Complete Recordings 1949–1962

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Please Help Me
recording of:
Please Help Me
writer:
B.B. King
3:16
2Why Did You Leave Me
recording of:
Why Did You Leave Me
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
3:10
3Praying to the Lord
recording of:
Praying to the Lord
writer:
B.B. King
2:49
4Boogie Rock
recording of:
Boogie Rock
writer:
B.B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:01
5Everything I Do Is Wrong2:25
6Sixteen Sons
cover recording of:
Sixteen Tons
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
parody version of:
Sixteen Tons (yiddish parody)
2:33
7Jump With You Baby2:12
8Lonely and Blue
recording of:
Lonely and Blue
writer:
John Costa Jr. and John Erby (Jazz Pianist)
publisher:
Unique - Music Pub
2:57
9Talking the Blues
recording of:
Talkin' the Blues
writer:
B.B. King
2:19
10You Know I Love You3:05
11Please Love Me
producer:
Joe Bihari
alto saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1952-12)
bass:
James Walker (Bassist credited as playing with B.B. King) (in 1952-12)
congas:
Charles Crosby (drums) (in 1952-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Curry (in 1952-12)
guitar:
B.B. King (in 1952-12)
piano:
Connie McBooker (in 1952-12)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Harvey (saxophone) (in 1952-12)
trumpet:
Floyd Jones (Soul trumpet player and arranger) (in 1952-12)
vocals:
B.B. King (in 1952-12)
arranger:
Bill Harvey (saxophone)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.) (in 1953) and P‐VINE RECORDS (record label — add releases here) (in 1953)
recorded at:
ACA Studios in Houston, Texas, United States (in 1952-12)
recording of:
Please Love Me (in 1952-12)
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
2:51
12You Upset Me Baby
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1954-05)
alto saxophone:
Jewell Grant (US saxophonist) (in 1954-05)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (in 1954-05)
guitar:
B.B. King (in 1954-05)
piano:
Willard McDaniel (in 1954-05)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B") (in 1954-05) and “Bumps” Myers (in 1954-05)
vocals:
B.B. King (in 1954-05)
arranger:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
publisher:
Intersong Music
recording of:
You Upset Me Baby (in 1954-05)
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
3:03
13Bad Luck
recording of:
Bad Luck
writer:
B.B. King
2:54
14Ten Long Years2:48
15Sweet Little Angel
recording of:
Sweet Little Angel
writer:
Jules Bihari and B.B. King
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Powerforce Music, Sounds Of Lucille, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
3:13
16Three O’Clock Blues
cover recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
3:02
17Blind Love3:02
18Crying Won’t Help You
recording of:
Cryin' Won't Help You Now
composer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Pamco Music and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3:00
19Woke Up This Morning2:58
20Everyday I Have the Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1955)
congas:
Charles Crosby (drums) (on 1954-03-02)
guitar:
B.B. King (on 1954-03-02)
vocals:
B.B. King (on 1954-03-02)
arranger:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.) (in 1954) and P‐VINE RECORDS (record label — add releases here) (in 1954)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-03-02)
cover recording of:
Everyday I Have the Blues (on 1954-03-02)
writer:
Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (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.
2:49
21On My Word of Honour
recording of:
On My Word of Honor
writer:
Katherine Harrison and Jean Miles (Buck Ram)
2:55
22I’m Cracking Up Over You2:52
23Dark Is the Night, Part 1
partial recording of:
Dark Is the Night (The Blues Has Got Me)
writer:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B"), B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:37
24Let’s Do the Boogie
recording of:
Let's Do the Boogie
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:26
25Did You Ever Love a Woman
cover recording of:
Did You Ever Love a Woman
composer:
Arnold Dwight Moore (Arnold Dwight Moore)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
2:34
26How Do I Love You
recording of:
How Do I Love You
writer:
Don Ralke
2:58
27You Can’t Fool My Heart
recording of:
You Can’t Fool My Heart
writer:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B"), Jay Gordon (Chicago blues guitarist) and Jules Taub
2:45
28My Heart Belongs to You
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Only You
writer:
Dorothy Daniels and Frank Daniels (songwriter)
2:21
29I Wonder
cover recording of:
I Wonder
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Gant (in 1944)
2:50
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