Simply Blues

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Tracklist

▼CD 1: Blues Legends
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rollin' Stone
recording of:
Rollin’ Stone
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Muddy Waters3:09
2How Many More Years?
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1951)
drums (drum set):
Willie Steele (in 1951)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (Member of The Famous Flames) (in 1951)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1951)
piano:
Ike Turner (in 1951)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
How Many More Years (in 1951)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett (in 1951)
Howlin’ Wolf2:44
3I'm in the Mood
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Eddie Kirkland (US blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer & songwriter)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
I’m in the Mood (on 1951-08-07)
writer:
Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
La Cienega Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
John Lee Hooker3:08
4Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and 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)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:01
5Dust 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 James2:55
6Three O'Clock in the Morning Blues
B.B. King3:02
7Every Day I Have the Blues
Memphis Slim2:34
8The Mojo Boogie
J.B. Lenoir2:59
9Hoochie Coochie Man
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-01-07)
bass:
Willie Dixon
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (on 1954-01-07)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-01-07) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1954-01-07)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1954-01-07)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-01-07)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-01-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1954)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1984) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 225)
cover recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (on 1954-01-07)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters42:52
10Juke
Little Walter2:45
11Reconsider Baby
guitar:
Lowell Fulson (on 1954-09-27)
membranophone:
Harold “Chick” Booth (on 1954-09-27)
piano:
Paul Drake (blues pianist) (on 1954-09-27)
saxophone:
Julian Beasley (on 1954-09-27), Choker Campbell (on 1954-09-27), Leroy Cooper (saxophonist) (on 1954-09-27) and David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1954-09-27)
trombone:
Fats Morris (trombonist) (on 1954-09-27)
trumpet:
Phil Gibeau (on 1954-09-27)
vocals:
Lowell Fulson (on 1954-09-27)
recording of:
Reconsider Baby (on 1954-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Lowell Fulson3:11
12Boogie Chillen
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
Boogie Chillen’ (on 1948-11-03)
writer:
Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., La Cienega Music and Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3:09
13Shotgun Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1948-02)
guitar:
Joel Hopkins and Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Shotgun Blues
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:41
14Ain't Nobody's Business
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song)
lyricist:
Jimmy Witherspoon
composer:
Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon6:00
15Stormy Monday Blues
T‐Bone Walker3:03
▶CD 2: Blues Divas
▶CD 3: Birth of the Blues
▶CD 4: Blues'n'Boogie