Makin' Love Is Good for You
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Track listing
- "I Got to Leave This Woman" (Melvin JacksonMelvin JacksonMelvin "Lil' Son" Jackson was an American blues guitarist. He was a contemporary of Lightnin' Hopkins.-Biography:...
) - "Since I Fell for YouSince I Fell for You"Since I Fell for You" is a jazz and pop standard. The blues ballad was composed by Buddy Johnson in 1945 and was first popularized by his sister, Ella Johnson, with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra. The biggest hit version was recorded by Lenny Welch in 1963, reaching number four on the U.S...
" (Buddy JohnsonBuddy JohnsonNot to be confused with Budd Johnson.Buddy Johnson was an American jazz and New York blues pianist and bandleader, active from the 1930s through the 1960s...
) - "I Know" (Barbara GeorgeBarbara GeorgeBarbara George was an American R&B singer and songwriter.Born Barbara Ann Smith, she was raised in New Orleans and began singing in a church choir. She was discovered by singer Jessie Hill, who recommended her to record producer, Harold Battiste...
) - "Peace of Mind" (Riley King, Joe Josea)
- "Monday Woman" (Willie MabonWillie MabonWillie Mabon was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist.-Career:Born Willie James Mabon, and brought up in Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee, he had become known as a singer and pianist by the time he moved to Chicago in 1942. He formed a group, the Blues Rockers, and in 1949 began recording...
) - "Ain't Nobody Like My Baby" (Riley King)
- "Makin' Love Is Good for You" (Tony Joe WhiteTony Joe WhiteTony Joe White is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie"; "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970; and "Steamy Windows", a hit for Tina Turner in 1989...
) - "Don't Go No Farther" (Willie DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
) - "Actions Speak Louder than Words" (Riley King)
- "What You Bet" (Robert Taylor, George Williams)
- "You're on Top" (Riley King)
- "Too Good to You Baby" (Riley King, Sam Ling)
- "I'm in the Wrong Business" (Riley King)
- "She's My Baby" (A.C. ReedA.C. ReedAaron Corthen, better known as A.C. Reed was an American blues saxophonist, closely associated with the Chicago blues scene from the 1940s into the 2000s.- Biography :...
) - "It's Still Called the Blues" (Riley King)
Personnel
- B. B. KingB. B. KingRiley 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...
- lead guitar - James Bolden - Band leader/trumpet
- Walter R. King - Contractor/saxophone
- Calep Emphrey Jr. - drums
- Melvin Jackson - saxophone
- Leon Warren - guitar
- Michael Doster - bass
- James Toney - keyboards
- Stanley Abernathy - trumpet
Additional overdubs by:
- Joe Sublett - tenor saxophone
- Darrell Leonard - trumpet
- Tommy EyreTommy EyreTommy Eyre was a session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B. King, John Mayall, Tracy Chapman and Wham!...
- keyboards - Tony Braunagel - percussion
- John Porter - guitar