Key to the Highway
~ Recording by Freddie King
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.5 | Key to the Highway | 3:24 | Freddie King | Getting Ready… | Freddie King | Album |
| Shelter Records (70s US label) | SHE-8905 |
| 1.5 | Key to the Highway | 3:28 | Freddie King | Getting Ready… | Freddie King | Album |
| Shelter Records (70s US label), DCC Compact Classics | SRZ-8003 |
| 1.5 | Key to the Highway | 3:24 | Freddie King | King of the Blues | Freddie King | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDEM 1580 |
| 1.5 | Key to the Highway | 3:23 | Freddie King | King of the Blues | Freddie King | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Shelter Records (70s US label) | 7243 8 34972 2 5 |
| 1.5 | Key to the Highway | 3:24 | Freddie King | Getting Ready… | Freddie King | Album |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | 7243-8-53866-2-6 |
| 2.11 | Key to the Highway | 3:26 | Freddie King | The No. 1 Blues Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 555872 |
| 1.5 | Key to the Highway | 3:27 | Freddie King | Blues Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 576 6452 |
| 5.20 | Key to the Highway | 3:25 | Freddie King | Taking Care of Business | Freddie King | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | BCD 16979 |
| 1.5 | Key To The Highway | 3:24 | Freddie King | Getting Ready... | Freddie King | Album |
| Analogue Productions | APB-8905 |
Relationships
| producer: | Don Nix Leon Russell |
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| mixer: | John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios) |
| drums (drum set): | Charles Blackwell (drummer) Charles Myers (drums) |
| electric bass guitar: | Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) |
| electric guitar and lead vocals: | Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist) |
| guitar: | Don Preston (blues guitarist) Leon Russell |
| organ: | Jon Gallie |
| piano: | Leon Russell |
| background vocals: | Joey Cooper (vocals) Claudia Lennear Kathl McDonald (singer) Don Preston (singer) |
| recorded at: | Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1970-10) |
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| mixed at: | Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1971-01) |
| recording of: | Key to the Highway (cover) |
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Related works
Key to the Highway
| writer: | Big Bill Broonzy Charles Segar |
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| publisher: | Duchess Music Corporation MCA Duchess Music Corporation Songs of Universal, Inc. Universal Duchess Music Corp. Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated) |
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| arrangements: | Key to the Highway |
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