Roots of Blues: 72 Blues Standards That Inspired Generations

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Candy Man Blues recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-28) guitar: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28) vocals: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)	Mississippi John Hurt		2:47
2	War Is Over (Goodbye California) recording of: War Is Over (Goodbye California) lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		2:45
3	Highway 49 recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12) bass: Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12) guitar and lead vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1941-12-12) harmonica: Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-12)	Big Joe Williams		3:16
4	Me and My Chauffeur Blues recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-05-21) bass: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) guitar: Little Son Joe (on 1941-05-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21) vocals: Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013) recording of: Me and My Chauffeur Blues writer: Memphis Minnie	Memphis Minnie		2:47
5	I Be’s Troubled recorded in: Stover, Missouri, United States (in 1941-08) publisher: Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) recording of: I Be’s Troubled (in 1941-08) lyricist and composer: Muddy Waters (blues musician)	Muddy Waters		3:06
6	Blind Love recording of: Blind Love writer: B.B. King and Jules Taub publisher: BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.	B.B. King		3:01
7	When You Got a Good Friend recording engineer: Vincent Liebler executive producer: Art Satherly producer: Don Law guitar: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23) vocals: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Soul Jam Records (in 2015) recorded at: Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23) recording of: When You Got a Good Friend (on 1936-11-23) lyricist and composer: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) publisher: Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.	Robert Johnson	4	2:40
8	Boogie Woogie Woman recording of: Boogie Woogie Woman writer: B.B. King and Jules Taub	B.B. King		2:49
9	Down Baby	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:17
10	Don’t You Want a Man Like Me recording of: Don’t You Want a Man Like Me writer: B.B. King and Jules Taub	B.B. King		2:02
11	Lady Luck Blues	Bessie Smith		3:09
12	Fine Looking Woman recording of: Fine Lookin' Woman writer: B.B. King	B.B. King		2:19
13	Good Morning Blues recording of: Good Morning Blues lyricist, composer and arranger: Huddie William Ledbetter publisher: Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.	Lead Belly		2:56
14	Got the Blues recording of: Got the Blues writer: B.B. King	B.B. King		2:51
15	Country Blues	Muddy Waters		3:24
16	Gotta Find My Baby recording of: Gotta Find My Baby writer: B.B. King	B.B. King		2:26
17	Stomp Boogie	John Lee Hooker		3:08
18	Hard Working Woman recording of: Hard Workin' Woman	B.B. King		2:33

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Credits

Release

ASIN:	US: B004C6QEEY [info]

Release information

Barcode:: 5051503401240
Format:: 4×CD
Length:: 3:29:46

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

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Play 24-7
PLAY 4-012

Release events

United States
2010

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US: B004C6QEEY

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