ the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2018-11-09
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008-present), Universal Music on Demand, Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven FoundationBMGCAT155CD
2.8Worried Life Blues (1990 remaster)?:??Big Maceo MerriweatherConfessin’ the Blues, Volume IVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-11-09
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008-present), Universal Music on Demand, Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven FoundationABMG 10556
2.8Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoConfessin’ the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008-present), Universal Music on Demand, Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven FoundationBMGCAT155EPX
2.20Worried Life Blues2:56Maceo MerriweatherGot the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music on Demand5379526
2.13Worried Life Blues2:58Big MaceoAin't Nothin' but the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.20Worried Life Blues2:51Tampa Red & Big MaceoBlues Legends 60 Classic PerformancesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6Worried Life Blues2:45Big MaceoThe BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicUSMMKDCD02
1.11Worried Life Blues2:54Maceo MerriweatherThe Great Blues SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.17Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoThe Prewar Blues Story 1926-1943 (disc 2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.12Worried Life Blues2:58Big MaceoWhen the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll (Advance Series Sampler)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA Victor Group (was a unit under BMG)[none]
(unknown)
3.15Worried Life Blues?:??Big MaceoThe Very Best OfMuddy WatersAlbum + Compilation
Charly BluesVBCD 302 /1 - 302 /2
1.17Worried Life Blues2:55Big MaceoConfessin’ the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

double bass [string bass]:Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983) (order: 5)
recording of:Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)

Related works

Worried Life Blues

writer:Sleepy John Estes
Maceo Merriweather
publisher:Duchess Music Corporation
Universal Duchess Music Corp.
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:Someday Baby Blues
is the basis for:Fred’s Worried Life Blues