Blue Bird Blues

~ Recording by Sonny Boy Williamson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Blue Bird Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonChicago Blues (1935-1942)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)NL89588(2)
1.2Blue Bird Blues3:07Sonny Boy WilliamsonComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1 (5 May 1937 to 17 June 1938)Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5055
1.2Blue Bird Blues3:08Sonny Boy WilliamsonSugar MamaSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Indigo (a sub-label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)IGOCD 2014
2.8Blue Birds Blues3:08Sonny Boy WilliamsonBack to the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Musketeer (UK compilations, part of Start Entertainment)MUCD9508
1.10Blue Bird Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonBluebird Blues & Heritage SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)RJC-67431-2
1.8Blue Birds Blues3:08Sonny Boy WilliamsonBlues, Blues, Blues: The Platinum CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Start Entertainments LimitedPC604
1.3Blue Bird Blues3:11Sonny Boy WilliamsonBlues Legends: The Classic Collection of Midnight Hours BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
MasterTone Multimedia (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)0075
1.2Blue Bird Blues3:05Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Bluebird Recordings: 1937 - 1938Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66723-2
1.2Blue Bird Blues3:05Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Bluebird Recordings: 1937 - 1938Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66723-2
1.2Blue Bird Blues?:??Sonny Boy WilliamsonAmerican Blues LegendSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCPCD 8332
1.15Blue Bird Blues3:11Sonny Boy WilliamsonClassic BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Summit (UK re-issues)SUMCD 4210
1.9Blue Bird Blues3:07Sonny Boy WilliamsonChicago BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-02-19
Camden Deluxe74321 727092
1.2Blue Bird Blues3:07Sonny Boy WilliamsonWhen the Sun Goes Down, Volume 8: Bluebird BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)82876551562
1.3Bluebird Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonMillion Years BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222496-444
1.4Blue Bird Blues3:08Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Essential BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2012-04-17
88691930502
3.15Blue Bird Blues3:07Sonny Boy WilliamsonBlues Legends 60 Classic PerformancesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.15Blue Bird Blues3:11Sonny Boy WilliamsonBorn Under a Bad SignVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Penny (UK budget re-issue)PYCD 166
2.11Blue Bird Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonNothing but the Blues: John Lee WilliamsonSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
1.8Blue Bird Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Bluebird BluesSonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.22Blue Bird Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonLes Triomphes du Blues, Volume 14: Harmonica BluesVarious Artists
1.2Blue Bird Blues3:08Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Original Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 1Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-10-09
JSP RecordsJSP7797
1.12Blue Birds Blues3:06Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Classic BluesmenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recorded in:Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05)
Big Joe Williams (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)