King of the Blues (B. B. King album)
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King of the Blues is a box set compilation album
by B. B. King
. It includes most of King's most popular music and some of his newer recordings.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by B. B. King
B. B. King
Riley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M...
. It includes most of King's most popular music and some of his newer recordings.
Disc 1 (1949-1966)
- "Miss Martha King" - (previously unreleased on U.S. LP)
- "She's Dynamite"
- "Three O'Clock Blues"
- "Please Love Me"
- "You Upset Me Baby"
- "Everyday I Have the Blues"
- "Rock Me BabyRock Me Baby (song)"Rock Me Baby" is a blues standard that has become one of the most recorded blues songs of all time. When B.B. King released "Rock Me Baby" in 1964, it became a Top 40 hit reaching #34 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song is based on earlier blues songs and has been interpreted and recorded by a...
" - "Recession Blues"
- "Don't Get Around Much AnymoreDon't Get Around Much Anymore"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell. The tune was originally titled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Ellington in 1940 as a big band instrumental...
" - (with Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
Orchestra) - "I'm Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In"
- "Blues at Midnight"
- "Sneakin' Around"
- "My Baby's Comin' Home"
- "Slowly Losing My Mind" - (previously unreleased on LP)
- "How Blue Can You GetHow Blue Can You Get"How Blue Can You Get" is a song that is a classic of the blues. A slow twelve-bar blues, the song is credited to jazz critic Leonard Feather and his wife, Jane Feather. It has been recorded by several blues and other artists; in 1964, it was a hit for B.B...
" - (previously unreleased on LP) - "Rockin' Awhile" - (previously unreleased)
- "Help the Poor" - (previously unreleased on LP)
- "Stop Leadin' Me On" - (previously unreleased on LP)
- "Never Trust a Woman" - (previously unreleased on LP)
- "Sweet Little Angel" - (live)
- "All Over Again"
- "Sloppy Drunk" - (previously unreleased)
- "Don't Answer the Door" (Parts 1 & 2)
- "I Done Got Wise"
- "Think it Over"
- "Gambler's Blues" - (live)
Disc 2 (1966-1969)
- "Goin' Down SlowGoin' Down Slow"Goin' Down Slow" or "Going Down Slow" is a blues song written by St. Louis Jimmy Oden, originally released in 1941. Howlin' Wolf included the song on his 1962 Rocking Chair Album.The song alternates between sung and spoken passages...
" - (live, previously unreleased) - "Tired of Your Jive" - (live)
- "Sweet Sixteen, Parts One and Two" - (live, complete version previously unreleased on U.S. LP)
- "Paying the Cost To Be The Boss"
- "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me"
- "Lucille"
- "Watch Yourself"
- "You Put It on Me"
- "Get Myself Somebody" - (previously unreleased on LP)
- "I Want You So Bad"
- "Why I Sing the Blues"
- "Get Off My Back Woman"
- "Please Accept My Love" - (live)
- "Fools Get Wise" - (previously unreleased)
- "No Good"
- "So Excited"
Disc 3 (1969-1975)
- "The Thrill Is GoneThe Thrill Is Gone"The Thrill Is Gone" is a blues song written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins in 1951 and popularized by B.B. King in 1970.-History:The song was first recorded by Roy Hawkins, its co-author, and became a minor hit for the musician. B.B. King recorded his version of the song in June 1969 for his...
" - "Confessin' the Blues"
- "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother"
- "Hummingbird" - (with Leon RussellLeon RussellClaude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
and Joe WalshJoe WalshJoseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...
) - "Ask Me No Questions"
- "Chains and Things" - (with Carole KingCarole KingCarole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
) - "Eyesight to the BlindEyesight to the Blind"Eyesight to the Blind" is a 12-bar blues originally written and recorded in 1951 by Sonny Boy Williamson II , and subsequently recorded by many other musicians including The Who as part of the rock opera Tommy....
" - (live in Japan, previously unreleased in U.S.) - "Niji Baby" - (live in Japan, previously unreleased in U.S.)
- "Blue ShadowsBlue Shadows"Blue Shadows" is a 1950 single by Lowell Fulson, featuring Lloyd Glenn at the "88". The single was Lowell Fulson's biggest hit on the R&B chart, hitting number one for one week. The B-side, "Low Society Blues", peaked at number eight....
" - "Ghetto Woman" - (with Ringo StarrRingo StarrRichard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
) - "Ain't Nobody Home"
- "I Got Some Help I Don't Need" - (single edit, previously unreleased on LP)
- "Five Long YearsFive Long Years"Five Long Years" is a song written and recorded by blues vocalist/pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952. Called one of the "few postwar blues standards [that has] retained universal appeal", Boyd's "Five Long Years" reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart...
" - "To Know You Is to Love You" - (with Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
) - "I Like to Live the Love"
- "Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes"
Disc 4 (1976-1991)
- "Let the Good Times RollLet the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)"Let the Good Times Roll" is a song was recorded in 1946 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, and became a # 2 hit on the R&B chart in the United States....
" - (live, with Bobby BlandBobby BlandRobert Calvin Bland better known as Bobby "Blue" Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is an original member of the Beale Streeters, and is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues"...
) - "Don't You Lie to MeDon't You Lie to Me"Don't You Lie to Me" is a blues song recorded by Tampa Red in 1940. It became a standard of the blues, with recordings by various artists...
" - "Mother Fuyer"
- "Never Make a Move Too Soon" - (with The CrusadersThe CrusadersThe Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
) - "When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)"
- "Better Not Look Down"
- "CaldoniaCaldonia"Caldonia" is a jump blues song, first recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. A version by Erskine Hawkins, also in 1945, was described by Billboard magazine as "rock and roll", the first time that phrase was used in print to describe any style of music.-Louis Jordan recording:In...
" - (live) - "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" - (with Dr. JohnDr. JohnMalcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
) - "Play with Your Poodle" - (solo, previously unreleased)
- "Darlin' You Know I Love You"
- "Inflation Blues"
- "Make Love to MeMake Love to Me- Mann/Weiss/Gannon song :With music by Paul Mann and Stephan Weiss, and lyrics by Kim Gannon, it was recorded in 1942 by Helen Forrest with the Harry James Orchestra...
" - (rehearsal solo with piano, previously unreleased) - "Into the Night"
- "Six Silver Strings"
- "When Love Comes to TownWhen Love Comes to Town"When Love Comes to Town" is the 12th song on U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, where it was recorded at the historic Sun Studio in Memphis TN as a duet between U2 and B.B. King...
" - (with U2U2U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, 7" mix, previously unreleased on LP) - "Right Time, Wrong Place" - (with Bonnie RaittBonnie RaittBonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...
) - "Many Miles Travelled" -(previously unreleased)
- "I'm Moving On"
- "Since I Met You BabySince I Met You Baby (song)"Since I Met You Baby" is an American rhythm and blues song written and recorded by pianist Ivory Joe Hunter. The song, which Hunter recorded in 1956, became an American standard, and saw renewed popularity in 1969 when country music artist Sonny James released his hit version.-Song...
" - (with Gary MooreGary MooreRobert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
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