Midnight Blues

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
live recording of:
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
B.B. King2:38
2The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly3:04
3Lonesome Dog
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (from 1949 until 1950)
guitar:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
vocals:
Lightning Hopkins (from 1949 until 1950)
recording of:
Lonesome Dog Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:41
4I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Billie Holiday2:25
5Begging Mama Blues
alto saxophone:
Jewell Grant (US saxophonist) (in 1945-12)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (in 1945-12)
drums (drum set):
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer, then producer/A&R) (in 1945-12)
piano:
Wilbert Baranco (40s west coast jazz bandleader and producer) (in 1945-12)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (in 1945-12)
trumpet:
Karl George (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1945-12)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (in 1945-12)
recording of:
Beggin' Mama Blues
writer:
Wilbert Baranco (40s west coast jazz bandleader and producer) and Charles Mingus
Dinah Washington2:55
6Mama Talk to Your Daughter
cover recording of:
Mama Talk to Your Daughter
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Ghana Music
John Mayall3:57
7Boom Boom
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.42:32
8Alimony Blues
recording of:
Alimony Blues
lyricist and composer:
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson2:50
9Dust 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
Elmore James2:58
10Driftin' Blues
recording of:
Drifting Blues
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician), Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers) and Eddie Williams (blues musician)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and United Artists
Charles Brown3:50