The Blues Giants

THE
Blues Giants of the 1950s

Twelve Great Legends
Presented by Claus Rhnisch

The R&B Pioneers Series Volume Five of twelve
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THE Blues Giants of the 1950s
The R&B Pioneers Series .- Volume Five of twelve
Introduction
Twelve Blues Giants are presented here with basic information on each and everyone. Some of your favorite blues
performers may be missing. Several of the important Rhythm & Blues artists of the 1950s can be tagged Blues
Performers the great thrushes come to mind - Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, and Etta James.
Several other important artists like Lightnin Hopkins, Ike Turner, Jimmy McCracklin, Johnny Guitar Watson,
Clarence Gatemouth Brown (who possibly would have been #13 in my book), Jimmy Rogers, and Junior Wells
need mention. The early 1960s stars Buddy Guy, Slim Harpo, Lightnin Slim, Junior Parker, Freddy King, Albert
King, and Otis Rush are also strong candidates. The Rock n Roll giants Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry,
Bo Diddley, and Lloyd Price are favorites of many blues fans. The R&B pioneers of the 1940s, who also recorded in the 50s, could be
qualified - names like Louis Jordan, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Otis, and Wynonie Mr. Blues Harris; and certainly the great pianists
Roosevelt the Honeydripper Sykes, Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim, et al. The early 50s West-Coast pioneers Charles Brown and
Amos Milburn, and New York/Southerner Eddie Cleanhead Vinson are definitely blues exponents. Nat King Cole, and Brook Benton
both sang the blues. The original soul greats could qualify - especially Ray Charles, and the successful Bobby Blue Bland. Clyde
McPhatter, Jesse Belvin, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, and yes, even Wilson Pickett have to be
nominated. I can also think of lesser famous, but classic and important singers like Richard Berry, Bobby Day, and Young Jessie; and of
several of the hard-working, and ground-breaking vocal groups (which are presented in THE Top Ten Vocal Groups of the Golden 50s).
Several of the above listed performers will get their share in the forth-coming presentations of Ten Sepia Super Stars of Rock n Roll,
Transitions from Rhythm to Soul Twelve Original Soul Icons, The True R&B Pioneers, and in Predecessors of the Soul Explosion in
the 1960s (including some of the early 1960s vocal groups of soul, like the Temptations, Impressions, Miracles, Isley Brothers, Four
Tops, and the Dells).
Probably some of your absolute favorite blues artists will be presented in Ten Sepia Super Stars of Rock n Roll (Rock n Roll - a
rubric which may even be harder to define than the Blues). Definitions may alter, depending on who is deciding the task but the
artists presented here are - in the mind of the editor of this work the definitive twelve most interesting and important Blues Giants of
the 1950s (nine of them charter members of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame; two inducted soon after only Fulson had to wait for his
induction). You will be able to read about four Texas (and Oklahoma / Kansas) rooted pioneers of early jump-oriented blues representing
the Big Cities (Los Angeles. San Francisco, Kansas City, Dallas, New Orleans, Cincinnati, and New York City); about the now legendary
Delta Southerners of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana - who became the Big Four of Chess Chicago Bar Blues; and about four
Mississippi born singers, who via Memphis, Tennessee (and Gary, Indiana) turned into Blues Icons of different Modern Blues styles
Down Home and Urban (Jackson-MS, Louisiana, Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, California, and Harlem-NYC). The number of Top 10
R&B Hits are noted below.
Most of the birth (and death data) for the whole series of The R&B Pioneers are from the super-book BLUES - A Regional Experience
by Bob Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc (US 2013).
Claus Rhnisch updated February 2016.
THE Blues Giants of the 1950s presented by Claus Rhnisch

Twelve Great Legends in The R&B Pioneers Series
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T-Bone Walker
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Big Joe Turner
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Lowell Fulson
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Roy Brown
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John Lee Hooker
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Muddy Waters
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Sonny Boy Williamson
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Howlin Wolf
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Elmore James
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Little Walter
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Jimmy Reed
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B. B. King
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R&B Top 10
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_Walker
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Fulson
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician)
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/johnnielee.html
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http://www.muddywaters.com/home.html
http://www.sonnyboy.com/
http://www.howlinwolf.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James
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http://www.littlewalter.net/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reed
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http://www.bbking.com/
The Great R&B-files Created by Claus Rhnisch
http://www.rhythm-and-blues.info
THE GUITAR WIZARD the man who invented electric guitar blues
T-BONE WALKER
Reading: Stormy Monday - the T-Bone Walker Story by Helen Oakley
Dance (Da Capo, 1987)
First LPs:
Classics In Jazz Capitol T-370 (1953)
T-Bone Walker Sings The Blues Imperial LP 9098 (1959)
T-Bone Blues Atlantic LP 8020 (1959)
"The Blues Guitar Wizard" - Texas "territory band" influenced

guitarist and blues singer representing the original Los Angeles
jazz-blues. A true giant - legendary - and creator of modern blues.
Pioneer in developing the electric guitar sound. Inspirer of the
modern exponents of "industrial guitar blues sounds". Toured with
medicine shows - dancing and playing banjo - during the 20s.
Worked with Cab Calloway and Milt Larkin during the 30s. Worked
in Oklahoma and in the 40s in California, Detroit and Chicago, and
settled in Los Angeles. Some of his important backing musicians:
Bumps Myers, tenor sax; Willard McDaniel, pno; Oscar Lee
Bradley, dms. Was produced by the legendary Ralph Bass (for
Black & White - the masters soon bought by Capitol) and later by
arranger - tenor saxophonist Maxwell Davis (for Imperial), and
Nesuhi Ertegun (for Atlantic). Had severe problems with his
stomach from the 50s on and sometimes inactive. The Earl
Hines/Billy Eckstine recording of "Stormy Monday Blues" of 1942 is
a complete different song than T-Bone's "Call It Stormy Monday".
Charter member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, and
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Born: Aaron Thibeaux Walker, May 28, 1910, Linden, Texas.
Died of pneumonia March 16, 1975, Los Angeles, California.
First recordings: Dallas, Texas December 5, 1929 as Oak Cliff TBone Wichita Falls Blues / Trinity River Blues; N.Y. or L.A. with Les
Hite Orch ca June, 1940 T-Bone Blues - Varsity 8391 (also issued
on Bluebird 11210); Hollywood with Freddie Slack, pno July 20,
1942 Mean Old World / I Got A Break Baby - Capitol; Chicago
October 10, 1944 Sail On Boogie / Im Still In Love With You Rhumboogie 4000.
Records for: Black & White 46-48, Comet 1948, Capitol 1949,
Imperial 50-54, Atlantic 55-59, Bluesway 67-68.
Essential CD:
Blues Masters: The Very Best of.. - Rhino R2 79894 (2000) or:
Youre My Best Poker Hand The Definitive Collection (3CD) Fantastic
VoyageFVTD099 (featuring a.o. Capitol/Imperial/Atlantic ) (2011)
Editors choices:
The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings (3CD) - Capitol 8293792 (1995) and
The Complete Imperial Recordings (2CD) - EMI CDP7 96737-2 (1991)
and T-Bone Blues - Atlantic 8020-2 (1989, originally issued in 1959)
For Collectors:
The Original Source (4CD) - Properbox 38 (90 great early tracks with a 44 page
booklet, 2002)
The Chronological T-Bone Walker 1929-1946 - Classics 5007 (2001)
The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1964 (6CD)
- Mosaic MD6 130 (144 tracks, 1990)
Stormy Monday Blues - the essential collection - Spectrum/MCA HMNCD 039
(the best Bluesway rec) (1998/1999)
T-BONE WALKER, vocals/guitar LUCKY-SEVEN

1. Les Hite and His Orchestra Vocal by T-Bone Walker
(T-Bone only vocal; Frank Pasley, gtr)
- New York (or poss. Los Angeles), ca June 1940 or March 6, 1941:
US-1852-1 T-Bone Blues - Varsity 8391
2. T-Bone Walker, featuring Freddie Slack at the piano
- Hollywood, July 20, 1942:
CAP-55-A Mean Old World - Capitol 10033
3. T-Bone Walker and His Guitar (featuring Lloyd Glenn, pno and
Bumps Myers, sax) - Hollywood, September 13, 1947:
BW 637-3 Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just
As Bad- Black & White 122 (#5, 6w total 1948)
4. (featuring Willard McDaniel, pno)
- Los Angeles, November 13, 1947:
BW 662-2 T-Bone Shuffle - Comet 53 (#7, 4w 1949)
5. T-Bone Walker & His Band (featuring Jim Wynn, sax)
- Los Angeles, April 6, 1950:
IM 178 Travelin' Blues - Imperial 5094
6. T-Bone Walker (featuring Maxwell Davis, sax)
- Los Angeles, December 1951:
IM 388-3 Street Walkin' Woman - Imperial 5202 (1952)
7. (Lloyd Glenn, pno; Billy Hadnott, bs; Oscar Lee Bradley, dms)
- Los Angeles, December 14, 1956:
A 2274 T-Bone Blues Atlantic LP 8020
R&B Top 10 Hits: (6 of 9 Top 40)

1946 Bobby Sox Baby (Blues) #3
1948 Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad #5
1948 Long Skirt Baby Blues #10
1948 Im Waiting For Your Call #8
1948 West Side Baby #8
1949 T-Bone Shuffle #7
More Essential Songs:
1940 T-Bone Blues (with Les Hite)
1942 Mean Old World (with Freddie Slack)
1944 Im Still In Love With You
1945 T-Bone Boogie
1946 Im In An Awful Mood
1947 T-Bone Jumps Again (instr)
1948 Thats Better For Me
1949 Hypin Women Blues
1949 Plain Ole Down Home Blues
1949 I Wish You Were Mine (LP 63)
1949 I Want A Little Girl
1950 Strollin With Bones (instr)
1950 Travelin Blues
1951 Welcome Blues
1951 Cold Cold Feeling
1951 I Got The Blues Again
1952 Street Walkin Woman
1952 Blue Mood
1953 My Baby Is Now On My Mind
1954 Bye Bye Baby
1954 Pony Tail
1954 Strugglin Blues
1955 Papa Aint Salty
1956 T-Bone Blues (Atlantic))
1957 Evenin
1959 Two Bones And A Pick (instr)
1966 Takes A Lot Of Know-How
1968 Goin To Funky Town (instr)
And Do Check the CDs imaged on page 9
T-BONE WALKER REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS 1929 1959
1929
1940
1942
1945
Thats Better For Me

- Black & White 126
1946
1948
1951
1954
1946
1949
1952
1955
1947
1950
1952
1956
1947
1950 (REISSUED 1955)
1953
1957/1959
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
- his Chicago, and his Capitol, Black & White,

and Comet singles -
- the editors favorite CDs -
T-Bones singles for Black & White, Comet and Capitol were all recorded in Los
Angeles. One record was made for Capitol (Hollywood) July 20, 1942. The first
sessions for Black & White (owned by Paul Reiner in New York) were done in
September 1946, and one in December. On September 13, 1947 (four songs) T-Bone
recorded his famous Call It Stormy Monday and the rest were also recorded for
Black & White in Los Angeles (with Ralph Bass the producer). Soon Reiner bought
another New York company, Comet Records. Capitol acquired all of T-Bones
recordings (including the Comet ones) around mid/late 1948, re-releasing several of
his Black & White recordings (and also issued some songs which hadnt been
released from the mastondont November and December 1947 Black & White
sessions). Dave Dexter was the architect for the releases of 1949. T-Bone was
contracted to Imperial in early 1950 (and made his first recordings for them on April 6
(he hadnt recorded after December 1947). Maxwell Davis soon took care of the
musical directionship (and prob also had a producer roll); Hadnott and Bradley stayed
with T-Bone. Here are the famous Black & White singles (plus his early Chicago
recordings). T-Bone Walker, vcl/gtr on all tracks, except -1 which is an instrumental.
Before his Black & White period T-Bone recorded in Chicago in 1944 and 1945 for
Rhumboogie (Charlie Glenns label), Mercury and Old Swingmaster (some of those
recordings were later reissued on Imperial LP). Several recordings did appear only on
later LPs.
T-Bone Walker featuring Freddie Slack at the piano with bass and drums
Capitol (1942)
10033
I Got A Break Baby Mean Old World (also issued on 15033)
T-Bone Walker with Marl Youngs Orchestra (rec in Chicago)

Rhumboogie (issued 1945/46)
4000
Sail On Boogie Im Still In Love With You (also issued on 4001)
4002
T-Bone Boogie Evening
4003
You Don Love Me Blues Mean Old World
Mercury (issued 1946)
8016
My Baby Left Me Come Back To Me Baby
Old Swingmaster (issued 1949)
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She Is Going To Ruin Me (Fast Woman on Imperial later)
- My Baby Left Me
T-Bone Walker and His Guitar (with Jack McVea & All Stars -2)
Black & White (issued 1946-1948)
110
Bobby Sox Blues (#3) Im Gonna Find My Baby -2
111
No Worry Blues Dont Leave Me Baby -2
115
Its A Lowdown Dirty Deal Dont Give Me The Runaround
121
Im In An Awful Mood Hard Pain Blues
122
I Know Your Wig Is Gone
Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad (#5)
123
Long Skirt Baby Blues (#10) Goodbye Blues
125
T-Bone Jumps Again -1 - I Want A Little Girl
126
Im Waiting For Your Call (#8) Thats Better For Me
127
Midnight Blues (#11) Plain Old Dow Home Blues
Comet (issued 1948)
T50
Lonesome Woman Blues West Side Baby (#8)
T51
Inspiration Blues - Im Still In Love With You
T52
Describtion Blues (#13) - That Old Feeling Is Gone
T53
T-Bone Shuffle (#7) - First Love Blues
Capitol (issued 1949-1950)
70012
Vacation Blues Prison Blues
70014
Call It Stormy Monday I Know Your Wig Is Gone
70023
Long Lost Lover Blues Youre My Best Poker Hand
70025
Hypin Women Blues - Born To Be No Good
70042
T-Bone Shuffle First Love Blues
70055
West Side Baby Im Still In Love With You
799
On Your Way Blues - Go Back To The One You Love (#15)
944
Shes My Old Time Used To Be Too Much Trouble Blues
The musicians in L.A.

July 20, 1942
Freddie Slack (piano); Jud De Naut (bass); Dave Coleman (drums)
September 30, 1946
with Jack McVea (ts) All Stars: Joe Red Kelly,tp; Tommy Cahn,p; Frank Clarke,b;
Rabon Tarrant,d
December 1946
with Al Killlian (tp) Quartet; Jack McVea,ts; Kahn, Clarke, Tarrant
September 13, 1947
Teddy Buckner,tp; Bumps Myers,ts; Lloyd Glenn,p; Arthur Edward,b; Oscar Lee
Bradley,d
November and December 1947
The mastondont sessions featured Buckner (later George Orendorf and one session
Jack Trainor),tp; Myers, Willard McDaniel,p; Billy Hadnott (or subbing John Davis),b;
Bradley,d
Peak positions on any of the Blllboards national

R&B Charts noted left.
T-Bone Walkers original vinyl LPs
1953-1969
Capitol H/T 370 Classics In Jazz (1953), Capitol T 1958 Classic Indigo Vocals and Guitar (1963, rec in the 1940s),
Imperial LP 9098 T-Bone Walker Sings The Blues (1959)
Imperial LP 9116 Singing The Blues (1960), Imperial LP 9146 I Get So Weary (1961),
Imperial (France) LP 1561451 Hot Leftovers (1985, Imperial 50s), Music for Pleasure (UK) MFP 1043 The Blues of T-Bone Walker (1965, Capitol 40s)
Atlantic LP 8020 T-Bone Blues (1959), BluesWay BLS-6008 Stormy Monday Blues (late 1967), BluesWay BLS-6014 Funky Town (1968)
BluesWay BLS-6058 Dirty Mistreater (1973, compiled from the earlier BluesWays), Brunswick LP BL 754126 The Truth (1968, rec in Texas in 1966
-MCA CD image shown - same as LP) Delmark LP D-633 I Want A Little Girl (1969, rec in Paris, November 1968);
mage top right Bluestime LP29004 Every Day I Have The Blues (1969, rec in New York in August that year.)
SOME OF T-BONES LATEST CDs
5CD-set on Acrobat (issued 2014); and an interesting 19track CD on Warners Last Favourites.
2CD-set on NotNow, 4CD-set on RealGone; and the very nice Hoodoo issue (with two LPs on one CD).
T-BONEs (nostalgia) GALLERY pt 1

T-Bones Bio - from Rock Hall of Fame
Inductee: Aaron Thibeaux Walker aka T-Bone Walker (vocals, guitar; born May 28, 1910, died March 16, 1975)
It was T-Bone Walker, B.B. King once said, who really started me to want to play the blues. I can still hear T-Bone in my mind today, from that first record I heard, Stormy Monday. He
was the first electric guitar player I heard on record. He made me so that I knew I just had to go out and get an electric guitar. T-Bone Walker was born Aaron Thibeaux Walker to musical
parents on May 28, 1910, in Linden, Texas. When he was two, his family moved to Dallas. Through his church choir and his street-singing stepfather, Marco Washington, he became
interested in music. He got his nickname T-Bone at an early age. His mother called him T-Bow, a shortening of his middle name Thibeaux, and it soon became T-Bone. By the time he
was 10, T-Bone was accompanying his stepfather at drive-in soft-drink stands. Around the same time, he became the lead boy for Blind Lemon Jefferson, who was the most popular and
influential country bluesman of the Twenties. From 1920 to 1923, Walker would lead Jefferson down Texas streets.
While still in his teens, Walker, who was self-taught on guitar, banjo and ukulele, toured with a medicine show and with blues singer Ida Cox. In 1929, he began recording acoustic country
blues under the name Oak Cliff T-Bone. In 1934, he moved to Los Angeles. He said he began playing amplified guitar shortly thereafter. If that is true, then he was one of the first major
guitarists to go electric. And, indeed, he pioneered the electric guitar sound that helped create the blues and thus influence all popular music that followed. In 1939, Walker joined Les
Hites Cotton Club Orchestra. It was a rough-and-tumble big band whose alumni included Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton. With the Hite band, Walker perfected his flowing, hornlike
guitar licks and his mellow blues vocals. Over the next decade, he worked with both small groups and big bands, on the West Coast and on tours through the Midwest and all the way to
New York.
He first recorded as T-Bone Walker in 1942 /editors note: no earlier, but he made the great Mean Old World for Capitol that year/, and the following year /editors note: - no it
was in 1947/ he had his biggest hit, Call It Stormy Monday, which as Stormy Monday Blues or just Stormy Monday /editors notee: he ususal Earl Hines/Billy Ecksinte mix-up/
has become one of the most frequently covered blues songs. Walker recorded for Black & White Records, the label that released Stormy Monday, until 1947. He recorded other classics
for the label, including T-Bone Shuffle and West Side Lady. In 1950, Walker signed with Imperial Records, where he remained until 1954. At Imperial, he cut The Hustle Is On, Cold
Cold Feeling, Blue Moon, Vida Lee and Party Girl. He then moved on to Atlantic Records. He recorded sessions in 1955, 1956 and 1959, and they were finally released in 1960 on
the album T-Bone Blues. Walkers career began to slow down during the Sixties. He made an appearance at the American Folk Blues Festival in 1962, performing with Memphis Slim and
Willie Dixon, among others. In 1968, he released the album I Want a Little Girl. And, in 1971, he won the Grammy Award for Best Ethic or Traditional Folk Recording for the album Good
Feelin.
In 1973, Walker climaxed his recording career with the double album Very Rare. It was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and they assembled an all-star cast of jazz veterans
and young studio pros to honor the great bluesman. The following year, Walker became inactive after he was hospitalized with bronchial pneumonia. He died from the disease on March
16, 1975. T-Bone Walkers single-string solos influenced blues players like B.B. King and such rockers as Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. As Pete Welding wrote: T-Bone Walker
is the fundamental source of the modern urban style of playing and singing the blues. The blues was different before he came onto the scene, and it hasnt been the same since.
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T-BONEs (nostalgia) GALLERY pt 2
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SOME FINE CD-BOXES (in order of artist presentations)
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BIG JOE THE BOSS OF THE BLUES
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BIG JOE TURNER

First LPs:
Joe Turner Sings Kansas City Jazz Decca DL-8044 (1953)
The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz - Atlantic LP 1234 (1956)
Joe Turner Rock and Roll Atlantic LP 8005 (1957)
Bluesll Make You Happy Savoy MG 14012 (1958)
"The Boss of the Blues" - Jazz/blues singer - the original and

ultimate Blues Shouter with roots in Kansas City and an important
link between R&B and R&R. Moved to L.A. in 1941. Recorded in
Kansas, New York, L.A., Texas, and N.O. Made his debut with
pianist Pete Johnson, with whom he worked during several terms,
and later worked with several band constellations. Was on the
decline when Atlantics Herb Abramson (who had produced him for
National) "picked him up" and re-introduced him with Harry Van
Walls billed at the piano. Worked with KC veteran Jesse Stone,
arranger/coach for Atlantic Records. Several mid 50s records billed
as Joe Turner & His Blues Kings (using legendary N.O., Chicago
and N.Y. jazz and blues musicians). Mostly billed as Joe Turner on
singles, but later on as "Big Joe Turner on several LPs. Member of
the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1983, and inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Born: Joseph Vernon Turner May 18, 1911, Kansas City.
Died of heart attack November 24, 1985, Inglewood, Calif.
First recordings: Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC December 23, 1938
Its All Right Baby (aka Roll Em Pete) / Low Down Dog - issued on
Vanguard in 1959. N.Y. December 30, 1938 Roll Em Pete / Goin
Away Blues - Vocalion 4607; June 30, 1939 Cherry Red Vocalion
4997; first post-war rec N.Y. February 1945 S.K. Blues - National
9010.
Records for: Vocalion 1939, Decca 40-44, National 45-47, Aladdin
1947, Freedom 49-50, Imperial 1949, Atlantic 51-62, Bluesway
1967, Kent 1970.
Essential CD: The Very Best of Rhino R2 72968 (1998) or
Big, Bad & Blue-The Big Joe Turner Anthology (3CD) - Rhino R2
71550 (1994) or
The Definitive Blues Collection (2CD) - Rhino 122748 (2007)
For Collectors:
All The Classic Hits 1938-1952 (5CDbox) - JSP 7709 (2003) or
The Essential 40s Collection (2CD) Acrobat ADDCD3069 (2011)
and Rocks Bear Family BCD 17215AR (2011)
Reading:
Honkers and Shouters - The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues by
Arnold Shaw (Collier Books, US 1978)
JOE TURNER, vocals BIG-SIX
1. Joe Turner with Bill Moore's Lucky Seven Band
- Los Angeles, January 23, 1946:
NSC 142 My Gal's A Jockey - National 4002 (#6, 1w total)
2. Joe Turner with Van "Piano Man" Walls
- New York, January 20, 1952:
A 787 Sweet Sixteen - Atlantic 960 (#3, 8w)
3. Joe Turner and his Band (featuring Pluma Davis, tbn and Kathy
Thomas, pno) - New Orleans, May 12, 1953:
A 1073 Honey Hush - Atlantic 1001 (#1 for 8w, 25w)
4. Joe Turner and His Blues Kings (featuring Edward Frank, pno)
- New Orleans, December 3, 1953:
A 1220 You Know I Love You - Atlantic 1026 (1954)
5. (featuring Sam Taylor, sax)
- New York, February 15, 1954:
A 1209 Shake, Rattle And Roll - Atlantic 1026 (#1 for 3w, 32w)
6. (with Howard Biggs, arr)
- New York, January 28, 1955:
A 1425 Hide And Seek - Atlantic 1069 (#3, 12w)
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1945 S.K. Blues (with Pete Johnsons All Stars) #3
1946 My Gals A Jockey #6
1950 Still In The Dark #9
1951 Chains Of Love #2
1952 The Chill Is On #3
1952 Sweet Sixteen #3
1952 Dont You Cry #5
1953 Honey Hush #1 for 8w
1953 T.V. Mama #6
1954 Shake, Rattle And Roll # 1 for 3w
1954 Well All Right #9
1954 Flip, Flop And Fly #2
1955 Hide And Seek #3
1956 Morning, Noon And Night #8
1956 The Chicken & The Hawk #7
1956 Corrine Corrina #2
1956 Lipstick Powder And Paint #8
Just for Your Thrill:

1938 Its All Right Baby (with Pete Johnson)
1939 Cherry Red (with Pete Johnson)
1940 Piney Brown Blues
1941 Blues On Central Avenue
1944 Rebecca (Big Joe Turner)
1945 Johnson & Turner Blues
1947 New Oh-Wee Baby Blues
1948 Tell Me Pretty Baby
1949 Blues Jumped A Rabbit
1953 Married Woman
1954 You Know I Love You
1954 In The Evening
1956 Roll Em Pete
1957 Red Sails In The Sunset
1958 Feeling Happy
1958 (Im Gonna) Jump For Joy
The Very Best of Big Joe Turner part I: the 1940s (plus)
His Classic Early Years - with locations and dates of recording.
New York December 30, 1938, New York June 30, 1939, New York November 11, 1940.
Los Angeles, September 8, 1941, Chicago October 30, 1944, New York February 2, 1945.
Los Angeles January 23, 1946, Chicago October 12, 1946, New York November 6, 1947.
Los Angeles June 28 1948 (Down Beat single 173 Tell Me Pretty Baby Joe Turners Orchestra featuring Pete Johnson).
New Orleans April 1950 (remixed/edited Imperial recording, issued on Bayou in 1953).
Houston August 24, 1950 (Still In The Dark on Freedom1531- Joe Turner and Orchestra.
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The Very Best of Big Joe Turner part II: the 1950s (plus)
The Atlantic Years - with locations and dates of recording.
1951
1951
1952
1953
Two songs recorded in New York April 19, 1951; New York January 20, 1952; New Orleans May12, 1953.
1953
1953
1954
1954
1954
1954
1955
1955
1956
1957
1958
1983
Chicago October 7, 1953; Two songs recorded in New Orleans December 3, 1953 (Married Woman - flip of Well All Right
- and You Know I love You - flip of Shake, Rattle And Roll The plug sides were recorded in New York February 15, 1954.
New York February 15, 1954 (which also was the recording date of In The Evenin When The Sun Goes Down on EP 565;
the last two recorded in New York January 28, 1955.
New York February 24, 1956; New York November 20, 1956 (issued February 1957); New York January 22, 1958;
Red Sails In The Sunset re-recording 1983 (Blues Train LP) with Roomful of Blues (originally recorded by Joe in 1957)..
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JOE TURNER ON ATLANTIC RECORDS LPs

Here are the original Atlantic LPs by Joe Turner. The 12/1300-series was the Jazz series and 8000-series the Pop.
1234 The Boss of the Blues (1956), 8005 Joe Turner: rock & roll (1957), 8023 Rockin the Blues (1958)
8033 Big Joe Is Here (1959), 1332 Big Joe Rides Again (1959), 8081 The Best of Joe Turner (1963)
Atco SD 33-376 His Greatest Recordings (1971), SD-8812 The Boss of the Blues (1981, reissue of 1234),
Atlantic 81663 Rhythm & Blues Years (2LP 1986)
Atlantic 81752 Greatest Hits (1987), Rhino R2 71550 Big Bad & Blue / The Big Joe Turner Anthology (3CD-set 1994),
Rhino 122748 The Definitive Blues Collection (2CD 2007). Note that Turner was not labelled Big Joe until the later years on Atlantic.
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JOE TURNER: TWO NICE AND EARLY ATLANTIC COMPILATIONS
Atlantic LP 8081: The Best of Joe Turner (8/63)
Atlantic LP 8005: Rock and Roll - Joe Turner (1957)

Tracks:
Tracks:
Shake, Rattle And Roll / Flip, Flop And Fly / Feeling Happy / Well
All Right / The Chicken And The Hawk / Boogie Woogie Country
Girl / Honey Hush // Corrine Corrina / Midnight Special Train / Hide
And Seek / Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop / Crawdad Hole / Sweet
Sixteen / Chains Of Love
Shake, Rattle and Roll / Chains of Love / Honey Hush / Flip, Flop
and Fly / The Chicken and the Hawk / Midnight Special Train / OkeShe-Moke- She-Pop // Corrine Corrina / Cherry Red / St. Louis
Blues / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Crawdad Hole / Ti-Ri- Lee /
TV Mama
DISCOGRAPHY: (both LPs listed in one order titles marked
* are
bonus songs listed to make this disco at least one song per session 1951-1956)..
Joe Turner, vocal on all tracks; master number and original single issues
noted (all on Atlantic with best position on any of the Billboards R&B Charts)
Joe Turner with Van Piano Man Walls & His Orchestra
brass, reeds; Harry Van Walls,p; rhythm section
NYC, April 19, 1951
A 603
Chains Of Love
939 (#2)
unknown tp; Wilbur DeParis,tb; Sam Taylor,ts; Haywood Henry;bs; Harry

Van Walls,p; Mickey Baker,g; Lloyd Trotman,b; Connie Kay,d; prob Jesse
Stone, Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler,vcls-1
NYC, February 15, 1954
A 1209
Shake, Rattle And Roll
1026 (#1)
A 1212
Well All Right -1
1040 (#9)
Taft Jordan.tp; Budd Johnson,as; Freddie Mitchell,ts; Ernest Pinky

Williams,bs; Harry Van Walls,p; Rector Bailey,g; Leonard Gaskin,b; Connie
Kay,d
NYC, January 20, 1952
tp; as; Al Sears,ts; prob Jesse Stone,p, b; prob Connie Kay,d; poss Howard
Biggs,cond, vcl chorus
NYC, January 28, 1955
A 1426
Hide And Seek
1069 (#3)
A 787
A 1427
Flip, Flop And Fly
1053 (#2)
Sweet Sixteen
960 (#3)
Joe Morris,tp; Salvadore Davis,tb; Freddie Mitchell,ts; William Burchett, Ernest

Pinky Williams,ass; Dave McRae,bs; Harry Van Walls,p; poss Shebs
Hobbs,g; b, d.
NYC, September 23, 1952
Still In Love *
982
A 906
tp; Wilbur Decca Paris,tb; ts; Haywood Henry,bs; (baritone saxophone) Harry
Van Walls,p; g; b; Connie Kay,d (drums) Joe Turner, vcl chorus-1
NYC, November 3, 1955
Joe Turner & His Band

Frank Mitchell, Tommy Sheldon,tps; Pluma Davis,tb; Auguste Dimes
Dupont,as; Warren Hebrand,ts; Kathy Thomas,p; Edgar Blanchard,g; John
Fernandez,bs; Alonzo Stewart,d
NYC, May 12, 1953
Joe Turner with Chorus and Orchestra (also listed as & his All Stars)
Jimmy Nottingham, Dick Vance,tps; Earl Warren,as; Sam Taylor,ts; Ernie
Hayes,p; George Barnes and Billy Mure,gs; Lloyd Trotman,bs; David
Panama Francis,d; The Cookies,vcl-group
NYC, February 24, 1956
A 1073
Honey Hush
1001 (#1)
A 1884
A 1074
Crawdad Hole
1001
Joe Turner & His Blues Kings

Sonny Cohn,tp; Harlan Floyd or John Avant,tb; Grady Jackson, Joe
Tillman,tss; McKinley Easton,bs; Johnny Jones, Elmore James,g; Jimmy
Richardson,b; Red Saunders,d
Chicago, October 7, 1953
A 1126
Ti-Ri-Lee
1053
A 1127
Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
1016
A 1128
TV Mama
1016 (#6)
There are alternate recordings of A1126 (recorded January 25, 1955 A1425) and
A1127 (recorded May 12, 1953 A1072). Regular mix-ups have been published in
several discographies concerning this (maybe even this editor has got it wrong?)
John Girard,tp; Worthia Thomas,tb; Gus Fontenette,as; Joe Tillman, ts; Alvin
"Red" Tyler,bs; Edward Frank,p; Lloyd Lambert,b: Oscar Moore,d
New Orleans, December 3, 1953
You Know I Love You *
1026
A 1220
A 1225
18
Married Woman
A 1687
The Chicken And The Hawk (Up, Up And Away) -1 1080 (#7)
A 1688
Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Corrine, Corrina
1088 (flip hit)
1088 (#2)
Joe Turner
Joe Newman,tp; Lawrence Brown,tb; Pete Brown,as; Frank Wess,ts; Pete
Johnson,p; Freddie Green,g; Walter Page,b; Cliff Leeman,d
NYC, March 6, 1956
A 1917
Cherry Red
issued on LP 1234
Jimmy Nottingham,tp; Lawrence Brown,tb; Pete Brown,as; Seldon Powell,ts;

Pete Johnson,p; Freddie Green,g; Walter Page,b; Cliff Leeman,d
NYC, March 7, 1956
A 1922
St. Louis Blues
issued on LP 1234
Joe Turner and his Blues Kings

unknown brass, reeds, rhythm; vocal chorus -1
NYC, November 20, 1956
A 2220
Midnight Special Train
1122
A 2222
Feelin' Happy -1
1122
1040
eyeballproductions
THE BLUES DISCOGRAPHY 1943-70

It's been forty-five years since Leadbitter and Slaven's trailblazing
original Blues Records was published. This totally revised edition
of what has become the standard chronicle of Blues recordings
contunues to raise the bar even higher. Les Fancourt has
performed meticulous revision; filling gaps and revising details.
The artist roster has been increased and album headings have
been added, The happy result is over 100 pages more than the
last edition of The Blues Discography and six times the content of
the original Blues Records. Around 1200 artists are now
covered.The work's format is set in the standard discographical
layout, alphabetical by artist (exclusively African American),
chronologically by session, listing personnel details, unissued titles
and original releases. A full cross-referenced accompanying
musician's index is also included.Softback 710 pages large format
8.5" X 11").
THE BLUES DISCOGRAPHY 1971-2000
The blues rolled on long after 1970 and kept on rolling to an ever
expanding international audience. Finally these later decades are
given the same dignity and attention as given to the earlier years
with the publication of this second volume. Compiled by Robert
Ford over the last 20 years with the help of many contributors and
produced by Bob McGrath, this new companion volume
seamlessly continues from where The Blues Discography 19431970 [the classic years] left off. Continuing the careers of many
artists from the first volume as well as introducing lots of new
blood. 1190 artists are covered in all, shedding light on the later
years leading to the millennium. The same format is used as the
classic years volume, alphabetical by artist, (exclusively African
American), chronologically by session, listing personnel details
plus an LP/CD index. Softback 579 pages (8.5" X 11).
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LOWELL FULSON Tulsa Red
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LOWELL FULSON
First LPs:
Lowell Fulson (Early Recordings) Arhoolie LP R 2003 (1962)
Soul (Lowell Fulsom) - Kent LP (1966)
Every Day I Have The Blues Ember UK LP SPE 6601 (1967)
Rare LP: Lowell Fulson (2LP) Chess 2ACMB-205 (1976)
"Tulsa Red" - Leading and versatile guitarist /singer, one of the

great, and often underrated legends - keeping the Texas blues
traditions alive. Started out in Oklahoma, moved to Gainerville,
Texas and came to Oakland, California in 1943. Busy in the studios
during great parts of his career. Had four major career stages: 1.
The DownBeat/SwingTime Oakland phase (1946-1953), 2. The
Checker Texas/Chicago/LA phase (1954-1963), 3. The "Fulsom"
Kent/Maxwell Davis LA phase (1964-1969), and 4. The Legend
(1970-1999). Worked with pianist Lloyd Glenn - and with Ray
Charles during the early 50s - produced by Jack Lauderdale on his
early hits. After his Checker years he joined Kent Records (owned
by the Biharis; and was produced by Maxwell Davis). Manager in
later years: Fats Washington. Sometimes worked with the prolific
Jimmy McCracklin during his successful Kent era, stationed in Los
Angeles. Billed Lowell Fulsom from 1965 and into the 70s.
Member of Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993.
LOWELL FULSON, vocals/guitar HI-FIVE

1. Lowell Fulsons Combo (featuring Earl Brown, sax; Lloyd
Glenn, pno) - Los Angeles, 1949/50:
196 Everyday I Have The Blues SwingTime 196 (#3, 24w total)
2. Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn at the 88
- Los Angeles, 1950:
A 787 Blue Shadows SwingTime (#1 for 4w, 22w)
3. Lowell Fulson (featuring David Newman, sax)
- Dallas, September 27, 1954:
U 7711 Reconsider Baby Checker 804 (#3, 15w)
4. Lowell Fulsom (featuring Maxwell Davis, arr)
- Los Angeles, 1965:
431 Black Nights Kent 431 (#11, 12w in 1966)
5. Los Angeles, September 1966:
456 Tramp Kent 456 (#5, 13w in 1967)
Born: March 31, 1921, Atoka, Oklahama (moved to Tulsa for a while)
Died of kidney failure March 7, 1999 in Long Beach, Calif.
First recordings: Oakland 1946 Crying Blues / Youre Gonna Miss
Me - BigTown 1068.
Records for: Big Town/Down Beat 46-47, SwingTime 49-53,
Aladdin 1953, Checker 54-63, Kent 64-69, Jewel 69-70.
Essential CDs:
The Complete Chess Masters (2CD) MCA/Chess 9394 (1987)
and Tramp / Soul - Ace CDCHD 339 (1991) and
Juke Box Shuffle: A Proper Introduction - Proper CD 2042 (2004)
For collectors:
The Tramp Years - Ace CDCHD 755 (2000)
Lowell Fulson 1946 to 1953: The Early Recordings - JSP (4CD
BOX) JSPCD7728 (113 tracks - simply great, 2004)
And Dont Miss the CDs on page 16
Reading:
The Real Rhythm and Blues by Hugh Gregory (Blandford UK,
1998)

1948 Three 0Clock Blues #6
1950 Everyday I Have The Blues #3
1950 Blue Shadows #1 for 4w
1950 Low Society Blues (instr with Lloyd Glenn) #8
1950 Old Time Shuffle Blues
(instr as Lloyd Glenn and Th Fulson Unit) #3
1950 Lonesome Christmas #7
1951 Im A Night Owl #10
1954 Reconsider Baby #3
1967 Tramp (Lowell Fulsom) #5
Some Other Goodies:
1947 San Francisco Blues (as Fulson Trio)
1952 Guitar Shuffle (instr)
1953 There Is A Time For Everything
1955 Loving You
1956 Trouble Trouble
1956 Tollin Bells
1958 Thats All Right
1960 I Want To Know
1960 Blue Shadows (Checker Rec.)
1964 Baby
1964 Everytime It Rains
1965 Black Nights
1967 Year Of 29
1967 Tomorrow
1969 Sleeper
1969 Price For Love
1970 My Baby
1970 The Ol Blues Singer
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A COUPLE OF LOWELLS LATEST CDs
3CD on Fantastic Voyage (2013); and a 1CD on Soul Jam (2015). Inserted: Jasmine (2015)
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SOME BIOGRAPHIES (Sonny Boy, Wolf, Little Walter, and Jimmy Reed - see presentations)
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THE MIGHTY-MIGHTY MAN Good Rockin Brown
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RB TWO GREAT ACE CDs
Dont miss these great super-sounding CDs, containing great acetates from
Roys early DeLuxe recordings (several alternates and even more unissued ones).
Spanning from July 1947 to June 1950, and covering every session he made.
A total of 48 tracks. Produced by Tony Rounce.
CDCHD 1072 with recordings from 1947 (issued 2005)
CDTOP 1423 with recordings from 1949-1950 (issued 2015)
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ROY BROWN
Reading:
King of the Queen City The Story of King Records by Jon Hartley
Fox (US 2009)
First LPs:
Battle of the Blues Roy Brown / Wynonie Harris King 607 (1957)
Sings 24 Hits King LP 956 (1966)
"The Mighty Mighty Man" - "Good Rockin' Brown" - New Orleansbased singer (sometimes pianist) and originator of the "crying
blues" - later regarded as the main influence for Rhythm & Soul. He
formed a gospel group as a teenager, and became a professional
boxer. Started secular singing after the war, working especially in
Texas (he landed in Houston at age 14), and became one of the
most important originators of the New Orleans R&B sound with his
"Mighty, Mighty Men" and "taught" the crying to such greats as B.B.
King, Clyde McPhatter, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, Elvis Presley,
and many others. Started his hit career on the Braun brothers
DeLuxe (who were stationed in New Jersey but made records in
New Orleans) which was bought up by Syd Nathans King Records
in August, 1948 - who reissued all the early DeLuxe tracks,
originally in the 1000-series on a new 3000-series - the most
famous being remastered versions of Miss Fanny Brown c/w
Mighty Mighty Man (originally issued on DeLuxe 1128 in late 1947
and reissued in the new versions on DeLuxe 3128 in early 1949 these two great recuts are sure improvements and are not on any
of Brown's late Rhino, Classics, Collectables or Ace early CD
compilations, but can be found on the CD "Hard Luck & Good
Rocking"). Wynonie Harris recorded a cover of Browns classic
Good Rockin Tonight on King 4210 in Cincinnati on December
28, 1947, which topped the charts in 1948. Nathan also recorded
Brown in Cincinnati, Ohio. Roy later also worked in Memphis and
moved to California during later years of his "ups & downs"
career. Member of Blues the Foundation Hall of Fame in 1981.
Born: Roy James Brown September 10, 1920 (not 1925), Kinder
Allen Parish, Louisiana. Died May 25, 1981, Los Angeles, Calif.
First recordings: Houston, Tex 1947 Deep Sea Diver / Bye Baby
Bye - Gold Star 636 and New Orleans July 1947 Good Rocking
Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama - DeLuxe 1093 .
Records for: DeLuxe 47-48, DeLuxe/King 49-51, King 52-55,
Imperial 56-58, King 1959, Home of the Blues 1960, Bluesway 67-68
Essential CDs:
Good Rockin Man The Definitive Collection (2CD) - Fantastic Voyage
50 great songs 1947-1960 (2011) or
Good Rocking Tonight - The Best of... - Rhino R2 71545 (1994) or
Rockin' At Midnight - The Very Best of .. Collectables COL 2882
(25 chronological tracks) (2004)
And Dont Miss the two Ace CDs issued 2005 CDCHD 1072 and 2015
CDTOP 1423, containing alternates and original acetates 1947-1950 !
CD for Collectors:
Roy Brown and New Orleans R&B (4CD) JSP 7756 (2005) featuring
50 Roy Brown tracks plus Professor Longhair and Dave Bartholomew
Editors choices:
The Chronological Roy Brown 1947-1949 - Classics 5021 (2001) and
1950-1951 - Classics 5036 (2002) or Blues DeLuxe 1950-1951 - Charly
CD 289 (1991), plus 1951-1953 Classics 5090 (2004).
The CDs cover the complete issued single recordings of Roy Brown
between 1947 and 1953 in chronological order (except for the remakes
of early 1949 see above. 5036 & 289 have same tracks).
For Collectors:
Hard Luck & Good Rocking 1947-1950 - EPM CD 16017 (2002)
Mighty Mighty Man! - Ace CDCHD 459 (1953-1960) (1993)
Saturday Night! (1952-1957) - El Toro R&B 112 (2008)
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ROY BROWN, vocals HI-FIVE

1. Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
- New Orleans, July 1947:
D-406 Good Rocking Tonight - DeLuxe 1093 (#13, 1w 1948) /
DeLuxe 3093 (#11, 2w 1949) 3w total
2. Roy Brown and his Mighty Mighty Men
(featuring Batman Rankins, sax) - New Orleans, January 1949:
D-881 Rockin' At Midnight - DeLuxe 3212 (#2, 16w)
3. - New Orleans, January 1949, remade from Oct 1947 DeLuxe 1128:
D-882-2 Miss Fanny Brown - DeLuxe 3128 (#8, 1w total)
4. (featuring the Griffin brothers, pno and tbn)
- Cincinnati, April 19, 1950:
D-1513 Hard Luck Blues - DeLuxe 3304 (#1, 18w)
5. (featuring Edgar Blanchard, gtr) - Cincinnati, May 15, 1950:
D-1516 Love Don't Love Nobody - DeLuxe 3306 (#2, 11w)

1948 Long About Midnight #1 for 1w
1949 Fore Day In The Morning #6
1949 Rainy Weather Blues #5
1949 Rockin At Midnight #2
1949 Miss Fanny Brown #8
1949 Please Dont Go #9
1949 Boogie At Midnight #3
1950 Hard Luck Blues #1 for 3w
1950 Love Dont Love Nobody #2
1950 Long About Sundown #8
1950 Cadillac Baby #6
1951 Big Town #8
1952 Bar Room Blues #6
1957 Let The Four Winds Blow #5
Worthwhile Classics:
1947 Good Rocking Tonight
1947 Mighty, Mighty Man
1949 Butcher Pete
1950 Good Man Blues
1951 Beautician Blues
1952 Good Rockin Man
1953 Laughing But Crying
1953 Travelin Man
1954 Fannie Brown Got Married
1954 Worried Life Blues
1960 Rocking All The Time
CHICAGO BLUES GREATS

Still available? - some great compilations issued in later years
(all originally issued during the new millennium, several recently).
Little Walter The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)

Hip-O-Select (5CD) B0012646-02 (126 tracks)
Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters
Volume 2, 1952-1958 Hip-O-Select (2CD) B0002758-02 (51 tracks)
Howlin Wolf Smokestack Lightning, The Complete Chess Masters
1951-1959 Hip-O-Select (4CD) 1530902 (97 tracks)
Elmore James King of the slide guitar The Complete Trumpet,

Chief & Fire Sessions Charly (3CD) SNAJ722CD (63 tracks)
Jimmy Reed The essential boss man The Very Best of the
Vee-Jay Years, 1953-1966 Charly (3CD) SNAJ728CD (76 tracks)
Roy Brown's DeLuxe session dates with repr. Recordings

Roy made some unissued recordings for Regal in New Orleans with Paul Gayten.
New Orleans (all early recordings made at Cosimo Matassas J&M Studios):
July 1947 - Good Rocking Tonight (w. Bob Ogden & orch f. Earl Barnes,ts)
Sept 1947 - Special Lesson No 1 & Roy Brown Boogie (original
version) (w. Walter Daniels, pno; Bill Jones, gtr)
Oct 1947 - Mighty, Mighty Man (w Earl M Barnes and his
orchestra, featuring Leroy Rankins,ts and Bill Jones,gtr)
Oct 1947
Dec 1947
Oct 1948
Jan 1949
- Miss Fanny Brown (and His Mighty-Mighty Men)

- Long 'Bout Midnight (w Leroy "Batman" Rankins, sax)
- Miss Fanny Brown Returns (single version w. Batman, sax)
- remakes of Miss Fanny Brown/Mighty, Mighty Man
plus Rockin' At Midnight
March 22 - w. members of Lucky Millinder's orch (unissued at the time).
ca July 1949
- Please Don't Go (single version)
Dallas:
Sep 29, 1949 - Boogie At Midnight (w Johnny Fontenette, sax)
Cincinnati:
Nov 2, 1949
- Butcher Pete (w Leroy Rankins, sax)
Apr 19, 1950 - Hard Luck Blues & New Rebecca
(w Edward Griffin, pno & JImmy Griffin, tromb)
June 15, 1950 - Love Don't Love Nobody
(w Leroy Rankins, sax & Edgar Blanchard, gtr)
June 22-23, 1950 - Bar Room Blues & Double Crossin' Woman
Jan 16, 1951 - Good Rockin' Man & Big Town (w Red Prysock)
Sep 27, 1951 - Brown Angel (w Johnny Fontenette)
Note: After this session Roy continued recording directly for King
Records in New Orleans, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami up to
1956 when he was contracted to Imperial. Roy went back to King in
1959.
Sonny Boy Williamson Down And Out Blues

Not Now (2CD) NOT2CD356 (32 Trumpet and 16 early Checker)
John Lee Hooker Testament - Charly (3CD) SNAJ705CD (60 tracks)
Im John Lee Hooker Charly SNAP130CD (16 tracks)
Jasmine Records
British Public domain 2CD-series.

http://www.jasmine-records.co.uk/index.html
Issued in 2010 and 2011 probably much more to come.
Featuring The singles, As and Bs. Each set has 50 tracks
(Muddy 54, Wolf 46)
John Lee Hooker - Blues In Transition 1955-1959 - JASCD 562

(featuring 25 Vee-Jay tracks and all tracks of the first two Riverside LPs)
Little Walter Boom Boom 1952-1960 - JASMCD 3015/6

Muddy Waters Natural Born Lover 1953-60 - JASCD 3017/8
Howlin Wolf The Wolf is at your door 1951-1960 (Chess) - JASCD 3020/1
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Available CDs by ROY BROWN (as of amazon.co.uk May 4, 2015)
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. and then Some More (including CDs and some LPs)
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JOHN LEE HOOKER The Worlds Greatest Blues Singer (and a 2016 bootleg)
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Soul Jam public domain http://souljamrecords.com/
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JOHN LEE HOOKER
"The Boogie Man" Father of Blues - "Po Slim" - "The Hook" "The Blues Giant" - Guitarist and modern urbanized country blues
singer, with roots in the rich Delta tradition. Charter member of the
Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, and inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
Hooker left Mississippi and moved to Memphis in circa 1933. He
soon "hoboed" again - this time he spent a period in Knoxville,
Tennessee and arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio in circa 1935, singing
the blues and working with gospel groups. The years between
1939 and 1943 are unaccounted for (except for a short spell in the
army). He started his career with his arrival in Detroit in circa 1943.
In the evenings of the mid 1940s John got small jobs at the clubs
around Hastings Street (like Forest Inn and Club Basin). Legend
has it: T-Bone Walker handed Johnny Lee the first electric guitar,
as John became T-Bone's "kid" when T-Bone was working in
Detroit during 1946-48. "Johnny Lee" (as most of his friends called
him) invented his own "unique" style (non-rhyming, sometimes outof-rhythm) and was introduced in 1948 to Bernie Besman (of
Sensation Records at Woodward Avenue; and co-owner with John
Kaplan of the Pan American Record Co.) by Elmer Barbee,
Hookers original "manager", who "discovered" Hooker playing with
his trio at the "Apex" bar on Monroe Street (although "legend" says
Besman "discovered" Hooker at Lee Sensations bar "Russell &
Orange" - or at the "Monte Carlo"). Barbee continued to promote
Johnnie, after the Besman introduction, for other record labels,
mostly recording in Barbees record shop at 609 Lafayette Street,
but the main records of Hookers up into 1952 were recorded by
Bernie Besman at United Sound Studios Inc. at 5840 2nd Blvd.
Besman leased several tracks to the Bihari brothers (Modern - of
Hollywood) and soon issued others on Sensation. Almost a
hundred alternates and variations were "kept in the can" and later
issued on album compilations.
Detroit (including Bob Thurman and sometimes Vernon "Boogie

Woogie Red" Harrison, pno; Tom Whitehead, dms; Jimmy Miller,
tpt; and Johnny Hooks and later Otis Finch, sax). Hookers contract
with Modern was terminated around mid or late 1955 (Hooker
made some Specialty recordings in mid and late 1954, but the
Modern recordings continued for a little longer). Hooker signed a
contract with Vee-Jay Records around October 1955 and switched
recording locations to Chicago (Universal Studios) during 1955 1964 (with Jimmy Bracken, Ewart Abner and Calvin Carter
producing - later also Al Smith). From 1965 Hooker regularly
recorded in New York, due to his new-signed contract with ABC
Records after Vee-Jays bankruptcy (the first couple of albums
produced by Bob Thiele). Hooker moved to Oakland, California in
1970 (something he had longed for, and came natural after his
separation with his long-time wife Maude Mathis). He regularly
recorded in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the early 70s often produced by Ed Michel. His accompanying Coast To Coast
Blues Band of the Frisco/L.A. area (with several famous white rock
musicians) backed him in the 70s (and variations including his son
Robert Hooker, Luther Tucker on guitar and later Deacon Jones on
keyboard toured with him during the 80s and 90s). Hooker settled
in the San Francisco Bay suburbs during the 90s. The Blue Rose
organization from 1989 (making Hooker a rich man during later
years): manager Mike Kappus, producer Roy Rogers, artist JlH.
Born: August 22, 1912 (or poss 1917) in Tutwiler, Tallahatchie

County, south of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi.
Several other birth dates have been offered (from 1912 1923).
Died in his sleep in Los Altos (outside San Francisco), California
on the morning of June 21, 2001.
First recordings: Elmer Barbee demo recordings June 12, 1948
Rocks (unissued); ca August, 1948 Leavin Chicago and
Wednesday Evening Blues (both unissued), plus demos of (When)
My First Wife Left Me (later re-recorded as Driftin From Door To
Door Modern 714, issued October, 1949). Note: War Is Over and
She Was in Chicago below are remakes of the two first.
Records for: Modern 48-55, Sensation 49-40, several pseudonym
recordings for a.o. King, Gotham, Chess, DeLuxe and Fortune 4854, Specialty 1954, Vee-Jay 55-65, Riverside 1959-1960, Impulse
1965, Chess 1966, ABC/Bluesway 66-74, Chameleon 1989,
Pointblank 90-98. Eagle 2003, Shout!Factory 2006-.
Hookers first regular recording session: (Hooker vcl/gtr)
After Hookers success with "Boogie Chillen" (later known as

"Boogie Chillen" Hooker started "moonlighting" under different
pseudonyms for other Detroit producers, especially for manager
Elmer Barbee and for Joe Von Battle in Joes Record Shop at 3530
Hastings Street. Records were issued as Texas Slim, Birmingham
Sam, John Lee Booker, Johnny Williams, and several other
pseudonyms. The first issue was Black Man Blues c/w Stomp
Boogie on King. In 1951 and 1952 JLH cut two sessions direct for
Chess Records in Chicago and Detroit - experts still argue if it was
Bernie Besman, Joe Von Battle, Elmer Barbee or Leonard Chess
who produced the sessions. In between the classic Chess
recordings Hooker waxed his biggest hit, "Im In The Mood" for
Besman (still leased to Modern Records) in Detroit on August 7 of
1951. He toured with guitarist Eddie Kirkland especially during 5153. Besman moved to Los Angeles in mid 1952, and Joe Bihari had
to travel to Detroit and Joe Siracuse for further recordings.
JLH worked with his own band from 1953 - the Boogie Ramblers in
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United Sound Studios, Detroit ca September 1948

Bernie Besman, producer; Joe Siracuse, engineer. Recorded under contract with
Besman - the first single leased to Modern, issued on November 3, 1948.
B 7003
Sally May (aka Sallie Mae) - Modern 627, Crown LP 5353
Sally Mae (alternate) - Crown LP 5157
B 7004
War Is Over (Goodbye California)
(aka Highway Blues or Highway 51) - Specialty LP 2127
See, See Baby (alternate of above) Greene Bottle LP 3130
B 7005
She Was In Chicago (aka Wednesday Evening Blues)
United Artists LP 5512
Crazy Bout That Woman (alternate of above) Greene Bottle LP 3130
B 7006
Boogie Chillen' (aka Boogie Chillen) - Modern 627, Crown LP 5157
Henrys Swing Club (alternate of above) - Specialty LP 2127
Johnny Lees Original Boogie (prob first take) United Artists LP 127
Same session
B 7007
Drifting From Door To Door - Modern 714, Crown LP 5232
B 7008B Hobo Blues - Modern 663, Crown LP 5157
Long, Long Way From Home (alternate of above) United Artists LP 127
B 7009
Numbers Blues (aka Playin The Numbers) - Ace CD CHD 799
She Aint Good For Nothin (alternate of above ) Greene Bottle LP 3130
B 7010? Alberta - Specialty LP 2125
B 7011
Howlin Wolf (aka Im A Howling Wolf) - Modern 730, Crown LP 5353
B 7012
Crawling King Snake (aka Crawlin Kingsnake Blues)
- Modern 714, Crown LP 5157
I Rule My Den (alternate of above) United Artists LP 127
Note: Drifting.. and Hobo Blues may be Barbee recordings from mid 1948
handed over to Besman. When Besman sent his first tapes to Modern in late
1948 he offered the Boogie Chillen-session and at least one take of all ten
songs above. Some evidence point to the fact that the alternate of Numbers
Blues, Well I Got To Leave (from ca. December 1949), issued on United Artist
LP 127, is actually the alternate of the above and the alternate listed here is
from the 1949 session.
The Most Essential and Best CD:

Hooker (4CD box-set covering 1948-1998) - Shout!Factory 826663-10198 (2006)
Interesting 2CD compilations (whole career):
John Lee Hooker Anthology: 50 Years - Shout!Factory 826663-11289 (2009)
John Lee Hooker Gold Hip-O/Chess CD 8590 (2007)
The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 Rhino R2 70572 (1991)
1CD-Collections:
The Very Best of - Rhino R2 71915 (1995)
The Definitive Collection - Hip-O/Universal CD 6127 (2006)
The Best of JLH 1965 to 1974 MCAD-10539 (1992)
Thats My Story/The Folk Blues of.. Ace CDCHD 927 (1990)
Editors Choice:
Testament Charly (4CD-set) SNAJ 705CD with 60 great Vee-Jay tracks (2001)
For the Collector:
Blues King Pins Blues Immortal Virgin 82741 (Modern recordings
1948-1955) (2003)
Live at the Cafe au Go-Go (and Soledad Prison) - Universal MCD 11527
(Bluesway recordings August, 1966 and in 1972) (1996)
Travelin (reissue of a 1960 LP) Collectables CD 7101 (2000)
also issued on Charly/Snapper SNAP 145CD with bonus tracks (2003)
Burnin (reissue of a 1962 LP) Collectables CD 7106 (2000)
- alos issued on Charly/Snapper SNAP 041CD with bonus tracks (2003)
The Boogie Man Charly 4CD Digi-Book CD DIG 5
- covering Chess, Vee-Jay and several rare tracks 1948 1966 (1994)
The Boogie Man (4CD-set) Properbox 111
(1948-1955 with Modern and pirate recordings) (2006)
JOHN LEE HOOKER, vocals/guitar GREAT-EIGHT

1. John Lee Hooker & His Guitar - Detroit, ca September, 1948:
B 7006 Boogie Chillen' - Modern 627 (#1, total 18w in 1949)
2. John Lee Hooker (featuring Eddie Kirkland, gtr)
- Detroit, August 7, 1951:
MM 1636 I'm In The Mood - Modern 835 (#1, 15w)
3. (featuring Eddie Taylor, gtr) - Chicago March 17, 1956:
56-445 Dimples - Vee-Jay 205
4. (featuring Sam Jones, bs, Louis Hayes, dms)
- New York, February 8, 1960:
321 Gonna Use My Rod - Riverside LP 321
5. (featuring Lefty Bates, gtr) - Chicago, March 1, 1960:
60-1384 No Shoes - Vee-Jay 349 (#21, 2w)
6. (featuring Joe Hunter, pno and Hank Cosby, sax)
- Chicago, ca December 1961:
61-2204 Boom Boom - Vee-Jay 438 (#16, 8w total in 1962)
7. (from last Vee-Jay session) - Chicago, ca mid 1964:
64-4424 It Serves Me Right (To Suffer) - Vee-Jay 708, 1965
8. (featuring Lafyaette Leake, pno, Eddie Burns, gtr)
- Chicago, May 1966:
14778 House Rent Blues unissued (released on Chess CD 9329, 1991)
First LP:
Im John Lee Hooker Vee-Jay 1007 (1959)
Reading:
Boogie Man - The Adventures of John Lee Hooker by Charles
Shaar Murray (Viking, 1999)
Delta Blues by Ted Gioia (W W Norton, 2008)
The Very Best of the Rest:
The very first LPs:

1959
1959
1959
1960
1960
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1962
1962
1962
1962
1963
1963
1963
1963
1963
1964
1964
1965
1965
1966
1966
1967
Im John Lee Hooker Vee-Jay 1007

The Country Blues of JLH Riverside 12-838
House of the Blues Chess 1438
The Blues Crown 5157
Thats My Story Riverside 12-321
Travelin Vee-Jay 1023
Sings Blues King 727
Plays and sings the Blues Chess 1454
The Folk Lore of JLH Vee-Jay 1033
Sings The Blues Crown 5232
Folk Blues - Crown 5295
Burnin Vee-Jay 1043
John Lee Hooker (Lost My Job) Galaxy 8201
The Best of JLH Vee-Jay 1049
The Great John Lee Hooker Crown 5253
The Big Soul of JLH Vee-Jay 1068
Dont Turn Me From Your Door Atco 33-151
On Campus Vee-Jay 1066
Live at Sugar Hill Galaxy 8205
Concert at Newport Vee-Jay 1078
Burning Hell Riverside (UK) RM 008
And Seven Nights Verve-Forecast FT 3003
Is He The Worlds Greatest Blues Singer Vee-Jay 8502
It Serve You Right To Suffer Impulse AS 9013
The Real Folk Blues Chess 1508
Original Folk Blues Kent 5025

1949 Boogie Chillen #1 for 1w
1949 Hobo Blues #5
1949 Hoogie Boogie #9
1949 Crawling King Snake #6
1951 Im In The Mood #1 for 4w
1949
1950
1950
1950
1951
1951
1951
1953
1954
1954
1954
1954
1955
1955
1956
1956
1956
1957
1957
1958
1959
1959
1959
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1962
1962
1963
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1967
1970
1970
1974
1986
1989
1997
Moaning Blues (as Texas Slim)

Wandering Blues (as Johnny Williams)
Give Me Your Phone Number
Huckle Up Baby
John Ls House Rent Boogie
Leave My Wife Alone (as John Lee Booker)
Just Me And My Telephone
Boogie Rambler
Stuttering Blues (as John Lee Booker)
Its My Own Fault
Half A Stranger
Im Mad
The Syndicator
Hug And Squeeze (You)
Every Night
Dimples
Baby Lee
Im So Excited
I See You When Youre Weak
I Love You Honey
Tupelo (Riverside)
Hobo Blues (The Hobo) (VeeJay)
Maudie
I Need Some Money
No Shoes
Teachin The Blues
Dont Turn Me From Your Door
Want Ad Blues
Boom Boom
Frisco Blues (San Francisco)
Birmingham Blues
Dont Look Back
It Serves Me Right To Suffer
Bottle Up And Go
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Im Bad Like Jesse James
Mr Lucky
Burning Hell (w. Canned Heat)
House Rent Boogie (Blues)
Homework
Well Meet Again
The Healer
Frisco Blues (from Dont Look Back)
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JOHN LEE HOOKER - ONE RECORD PER YEAR 1948 1967
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1964
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1961
1965
1962
1963
1966
1967
Hookers interesting Real Folk Blues sessions
Recorded in Chicago, May 1966 - Ralph Bass, producer; Marshall Chess, supervision
featuring Hooker, vcl/gtr; Lafayette Leake, pno/org; Eddie Burns, gtr; unkn, b and tamb; S.P. Leary or poss. Fred Below, dms
"The Real Folk Blues" Chess LP 1508, issued 1966 with 9 tracks, several reissues - even one as "More Real Folk Blues"
"More Real Folk Blues - The Missing Album" MCA/Chess CD CHD9329 American and European issues 1991 - 9 new tracks
Ralph Bass did not record in stereo - Image of the European issue inserted bottom left.
These two albums reissued on one CD titled "The Complete Chess Folk Blues Sessions" in Europe on MCA MCD-18335 in 1991
and "The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues" in US on MCA/Chess 112821 in 2002.
Tracks:
(The 18 tracks have master numbers U 14761 through U 14778; although not in track order as below)
Im InThe Mood / Lets Go Out Tonight / Peace Lovin Man / Stella Mae / I Put My Trust In You / You Know, I Know / Ill Never Trust Your Love
Again / One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / The Waterfront // Lead Me (You Can Lead Me Baby) / Noboyd Knows / Deap Blue Sea / I Cant
Quit You Baby / Mustang And GTO / House Rent Blues / Catfish Blues / Want Ad Blues / This Land Is Nobodys Land
New 10CD Box Public Domain on Documents (issued in Nov 2015)
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Real Gone Musics Hooker Box
Burning Hell (1964 not 1958) Riverside

"I'm John Lee Hooker (1959) Vee-Jay
"Travelin' (1960) Vee-Jay
"That's My Story (1960) Riverside
"Sings Blues (late 1960 not 1961; reissued 1968) King
"The Folklore Of John Lee Hooker (1961) Vee-Jay
"Burnin' (1962 - not 1961) Vee-Jay
"Folk Blues (1962) Crown
Note: Sadly the Real Gone boxes lack bio/disco information.
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JOHN LEE HOOKERs CROWN LPs and their U.S. reissues

Images number four are examples of European issues. Both Crown, United and Kent issued most of Hookers LPs also listed in fake Stereo.
The Blues on Crown CLP-5157 (1960); United/Superior US-7725 (ca 1970) and its alternate pressing; plus a French issue on America.
Sings The Blues on Crown CLP-5232 (1961); two versions of United/Superior US-7710 (1969) Driftin Thru The Blues; the 1966 issue of
Custom LP 1048 (a Bihari label); and the British issue on Ember.
Folk Blues on Crown CLP-5295 (1962); two versions of United/Superior US-7729 (ca 1971); and the French issue on Goody.
The Great on Crown CLP-5353 (1963); The Great Blues Sounds of on United/Superior US-7731 (ca 1971) and its United cover;
plus a European (or Japanese?) The Great release.
Hookers two Kent LPs (a Bihari label): Original Folk Blues on Kent LP 5025 (KST 525) (1967); the United US 7746 (ca 1972); plus Kent LP The
Greatest Hits of on Kent KST 559 (1971), and its reissue on United 7769 (in ca 1974) the latter two are reissues of Crowns The Blues.
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12 Blues Giants and some of their famous early side-men - part 1
T-Bone with Freddie Slack, Stormy Monday-lineup, Lloyd Mr. 88 Glenn,

and Maxwell Davis.
Big Joe with Pete Johnson, Wild Bill Moore,

Harry Van (Vann) Piano Man Walls, and Sam The Man Taylor.
Fulson with Lloyd Mr, 88 Glenn, David Fathead Newman, and Maxwell Davis.
Roy Brown with Paul Gayten, Leroy Batman Rankin (no image),
Buddy Griffin (pno), Jimmy Griffin (tromb), Edgar Blanchard, and Lee Allen.
Johnnie Lee with Eddie Burns, Eddie Kirkland, William Lefty Bates,
and Joe (Edward) Hunter.
Muddy with Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, James Cotton,
Pat Hare, plus Francis Clay and James Pee Wee Madison.(no images).
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12 Blues Giants and some of their famous early side-men - part 2
Sonny Boy with Robert Jr. Lockwood, Lafayette Leake, and Odie Payne Jr.
Wolf with Willie Dixon, Willie Johnson, Ike Turner,

Hubert Sumlin, and Henry Gray.
Elmo with Little Johnny Jones, J. T. Brown, and Johnny Big Moose Walker.
Little Walter with Louis and David Meyers, Fred Below,

Robert Jr. Lockwood, and Luther Tucker.
Jimmy Reed with Eddie Taylor, Lefty Bates, Earl Phillips,

and Mary Mama Reed.
B.B. with Johnny Ace, Earl Forest; Bill Harvey (no image); Willard McDaniel: Maxwell Davis,
Willard Lee, Johnny Board, and Bobby Forte (no images), plus Sonny Freeman.
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GIANTS OF CHICAGO BLUES early LPs on Chess and Vee-Jay, plus
Chess LP 1427, Chess/Checker LP 1428 (1957), Chess LP 1434 (1958), Vee-Jay LP 1004 (August 1958);
Checker LP 1437 (early 1959), Vee-Jay LPs 1007 (1959), 1008 (September 1959), Chess LP 1444 (early 1960);
Vee-Jay LP 1022, SR 1023 (1960), Chess LPS 1449 (1960), Vee-Jay LP 1025 (1961);
Vee-Jay LP 1033, 2SR 1035 (1961), SR 1039 (1961 reissue of one half of SR 1035), SR 1043 (early 1962);
Chess LP 1469 (1962), Vee-Jay LPs SR 1049, SR 1050 (1962), SR 1058 (1963).
Next page: - note there are several more Vee-Jay LPs by Reed and Hooker after 1963, although the Chess LPs feature more vintage recordings.
Vee-Jay LPs SR 1066, SR 1067, SR 1072 (1963), Chess LP 1483 (early 1964); Chess LPs 1501, 1502, 1503 (1965),
SphereSound LP 7002 (1965);
Chess LPs 1507, 1508, 1509, 1511 (1966);
Chess LP 1512 (1967), Checker LP 3004 (1967 reissue of 1428), Chess LPs 1535, 1536 (1969);
Chess LPs 1537 (1969); 1539 (1969 reissue of 1427), 1540 (1969 reissue of 1434), 1553 (1970);
Chess LP 407 (1970), Chess-GRT LPs CHV 416 (1974); CHV 417, CHV 418 (1975).
Images right: The European issues of Chess 1444 (Muddy Waters sings the songs of Big Bill Broonzy, and 1503 (Sonny Boy Williamson In Memorium(.
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Twelve Great Blues Singers Twelve Favorite Blues Songs

rder.
T-BONE WALKER
JOE TURNER
Thats Better For Me
New York October 12, 1946

National 9100 (issued 1950)
T-Bone Walker, vcl/gtr:
Joe Turner, vcl:
Rockin At Midnight
JOHN LEE HOOKER
Los Angeles prob early 1955

Modern 966 (issued August 1955)
Roy Brown, vcl;
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; feat Otis Finch, tensax;
feat Leroy Batman Rankins, tensax
Bob Thurman, pno; Tom Whithead, dms
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON
HOWLING WOLF
No Nights By Myself
Brown Skin Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson, vcl/hca;
West Memphis, AR February 12, 1952

from Crown CLP 5240 (1961)
Jackson, MS November 2, 1954

Ace 511 (late 1955 purchased from Trumpet)
LITTLE WALTER and his Night Caps
JIMMY REED
Sad Hours
Take Out Some Insurance
Chicago March 26, 1959

Vee-Jay 314 (issued June 1959)
with Rythm Accompaniment
I Cant Be Satisfied
I Feel Like Going Home

Chicago c. December 1947
Aristocrat 1305 (issued 1948)
b/w
Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; Big Crawford, bs
ELMORE JAMES
and his Broomdusters
Standing At The Crossroads
(aka Chocolate Drop)
Howling Wolf, vcl/hca; Ike Turner, pno;

Wille Johnson, gtr, unknown bs; Willie Steel, dms
Dave Campbell,pno; J.W. Turner,gtr;

Johnny Morgan,bs; Junior Blackman, dms
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MUDDY WATERS
Hug And Squeeze
New Orleans January 1949

DeLuxe 3212 (#2 March 1949)
Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below

(or poss. Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Below)
Lowell Fulson, vcl/gtr; feat Earl Brown, altsax:;

Otis Spann, pno; Willie Dixon, bs; prob Fred Below, dms
feat Ike Perkins, pno; Red Saunders, dms
with his Mighty-Mighty Men
Little Walter, hca;
Chicago Jan 13, 1955

Checker 812 (#14 May 1955)
(Wee Baby Blues)
with orchestra lead by George Orendorff (tp).

Bumps Myers, tensax; Willard McDaniel, pno;
Billy Hadnott, bs; Oscar Lee Bradley, dms.
Chicago October 1952

Checker 764 (#2 January 1953)
Loving You
New Oh-Wee Baby Blues
Los Angeles November 12, 1947

Black & White 126 (issued 1948)
ROY BROWN
LOWELL FULSON
Los Angeles c. August 1954

Flair 1057 (issued late 1954)
Elmore James, vcl/gtr; James Parr, tpt;

Maxwell Daivs and Jewl Grant, saxes; Willard
McDaniel, pno; Ralph Hamilton, bs; Jesse Sailes, dms
B. B. KING
Dont You Want A Man Like Me
(the song was re-recorded totally different in 1954)
Jimmy Reed, vcl/gtr;
Lefty Bates and Eddie Taylor, gtrs; Earl Phillips, dms
Memphis January 8, 1951

RPM 318 (issued c. March 1951)
B. B. King, vcl;
E. A. Kamp, tensax; Ford Nelson, pno;
James Walker, bs; Solomon Hardy, dms
Same Twelve Great Blues Singers . Some More Favorites
T-BONE WALKER and his Orchestra
rder.
Travelin Blues
Los Angeles April 7, 1950

Imperial 5094 (autumn 1950)
T-Bone Walker, vcl/gtr;
with orchestra lead by Jim Wynn (saxophone)
ROY BROWN
Rocking All The Time
Memphis 1960
Home of the Blues 110 (issued 1960)
Roy Brown, vcl; feat Willie Mitchell, tp;
Jimmy Mitchell, tensax; Joe Hall, pno; Al Jackson, dms
JOE TURNER and his BLUES KINGS
Los Angeles 1965

Kent 431 (#11 Dec 11965)
Johnny Jones, pno; Red Saunders, dms
feat Maxwell Davis, arr/pno
JOHN LEE HOOKER
Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; Junior Wells, hca;

Jimmy Rogers, gtr; Willie Dixon, bs; Fred Below, dms
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr;
Chicago January 30, 1960

Chess 1762 (issued 1960)
ELMO JAMES
Fine Little Mama
New York May 23/24 1960

Fire 1031 (issued late 1960)
- image shows reissue -
Howlin Wolf, vcl;

Abe Locke, tensax; Hosea Lee Kennard, pno; Hubert
Sumlin and Abraham Smothers, gtrs; S.P. Leary, dms.
(Mannish Boy)
Chicago May 24, 1955

Chess 1602 (#5 July 1955)
Wliiam Lefty Bates, gtr; Quinn Wilson, bs;

Earl Phillips, dms; poss. Pops Staples, gtr
Sonny Boy Williamson, vcl/hca;
Chicago December 1959 (unissued)

from MCA/Chess CD 2-9357 (1995)
Manish Boy
Im Going Upstairs
Howlin For My Darling
Youre Sweet
MUDDY WATERS and his guitar

Vee-Jay 379 (issued February 1961)
Its Sad To Be Alone
LITTLE WALTER
Lowell Fulson, vcl/gtr;
Joe Turner, vcl: feat Elmore James, gtr;
HOWLIN WOLF
Otis Spann, Robert Jr Lockwood,

Luther Tucker, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
Black Nights
TV Mama
Chicago October 7, 1953

Atlantic 1016 (#6 Jan 1954)

Checker 943 (issued 1959)
LOWELL FULSOM
Elmore James, vcl/gtr; James Parr, tpt;

Maxwell Daivs and Jewl Grant, saxes; Willard
McDaniel, pno; Ralph Hamilton, bs; Jesse Sailes, dms
JIMMY REED
B. B. KING
Blue Blue Water
(from BluesWay LP 6011 Blues on Top of Blues)
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss

Chicago September 14, 1967
BluesWay 61015 (#10 April 1968)
(studio recording not Carnegie)
Little Walter, vcl/hca;
Chicago August 24, 1959

from Vee-Jay 2LP 1035 (Oct 1961)
Robert Jr Lockwood and Luther Tucker, gtrs;

Willie Dixon, bs; George Hunter, dms
Eddie Taylor and Phil Upchurch, gtrs; Earl Phillips, dms
Jimmy Reed, vcl/hca/gtr;
B. B. King; vcl/gtr;; Johnny Pate, arr/cond

Henry Boozier, John Browning, Hobart Dotson, tpts;
Pluma Davis, tb; Lawrence Burdine, Johnny Board,
Barney Hubert, saxes: Duke Jethro, org;
Leo Lauchie, bs; Sonny Freeman, dms
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KING OF CHICAGO BLUES - The Hoochie Coochie Man
Inserted: Robert Palmers fine book Deep Blues (1981)
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MUDDY WATERS: NEW CDS
Not Now 3CD Box (2015)
SoulJam 1CD (2015) + insert: You Shook Me (Hip-O-Select 2013)
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MUDDY WATERS
Essential CDs:
The Anthology (2CD) - Chess 112649 - 50 great chronological
tracks (2001) or Gold (2CD) Universal (2007)
The Definitive Collection Geffen CD 6273 (2006) or
His Best 1947-1955 - MCA/Chess CHD 9370 and
His Best 1955-1964 - CHD 9380 (a total of 40 great tracks, 1997)
or The Chess Box (3CD) - MCA/Chess CHD3-80002 (1990)
For Collectors:
Rollin Stone - The Golden Anniversary Collection (1947-1952)
- MCA (2CD) 088 112301-2 (2000) and
Hoochie Coochie Man - The Complete Chess Masters, Volume
Two (1952-1958) - Hip-O Select (2CD) 0002758-02 (2004)
You Shook Me The Complete Chess Masters, Volume Three (1958-1963) Hip-O-Select (2CD) B0017581-02 (2013)
One More Mile Chess Collectibles Vol 1 (2CD) Chess 9348 (1997)
Authorized Bootleg - Geffen/Chess B0012650-02 or 2517-98291
(2009) (live recordings with his band from 1966 feat. George Smith, hca) - you simply have
to purchase the above - it's prob the best ever live record
Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down - Waters, Winter, Cotton - Epic CD

07283 (great new-found live stuff from BlueSky, 2007)
King of Chicago Blues Properbox #102 (4CD 194157) (2006)
"King of Chicago Blues" - "Dreamy Eyes" - Singer/guitarist and
Chicago Bar Blues Patriarch, who heavily influenced the British
blues boom of the early 60s. Switched from the harmonica to
guitar in the early 30s. Was stationed near Clarksdale during the
30s and arrived in Chicago in 1943 calling himself "Muddy Water"
(without the s-ending). Was introduced to the Chess brothers
Leonard and Phil by "Bluebird" pianist Sunnyland Slim. Muddy
modernized (and internationalized) the pre-war Delta country blues,
first with his Hoochie Coochie Men in the 50s and later
internationally with his Chicago Blues Band. Some pressings of
"I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man" titled "I'm Your Hoochie Kooche
Man" (and later retitled "Hoochie Coochie Man"). Some important
members: Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, gtr; Otis Spann, pno:
and later James Cotton, hca; George Smith, hca; Pat Hare, gtr;
James Madison, gtr; Sammy Lawhorn, Luther "Georgia Boy"
Johnson, gtr; Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson, and Pinetop Perkins,
pno. His most famous drummers were Elga Edmonds, Fred Below,
Francis Clay, S. P. Leary, and Willie Smith. Muddy toured heavily
and several of his band members were regular session men for
other Chicago acts or made a career as soloists. Charter member
of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, and inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Born: McKinley A. Morganfield, April 4, 1913 (not April 14, 1915 as
stated earlier), Jugs Corner Comm, Issaquena County, near
Rolling Fork, Miss. Died April 30, 1983, Chicago, Ill.
First recordings: Stovalls Plantation near Clarksdale, 1941
Country Blues / I Bes Troubled - Library of Congress AAFS 18.
First in Chicago: 1946 Mean Red Spider with James Carter - 20th
Century 20-51B; and late 1947 Gypsy Woman - Aristocrat 1302 (as
Muddy Water with Sunny Land Slim). First Chess: February 1950
Rolling Stone - Chess 1426.
Records for: Library of Congress 41-42, Aristocrat 47-50, Chess
50-75, Blue Sky 76-80.
Muddy's harp players on stage:

Before 1947: Little Johnny Jones and later Jimmy Rogers; 19471952: Little Walter; 1952: Little Junior Wells; 1953: Big Walter
"Shakey" Horton, who also occasionally played with Muddy on later
dates; 1953-1954: Henry "Pot" Strong; 1954: Little George
"Harmonica" Smith; 1955: Junior Wells and later Elgie "Little
Sonny" Willis; 1956-1959: James Cotton, who stayed with Muddy
for several dates up to the mid' 60s - sometimes substituted by
Little Walter. Other stand-ins - 1959: Willie Anderson; 1960-1966:
George "Mojo" Buford; New players - 1966-1967: George Smith;
1967-1971: Paul Oscher with 1968 and 1970 stand-in Birmingham
Jones; 1970 and early 70s: Carey Bell with stand-ins James
Cotton, George Smith, and Mojo Buford; 1974-1980: Jerry Portnoy.
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Editors Choice:
The Complete Muddy Waters 1947-1967 (9CD)
- Charly CD RED Box 3 (1992) and
The Chronological Muddy Waters 1941-1947
- Classics 5008 (2001)
Reading: Muddy Waters - The Mojo Man by Sandra B Tooze (ECW Press, 1997)
and Cant Be Satisfied - The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon
(Little, Brown and Co, 2002)
First LP:
The Best of Muddy Waters Chess LP 1427
(1957)
MUDDY WATERS, vocals/guitar FINE-NINE
1. Muddy Waters with Rythm Accompaniment (sic)
- Chicago, April 1948:
U 7112 I Can't Be Satisfied - Aristocrat 1305
2. Muddy Waters and his Guitar (featuring Little Walter, hca)
- Chicago January 23, 1951:
U 7304 Long Distance Call - Chess 1452 (#8, 1w total)
3. (featuring Little Walter, hca, Jimmy Rogers, gtr, Otis Spann, pno
- Chicago, January 7, 1954:
U 7589 I' m Your Hoochie Cooche Man (Hoochie Coochie Man)
- Chess 1560 (#3, 13w)
4. (featuring Little Walter, hca; Fred Below, dms)
- Chicago, April 13, 1954:
U 7630 Just Make Love To Me (I Just Want To Make Love To You) Chess 1571 (#4, 13w)
5. (featuring Junior Wells, hca) - Chicago, May 24, 1955:
U 7846 Manish Boy (Mannish Boy) - Chess 1602 (#5, 6w)
6. Muddy Waters
(featuring Little Walter, hca plus Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin, gtrs)
- Chicago, December 1, 1956:
8389 Rock Me - Chess 1652 (1957)
7. (feat James Cotton, hca, Otis Spann, pno) - Chicago, June 1959:
9504 Take The Bitter With The Sweet - Chess 1733
8. (featuring Cotton, Spann and Pat Hare, gtr)
- Newport, R.I. July 3, 1960 originally recorded in January 1957 with Little
Walter on hca for a 1957 single, but this is the live (and greater) version
10544 Got My Mojo Working (Parts 1 and 2)
- Chess LP 1449 & pt 1 on single 1774 (1960)
9. (featuring Spann, Buddy Guy or PeeWee Madison, gtr)
- Chicago, April 9, 1964:
13151 You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had - Chess 1895

1951 Louisiana Blues #10
1951 Long Distance Call #5
1951 Honey Bee #10
1951 Still A Fool #9
1952 She Moves Me #10
1953 Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) #6
1954 Im Your Hoochie Cooche Man #3
1954 Just Make Love To Me #4
(I Just Want To Make Love To You)
1954 Im Ready #4
1955 Manish Boy (Mannish Boy) #5
1956 Trouble No More #7
1956 Forty Days And Forty Nights #7
1956 Dont Go No Farther #9
1958 Close To You #9
Muddys original Chess LPs:
1427
1444
1449
1483
1501
1507
1511
1539
Some of His Other Best Songs:

1941 Country Blues (as McKinley Morganfield)
1946 Hard Day Blues (as McKinley Morganfield)
1947 Gypsy Woman
(as Muddy Water with Sunny Land Slim)
1948 I Cant Be Satisfied
1948 I Feel Like Going Home
1949 Screaming And Crying
1950 Rolling Stone
1950 Youre Gonna Need My Help (I Said)
1955 Sugar Sweet
1956 Rock Me
1957 Got My Mojo Working
1958 Shes 19 Years Old
1959 South Bound Train
1959 Take The Bitter With The Sweet
1960 I Got My Brand On You
1962 You Shook Me
1963 Five Long Years
1963 My Home Is In The Delta
1964 The Same Thing
1964 You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had
1966 Making Friends
1966 Black Night
1971 Whos Gonnna Be Your Sweet Man When Im Gone
The Best of Muddy Waters (1957)

Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill (Broonzy) (1960)
Muddy Waters At Newport (1960)
Folk Singer (1964)
The Real Folk Blues (1965)
Brass And The Blues (1966)
More Real Folk Blues (1966)
Sail On (reissue of 1427) (1969)
2-127 Fathers And Sons (1969) (reissued on 50033, 1972)

1553 They Call Me Muddy Waters (1970)
60006 McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters
(2-set, 1971) (reissued as LP 203, 1976)
50012 Live (At Mr. Kellys) (1972)
50023 Cant Get No Grindin (1972)
60013 The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972)
60026 London Revisited (w Howlin' Wolf) (1972)
60031 "Unk" In Funk (1974) (reissued on 915313)
60035 The Woodstock Album (1975)
4000 Muddy Waters Chess Masters (Charly UK 1981)
4006 Muddy Waters Vol. 2 (Charly UK)
4015 Muddy Waters Vol. 3 (Charly UK)
8202 Rolling Stone (Sugar Hill 1982)
9180 Rare & Unissued (1984)
6-80002 Muddy Waters (6-LP box, 1985)
9291 Trouble No More (1989)
Cadet
314
Electric Mud (1968)
320
After The Rain (1969)
BlueSky
34449 Hard Again (1977)
34928 Im Ready
35712 Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
37064 King Bee
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MUDDY WATERS His Very Early Singles from 1948 to Juke-session 1952
Note: Muddy Water (or Muddy Waters) was co-credited on some records by Sunny Land Slim, and by Leroy Foster, and recorded as side-man on other labels.
The 7/51 session was the first one featuring Jimmy Rogers. The flip on Chess 1514 was a reissue of 1305A now titled Looking for my baby.
3/48 (rec 47), 6/48 (both sides), 10/48
2/49, 6/49 (both rec 11/48), 11/49 (rec 7/49), 2/50 (rec 9/49)
4/50, 6/50 (both sides all three recorded 2/50), 9/50 (first one featuring Little Walter; rec 8/50)
11/50 (rec 8/50), 3/51, 7/51 (both rec 1/51), 10/51 (rec 7/51)
12/51 (rec 7/51), 4/52 (both sides rec 7/51 and 12/51) ), 6/52 (rec 5/52
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the Juke session)
Muddy The Hoochie Coochie Boy & some of his many authorized live CDs
Authorized Bootleg Live at Filmore Auditorium
Recorded in San Francisco November 4-6, 1966
Geffen/Chess 98291 (2009)
Mojo The Live Collection
Demon/Music Club MCCD 425 (2000)
Recorded at Washington and at Oregon University, Nov. 1971
with Muddy Waters, vocals and guitar; George Harmonica Smith, harmonica;
Luther Georgia Boy/Snake Johnson, guitar; Sammy Lawhorn, guitar; Mac
Arnold, bass: Francis Clay, drums (no piano present Otis Spann was not
present at this session although he stayed with Muddy up to 1969)
with Muddy Waters, vocals and guitar: George Harmonica Smith, harmonica,
Sammy Lawhorn, guitar; James Pee Wee Madison, guitar; Joe Wilie Pinetop Perkins,
piano; Calvin Fuzz Jones, bass: Willie Big Eyes Smith, drums; Bee Houston; guest
guitar (one track)
Note: Top Cat BFTC 02982 features 12 tracks from these sessions.
Muddy Mississippi Waters Live (Legacy Edition)
and in Monthey, Switzerland, November 4, 1976
Recorded at Harry Hopes Club, Cary, Illinois March 18, 1977

Epic Legacy CD 86559 (2003) 2CD-set with several bonus tracks
with Muddy Waters, vocals and guitar; Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins,pno/vcl; Jerry
Portnoy hca; Johnny Winter gtr/vcl; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther Guitar Junior Johnson,
gtr/vcl; Calvin Jones, bass; Willie Smith, drums
with Muddy Waters, vocals and guitar; Luther Guitar Junior Johnson, guitar; Bob
Margolin, guitar; Jerry Portnoy, harmonica; Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins, piano; Calvin
Fuzz Jones, bass (also vocal one track); Willie Big Eyes Smith, drums
Note: Jazz Helvetica CD02/Landscape LS2908 features 21 tracks from the 1976 session
Monthey is located near Montreaux. Music Club wrongly dates the session in April, and
Guitar Juniot as vocalist on Dust My Broom.
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The important profiles of Muddy Waters Legendary Blues Band

This is a try to establish a sheet covering the members of Muddy Waters blues band thru the years. All dates are approximative, and as you can see
several of Muddys side-men returned to the band after short (or longer) periods out elsewhere. The band had several more short-termed
members. Only the most important are listed (no famous guests). When a band-member dit not record with the band he is marked *.
Little George Smith and Harmonica Smith are the same individual, but the two Johnsons are really two. Names in bold indicate main period (brackets indicates not regular member). This indicates: not a band member / probably more among those not indicated.
1953/54 (Muddy, Jerome Green, Spann, Henry Pot Strong, Elga Edmonds, and Rogers). 1966 and top 1968 (LPs featuring Victoria Spivey and Snake Johnson).
1977/78 (top James Cotton, Muddy, Big Walter Horton, Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin; bottom Jerry Portnoy, Johnny Winter, Big Eyes Smith)
Image bottom right: Live at Ebbets Field (May 30, 1973) with B.B. King guesting the Muddy Waters Blues Band CD issued on Klondike KLCD 5025 in 2015.
Harmonica
Piano
Guitar (I)
Guitar (II)
Muddy Waters and His Blues Combo

Homer Harris, vocals
Alex Atkins, alto sax
Oliver Alcorn, tensax
Little Walter (also gtr)
James Clarke
Sunnyland Slim
Little Johnny Jones
1946 1949
Ransom Knowling
Ernest Big Crawford
1950 - 1952
Jimmy Rogers
Elga Edmonds
The Hoochie Coochie Men

Otis Spann
Judge Riley
Elga Edmonds
(aka Elgin Evans)
Jimmy Rogers
Little Walter
Little Junior Wells
Drums
The Roots
Baby Face Leroy

Foster (also dms)
Muddy Waters Blues Boys
Big Walter Horton

Henry Pot Strong *
Little George Smith *
(Junior Wells)
Bass
Jimmy Rogers
1953 - 1955
(Eddie Taylor)
(Willie Dixon)
Elga Edmonds
Fred Below
Andrew Stephens
Stephenson
Francis Clay
Willie Big Eyes Smith
Milton Rector
Calvin Fuzz Jones
Mac Arnold
Lawrence Sonny
Wimberley
S.P. Leary
Sonny Wimberley
Calvin Fuzz Jones
1956 - ca 1963
James Cotton
(Little Walter)
Otis Spann
Pat Hare
Hubert Sumlin
Luther Tucker
(George Mojo Buford)
The Chicago Blues Band

George Harmonica
Smith
James Cotton
George Mojo Buford
Paul Oscher
Otis Spann
James Pee Wee

Madison
Luther Georgia Boy
Snake Johnson
1964-1968
Sammy Lawhorn
Francis Clay
1969 - 1973
Paul Oscher
Carey Bell
(James Cotton)
George Smith
(Junior Wells)
Joe Willie Pinetop

Perkins
(George Mojo Buford)
James Pee Wee

Madison
(Louis Myers)
Luther Guitar
Junior Johnson
The Muddy Waters Blues Band

Jerry Portnoy
(Walter Horton)
(James Cotton)
George Mojo Buford
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Joe Willie Pinetop

Perkins
Sammy Lawhorn
(Dave Myers)
(Hollywood Fats)
1974 - 1981
Luther Guitar
Junior Johnson
(Fred Below)
The Hoochie Coochie Boys
Bob Margolin
(Johnny Winter)
(Charles Calmese)
Calvin Fuzz Jones
Profiles of Muddy Waters Legendary Blues Band
Little Walter, Sunnyland Slim, Little Johnny Jones, Baby Face Leroy Foster, Jimmy Rogers, Elga Edmonds
Junior Wells, Big Walter Horton, George Smith, Otis Spann, Fred Below, James Cotton
Pat Hare, Francis Clay, Luther Tucker, Willie Big Eyes Smith, S. P. Leary, James Pee Wee Madison
Sammy Lawhorn, George Mojo Buford, Paul Oscher, Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson, Sonny Wimberley (not pictured), Calvin Fuzz Jones
1966 with guest Big Mama Thornton (Otis Spann, Sammy Lawhorn, Luither Georgia Boy Snake Johnson, Francis Clay, and James Cotton);
plus five albums with Muddys band featuring Big Mama, George Smith, John Lee Hooker, Otis Spann, and Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson.
Bottom: Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins, Luther Guitar Junior Johnson, Jerry Portnoy, Bob Margolin
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One rare Muddy Waters album and his ultimates

American Muddy-fans had to wait until 1989 to get hold of several of Muddys mid/late 1950s singles (if they wanted them on album). Europeans didnt have to wait. At least three albums
on the bootleg label Syndicate Chapter had been issued already in the 1970s. Below youll find the rare Trouble No More album All recordings made in Chicago.
The Ultimate Muddy Waters Collection:

The Hip-O-Select CD Series:
MCA/Chess LP/CD CH/CHD 9291 (1989)

Tracks:
Rollin Stone - The Golden Anniversary Collection (1947-1952)

- MCA (2CD) 088 112301-2 (2000)
Sugar Sweet / Trouble No More / All Aboard / Dont Go No Further / I

Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love / Rock Me // Got My Mojo
Working / Shes Got It / Close To You / Mean Mistreater / Take The
Bitter With The Sweet / Shes Into Something
Discography:
(note that Muddy does not play gtr on any of the tracks)
Muddy Waters,vcl; Little Walter (or poss Walter Horton),hca; Otis Spann,p; Jimmy
Rogers,g; Willie Dixon,b; Fred Below,d
November 3, 1955
U 7938 Sugar Sweet
Chess 1612 (R&B #11)
U 7939 Trouble No More
1612 (R&B #7)
Muddy Waters,vcl; Little Walter,hca and James Cotton or Walter Horton, hca
overdub; Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred Below,d
February 2, 1956
8013
All Aboard
1620
This is the flip of Forty Days & Forty Nights (R&B 7).
Muddy Waters,vcl; Little Walter,hca; prob Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin,gs; Otis
Spann,p; Willie Dixon,b; Odie Payne,d
June 29, 1956
8148
Dont Go No Farther
1630 (R&B #9)
Hoochie Coochie Man - The Complete Chess Masters, Volume Two

(1952-1958) - Hip-O Select (2CD) 0002758-02 (2004)
Muddy Waters,vcl; Little Walter,hca; Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin,gs; Otis Spann,p;
Willie Dixon,b; prob S.P. Leary,d
December 1, 1956
8388
A Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love) 1680
8389
Rock Me
1652
Older discographies list James Cotton,hca on above two.
January 12 or 16, 1957
8392
Go My Mojo Working
1652
Muddy Waters,vcl; James Cotton,hca; Otis Spann,p; Pat Hare,g; Willie Dixon,b;
prob Fred Below,d
ca January 1958
8733
Shes Got It
1692
Muddy Waters,vcl; Little Walter,hca; Otis Spann,p; Pat Hare and Luther Tucker,gs;
Willie Dixon,b; Francis Clay or George Hunter,d
August 1958
8980
Close To You
1704 (R&B #9)
Muddy Watera,vcl; Little Walter,hca; Otis Spann,p; Luther Tucker,g; Andrew
Stephens,b; Francis Clay,d
January 1959
9194
Mean Mistreater
1718
Muddy Watera,vcl; James Cotton,hca; Otis Spann,p; Luther Tucker,g; Andrew
Stephens,b; Francis Clay,d
June 1959
9504
Take The Bitter With The Sweet
1733
9505
Shes Into Something
1733
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You Shook Me The Complete Chess Masters, Volume Three

(1958-1963) - Hip-O-Select (2CD) B0017581-02 (2013)

More of Muddys many Chess US compilation albums
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters Chess 60006 (2-set LP 1971); Chess 8202 Rolling Stone (1982) reissued on Chess LP 9101 (ca 1984); the GreenLine/Sugar Hill Italian (not US) 3CD GLP-460 (1989)
Chess 9180 Rare and Unissued (LP/CD 1984), 6-80002 Muddy Waters Chess Box (6LP/3CD 1985), Chess 9348 One More Mile (1997, 2-set CD)
MCA 9370 His Best 1947-1955 (1997), MCA 9380 His Best 1956-1964 (1997), Chess/MCA 11946 The Best Of Muddy Waters (1999), MCA/Chess 1126492 The Anthology (2001)
Hip-O/Universal 48202 presents Muddy Waters (2003), Geffen CD 6273 The Definitive Collection (2006), Geffen 1554102 Icon (2011)
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MUDDY WATERS - ONE REPRESENTATIVE RECORD PER YEAR 1947 1966
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1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1963
1964
1961
(act 1954)
1965
1962
1966
Snapper Complete Blues Series

Snapper Music, who have served us with lots and lots of Charly CDs, in later years has launched a Complete Blues series
- compilations consisting of lovely public domain CDs. More will probably come.
Please note that the Sonny Boy CD Good Morning Little School Girl is by John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson (not Sonny Boy II although it is Rice Miller Sonny Boy, who is shown in the sleeve.
find more details and more great blues CDs at http://www.completeblues.com/catalogue/
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THEIR VERY FIRST LPs
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(note: Joe Turner is Atlantic- not Decca no image available)
SOME OF THE EARLY CD COMPILATIONS
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PHOTO GALLERY
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(in order of presentation)
Little Boy Blue THE HARMONICA WIZARD
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Essential CDs:
His Best - MCA/Chess CHD 9377 (20 great chronological tracks, 1997)
or Essential Sonny Boy Williamson (2CD) - MCA/Chess CHD2-9343 (1993)
and Blues Masters - Storyville STCD 8012 - 17 great November, 1963
European recordings (2001)
Editors choice:
The Chess Years (4CD) - Charly RED Box 1 (1991) plus
King Biscuit Time - Arhoolie CD 310 (1989) and
Goin In Your Direction - Trumpet AA-801 (1991) or
Eyesight To The Blind 1951-1954 - Acrobat ACRCD 210 (25 tracks,
2001)
For Collectors:
Down And Out Blues Not Now (2CD) NOT2CD356 (2010)
- with 32 Trumpet and 16 early Checker
Eyesight To The Blind - Blue City BCCD 811 (30 Trumpet tracks,
(2009) or Cool Cool Blues (4CD) - The Classic Sides 1951-1954 - JSP
7766 incl Elmore, and more Trumpet artists (2006)
"Little Boy Blue" - SBW II - "The Harmonica Wizard" - "Sonny Boy"

- Harmonica player and bar and "juke joint" blues singer with true
roots in the Mississippi and the Arkansas Delta, where he worked
with Robert Johnson, Robert Jnr. Lockwood, the young Elmore
James, and the Howlin Wolf. Influenced and "tutored" James
Cotton, Junior Wells, Junior Parker, and Little Walter. Worked with
his own radio show at KFFA, Helena, Arkansas from 1941 or 1942.
Lived in West Memphis during 1949-1951. He was making radio
shows out of Belzoni in Mississippi - and at KWEM in West
Memphis. Spread rumours he made his recording debut for United
Artists in 1947. Recorded for Lilian McMurry in Jackson, Miss. from
the early 50s (some Trumpet records issued as Sonny Boy
Williamson & His Houserockers). Recorded as side-man with
Tampa Red in Chicago in September, 1953 back to Jackson
and to Detroit in 1954 (recording with Baby Boy Warren). Later
settled in Milwaukee, Wisc. (with stints in Cleveland and St. Louis).
Joined Chess/Checker in 1955, soon backed by such greats as
Otis Spann and Lafayette Leake, pno; Robert Jnr. Lockwood and
Luther Tucker, gtr; and Fred Below and Odie Payne, dms. A major
harp stylist, who adopted the legendary John Lee Williamsons
name before that artist was murdered in Chicago in 1948. Became
a legend during his life-time, spending several periods in Europe.
Charter member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980.
Sonny Boys singles on Checker 1955-1956 were issued as Sonny
Boy Williamson.
Reading:
Fessor Mojos "Dont Start Me To Talkin" by William E. Donoghue
(US, 1997) and
Spinning Blues Into Gold - The Chess Brothers and the Legendary
Chess Records by Nadine Cohodas (US 2000)
First LP:
Down And Out Blues Chess/Checker LP 1437 (1959)
Born: Aleck (Alex) "Rice" Miller (later also known as Willie Williams
and Willie Williamson in official papers - his mother was Millie Ford
who later married Sonny's father Miller). Birthdate according to his
passport was April 7, 1909 (he gave his birth as December 5, 1897 other files say March 11, 1908 or December 5, 1899 - and the years
1910 and 1912 are also listed, in Glendora, Tallahatchie County, Miss).
From Lonesome Cabin website/Bill Donoghue: "His brother Willie was
the one who was born in 1897 and whose identity he stole along with
Sonny Boy Williamson I's stage name.
Actually Born: Money, LeFlore County, near Glendora December

5, 1912 (according to Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc).
Died Helena, Arkansas May 25, 1965. His headstone erroneously
gives his date of death as June 23, 1965.
First recordings: Jackson, Miss Jan 4, 1951 and re-cut on March
12 Eyesight To The Blind / Crazy About You Baby - Trumpet 129.
Records for: Trumpet 51-54, Checker 55-64, Storyville-Denmark
1963.
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, vocals/harmonica HI-FIVE

1. Sonny Boy Williamson (featuring Willie Love, pno)
- Jackson, MS January 4 (and March 12), 1951:
DRC 15 Eyesight To The Blind Trumpet 129
2. Sonny Boy Williamson (featuring Dave Campell, pno)
- Jackson, MS, November 2, 1954:
DRC 213 No Nights By Myself US Ace 511
3. (featuring Muddy Waters and Jody Williams, gtrs; Otis
Spann, pno) - Chicago, August 12, 1955:
U 7890 Dont Start Me Talkin Checker 824 (#3, 11w
total)
4. Sonny Boy Williamson
(featuring Lafayette Leake, pno; Robert Lockwood Jr, gtr)
- Chicago, March 27, 1958:
U 8753 Your Funeral And My Trial Checker 894
5. (featuring Leake or Billy Emerson, org;
Matt Murphy, gtr) - Chicago, January 11, 1963:
12115 Help Me Checker 1036
R&B Top 10 Hit: (1 of 3 Top 40)

1955 Dont Start Me Talkin #3
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For Your Pleasure:

1951 Eyesight To The Blind
1952 West Memphis Blues
1953 Mighty Long Time
1953 Gettin Out Of Town
1954 No Nights By Myself
1956 Keep It To Yourself
1956 The Key To Your Door
1957 Fattening Frogs For Snakes
1957 I Dont Know
1957 Born Blind (Eyesight To The Blind)
1957 Ninety Nine
1958 Your Funeral And My Trial
1959 Its Sad To Be Alone
1959 Cool Disposition
1959 The Goat
1959 I Never Do Wrong
1960 Checkin Up On My Baby
1960 Open Road
1960 Too Close Together
1961 Down Child
1962 Nine Below Zero
1963 Got To Move (Please Let Me Come Back Home)
1963 Help Me
1963 One Way Out
1964 I Want You Close To Me
1965 I Cant Be Alone
1965 Bring It On Home
1965 Dont Send Me No Flowers
Sonny Boy's original Chess LPs

Down And Out Blues - LP 1437 (1959) issued as Checker LP 1437
The Real Folk Blues (UK: In Memorium) - LP 1503 (1965)
More Real Folk Blues - LP 1509 (1966)
Bummer Road - LP 1536 (1969)
This Is My Story - 2LP 2CH50027 (1972)
One Way Out - CHV 417 (1975)
Sonny Boy Williamson - 2LP 2ACBM-206 (1976)
SBW Chess Masters Vol 1 - 2LP Charly CXMD 4001 (1981 UK)
SBW Chess Masters Vol 2 - 2LP Charly CXMD 4012 (1983 UK)
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SONNY BOY Checker Recordings in Chicago

A complete Checker/Chess discography of SBW II
LP 1437
General note: Discography based on Les Fancourts entry in Blues Discography

the classic years (Eyeball 2012) and his Chess Labels Discography (1989). All
recordings done in Chicago with Leonard Chess, Willie Dixon, and later Ralph
Bass, producers. Only original Checker singles and original LP or CD albums listed
(Chess except for LP 1437 which had the Checker banner, but a Chess catalogue
number). Some recordings were originally issued on bootleg LPs (noted). Most
of the tracks on Japan PLP 6023 (and all of the bootlegs) later on Charlys Chess
RED Box 1 (6LP and 4CD withdrawn after MCA claim). Of the 95 tracks listed here
89 are included in that box covering all songs tracks not on Chess RED Box 1
marked *). LP 206 is a double-LP Sonny Boy Williamson and 2LP 50027 This Is
My Story has no tracks previously unissued (poss. the alternate of Wake Up
Baby). CD 9343 titled The Essential (tracks marked #). CDs 9330 and 9340 are
V.A. His Best is a CD with cat no. 9377.
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, vcl/hca with

same musicians as above
February 8, 1957
8408-2
Hurts me so much
Blues Ball LP 2004
8408-3
al.t take o.a.
8408-4
alt. take o.a.
8409
Fattening frogs for snakes
864, LP 1437, #
alt. take o.a.
Blues Ball LP 3004,
(poss CD 9343#)
8410
I dont know
854, LP 1437, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 9330 *
8411
Like Wolf
LP 417, #
8412
This is my apartment
LP 417
add Spann, pno
September 1, 1957
8593
Cross my heart
910, LP 1437, #
8593-1/2 alt. take o.a.
Japan PLP 6023
8593-3
alt. take o.a.
8594
Born blind
883, LP 417, #
8595
Ninety nine (Ninety-nine)
883, LP 1437, #
8595-1
99
Japan PLP 6023
8595-2/3 alt. take o.a. (99)
LP 206
8596
Dissatisfied
910, LP 1437
8596-1/3 alt. take o.a.
Japan PLP 6023
Note: 8594 is a remake of Sonnys Trumpet recording Eyesight to
the blind. 8595 titled 99 on LP 1437 and Ninety Nine on ChessBox1.
same session
18030
Little village (tks 1 to 11)
LP 1536
18030-2
Little village (included above) Italian LP 2-92519, # *
18031
Unseen eye
LP 1536, #
2-set LP 50027
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, vcl/hca with

Otis Spann,pno; Muddy Waters & Jody Willliams,gtrs; Willie
Dixon,bs; Fred Below,dms
August 12, 1955
7889
Work with me
LP 417
7890
Dont start me talkin
824 (R&B #3), LP 1437, #
7891
All my love in vain
824, LP 1437, #
7892
Good evening everybody
LP 417, #
7893
You killing me (on my feet)
LP 417, #
Note: 7890 titled Dont start me to talkin on LP.
with
Otis Spann,pno; Robert Jr Lockwood & Luther Tucker,gtrs; Dixon,
Below
January 24, 1956
7980
Let me explain
834, LP 1437, #
7981
I know what love is all about LP 417
7982
I wonder why
LP 417
7983
Your imagination
834, LP 206, #
7984
Dont lose your eye
LP 417, #
omit pno
8205
8206
8207
August 7, 1956
Keep it to yourself
847 (R&B #14), LP 417, #
Please forgive
LP 1437
The key (to your door)
847, LP 1437
alt. take o.a.
CD 9343(#)
8208
Have you ever been in love
LP 417, #
Note: 8206 wrongly titled Keep it to yourself on the LP.
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LP 1503
with
Lafayette Leake,pno; Robert Jr Lockwood
Willie Dixon,bs; Fred Below,dms
8753
Your funeral and my trial
8753-2/4 alt. take o.a.
8753-5
alt. take o.a.
& Eugene Pearson,gtrs;

March 27, 1958
894, LP 1437, #
Japan PLP 6023

8754
8755
8755-2
8756
She got next to me

LP 1536
alt. take o.a.
LP 206
Wake up baby
894, LP 1437
alt. take o.a.
Japan PLP 6023 *
Keep your hands out of my pocket
LP 1536, #
with
Otis Spann,pno; Robert Jr Lockwood & Luther Tucker,gtrs; Willie
Dixon,bs/&vcl on-1; Odie Payne,dms
December 14, 1960
10569
Too young to die
LP 1503, #
10570
Shes my baby
LP 1509, #
10571
Stop right now
975, LP 1509, #
10572
The hunt -1
975, LP 1509
same with Fred Below,dms
11224
Too old to think
11225
Thats all I want
11226
One way out
11226-1/4 alt. take o.a.
11227
Nine below zero
alt. take o.a.
11227-1/3 alt. take o.a.
September 8, 1961
LP 1503, #
LP 1503
1003, LP 417, #
Japan PLP 6023 *
1003, LP 1509, #
LP 206
Japan PLP 6023
LP 1509
with
Otis Spann,pno; Robert Jr Lockwood & Luther Tucker,gtrs; Willie
Dixon,bs; Odie Payne,dms
1959
9479
Let your conscience be your guide
927, LP 417, #
9480
Unseeing eye
927, Chess Box1, #
same with Fred Below,dms
January 30, 1960
9829
The goat
943, LP 1509, #
9829-1
alt. take o.a.
Japan PLP 6023
The goat (band track)
, CD 9340 *
9830
Cool disposition
LP 417, #
9830-1
alt. take o.a.
Japan PLP 6023
9830-3
alt. take o.a.
9831
I never do wrong
LP 206
9832
Its sad to be alone
943, LP 1503
Note: 9832 titled Sad to be alone on LP.
with
Otis Spann,pno: Robert Jr Lockwood & Luther Tucker,gtrs; unkn bs;
Fred Below,dms
April 14, 1960
10105
Open road
LP 1536
10106
Santa Claus
LP 1536, #
10107
I cant do without you
LP 1536
10108
Checkin up on my baby
LP 1503, #
alt. take o.a.
ChessBox 1
with
Otis Spann,pno; Eddie King Milton & Luther Tucker,gtrs; Willie
Dixon,bs, Fred Below,dms
June 1960
10266
Temperature 110
956, LP 1536, #
10267
Peach tree
LP 1503
10268
Lonesome cabin
956, LP 1536, #
10269
Somebody help me
LP 1509, #
LP 417
with
Lafayette Leake or Billy Emerson,org; Matt Murphy,gtr; Milton
Rector,bs; Al Duncan,dms
January 11, 1963
12113
Got to move
LP 1503
12114
Bye bye bird
1036, LP 1509, #
12115
Help me
1036 (R&B 24), LP 1509; #
12116
Bring it on home
1134, LP 1503, #
Note: Crowd noise added on 12116 on a VA-LP. A more correct title
for 12113 would have been Baby let me please come home.
with
Jarrett Gibson,tsax, Donald Hankin,bsax; Lafayette Leake,pno;
Buddy Guy,gtr; Jack Meyers,bs; Clifton James,dms
September 3, 1963
12663
One way out
ChessBox 1
12664
My younger days
1080, LP 1509
12665
Trying to get back on my feet 1065, LP 1509, #
12666
Decoration day
1065, LP 1509, #
with
Lafayette Leake,pno; Buddy Guy,gtr; Jack Meyers,bs; Fred
Below,dms
April 30, 1964
13210
Stop crying
LP 206
13211
I want you close to me
1080, LP 1509, #
13212
One way out
LP 1503
Note: 13211 titled Close to me on LP.
with
Jarrett Gibson,tsax (not on -1); Donald Hankins,bsax (not on-1);
Lafayette Leake, org-2/pno-3; Buddy Guy,gtr (not on -1): possibly
Jack Meyers;bs; possibly Clifton James,dms
August 1964
15171?
I cant be alone -3
LP 206, #
15172-1/3 Dont make a mistake
Blues Ball LP 2004,
(Mattie is my wife) -3
Blue Knight LP 1668
15172-2/4 alt. take o.a. -3
as above *
15173
Understand my life -2
LP 206
15174
Find another woman
Blues Ball LP 2004,
(Gonna find somebody else) -1
Blue Knight LP 1668
unkn no. My name is Sonny Boy -2
Blue Knight LP 1668
CDs 9377 and 9343, plus Chess 2-set LP 206

LP 1536
with
Lafayette Leake,pno; Robert Jr Lockwood & Luther Tucker,gtrs;
Willie Dixon,bs/&vcl on-1; Fred Below,dms
September 15, 1960
10415
Down child
1134, LP 1503, #
10416
Trust my baby
963, LP 1503, #
10417
This old life
LP 1536
10418
Too close together -1
963, LP 417, #
63
SONNYS original Chess CDs (except for the LPs reissued on CD)
Here are the best if you cant get the Charly Box:
A 45-tracks collection of singles and LP-tracks released on the
Checker and Chess labels 1955 through 1964. The Key is the
alternate and Little Village has a false start.
Check pages 62-63 for tracks!

Includes a booklet with a biographical profile.
The Essential Universal/Chess (2-set 1993)
His Best MCA/Chess (1997)
The Best Of Spectrum/Chess (2000)
Blues Greats Geffen/Universal (2011)
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CHESS RECORDS
Muddy Waters
Howlin Wolf
(for Chess 1947 1975)

(for Chess 1951 1975)
Sonny Boy Williamson

Little Walter
BIG FOUR
(for Checker 1955 1965)
(for Checker 1952 1967)
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SONNY BOY & THE WOLF TEN REPRESENTATIVE SINGLES EACH
1951
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1963
1954
1960
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1964
1956
1961
1951
1957
1962
1951
1959
1964
THE MIGHTY WOLF
Inserted: One of the most interesting books on some of

the great Mississippi Legends (from the 1920s up til today).
Featuring detailed stories on Charley Patton, Son House,
Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters,
John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, B.B.King and more (published 2008).
Some main storys of the greats are missing (Sonny Boy and Jimmy Reed).
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HOWLIN WOLF
Essential CDs:
Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
Hip-O Select 4CD-set 1530902 or
The Definitive Collection Geffen 8784 (2007) or
The Genuine Article MCA/Chess 11073 (1997) or
His Best - MCA/Chess CHD 9375 (1997) and
His Best Vol. 2 - Chess 12026 (1999)
or The Chess Box (3CD) - MCA/Chess CHD3-9332 (1991)
and The Back Door Wolf - MCA/Chess CD CHD 9358 (1995)
- his great last Chess sides prod by Ralph Bass with a great bonus track.
Editors choise:
The Complete Recordings 1951-1969 (7CD) - Charly RED Box 7 (1993)
- including all 54 Chess/Phillips Memphis recordings and:
Howling Wolf Sings The Blues (all the RPM-Modern-Crown recordings

1951-1952) - Ace CDCHM 1013 (2004) GET IT or its pre-issue Howling
Wolf Rides Again - Ace CDCHD 333 (1991)
For Collectors: Memphis Days: The Definitive Edition Vol 1 and Vol 2 Bear Family BCD 15460 AH (1990) and 15500 AH (1991)
- 40 of the Chess/Phillips tracks; also found on the first two volumes of "The Complete" above.
Wolf''s Memphis recordings are simply terrific!
Reading: Moanin At Midnight - The Life and Times of Howlin

Wolf by James Segrest & Mark Hoffman (Pantheon, 2004) and
Chicago Breakdown by Mike Rowe (Edison Bluesbooks, 1973)
First LPs:
Moanin' In The Moonlight Chess LP 1434 (1958)
Howling Wolf Sings The Blues Crown LP 5240 (1961)
"The Mighty Wolf", "Big Foot", "John D" - Electrifying

guitarist/harmonica player and Delta/Chicago blues singer, who
modernized the pre-war country blues traditions of the Delta.
Learned the guitar from Charley Patton and the harmonica from
Sonny Boy II in Mississippi and Arkansas. Started his own band in
West Memphis in 1948 - the Houserockers. Worked as a DJ and
was introduced to record makers by Ike Turner in 1951. Recorded
in Memphis for Sam Phillips (who leased the masters to Chess),
and in West Memphis for the Bihari brothers (issued on RPM).
Nowadays there is material enough for three full-packed CDs
covering Wolf's early period - and a truly powerful one! Moved to
Chicago and Chess in 1953. Some famous members of his
Chicago band of the 50s and early 60s: Willie Johnson, gtr (who
also worked with him in Memphis/West Memphis); Hubert Sumlin,
gtr; Hosea Lee Kennard and later Henry Grey and Johnny Jones,
pno; and Earl Phillips and later S.P. Leary, dms (some blues fans
even think Wolf's band was better than Waters'). One of the Chess
labels important blues legends - "The Big Four" (Muddy, Wolf,
Little Walter, and Sonny Boy). Charter member of the Blues
Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, and inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
HOWLIN WOLF, vocals/harmonica/guitar BIG-SIX

1. The Howlin Wolf (featuring Ike Turner or poss. Albert Williams, pno; Willie
Johnson, gtr) - Memphis, Tenn, July 1951:
U 84 How Many More Years Chess 1479 (#4, 11w total)
2. Howlin Wolf (featuring Hosea Lee Kennard, pno; Willie Johnson and
Hubert Sumlin, gtrs) - Chicago, January 1956:
U 7985 Smoke Stack Lightnin Chess 1618 (#8, 3w)
3. (featuring Hubert Sumlin, gtr) - Chicago, July 1959:
U 7890 Howlin For My Darling Chess 1762:
4. (featuring Johnny Jones, pno; Hubert Sumlin, gtr) - Chicago, June 1961:
10938 The Red Rooster Chess 1805
5. (featuring Henry Grey, pno) - Chicago, December 1961:
11379 I Aint Superstitious Chess 1823
6. (w Leake, pno; Sumlin and Buddy Guy, gtrs) - Chicago, August 1964:
13418 Killing Floor Chess 1923

1951 Moanin At Midnight #10 (as The Howlin Wolf)
1951 How Many More Years #4 (as The Howlin Wolf)
1956 Smoke Stack Lightnin #8
1956 I Asked For Water #8
To Get You Excited:
Born: Chester Arthur Burnett, June 10, 1910, White Station (4

miles northeast of West Point - northeast of the Delta region), Clay
County, Miss.
Died of cancer January 10, 1976 Chicago, Illinois.
First recordings: Memphis, Tenn May 14, 1951 Baby Ride With Me
(aka Ridin' In The Moonlight) and How Many More Years - unissued
acetates for Sam Phillips); as above or June, 1951 (new acetates from
Sam Phillips Baby Ride With Me aka Riding In The Moonlight and How
Many More Years (sent to RPM/Modern) and further originally unissued
alternates; Memphis July, 1951 Moanin At Midnight / How Many More
Years - Chess 1479 - issued on August 15 (this session, produced by
Phillips); West Memphis September, 1951 Riding In The Moonlight /
Morning At Midnight - RPM 333 (plus Dog Me Around and Keep What
You Got - all four produced by Joe Bihari). First in Chicago: March, 1954
No Place To Go - Chess 1566.
Records for: RPM and Chess 51-52, Chess 53-75.
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1951
1952
1952
1952
1952
1954
1954
1955
1957
1957
1957
1958
1958
1959
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1973
Ridin In The Moonlight (on RPM as The Howling Wolf)

House Rockin' Boogie (Crown, 1961)
Brownskin Woman (Crown)
Bluebird
Come Back Home
Evil Is Going On
Forty Four
Illl Be Around
The Natchez Burnin
Tell Me
Sittin On Top Of The World
Im Leaving You
Howlin Blues (Im Going Away)
Back Door Man
Spoonful
The Red Rooster
Goin Down Slow
I Aint Superstitious
Tail Dragger
Built For Comfort
Killing Floor
I Walked From Dallas
Coon On The Moon
Wolf's original Chess LPs

Moanin' In The Moonlight - LP 1434 (1958)
Howlin' Wolf ("Rocking Chair") - LP 1469 (1962)
The Real Folk Blues - LP 1502 (1965)
More Real Folk Blues - LP 1512 (1967)
Evil - LP 1540 (reissue of 1434) (1969)
The Howlin' Wolf Album - Cadet 319 (1969)
Message To The Young - LP 50002 (1971)
The London Sessions - LP 60008 (1971)
Live And Cookin' - LP 50015 (1972)
The Back Door Wolf - LP 50045 (1973)
A.K.A. Chester Burnett - 2LP 60016 (1972) (reissued as LP 201)
Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf: London Revisited - LP 60026 (1974)
Change My Way - LP 418 (1975)
Chess Masters 2LP CXMD 4004 (Charly UK 1981)
Chess Masters vol 2 -2LP 4007 (Charly UK 1982)
Chess Masters vol. 3 - 2LP 4014 (Charly UK 1983)
A terrific album (Wolfs last recordings, still in his prime) recorded on August 14 and
17, 1973 with one (alternate) bonus track on MCA CD CHD-9358 (1995).
Wolf,vcl/hca; Eddie Shaw,tensax/bandleader; Emory Detroit Jr Williams,p/

harpsichord; Hubert Sumlin and Willie Harris,gtrs; James Green or Andrew
McMahon,basses; S.P. Leary,dms; Ralph Bass,prod.
Chess LP 50045 The Back Door Wolf
THE HOWLING WOLFs RPM / Crown recordings

Ike Turner, pno; Wille Johnson, gtr; Willie Steele, dms, Calvin
Newborn, extra gtr-1; unknown bs-2. Producer: Joe Bihari
Memphis, Tennessee May 14 or ca June 1951: (prod Sam Phillips)
Baby Ride With Me (Riding In The Moonlight) Ace LP CH 52
Baby Ride With Me Ace CDCHD 333
West Memphis, Arkansas, September 1951:
Riding In The Moonlight RPM 333 (as Howling Wolf)
Morning (Moanin) At Midnight (no pno) RPM 333 (as Howling Wolf)
Keep What You Got -1 Crown LP 5240
Dog Me Around (How Many More Years) Crown LP 5240
West Memphis (-2), October 2, 1951:
Passing By Blues RPM 340 (as Howlin Wolf)
Crying At Daybreak (Daylight) (Smokestack Lightnin) RPM 340
My Baby Stole Off RPM 347 (as The Howling Wolf)
I Want Your Picture RPM 347
West Memphis (-2), February 12, 1952 (poss two sessions):
Worried About My Baby Crown LP 5240
House Rockin Boogie Crown LP 5240
Brownskin Woman - Crown LP 5240
Chocolate Drop (alt of above) Ace LP CH 52
Driving This Highway - Polydor LP 2383 257
The Sun Is Shining Kent LP 9002
Stealing My Clothes (My Friends) Kent LP 9002
Im The Wolf Kent LP 9002
Note. During this period Wolf also recorded several singles for Chess
plus originally unissued tracks for Sam Phillips in Memphis, first with
Ike Turner and later mostly with Albert Williams (and L.C. Hubert or
Bill Johnson), pno (May 14 and c. June, plus July and December 18,
1951; an later January 23, April 17, and October 7, 1952).
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SOME OF THE WOLFS LATER CDs
Not Now Music 3CD (2015), Acrobat 3CD (2014)
Big 3 3CD (2015), Hip-0-Select 4CD (2011), and Four Classic Albums on Avi 2CD (2015)
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The Howlin Wolf Gallery
Ace CDCHD 333 (1991 18 great RPM tracks), Ace CHCHM 1013 (2004 all his 20 RMP/Modern recordings),
plus his original LP on Crown CLP 5240 (1962), and the Custom reissue CM 2055 (ca 1966)
United/Superior 7717 (same cover on British Ember), United 717 (ca 1970), Kent KST 516 (1968), and United 7747 (ca 1977)
The Charly CD RED Box 7 (1993 out of catalogue featuring 151 sides made for Sam Phillips in Memphis and for Chess Records in Chicago)
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The HOWLIN WOLF Memphis (Chess) and West Memphis (RPM) Singles
Note: Dates indicated issue dates and recording dates. Any of A-B-side may be the plug side.
Chess 1479 (A- and B-sides) issued August 15, 1951 (rec July 1951); RPM 333 (A- and B-sides) September 1951 (rec September 1951)
RPM 340 (A- and B-sides) December 1951 (rec October 2, 1951); Chess 1497 (A- and B-sides) January 14, 1952 (rec December 18, 1951)
RPM 347 (A- and B-sides) late January 1952 (rec October 2, 1951); Chess 1510 (A- and B-sides) April 15, 1952 (rec January 23, 1952)
Chess 151 (A- and B-sides) ca July 1952 (rec April 17, 1952); Chess 1528 (A- and B-sides) November 1952 (rec October 7, 1952)
Chess 1557 (A- and B-sides) January 23, 1954 (rec late 1952/early 1953)
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THE R&B PIONEERS Series
The Great R&B-files

Created By Claus Rhnisch http://www.rhythm-and-blues.info/
Read And Enjoy! - Claus Rhnisch 2015 - Managed by Thomas Jarlvik
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Original label credits on some famous blues singles

- Twelve Great Legends
Compiled by Claus Rhnisch
also see: Top Rhythm & Blues Records,

Top Ten Vocal Groups, and Hooker Session Discography.
Sources (and acknowledgments)

All books listed in the presentations (and the inlay album notes of the LPs and CDs presented, plus
fans and official artist websites) were consulted in compiling THE Blues Giants. Below you will find
some other worthwhile blues books from my collection. Thank you all authors listed.
* BLUES A Regional Experience: Bob Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc (US, UK 2013)
* Boogie Chillen - A Guide to John Lee Hooker on Disc: Les Fancourt (UK 1992)
* Blues Records 1943 - 1970 Vol One: Mike Leadbitter, Neil Slaven; Vol Two: Mike Leadbitter,
Leslie Fancourt and Paul Pelletier (Record Information Services, London 1994)
* The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 by Fancourt and McGrath (the new edition publ 2006!)
- this is followed by The Soul Discography (in three volumes - se below).
* All Music Guide to the Blues - The Definitive Guide to the Blues (3rd edition): Vladimir Bogdanov
et al (Backbeat Books, US 2003)
* The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings: Tony Russell and Chris Smith (UK 2006)
* The History of the Blues - The Roots, The Music, The People: Francis Davis (US 1995, 2003)
(Davis' book is in my opinion the best read u can get in understanding the blues and its roots)
* The Blues - A Very Short Introduction: Elijah Wald (Oxford 2010) (Wald's little book is highly
recommended - read it and you will really be in touch with the true blues and a perfect companion to
Davis')
* The Big Book of Blues: Robert Santelli (UK 1994)
* Delta Blues - The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters who Revolutionized American Music:
Ted Gioia (W. W. Norton, US 2008)
* Chicago Breakdown: Mike Rowe (UK 1973) retitled Chicago Blues - The City and the Music: (US
1975)
* Deep Blues: Robert Palmer (Penguin, New York, 1981)
* Trumpet Records - An Illustrated History with Discography: Marc Ryan (Big Nickel, US 1995)
* Spinning Blues Into Gold - The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records: Nadine Cohodas
(US 2000)
* Chess Records - Machers and Rockers: Rich Cohen (US 2005)
* The Story of Chess Records: John Collis (1998)
* I Am The Blues - The Willie Dixon Story: Willie Dixon with Don Snowden (US 1989)
* South To Louisiana - John Broven (UK)
* Encyclopedia of the Blues (Volumes 1 & 2): Edward Komara, editor (Routledge Taylor & Francis
Group - (1100 A4 pages in two volumes, publ 2006)
* Urban Blues: Charles Keil (US and UK, 1966)
* Conversation with the blues: Paul Oliver (US 1965, reprint 1997)
* Feel Like Going Home - Portraits In Blues and Rock 'n' Roll: Peter Guralnick (US 1971, 1989,
2003)
* Rhino's Cruise Through The Blues: Barry Hansen (UK, US 2000)
* Rollin And Tumblin - The Postwar Blues Guitarists: Jas Obrecht, editor (US 2002)
* Damn Right Ive Got The Blues: Buddy Guy and Donald Wilcock (US 1993)
* Blues For Dummies: Lonnie Brooks, Cub Koda, Wayne Baker Brooks (IDG Books 1988)
* A Blues Bibliography - The International Literature of an Afro-American Music Genre: Robert
Ford (Paul Pelletier, publisher) (UK 1999)
* Blues Who's Who - A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers: Sheldon Harris (US 1981)
* Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Guralnik, Santelli, George-Warren Farley, eds (US 2003)
* Harmonica, Harps and Heavy Beathers: Kim Field (US 1993)
* The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues: Colin Larkin (Virgin UK 1998)
* The Rough Guide to Blues: Nigel Williamson (US 2007)
* The Devil's Music - A History of the Blues: Giles Oakley (UK 1976, 1983, 1997) - mostly pre-war
* The Country Blues: Sam Charters (US 1959)
* The Golden Age of the Blues: Richard Havers & Richard Evans (UK 2009) w 20-tracks CD
* First Pressings - The History of Rhythm & Blues - Ten Volumes of 1950 - 1959: Galen Gart (Big
Nickel, US, 1991 - 2002)
* The R&B Book - A Disc-History of Rhythm & Blues: Big Al Pavlow ( Music House Publ. US 1983) reprinted 2009 - get it at Music House Publishing
* The Real Rhythm And Blues: Hugh Gregory (UK 1998)
* Blue Rhythms - Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues: Chip Deffaa (US 1996)
* Midnight at the Barrelhouse - The Johnny Otis Story: George Lipsitz (US 2010)
* King of the Queen City - The Story of King Records: Jon Hartley Fox (US 2009)
* Takin Back My Name - The Confessions of Ike Turner: Ike Turner with Nigel Cawthorne (UK
1999)
* Let The Good Times Roll - The Story of Louis Jordan & His Music: John Chilton (US 1994)
* Rock Mr. Blues - The Life and Music of Wynonie Harris: Tony Carlins (Big Nickel, US 1995)
* Upside Your Head! - Rhythm & Blues on Central Avenue: Johnny Otis (US 1993)
* The Gangster of Love - Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Performer, Preacher, Pimp: Vincent Bakker
(Createspace, US 2009)
* Feel Like Going Home - Portraits in Blues and Rock n Roll: Peter Guralnik (US 1971, reprint
1989, 2003)
* Dinah Washington - Queen of the Blues: James Haskin (US 1987)
* Brown Sugar - Eighty Years of Americas Black Female Super Stars: Donald Bogle (US 1980)
* Record Makers and Breakers - Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers: John Broven
(US 2009)
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Not Now Music public domain blues series

Not Now Music has a fine series of double- and triple- CDs featuring classic post-war electric blues
Below youll find some of their extensive catalogue. Check for more at
http://www.notnowmusic.co.uk/blues.htm
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The Blues Foundation: BLUES HALL OF FAME

Below youll find inductions of Literature, Albums, and Singles to the Blues Hall of Fame 1982-2012 (it started in 1982).
For 2013-2015 and Performers 1980-2015, see The Blues Foundation website http://www.blues.org/
1982
Classics of Blues Literature
Blues and Gospel Records 1902-1942, by Robert M.W. Dixon and John
Godrich (imaged above is the revised edition 1890-1943)
Blues Unlimited magazine, founded by Simon Napier and Mike Leadbitter
Living Blues Magazine, founded by Bruce Iglauer, Jim O'Neal, Amy van
Singel, Paul Garon, et al.
Classics of Blues Recordings - Album
King of the Delta Blues Singers--Robert Johnson (Columbia, 1961)
1983
Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers, by Sheldon
Harris
Founder of the Delta Blues--Charley Patton (Yazoo)
King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. II Robert Johnson (Columbia, 1970)
Live at the Regal--B.B. King (ABC-Paramount, 1965)
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters--Muddy Waters (Chess, 1971)
The Best of Muddy Waters--Muddy Waters (Chess, 1958)
Classics of Blues Recordings - Single
Call it Stormy Monday (But Tuesday is Just as Bad) --T-Bone Walker (Black &
White, 1947)
Dust My Broom Elmore James (Trumpet , 1951)
Hell Hound On My Trail -- Robert Johnson (ARC/Vocalion, 1937)
Sweet Home Chicago -- Robert Johnson (Vocalion, 1936)
Worried Life Blues -- Big Maceo (Bluebird ,1941)
1984
Deep Blues, by Robert Palmer
Boss Blues Harmonica--Little Walter (Chess, 1972)
Hoodoo Man Blues--Junior Wells (Delmark, 1966)
West Side Soul--Magic Sam Blues Band (Delmark, 1968)
Got My Mojo Working--Muddy Waters (Chess album track ,1960)
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man--Muddy Waters (Chess 1954)
The Things That I Used to Do--Guitar Slim (Specialty, 1953)
1985
Blues Records 1943-1966, by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven
Born Under a Bad Sign--Albert King (Stax)
Chester Burnett A.K.A Howlin' Wolf--Howlin' Wolf (Chess, 1972)
Howlin' Wolf ("rocking chair" album)--Howlin' Wolf (Chess, 1962)
Boogie Chillen--John Lee Hooker (Modern, 1948)
Smokestack Lightnin'--Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1956)
The Thrill is Gone--B.B. King (ABC Bluesway 1969)
1986
Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues), by Mike Rowe
I Am The Blues--Willie Dixon (Columbia)
Ice Pickin'--Albert Collins (Alligator, 1978)
Live Wire--Blues Power--Albert King (Stax)
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1986 (contd)
Cross Road Blues--Robert Johnson (ARC/Vocalion, 1936)
Juke--Little Walter (Checker, 1952)
Mannish Boy--Muddy Waters (Chess 1955)
1987
The Story of the Blues, by Paul Oliver
Blues Before Sunrise--Leroy Carr (Columbia)
Hide Away--Freddie (Freddy) King (King, 1969)
Two Steps From the Blues--Bobby "Blue" Bland (Duke)
Big Road Blues--Tommy Johnson (Victor, 1928)
Help Me--Sonny Boy Williamson #2 (Checker 1963)
Please Send Me Someone to Love--Percy Mayfield (Specialty 1950)
1988
The Blues Fell This Morning (The Meaning of the Blues), by Paul Oliver
Down on Stovall's Plantation--Muddy Waters (Testament, 1966)
The Chess Box--Muddy Waters (P-Vine Special, 1985)
The Original Flair & Meteor Sides--Elmore James (Ace)
Born Under a Bad Sign--Albert King (Stax, 1967)
How Long, How Long Blues--Leroy Carr (Vocalion, 1928)
Pony Blues--Charley Patton (Paramount 1929)
1989
Feel Like Going Home, by Peter Guralnick
Live on Maxwell Street--Robert Nighthawk (Rounder)
Showdown--Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland (Alligator)
The World's Greatest Blues Singer--Bessie Smith (Columbia, 1970)
Come On In My Kitchen -- Robert Johnson (ARC/Vocalion, 1936)
Drifting Blues -- Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
(Philo/Aladdin, 1945)
Long Distance Call -- Muddy Waters (Chess, 1951)
1990
Big Bill Blues, by Big Bill Broonzy & Yannick Bruynoghe
Black Magic--Magic Sam Blues Band (Delmark, 1969)
The Chess Box--Willie Dixon (Chess)
The Complete 1931 Session--Skip James (Yazoo)
Big Boss Man--Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay, 1960)
Good Morning, School Girl--Sonny Boy Williamson #1 (Bluebird 1937)
Terraplane Blues--Robert Johnson (ARC/Vocalion, 1936)
1991
Big Road Blues, by David Evans
Conversation with the Blues by Paul Oliver
The Country Blues by Samuel Charters
Can't Get No Grindin'--Muddy Waters (Chess, 1973)
Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 1-3--Various Artists (Vanguard, 1966))
The Best of Little Walter--Little Walter (Checker, 1958)
Killing Floor--Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1964)
Nine Below Zero--Sonny Boy Williamson #2 (Trumpet 1951)
Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (Chess, 1951)
The Sky is Crying--Elmore James (Fire 1959)
1992
I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story, by Willie Dixon with Don Snowden
Blues From the Gutter--Champion Jack Dupree (Atlantic, 1958)
Father of the Folk Blues--Son House (Columbia)
Parchman Farm--Bukka White (Columbia, 1970)
The Complete Recordings--Robert Johnson (Columbia/Legacy, 1990)
Baby Please Don't Go--Big Joe Williams (Bluebird, 1935)
Statesboro Blues--Blind Willie McTell (Victor 1928)
1993
Urban Blues by Charles Keil
Chicago Bound--Jimmy Rogers (Chess)
Reconsider Baby--Lowell Fulson (Checker, 1954)
1994
Nothing But the Blues, Lawrence Cohn, editor
T-Bone Walker--The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954
(Mosaic, 1990)
I Can't Quit You Baby--Otis Rush (Cobra 1956)
Texas Flood--Larry Davis (Duke, 1958)
1995
Searching for Robert Johnson, by Peter Guralnick
The Land Where the Blues Began, by Alan Lomax
Boss of the Blues--Big Joe Turner (Atlantic)
Otis Spann is the Blues--Otis Spann (Candid)
Wang Dang Doodle--Koko Taylor (Checker 1965)
1996
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom,
by Peter Guralnick
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers--Hound Dog Taylor & the
Houserockers (Alligator)
Don't Start Me Talkin'--Sonny Boy Williamson #2 (Checker 1955)
1997
Honkers and Shouters:The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues , by Arnold Shaw
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elecktra)
Baby Scratch My Back--Slim Harpo (Excello 1965)
1998
Blues from the Delta - Dr. William Ferris
I'll Play the Blues for You--Albert King (Stax)
Messin' With the Kid - Junior Wells (Chief 1960)
1999
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing, by David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Blues Hit Big Town--Junior Wells (Delmark)
Dark Was The Night--Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia, 1927)
2000
The Country Blues, by Samuel Charters
Mississippi Delta Blues-Mississippi Fred McDowell (Arhoolie)
Down Home Blues - Z.Z. Hill (Malaco, 1982)
2001
Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story, by Helen Dance
The Complete Plantation Recordings--Muddy Waters (MCA Chess, 1993)
Shake, Rattle and Roll--Big Joe Turner (Atlantic, 1954)
2002
Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess
Records, by Nadine Cohodas
Live in Cook County Jail--B.B. King (ABC, 1971)
Going Down Slow--St. Louis Jimmy Oden (Bluebird 1941)
2003
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters, by Robert Gordon
It's My Life Baby!--Junior Wells (Vanguard, 1966)
Part Time Love--Little Johnny Taylor (Galaxy 1963)
2004
Juke Blues magazine
Raining In My Heart Slim Harpo
Baby What You Want Me To Do--Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay)
2005
Blues People, by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
Down Home - Z.Z. Hill (Malaco Records, 1982)
Black Night - Charles Brown (Aladdin Records, 1951)
2006
Blues & Rhythm magazine
Chasin' That Devil's Music, by Gayle Dean Wardlow; edited by
Edward Komara
I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll - Mississippi Fred McDowell (Capitol)
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (Revenant)
Tell Mama - Etta James (Cadet)
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James (Paramount)
Honky Tonk, Parts 1 & 2 - Bill Doggett (King)
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Peacock)
2007
Blues With a Feeling: The Little Walter Story, by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks &
Ward Gaines
Angola Prisoners' Blues - Robert Pete Williams & others (Louisiana Folklore
Society, 1959/Arhoo
Down and Out Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson #2 (Checker, 1960)
Driving Wheel - Little Jr. Parker (Duke, 1962)
Classics of Blues Recordings Single
Black Angel Blues -- Robert Nighthawk (The Nighthawks) (Aristocrat, 1949)
Death Letter -- Son House (Columbia album track, 1965)
Hide Away (Hideaway) -- Freddie (Freddy) King (Federal, 1961)
2008
7 Guitars, by August Wilson
Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf -- James Segrest &
Mark Hoffman
Freddy King Sings (King LP, 1961) Freddy King
I'm Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay LP, 1958) Jimmy Reed
Members Only (Malaco LP, 1985) Bobby Bland
Piney Woods Blues (Delmark LP, 1958) Big Joe Williams
Rocks the House (Argo LP, 1964; Chess CD with bonus tracks, 1994) Etta
James
Back-Water Blues -- Bessie Smith (Columbia, 1927)
Double Trouble -- Otis Rush (Cobra, 1958)
My Babe -- Little Walter (Checker, 1955)
2009
I Hear You Knockin, by Jeff Hannusch
Amtrak Blues (Columbia, 1978) - Alberta Hunter
Blues With a Feeling: Newport Folk Festival Classics
(Vanguard 2-CD set, 1993) - Various Artists
T-Bone Blues (Atlantic, 1959) -- T-Bone Walker
Boom Boom -- John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay, 1962)
Caldonia -- Louis Jordan (Decca, 1945)
Sitting on Top of the World -- Mississippi Sheiks (Okeh, 1930)
2010
The Bluesme, by Samuel Charters
Hung Down Head by Lowell Fulson (Chess LP, 1970; CD, 1996)
I Hear Some Blues Downstairs by Fenton Robinson (Alligator LP, 1977; CD,
1991)
Strong Persuader by Robert Cray (Mercury LP/CD, 1986)
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) -- Otis Rush (Cobra, 1958)
Fever -- Little Willie John (King, 1956)
Key to the Highway -- Big Bill Broonzy (OKeh, 1941)
Match Box Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson (OKeh and Paramount, 1927)
Spoonful -- Howlin' Wolf (Chess, 1960)
2011
Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, by John
Broven
False Accusations - Robert Cray (HighTone 1985)
Night Beat - Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 1963)
The Real Folk Blues - Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1965)
Ain't Nobody's Business -- Jimmy Witherspoon (Supreme, 1947)
Five Long Years -- Eddie Boyd (J.O.B., 1952)
Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues -- Skip James (Paramount, 1931)
Love in Vain -- Robert Johnson (Vocalion, 1937)
2012
Bessie, by Chris Albertson
The Voice of the Blues, edited by Jim O'Neal & Amy van Singel
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues -- Buddy Guy (Silvertone, 1991)
Bad Influence -- The Robert Cray Band (HighTone, 1983)
All Your Love -- Magic Sam (Cobra, 1957)
It Hurts Me Too -- Tampa Red (Bluebird, 1940)
Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith (Vocalion, 1928)
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Dont miss these classic Electric Blues - Part I (1949-1959)

Here are listed just a tiny wee of all the great Blues Recordings. They are selected from my personal collection but taste changes every minute.
A great inspiration to the list has been Nick Ducketts super series The History of Rhythm & Blues (2009-2011),
and Bear Familys great Electric Blues series (2012), as well as The Blues Discography (by Fancourt-McGrath. 2012 edition).
1949
T-Bone Shuffle
T-Bone Walker and his Guitar
Vcl/gtr (Bumps Myers, tensax)
Los Angeles Nov 13, 1947 (#7, Comet)
1949
1950
1950
Boogie Guitar
Pete Guitar Lewis and
3 x 7 = 21
Jewel King (vcl)
(with Dave Bartholomews orchestra)
Hey! Las Bas Boogie

Fats Domino (vcl/pno)
(with Dave Bartholomews orchestra)
New Orleans, Jan 1950 (Imperial)
Johnny Otis Orch (gtr instr)
(Walter Henry, bars, Lewis +two gtrs)
New Orleans, Nov 29, 1949 (Imperial)
Los Angeles Nov 10, 1949 (Savoy CD 1999)
1950
1951
Notoriety Woman
Long Distance Call - 1452

& Still A Fool - 1480
Muddy Waters and his Guitar
John Lee Hooker and his guitar
Detroit April 28, 1950 (Regal)
Street Walking Woman

T-Bone Walker (vcl/gtr)
(feat Ike Turner, pno: Wille Johsnon, gtr)
Chicago Jan 23 & July 11, 1951 (1452 #8 1480 #9,
Memphis July 1951 (#4, Chess)

1954
Blues With A Feeling

Little Walter and his Jukes
Chicago Bound
Jimmy Rogers and his
Rocking Four (vcl/gtr)
(w Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Dixon, Below)
Los Angeles Dec 1951 (Imperial)
Chicago July 23, 1953 (# 2, Checker)
You Cant Be Lucky All The Time

Roosevelt Sykes (vcl/pno)
(f Herb Hardesty,tensax; Walter Nelson,gtr)
New Orleans Jan 1955 (Imperial LP 1968)
1952
The Lords Gospel Train

Mary DeLoatch
(aka Marylin Scott)
New York Nov 1951 (Regent)
1953
(f Maxwell Davis,ts, Willard McDaniuiel,pno)
1955
How Many More Years

The Howlin Wolf (vcl/hca)
(with Little Walter, hca 1452/gtr 1480; Big

Crawford, bs 1452, Jimmy Rogers, gtr 1480)
Chess)
1952
1951
(with Little Walter, Henry Grey or Johnny

Jones, Muddy Waters, Odie Payne)
1954
Bout The Break Of Day

/ Lawdy! Lawdy!
Junior Wells (vcl/hca)
(with Otis Spann, Muddy Waters,
Louis Myers, Willie Dixon, Fred Below)
Chicago April 15, 1954 (States)
Chicago Jan 7, 1954 (Chess)
1956
1956
1957
Dimples
John Lee Hooker
You Got Me Where You Want Me

John Brim and his Gary Kings
The Pick-Up
Etta James
(vcl/gtr w Eddie Taylor, George

Washington, Tom Whitehead)
Chicago March 27, 1956 (Vee-Jay)
(vcl/gtr with Little Walter,

Robert Jr Lockwood, Dixon, Below)
Chicago April 5, 1956 (Chess)
(f. Harold Battiste, tensax)
New Orleans 1957 (Modern)
1957
1958
1959
1959
Honest I Do
Jimmy Reed (vcl/gtr/hca)
Your Funeral And My Trial

Sonny Boy Williamson (vcl/hca)
Say Man
Bo Diddley (vcl/gtr)
I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino (vcl/pno)
(w Remo Biondi, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips)
(f. Lafayette Leake, Robert Jr Lockwood)
Chicago April 3, 1957 (#4, Vee-Jay)
Chicago March 27, 1958 (Checker)
(f. Jerome Green, vcl/mrcs

& Lafayette Leake. pno)
(feat two of Walter Nelson,

Roy Montrell and Ernest McLean, gtrs)
Chicago Jan 29, 1958 (#3, Checker 1959)
New Orleans June 18, 1959 (Imperial)

(1 week at #1 in Aug, Imperial)
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Dont miss these classic Electric Blues - Part II (1960-1969)

1960
1960
1961
1961
Baby What You Want Me To Do

Jimmy Reed (vcl/hca/gtr)
The Sky Is Crying

Elmo James and his
Broomdusters (vcl/gtr)
Chicago Aug 7, 1959 (#10, Vee-Jay 1960)
Chicago Nov 1959 (#15, Fire 1960)
I Just Want To Make Love To You

c/w At Last
Etta James
(LP arr/cond by Riley Hampton)
Chicago May c/w Aug, 1960
At Last: #2 Jan, 1961 (Argo)
Mojo Hand
Lightnin Hopkins (vcl/gtr)
(f. Delmar Donnell, dms)
New York Nov 1960 (Fire 1961)
1961
1961
1962
Ive Got News For You

Ray Charles (vcl/org)
Shake Your Moneymaker

Elmore James (vcl/gtr)
I Aint Superstitious
Howlin Wolf (vcl/poss gtr)
(arr/cond by Ralph Burns)

Englewood Cliffs, NJ Dec 26, 1960
(#8, June 1961, Impulse)
New Orleans Aug 1961 (Fire)
(feat Mama Reed, co-vcl;

Lefty Bates, Eddie Taylor, Earl Phillips)
1962
You Cant Judge A Book By The Cover

c/w I Can Tell
Bo Diddley (vcl/gtr)
(f. Jerome Green, mrcs)
Chicago June 27, 1962 (#21, Checker)
(feat Johnny Jones, pno)
(f. Big Moose Walker, pno)
1963
Down Hearted
(from LP Blues In My Heart)
B. B. King (vcl/gtr)
(f. Maxwell Davis, pno; Plas Johnson, tensax)

Los Angeles, prob Jan 9, 1962 (Crown, early 1963)
The song was re-recorded for ABC-Par. in New York
as How Blue Can You Get Sept 30, 1963
1964
1965
Killing Floor
Howlin Wolf (vcl)
(feat. Lafayette Leake,
Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy)
Chicago Aug 1964 (Chess)
It Serves Me Right
John Lee Hooker (vcl/gtr)
(poss. feat Wayne Bennett, gtr)
Chicago mid 1964 (Vee-Jay, Nov 1965)
1966
1967
House Rent Blues

(from CD More Real Folk Blues-The Missing Album)
John Lee Hooker (vcl/gtr)
(f. Lafayette Leake,pno; Eddie Burns, gtr)
Chicago May 1966 (issued 1991 Chess-MCA)
(f Henry Grey, pno; poss Jimmy Rogers,

Willie Dixon, Sam Lay)
Chicago, Dec 1961 (Chess 1962)
1962
Im A Woman
Christine Kittrell
(f. Red Holloway, tensax;
Lefty Bates, gtr; Al Duncan, dms)
Chicago 1962 (Vee-Jay)
1963
1964
Part Time Love

Little Johnny Taylor (vcl)
You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had

c/w The Same Thing
Los Angeles 1963

(1 week at #1 in Aug, Galaxy)
(f. Otis Spann, pno; Buddy Guy or PeeWee

Madison, gtr; Wille Dixon, S.P. Leary)
1965
1966
(f. Ray Shanklin, arr; Arthur Wright, gtr)
Got To Move from Chess LP 1503 &

Bring It On Home Checker 1134
Sonny Boy Williamson (vcl/hca)
(f. Lafayette Leake or Billy Emerson, org;
Matt Murphy, gtr; Ralph Bass, prod)
Chicago Jan 11, 1963
Muddy Waters (vcl/gtr)
Chicago April 9, 1964 (Chess)
Baby Scratch My Back

Slim Harpo (vcl/hca)
Crowley, LA Oct 1965
(2 weeks at #1 Jan 1966, Excello)
(LP and single, late 1965 and early 1966)
Born Under A Bad Sign

Albert King (vcl/gtr)
(f. Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love, Booker T. Jones,

Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Al Jackson)
Memphis May 17, 1967 (#49 Aug, Stax)
1968
Cummins Prison (Farm)

Calvin Leavy (vcl/gtr)
Little Rock, AR 1968 (Soul Beat)
1969
Price For Love

Lowell Fulsom (vcl/gtr)
(feat George Harmonica Smith)
Los Angeles late 1968 (Kent)
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KING OF SLIDE GUITAR
BLUES - A Regional Experience published 1 May 2013

by Bob Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc
Publisher: Praeger (US and UK), Hardback 630 pages
Featering accurate birth and death data on more than 1.500 blues and R&B performers.
(although missing the vocal group singers)
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ELMORE JAMES
"King of Slide Guitar" - Guitarist/Delta blues singer and the most

important slide guitar stylist and disciple of the legendary Robert
Johnson. Toured with Sonny Boy II and Robert Jnr Lockwood in
the Delta during the 30s. Worked in Mississippi, Arkansas and
came to Chicago in 1952. Debuted recording in Jackson, Miss
1951 and later was recorded by Ike Turner for the Biharis, (led by
Joe Bihari, who also recorded him in the South, Chicago, L.A. and
N.O.). Bad health kept Elmore from recording more than he did. His
famous band were the Broom Dusters, featuring members of the
legendary Tampa Reds band: Little Johnny Jones, pno; J.T.
Brown, sax; Odie Payne, dms. Joined Bobby Robinson's labels in
1959 (recording in Chicago, New York and Jackson, MS). Several
of Elmores records were issued as Elmo James and as Elmo(re)
James and His Broomdusters. Charter member of the Blues
Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, and inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
ELMORE JAMES, vocals/guitar BIG-SIX

1. Elmo James (featuring Sonny Boy Williamson, hca)
- Jackson, MS August 5, 1951:
DRC 53 Dust My Broom Trumpet 146 (#9,1w total)
2. Elmore James and the Broomdusters
(featuring J. T. Brown, sax; Johnny Jones, pno)
- Chicago, August 1953:
FL 162 Make My Dreams Come True Flair 1031
3. Elmore James and His Broomdusters (featuring
Maxwell Davis, sax) - Los Angeles, ca August 1954:
FL 217 Standing At The Crossroads Flair 1057
4. Elmo James and His Broomdusters
- Chicago, November 3-4, 1959:
FM 133 The Sky Is Crying Fire 1016
5. Elmore James (featuring Johnny Big Moose Walker, pno)
- New Orleans, ca August 1961:
FM 194 Shake Your Moneymaker Fire 504
6. (featuring Johnny Acey, pno; prob. Jimmy Spruill, gtr)
- New York City, May 23-24, 1960:
8316 Something Inside Me Fire 5001 (issued 1965)

1951 Dust My Broom # 9 (as Elmo James)
1953 I Believe #9
Born: Elmore Brooks (stepfather James), January 27, 1918,

Richland, Miss. (near Canton).
Died May 24, 1963, Chicago, Ill (heart attack).
First recordings: Jackson, Miss August 1951 Dust My Broom Trumpet 146; and Chicago, October 1952 I Believe / I Held My
Baby Last Night - Meteor 5000.
Records for: Meteor 1952, Checker 1953, Flair 53-56, Chief 1957,
Chess 1960, Fire/Fury/Enjoy 59-63
Essential CD:
The Sky Is Crying - The History of... - Rhino R2 71190 (1993) or
The Very Best of Elmore James Rhino R2 79803 (2000)
Editors choice:
The Classic Early Recordings (3CD - the Modern years) - Ace
ABOX 4 (1993) and
King of the Slide Guitar - Charly (4CD Chess-Chief-Fire 19521963) CD RED Box 4 (1992)
or: (same title) Charly (3CD Chief-Fire) SNAJ722CD (2004)
For Collectors:
Blues After Hours - Ace CDCHM 1043 (2005) - reissue of Crown
LP plus bonus tracks
First LPs:
Blues After Hours Crown CLP 5168 (1960)
The Sky Is Crying Sphere Sound LP SR-7002 (1965)
Reading:
The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James by Steve Franz
(BlueSource Publ, 2003) and
Elmore James - The Ultimate Guide to the Master of Slide: Steve
Franz (US 1994)
.
Important Gems:
1952 Please Find My Baby
1953 I Held My Baby Last Night
1953 Whose Muddy Shoes
1953 Hawaiian Boogie (instr)
1954 Make My Dreams Come True
1954 Sho Nuff I Do
1954 Sunnyland
1954 Standing At The Crossroads
1955 Late Hours At Midnight
1955 Blues Before Sunrise
1956 Long Tall Woman
1957 The Twelve Year Old Boy
1959 The Sky Is Crying (as Elmo James)
1960 Madison Blues
1960 Stormy Monday Blues
1960 Fine Little Mama
1961 Anna Lee
1961 Look On Yonder Wall
1961 Shake Your Moneymaker
1962 I Need You (Baby)
1963 Mean Mistreatin Mama
1963 It Hurts Me Too
1963 Something Inside (Of) Me
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ELMORE JAMES REPRESENTATIVE CLASSICS 1951-1966
1951
1952
1954
1955
1957
1961
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1953
1959
1965
(rec 1961)
1956
1960
/ 1965
1966 (rec 1960)
Elmos Original International LPs 1960-1970
(slightly selected; and a great CD)
Crown CLP 5168 (two versions, 1960), and the reissues: Custom CM-2054, United 7716 (two versions)
BYG 529 004 (Fr, 1969) Kent KLP-5022 (mono, KST 522 stereo, 1967), United/Superior US 7743 (reissue),
Kent KST-9001 (1969), United Superior US-7778 (reissue 1976)
Kent KST-9010 (1970), United/Superior 7787 (reissue)
Ace CDCHM 1043 (2005 - great CD with bonus tracks)
Sue ILP-918 (UK 1964), Sphere Sound SSR-7002 (1965), Sue ILP-927 (UK 1965).
Sphere Sound I Need You LP SSR-7008 (1966), Bell MBLL-104 (UK 1968)
Ember EMB 3397 (UK 1968), Blue Horizon To Know A Man S7-66230 (UK, 1969), Bell Elmore James LP 6037 (UK 1970),
Chess 1537 (1969 Elmore James and John Brim), UpFront 122 (1970)
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Some interesting new CDs
3CD-set on Not Now (2015)
Universal Music Group (2014)
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Acrobat (2CD) 2015 (54 tracks)
KING OF HARMONICA
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LITTLE WALTER
Walter's pre-"Juke"-recordings
Little Walter J - Chicago 1947
vcl with Othum Brown and Jimmy Rogers, gtrs
711B I Just Keep Loving Her - Ora Nelle 711/Chance 1116
(flip by Othum Brown)
711B I Just Keep Loving Her (alt) - unissued
Sunny Land Slim And Muddy Water - Little Walter vocal
- Chicago, May 14, 1949
vcl/hca with Sunnyland Slim, pno/vcl-1; Muddy Water(s), gtr; Leroy
Foster, gtr; Elga Edmonds, dms
1002A Blue Baby - TempoTone 1002
1002B I Want My Baby -1 - Tempo Tone 1002
Little Walter Trio - Chicago January, 1950
(for Herald, also incl recordings by Foster)
vcl/hca-1/gtr with Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers, gtrs; Leroy
Foster, gtr/dms
H 511 Just Keep Loving Her -1 - Parkway 502/Herald 403
H 517 Moonshine Blues (Moonshine Baby)
- Parkway 502/Savoy 1122
R1356 Muskadine Blues (Take A Little Walk With Me)
- Regal 3296/Herald 403
R1357 Bad Acting Woman - Regal 3296
Muddy Waters - Chicago October 23, 1950
hca with Muddy Waters, gtr; Big Crawford, bs
U 7276 Evans Shuffle - Chess 1441 (flip by Muddy Waters)
Note: Walter also did several sessions as sideman for
Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, Eddie Ware, and
Floyd Jones prior to his "Juke" recording.
"King of Harmonica" One of the Chess labels Big Four (Muddy,

Wolf, Sonny Boy and Little Walter). The most influental harmonica
player and a successful Chicago Bar Blues singer and sometimes
guitarist. Worked with Jimmy Rogers and Baby Face Leroy and
joined Muddy Waters during the late 40s. Arrived in Chicago in
1946 after stints in New Orleans; Helena, Arkansas, and St. Louis.
Started his own band in 1952 - the Night Cats - later famous as the
Jukes, featuring brothers Louis and David Meyers, gtrs; and Fred
Below, dms (who actually were Junior Wells "Little Muddy Waters"
band). Was later accompanied by a.o. Robert Jnr. Lockwood and
Luther Tucker, gtrs. Continued to back Muddy Waters on several
occasions during the 50s (especially on most of Muddys hit
records). Charter member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in
1980, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
Born: Marion Walter Jacobs, May 1, 1930 (not May 2, 1931, and
prob not 1923), Marksville, Louisiana. Raised in Alexandria,
Louisiana.
Died February 15, 1968, Chicago at home (from street fight, shot).
First recordings: Chicago 1947 I Just Keep Loving Her - Ora Nelle
711; Checker: May 12, 1952 Juke - Checker 758.
Records for: Checker 52-66.
LITTLE WALTER, vocals/harmonica HI-FIVE
1. Little Walter & His Night Cats (featuring Muddy Waters, Jimmy
Rogers, gtrs) Chicago, May 12, 1952:
U 7437 Juke Checker 758 (#1 for 8w, 20w total)
2. Little Walter and His Jukes
(featuring Jimmy Rogers, Louis Meyers, gtrs; Fred Below, dms)
- Chicago, July 23, 1953:
U 4398 Blues With A Feeling Checker 780 (#2, 11w)
3. (featuring Robert Jnr Lockwood, Luther Tucker, gtrs)
- Chicago, October 5, 1954:
U 4416 Last Night Checker 805 (#6, 4w)
4. (featuring Lockwood, Willie Dixon, bs; Below)
- Chicago, January 25, 1955:
7777 My Babe Checker 811 (#1 for 5w, 19w)
5. Little Walter (featuring Lockwood, Tucker)
- Chicago, December 1959:
9891 Youre Sweet unissued, released on Chess CD 9357 in 1995
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Essential CDs:
His Best - MCA/Chess CHD 9384 (1997) or
Essential Little Walter (2CD) - MCA/Chess CHD2-9342 (1993)
Editors choice:
The Chess Years, 1952-1963 (4CD) - Charly CD RED Box 5
(1992) or more recently:
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (5CD) - Hip-O Select
126360-2 (2009)
For collectors:
Blues with a Feeling (2CD with rare Chess) - MCA CHD2-9357
(1995)
The Blues World of Little Walter Delmark DD-648 (1993) with
1950 recordings
Reading:
Blues with a feeling - The Little Walter Story by Tony Glover, Scott
Dirks & Ward Gaines (Routledge, 2002)
First LP:
The Best of Little Walter - Chess LP 1428 (1957)

1952 Juke (instr) #1 for 8w (and His Night Cats)
1952 Sad Hours (instr) #2 (and Hist Night Caps)
1953 Mean Old World # 6 (and His Night Caps)
1953 Tell Me Mama #10 (and His Jukes)
1953 Off The Wall (instr) #8
1953 Blues With A Feeling #2
1953 Youre So Fine #2
1954 Oh, Baby #8
1954 You Better Watch Yourself #8
1954 Last Night #6
1955 My Babe #1 for 5w
1955 Roller Coaster (instr) #6
1956 Who #7
1958 Key To The Highway #6
The Ultimate Entertainment:

1948 Blue Baby (Sunnyland Slim & Muddy Water)
1950 Muskadine Blues
1951 Evans Shuffle (by Muddy Waters)
1952 Boogie (instr)
1952 Driftin
1952 Thats It (instr)
1952 Tonight With A Fool
1953 Quarter To Twelve (instr)
1954 I Gotta Find My Baby
1954 Mellow Down Easy
1954 Big Leg Mama
1956 Hate To See You Go
1956 Just A Feeling
1957 Everybody Needs Someboday
1958 Everythings Gonna Be Alright
1959 Youre Sweet
1960 Just Your Fool
1960 Blue Midnight (instr rec 1952)
1961 You Dont Know
1963 Dead Presidents
Charly R&B "Red Box" CD Box Set Series Chess/Vee-Jay:

RED BOX 1 - The Chess Years - Sonny Boy Williamson 1955-1964 [1992] 4CD
- reissue of the 6-LP box set CHESS BOX-1, from 1986.
RED BOX 2 - The Chess Years - Chuck Berry 1955-1974 [1992] 9CD
RED BOX 3 - The Complete Muddy Waters 1947-1967 - Muddy Waters [1992] 9CD
RED BOX 4 - King of the Slide Guitar - Elmore James 1957-1963, plus [1992] 4CD
RED BOX 5 - The Chess Years 1952-1963 - Little Walter [1993] 4CD
RED BOX 6 - The Vee-Jay Years 1955-1964 - John Lee Hooker [1993] 6CD
RED BOX 7 - The Complete Recordings 1951-1969 - Howlin' Wolf [1993] 7CD
RED BOX 8 - The Chess Years - Bo Diddley 1955-1970 [1994] 12CD
RED BOX 9 - The Vee-Jay Years Jimmy Reed 1953-1965 [1994] 9CD
Little Walter's Original Chess LPs

The Best of - Chess LP 1428 (1957) / also on Checker 3004 (1964)
Hate To See You Go - LP 1535 (1969)
Boss Blues Harmonica - 2LP 60014 (1972) (reissued as 2LP 202, 1976)
Confessin' The Blues - LP 416 (1974)
Chess Masters 2LP 4002 (1981 UK Charly)
Little Walter Vol 2 - 2LP 4011 (1982 UK Charly)
The Best of, vol. 2 - MCA/Chess LP 9292 (1986)
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LITTLE WALTER Chess/Checker LP Gallery
Chess LP 1428 (1957), Chess LP 1535 (1969), LP 1542 planned for Walter-but was unissued, Chess (GRT) CHV 416 (1975)
Checker LP 3004 (reissue of 1428 1967), Chess (GRT) 2CH-60014 (1972), CH 50056 (Walter unissued),
All Platinum 2ACMB-202 (reissue of 60014 1976)
Europe: Chess International PAR 207 (1967), Charly CXMD 4002 (1980), Charly CXMD 4011 (1982)
CH2-92503 / CH2-9209 (reissue of 2CH-60014 1984), Japan Pioneer 2-set LP PLP 6036-7 (1985), MCA CH-9192 (reissue of 1428 - 1986)
Note: Chess was subsequently sold to GRT, All Platinum, Sugar Hill, and then finally to MCA/Universal (even Charly thought for a while they had license).
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LITTLE WALTER Chess/Checker Gallery -Bootleg LPs & Regular CDs-
Bootlegs: Red Lightnin RL 002 (1969), Syndicate Chapter Thunderbird SC004 (1971), LeRoi De Blues 2007, 2012 and 2017 (all 1978)
MCA/Chess CDs: 9292 The Best of vol 2 (1989), 9321 reissue of 1535 (1990), 9342 (2CD 1993)
MCA/Chess US and Europe versions of 9357 (2-set CD 1995), 9366 (1997 reissue of 416), His Best 9384 (1997)
Charly RED Box 5 (4CD 1992), Universal/Geffen: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (5CD) on Hip-O Select 126360-2 (2009, top left)
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LITTLE WALTER Checker Recordings all in Chicago

A complete Checker/Chess discography
session contd
U 4401 Fast Boogie -1
U 4402 Lights Out -1
U 4403 Fast Large One -1
U 4404 Youre So Fine (#2)
-My Kind Of Baby
CD 9342, #
786, LP 416, #
CD 9342, #
786, LP 1428, #
CD 9357
with
David Myers and Robert Jr Lockwood,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred
Below,d
Febr 22, 1954
U 7603 Come Back Baby
CD 9357
U 7604 Rocker -1
793, LP 416
U 7605 I Love You So (aka Oh Baby)
CD 9357
U 7608 Oh Baby (alt o.a) (#8)
793, LP 1535, #
U 7609 Blue Light (first version) -1
unissued
add Otis Spann,p
May 22, 1954
U 7653 I Got To Find My Baby
1013, LP 1535, 416?, #
alt. take o.a.
LP 416?, CD 9340
U 7654 Big Leg Mama -1
CD 9357
omit Spann
July 1, 1954
U 7669 Mercy Babe (aka My Babe)
CD 9357
U 7670 Last Night (first version)
Argo LP4042, CD9342 (#)
General note: Discography based on Blues Discography the classic years

(Fancourt-McGrath - Eyeball 2012), Les Fancourts Chess Labels Discography
(1989); Glover-Dirks-Glaines book Blues With A Feeling the Little Walter Story
(2002), and their presentation on Hip-O-Selects terrific 5CD-set 126360-2 The
Complete Chess Masters 1950-1967 (2009). All listed recordings are on that set
(unless marked unissued). All recordings done in Chicago for Checker (LPs on
Chess). Only original Checker singles and original US LP or CD albums are listed.
Cat nos. not given on previous two pages feature v.a. Tracks on Essential Little
Walter (2CD) - MCA/Chess CHD2-9342 (1993) marked #. All recordings Little
Walter, vcl/hca (-1= instrumental)
MUDDY WATERS, gtr with

Little Walter,hca; Big Crawford,b
U 7276 Evans Shuffle (aka Ebony Boogie) -1
October 23, 1950

Chess 1441, LP 8202
LITTLE WALTER & His Night Cats with

Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers,gs; Elga Edmonds,d
May 12, 1952
U 7437 Juke (aka Your Cat Will Play) (#1) -1 Checker 758, LP 1428
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357, #
U 7438 Cant Hold On Much Longer
758, LP 1428
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357, #
LITTLE WALTER & His Night Caps with
Louis Myers and David Myers,gs, Fred Below,d (some indications
give same line up as above)
October, 1952
1050
Blue Midnight -1
955, LP 1535
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357, #
1051
Boogie -1
CD 9342 (#)
1052
Mean Old World (#6)
764, LP 1428, #
1053
Sad Hours (#2) -1
as above, #
LITTLE WALTER & His Jukes with
Louis Myers and David Myers,gs, Big Crawford,b; Fred Below,d
ca January 1953
4318
Fast Boogie -1
CD 9340
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
4319
Dont Need No Horse -1
CD 9340, #
4320
Driftin
CD 9357
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
with
David Myers,g; Robert Jr Lockwood or Luther Tucker,g; Willie
Dixon,b; Fred Below,d
July 14, 1954
U 7673 Youd Better Watch Yourself (#8) 799, LP 1428, #
U 7674 Blue Light (aka Blue Lights) -1
as above
with
Robert Jr
Below,d
U 4416
U 4417
U 4415
Lockwood and Luther Tucker,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred

October 5, 1954
Last Night (#6)
805, LP 1428
Mellow Down Easy
805, LP 1535, #
Instrumental -1
CD 1226360
with
Robert Jr Lockwood,g; Willie Dixon,b; Fred Below,d (Leonard Gaston
also listed as guitarist in early discos)
January 25, 1955
7776
Thunderbird -1
811, LP 2-60014
7777
My Babe (#1)
811, 1428, #
7777R
My Babe (overdubbed chorus)
955, CD 1226360
with
Luther Tucker,g; Bo Diddley,g-2; Robert Jr Lockwood,g-3; Willie
Dixon,b; Fred Below,d
April 28, 1955
U 7827 Roller Coaster (#6) -1,-2
817, LP 1535, #
U 7828 I Got To Go -3
817, LP 416
U 7888 I Hate To See You Go -2
825, LP 1535, #
Note: Last title aka My Desire; edited on August 12, 1955 and is
extended on CD 9357.
with
Luther Tucker and Robert Jr Lockwood,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred
Below,d
July 14, 1955
U 7674 Little Girl
CD 9342 (#)
U 7675 Crazy For My Baby
986, CD 9357
U 7676 Cant Stop Loving You
CD 9357
December 1955
U 7966 One More Chance With You
838, LP 416
U 7967 Who (#7)
833, CD 9357
U 7368 Boom, Boom Out Goes The Lights 867, LP 2-60014, #
U 7969 It Aint Right
833, LP 416, #
March 9, 1956
8068
Flying Saucer -1
838, LP 2-60014
Note: From single 845 the Jukes were no longer credited.
with
Henry Gray,p-2; Louis Myers and David Myers,gs, Willie Dixon,b;
Fred Below,d
March 1953
U 4343 Dont Have To Hunt No More -1
(aka Dont Need To Hurt No More) 767, REDBox5 (UK)
U 4344 Crazy Legs (aka Latin Beat) -1
986, LP 416
U 4345 Tonight With A Fool -2
(aka I Wished A Had Someone) 767, CD 9357
U 4348 Off The Wall -1 (#8)
770, LP 1428, #
alt. take o.a.
Argo LP 4034
U 4349 Tell Me Mama (#19)
770, LP 1428, #
with
Louis Myers and David Myers,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred Below,d; Louis
Jimmy Rogers replaces Louis on -2
July 23, 1953
U 4394 Quarter To Twelve -2
780, LP 416, #
U 4397 Thats It -1
CD 9357
U 4398 Blues With A Feeling (#2)
780, LP 1428, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
U 4399 Last Boogie -1
CD 9357
U 4400 Too Late
825, CD 9357, #
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LITTLE WALTER with

same acc.
8191
Its Too Late Brother
8192
Teenage Beat -1
8193
Take Me Back
8194
Just A Feeling
July
852,
845,
852,
845,
27, 1956
LP 2-60014, #
LP 2-60014
LP 1535
LP 2-60014, #

with
Luther Tucker and Fred Robinson,gs; Willie Dixon,b; George
Hunter,d
August 12, 1959
9654
One Of These Mornings
CD 9357
9655
Blue And Lonesome
1117, LP 1535, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
Little Walter disco contd
with
Otis Spann,p; Luther Tucker and Fred Robinson,gs; George Hunter,d
November 1959
9810
Me And Piney Brown
938, CD 9357
9811
Break It Up
as above
with
Luther Tucker and poss. Fred Robinson,gs; Willie Dixon,b; George
Hunter,d
December 1959
9889
Going Down Slow
CD 9357
9890
My Desire
unissued
9891
Youre Sweet
CD 9357
Note: These recordings may be from the April 28, 1955 session,
edited and poss dubbed.
LITTLE WALTER with

Robert Jr Lockwood,g; Luther Tucker,g/b-2; Fred Below,d
March 5, 1957
8433
Nobody But You -2
859, LP 1535
8435
Temperature (first version)
REDBox5 (UK)
8436
Shake Dancer -1,-2
1071, LP 2-60014
8437
Everybody Needs Somebody
859, LP 1535
with
Luther Tucker and Jimmie Lee Robinson,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred
Below,d
June 20, 1957
8525
Temperature
867, LP 416
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
take 30 of above
REDBox5 (UK)
take 35-38 of above
REDBox5 (UK)
8526
Ahw Baby
945, CD 9357, #
alt. take o.a.
LP 2-60014
8527
Ive Had My Fun
945, LP 1535, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 9242
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
with
Lafayette Leake,p; Luther Tucker and Jimmie
Willie Dixon,b; Francis Clay,d
8644
The Toddle (aka The Tottle) -1
8645
Confessin The Blues
Lee Robinson,gs;
January 1958
890, LP 416
as above, #
with
Otis Spann,p; Muddy Waters and Luther Tucker,gs; Willie Dixon,b;
George Hunter or poss. Francis Clay,d
August 1958
8981
Key To The Highway (#6)
904, LP 1535, #
8982
Rock Bottom -1
904, LP 416
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
9141
Walkin On (alt o.a.)
CD 9342 (#)
with
Otis Spann,p; Luther Tucker and Fred Robinson,gs; Willie Dixon,b;
George Hunter,d
December 1960
10593
I Dont Play
968, CD 9342 (#)
10594
As Long As I Have You
968, LP 1535, #
10595
You Dont Know
CD 9357
10596
Just Your Fool
CD 9357, #
with
Jarret Gibson and Donald Hankins,saxes; Billy Emerson,org (not on2); Buddy Guy,g; Jack Myers,b; Al Duncan,d
Febr 5, 1963
12168
Up The Line -2
1043, LP 416, #
12169
Im A Business Man
1081, CD 9357
12170
Dead Presidents
1081, CD 9342 (#)
12171
Southern Feeling -1
1043, CD 9342 (#)
with
J.T. Brown,tensax; Lee Jackson,g; Junior Pettis,b; George Cook,d
February 1966
14573
Back In The Alley -1
CD 1226360
14574
I Feel So Bad (take 1)
as above
14575
I Feel So Bad (take 2)
as above
14576
Chicken Shack -1
CD 9357
with
Otis Spann,p; Luther Tucker,g; Andrew Stephens,b; George
Hunter,d
January 1959
9196
You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday)
CD 9342
(aka Someday Baby You Gonna Be Sorry)
alt. take o.a. (aka Someday Baby) CD 9357, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
9197
One Of These Mornings -1
CD 1226360
with
Luther Tucker and Fred Robinson,gs; Willie Dixon,b; George
Hunter,d
Febr 25, 1959
9243
Baby
CD 9357
9244
My Baby Is Sweeter (alt o.a.)
919, LP 1535
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
9245
Crazy Mixed Up World
919, LP 416, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
9246
Worried Life (aka Someday Baby) CD 9342, #
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
with
Otis Spann,p; Luther Tucker and Fred Robinson,gs; Willie Dixon,b;
Bill Stepnney,d
July 21, 1959
9619
Everything Gonna Be Alright (#25) 930, LP 1535, #
alt. take o.a. (take 1)
CD 1226360
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
alt. take o.a.
CD 1226360
9620
Mean Old Frisco
1117, LP 416
alt. take o.a.
CD 9357
9621
Back Track -1
930, LP2-60014, #
Hip-O-Select CD 1226360 The Complete Chess Masters

Note: Little Walters also recorded on the Super Blues Checker LP
3008 with Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley; featuring Otis Spann,
Buddy Guy, Sonny Wimberley, and Frank Kirkland on January 4,
1967. That session also featured Juke, Feel So Bad, and Make It
Alright (issued on CD 1226360).
Peak positions on any of Blllboards R&B Charts noted
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Two great later CDs
Jasmine 2CD (of 2011) and Hip-O-Selects great 5CD

box The Complete Chess 1950-1967 (issued 2009).
Inserted: A great little book (140 pages) covering an overview on The Blues by Elijah Wald.
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LITTLE WALTER & JIMMY REED TEN REPRESENTATIVE SINGLES EACH
1952
1952
1953
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1955
1959
1960
1957
1960
1953
1957
1962
1954
1959
1963
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BOSS MAN OF THE BLUES
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JIMMY REED
First LP:
Im Jimmy Reed Vee-Jay LP 1004 (1958)
JIMMY REED, vocals/harmonica/guitar BIG-SIX
1. Jimmy Reed and His Trio (featuring Eddie Taylor, John Littlejohn,
gtrs; Albert King, dms) Chicago, December 29-30,1953:
53-120 You Dont Have To Go Vee-Jay 119 (#5, 10w total)
2. Jimmy Reed (featuring Eddie Taylor, gtr; Earl Phillips, dms)
- Chicago, October 3, 1956:
56-551 Youve Got Me Dizzy Vee-Jay 226 (#3, 9w)
3. (featuring Mary Reed,co-vcl; Lefty Bates, Eddie Taylor, gtrs)
- Chicago, August 7, 1959:
59-1211 Baby What You Want Me To Do Vee-Jay 333 (#10, 6w)
4. (featuring Mary Reed, co-vcl; Lee Baker, Lefty Bates, gtrs; Willie
Dixon, bs) - Chicago, March 29, 1960:
60-1418 Big Boss Man Vee-Jay 380 (#13, 8w)
5. (featuring Mary, Bates, Phillips) Chicago, 1961:
61-2070 Bright Lights Big City Vee-Jay 398 (#3, 13w)
6. (featuring Jimmy Reed Jnr, Lefty Bates, gtrs; Al Duncan, dms)
- Chicago, 1963:
63-3067 Shame Shame Shame Vee-Jay 509
"Boss Man of the Blues" - "Cousin Peaches". Popular and distinctive

guitarist/harmonica player and Chicago blues singer in the Down
South Louisiana/Mississippi "swamp" style. Came to Chicago from
Mississippi in 1948 (after having lived in Chicago before the war and
returned to Leland after military services), and settled in Gary, Indiana
in 1949. Worked with San Francisco as base from 1970. Especially
worked with Eddie Taylor, Lefty Bates and later Phil Upchurch and
Wayne Bennett, gtrs; Earl Phillips and later Al Duncan, dms in
Chicago. Was Vivian Bracken-Carters (of Vee-Jay) most consistent
act, produced by Jimmy Bracken and Calvin Carter and later by
manager Al Smith. Jimmy actually sings Baby Why You Wanna Let
Go on his hit Baby What You Want Me To Do Became the most
successful of the blues singers during the late 50s and early 60s.
Charter member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, and
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
Born: Mathis James Reed, September 6, 1925, Dunleith, Miss. (near
Leland).
Died from epileptic seizure August 29, 1976, Oakland, Calif.
First recordings: as hca-playing sideman (with Eddie Taylor) on
John Brim's Gary Stomp (instrumental)/Tough Times - Parrot (1953);
himself: Chicago June 6, 1953 High And Lonesome / Roll And
Rhumba - Chance 1142/VeeJay 100.
Records for: VeeJay 53-65, Bluesway 66-68, Blues on Blues 69-70.

1954 You Dont Have To Go #5
1955 Aint That Lovin You Baby #3
1956 Cant Stand To See You Go #10
1957 Youve Got Me Dizzy #3
1957 Little Rain #7
1957 Honey, Where You Going #10
1957 Honest I Do #4
1958 Im Gonna Get My Baby #5
1959 Baby What You Want Me To Do #10
1961 Bright Lights Big City #3
Listen and Enjoy :
1953 High And Lonesome
1955 I Dont Go For That
1958 Goin To New York
1959 Take Out Some Insurance
1959 Hush Hush
1960 Big Boss Man
1961 Whats Wrong Baby
1962 Too Much
1962 Down In Mississippi
1963 Ill Change My Style
1963 Shame Shame Shame
1964 Wear Something Green
1964 Im Going Upside Your Head
1965 Im The Man Down There
1966 Crazy Bout Oklahoma
1968 Down In Virginia
Jimmy's original Vee-Jay albums:

Essential CD:
Blues Masters/The Very Best of... - Rhino R2 79802 (2000) or
Best of the Vee-Jay Years - Shout!Factory 8266631063 (2007) or
Boss Man (2CD) - Recall (UK) SMCD 232 (1999) - 36 great VeeJay tracks in chronoorder
Editors choice:
The Vee-Jay Years (6CD 1953-1965) - Charly CD RED Box 9 (1994)
or The Essential Boss Man (3CD) Charly SNAJ728CD (2004)
For Collectors:
Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall - Shout!Factory (Vee-Jay) VF
826663-10645 (2007)
Reading:
Big Boss Man - The Life and Music of Bluesman Jimmy Reed by
Will Romano (Backbeat, US 2006)
Deep Blues by Robert Palmer (Penguin 1981)
1004 - I'm Jimmy Reed (1958)

1008 - Rockin' With Reed (1959)
1022 - Found Love (1960)
1025 - Now Appearing (1961)
1035 - At Carnegie Hall (1961)
1039 - The Best Of (1961)
1050 - Just Jimmy Reed (1962)
1067 - T' Ain't No Big Thing (1963)
1072 - Sings The Best of The Blues (1963)
1073 - Plays 12 String Guitar Blues (1963)
1080 - The Bossman of The Blues with more of the Best (1963)
1095 - At Soul City (1964)
8501 - The Legend, The Man (1965)
7303 - Blues Is My Business (Dynasty 1976)
74762 Bright Lights, Big City (Chameleon 1988)
705 - Speak the Lyrics to Me, Mama Reed (Vee-Jay Ltd 1993)
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JIMMY REEDS original LPs from mid 1963 to 1969+

Note: Earlier Vee-Jay LPs see pages 40-41. LP 1035 2-set reissued on Exodus EX2-307 (1966). LP 1039 reissued on Buddah 4004 in 1969.
Several Jimmy Reed LPs appeared on different Vee-Jay sub-labels during the 60s and 70s.
Charly Records in the UK have ever since the 1980s issued lots and lots of LPs and CDs (also featuring in US unissued recordings).
Vee-Jay LPs 1073, 1080 (both 1963) and 1095 (1964)
Vee-Jay LP 8501 (1965), Dynasty LP 7303 (1974), and Chameleon LP/CD 74762 (1988)
BluesWay LPs 6004 (1967), 6009 (1967, featuring several Exodus recordings), 6015 (1968)
BluesWay LPs 6024 (1969), 6054 (1974), 6067 (ca 1970, featuring Vee-Jay recordings)
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JIMMY REEDS US Albums after 1969
BluesWay BLX 6073-2 (1973, reissue of Vee-Jay 1035), Blues On Blues LP 10001 (ca 1971? or later), Roker LP 4001 (1980), Vee-Jay Ltd CD 705 (1993)
Photo above by Burton Wilson. Inserted image: Jimmy with Eddie Taylor in Copenhagen 1968.
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Some of the later JR CDs
Real Gone 4CD-set (2014), Jasmine 2CD-set (2013), Not Now 2CD (2011),
SPV Blue 1CD (2011); and Charly 3CD-set (2008)
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TWO EARLY CLASSIC BLUES LPs

Little Walter and Howlin Wolf presented, with their first LPs on Chess, some of the most famous and most important Blues albums. Both albums were compilations of their most famous
early singles. Here they are with track order and sessions. Walters singles cat.no. are Checker, and Wolfs are Chess. All recordings made in Chicago (unless otherwise noted).
Chess (Checker) LP 1428 (1957)
Chess LP 1434 (1958)
Tracks:
Tracks:
My Babe / Sad Hours / You're So Fine / Last Night / Blues With A

Feeling / Can't Hold Out Much Longer // Juke / Mean Old World / Off
The Wall / You Better Watch Yourself / Blue Lights / Tell Me Mamma
Moanin' At Midnight / How Many More Years / Smokestack Lightnin' /

Baby How Long / No Place to Go / All Night Boogie // Evil / I'm Leavin'
You / Moanin' For My Baby / I Asked For Water (She Gave Me
Gasoline) / Forty- Four / Somebody In My Home
Discography:
The Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Ike Turne),pno-1; Willie Johnson,gtr; Willie Steele,dms
Memphis July 1951
U 83
Moanin At Midnight
Chess 1479 (R&B #10)
U 84
How Many More Years -1
1479 (R&B #4)
The Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; poss Albert Williams,pno-1; poss Willie Johnson,gtr;
unknown bs and dms
Memphis 1953
U 7565 All Night Long
1557
Note the differing title contra the LP.
Discography:
Little Walter;vcl-1/hca and His Night Cats; Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers,gtrs;
Elga Edmonds,dms
May 12, 1952
U 7437 Juke (Your Cat Will Play)
Checker 758
U 7438 Cant Hold Out Much Longer -1
758
Little Walter;vcl-1/hca and His Night Caps; Louis Myers and David Myers,gtrs;
Fred Below.dms (there is a slight possibility that the accomp is the same as above)
October 1952
C1052-2 Mean Old World -1
764
C1053-2 Sad Hours
764
Little Walter;vcl-1/hca and His Jukes; Louis Myers and David Myers,gtrs; Willie
Dixon,bs; Fred Below.dms
ca March 1953
U 4348 Off The Wall
770
U 4349 Tell Me Mama -1
770
Little Walter;vcl/hca and His Jukes; Louis Myers and David Myers,gtrs; Fred
Below.dms
July 23, 1953
U 4398 Blues With A Feeling
780
U 4404 Youre So Fine
786
Little Walter;vcl-1/hca and His Jukes; Louis Myers and David Myers,gtrs; Fred
Below.dms
July 14, 1954
U 7673 Youd Better Watch Yourself -1
795
U 7674 Blue Light
795
Note the differing spellings contra the LP on 4349, 7673 and 7674.
The Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Otis Spann,pno; Lee Cooper,gtr; Willie Dixon,bs; Earl
Phillips,dms
Chicago March 1954
U 7518 No Place To Go
1566
The Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Otis Spann,pno; Jody Williams and Hubert Sumlin,gtrs;
Willie Dixon,bs; Earl Phillips,dms
May 25, 1954
U 7657 Baby How Long
1575
U 7658 Evil Is Going On
1575
7658 titled Evil on LP.
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; with same as previous session
U 7741
Forty Four
October 1954
1584
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Hosea Lee Knnard,pno; Willie Johnson and Hubert

Sumlin,gtrs; Willie Dixon,bs; Earl Phillips,dms
January 1956
U 7985 Smoke Stack Lightnin
1618 (R&B #8)
Note the differing spelling contra the LP.
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Willie Johnson and Smokey
Smothers,gtrs; Willie Dixon,bs; Earl Phillips,dms
January 1956
8175
I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) 1632 (R&B #8)
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Adolph Billy Duncan,tensax; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Willie
Johnson and Smokey Smothers,gtrs; Alfred Elkins,bs; Earl Phillips,dms
June 24, 1957
8530
Somebody In Me Home
1668
Little Walter;vcl/hca and His Jukes; Robert Jr Lockwood and Luther Tucker,gtrs;
Wilie Dixon,bs; Fred Below.dms
October 5, 1954
U 4416 Last Night
805
This song was also recorded at the previous session.
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Abe Locke,tensax; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Jody Williams

and Hubert Sumlin,gtrs; Alfred Elkins,bs; Earl Phillips,dms
April 3, 1958
8775-1
Moanin For My Baby
1695
Little Walter;vcl/hca and His Jukes; Leonard Gaston,gtr; Robert Jr

Lockwood,gtr/bsg; Wilie Dixon,bs; Fred Below.dms; ensemble vcl
January 25, 1955
7777
My Babe
811
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; L.D. McGhee and Hubert

Sumlin,gtrs; S.P. Leary,dms
ca September 1958
9150
Im Leaving You
1712
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the KING & the BOSS of Chicago Blues their first LPs
Muddy and Jimmy hit the LP-market with a Big Bang presenting two classic Blues LPs, which still are among their fans most appreciated albums.
Here they are with track order and sessions. Muddy on Chess and Jimmy on Vee-Jay. The four bonus tracks on Reeds re-issue on Charly (UK) SNAP 131
CD (2003) are marked *. All recordings made in Chicago. Note differing spellings.
Vee-Jay LP 1004 (1958)
Chess LP 1427 (1957)

Tracks:
Tracks:
Hoochie Coochie Man / I'm Ready / Rollin' Stone / I Just Want To Make
Love To You / Honey Bee / She Moves Me // I Can't Be Satisfied / I
Want You To Love Me / Long Distance Call / Standing Around Crying /
Still A Fool / Louisiana Blues (Note the differing titles on some single issues)
Honest I Do / Go On To School / My First Plea / Boogie In The Dark /

You Got Me Crying / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby // You Got Me Dizzy /
Little Rain / Can't Stand To See You Go / Roll And Rhumba / You're
Something Else / You Don't Have To Go
Discography:
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr with Rythm (sic) Accompaniement; Ernest Big Crawford,bs
ca December 1947
U 7112 I Cant Be Satisfied
Aristocrat 1305
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr
U 7237 Rollin Stone
February 1950
Chess 1426
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr; Little Walter,hca, Ernest Big Crawford,bs

October 23, 1950
U 7275 Louisiana Blues
1441 (R&B #10)
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr and his Guitar; Little Walter,hca/or gtr-1, Ernest Big
Crawford,bs
January 23, 1951
U 7304 Long Distance Call
1452 (R&B #8)
U 7306 Honey Bee -1
1468 (R&B #10)
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr and his Guitar; Little Walter,hca/or gtr-1; Jimmy Rogers
replaces Muddy,gtr-1; Ernest Big Crawford,bs; Elga Edmonds or Len Chess,dms
July 11, 1951
U 7358 She Moves Me
1490 (R&B #10)
U 7360 Still A Fool -1
1490 (R&B #9)
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr and his Guitar; Junior Wells,hca; Jimmy Rogers,gtr; Elga
Edmonds,dms
September 17, 1952
U 7477 Standing Around Crying
1526
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr and his Guitar; Otis Spann,pno: Little Walter,hca; Jimmy
Rogers,gtr; Elga Edmonds,dms
September 24, 1953
U 7552 Mad Love
1550 (R&B #6)
Titled I Want You To Love Me on LP.
January 7, 1954
U 7589 Im Your Hoochie Cooche Man
1560 (R&B #3)
Some pressings titled Im Your Hoochie Cooche Man. On LP it is titled Hoochie
Coochie Man.
January 7, 1954
U 7630 Just Make Love To Me
1571 (R&B #4)
Titled I Just Want To Make Love To You on LP.
Rogers,gtr; Willie Dixon,bsFred Below,dms
September 1, 1954
U 7697 Im Ready
1597 (R&B #4)
100
Discography:
Jimmy Reed,vcl-1/hca/gtr and His Trio; John Brim,gtr; unkn bs; Albert King or
Morris Wilkerson,dms
Poss June 6, 1953
53-104
* High And Lonesome -1
Chance 1142/Vee-Jay 100
53-107
Roll And Rhumba
Chance 1142/Vee-Jay 100
Jimmy Reed,vcl-1/hca/gtr and His Trio; Eddie Taylor and John Littlejohn,gtrs;
Albert King,dms
Poss December 29/30, 1953
53-120
You Dont Have To Go -1
Vee-Jay 119 (R&B #5)
53-121
Boogie In The Dark
119
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Henry Gray,pno; W.C. Dalton,gtr; Milton Rector,bs; Earl
Phillips,dms
July 18, 1955
55-294
* She Dont Want Me No More
153
55-295
* Come On Baby
issued on VJ LP 7303 (1976)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Vernell Fournier,dms
December 5, 1955
55-383
Aint That Lovin You Baby
168 (R&B #3)
55-384
Cant Stand To See You Go
186 (R&B #10)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Vernell Fournier,dms
June 11, 1956
56-486
My First Plea
203
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Earl Phillips,dms
October 3, 1956
56-551
Youve Got Me Dizzy
226 (R&B #3)
56-552
* Honey Dont Let Me Go
226
January 9, 1957
57-593
Little Rain
237 (R&B #7)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca-1/gtr; Remo Biondi and Eddie Taylor,gtrs; Earl Phillips,dms
January 9, 1957
57-663
Honest I Do -1
253 (R&B #4)
December 12, 1957
57-810
Youre Something Else
270
March 12, 1958
58-861
Go On To School -1
275
58-862
You Got Me Crying -1
275
Three MORE of the EARLY CLASSIC BLUES LPs

Jimmy Reed issued seven LPs up to and including 1962 (with a majority of earlier singles issues). Here are his third and fourth (1025 mainly an LP-session). Howlin Wolf issued three
up to and including 1965. Here is his second. Track order and sessions are listed. Reeds are on Vee-Jay, and Wolfs are Chess. Note differing spellings. All recordings made in Chicago.
Vee-Jay LP 1022 (mid/late 1960) and 1025 (early 1961)
Tracks:
1022 Baby What You Want Me To Do / Found Love / Meet Me / I
Was So Wrong / Going By The River Part 2 / Big Boss Man // HushHush / Where Can You Be / I'm Nervous / Going By The River Part 1 /
I Ain't Got You / Come Love. 1025 Close Together / Got Me Chasing
You / Want To Be With You Baby / Jimmy's Rock / Tell The World I
Do // You Know You're Looking Good / I've Got The Blues / Laughing
At The Blues / Down The Road / Ain't Gonna Cry No More / You're My
Baby
Chess LP 1469 (1962)

Tracks:
Shake For Me / The Red Rooster/ You'll Be Mine / Who's Been Talkin' /
Wang-Dang-Doodle / Little Baby // Spoonful / Going Down Slow / Down
In The Bottom / Back Door Man / Howlin' For My Baby / Tell Me
Discography:
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Henry Grey,pno; W.C. Dalton,g; Milton Recotr,b; Earl
Phillips,d
Chicago July 18, 1955
55-293
I Aint Got You
not on single
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; William Lefty Bates and Eddie Taylor,gs; Earl Phillips,d
March 26, 1959
59-1103 Im Nervous
not on single
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Mary Lee Little Mama Reed,vcl; Lefty Bates and Eddie
Taylor,gs; Marcus Johnson,b; Earl Phillips,d
August 7, 1959
59-1211 Baby What You Want Me To Do
Vee-Jay 333 (R&B #10)
59-1212 Going By The River part 1
not on single
59-1213 Going By The River part 2
357
1211 ahould have been titled Baby Why You Wanna Let Go.
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor and Phil Upchurch,gs; Earl Phillips,d

August 25, 1959
59-1248 Where Can You Be
347
59-1249 Hush-Hush
357 (R&B #18)
59-1250 I Was So Wrong
not on single
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Lefty Bates and Eddie Taylor,gs; Earl Phillips,d
December 15, 1959
59-1319 Found Love
347 (R&B #16)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Mama Reed,vcl-1; Lee Baker and Lefty Bates,gs; Willie
Dixon or Louie Brooks,b; Earl Phillips,d
March 29, 1960
60-1418 Come Love -1
not on single
60-1418 Big Boss Man -1
380 (R&B#13)
60-1419 Meet Me
not on single
Discography:
Johnson and Otis Smokey Smothers,gs; Alfred Elkins,b; Earl Phillips,d
Chicago June 24, 1957
8528
Whos Been Talking
Chess 1750
8529
Tell Me
1750
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Abe Locke,tensax; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Hubert Sumlin
and Abraham Smothers,gs; S.P. Leary,d
July 1959
9584
1762
Note the differing spellings single contra LP.
Howlin Wolf,vcl; Otis Spann,pno; Freddy Robinson and/or Freddy King, and Hubert
Sumlin,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Fred Below,d
June 1960
10263
Wang-Dang-Doodle
1777
10263
Back Door Man
1777
10264
Spoonful
1762
Jimmy Reed,vcl (no vcl on -1) /hca/gtr; Lefty Bates and Phil Upchurch,gs; Earl
Phillips,d
June 29, 1960
60-1544 Ive Got The Blues
only LP
60-1546 Got Me Chasing You
60-1547 Down The Road
60-1548 Want To Be With You Baby
60-1549 Jimmys Rock -1
60-1550 Tell The World I Do
60-1551 Youre My Baby
60-1553 Aint Gonna Cry No More
-
Howlin Wolf,vcl/gtr-1; Little Johnny Jones,pno; Hubert Sumlin and Jimmy

Rogers,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Sam Lay,d
May 1961
10913
Little Baby
1793
10917
Down In The Bottom -1
1793
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Mama Reed,vcl-1; Lefty Bates and Eddie Taylor,gs; Earl
Phillips,d; chorus -1
December 13, 1960
60-1709 Close Together -1
Vee-Jay 373 (R&B #12)
60-1710 You Know Youre Looking Good
only LP
60-1711 Laughing At The Blues
373
Howlin Wolf,vcl/gtr-1; Henry Grey,pno; Hubert Sumlin,g; unknown elbs; Willie

Dixon,b/speech-2; Sam Lay,d
December 1961
11377
Youll Be Mine -1
1813
11380
Goin Down Slow -2
1813
Howlin Wolf,vcl/gtr-1; Little Johnny Jones,pno; Hubert Sumlin,g; unknown elbs;

Willie Dixon,b; Sam Lay,d
June 1961
10937
Shake For Me
1804
10938
The Red Rooster -1
1804
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The original REAL FOLK BLUES LPs

Cashing in on the successful European tours of The American Folk Blues Festival (the first tour was originally acuelly titled The American Negro Blues Festival), Chess
issued their first two Folk Blues LPs by their most popular blues performers Muddy and Wolf. Here they are, with track order and singles discography, plus the bonus
tracks from later CD issue (only Wolf had bonus). The LPs covered the two giants whole careers on Chess.
All recordings made in Chicago. Note differing spellings. Imaged are the CD re-issues.
Chess LP 1501 (1965) - CHD 9274, 1988
Chess LP 1502 (1965) - CHD 9273, 1988
Tracks:
Tracks:
Mannish Boy / Screamin' And Crying / Just To Be With You / Walking

In The Park / Walking Blues / Canary Bird // Same Thing / Gypsy
Women / Rollin' And Tumblin' / Forty Days And Forty Nights / Little
Geneva / You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Killing Floor / Louise / Poor Boy / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Nature /
My Country Sugar Mama // Tail Dragger / Three Hundred Pounds Of
Joy / Natchez Burnin' / Built For Comfort / Ooh Baby Hold Me / Tell Me
What I've Done (bonus tracks marked * )
Discography:
Discography:
Muddy Water;vcl/gtr with Sunny Land Slim,pno; Ernest Big Crawford,b
Chicago ca September 1947
U 7058 Gypsy Woman
Aristocrat 1302
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr; Big Crawford,b
July 12, 1949
U 7199 Little Geneva
Aristocrat 1311
U 7200 Canary Bird
Aristocrat 1311
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr and His Guitar; Little Johnny Jones,pno; Jimmy Rogers,g;
Leroy Foster,d
ca September 1949
U 7215 Screamin And Cryin
Aristocrat 406
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr; Big Crawfor,b
U 7235
U 7238
Rollin And Tumblin Part 1

Walkin Blues
February 1950
Aristocrat 412
Chess 1426
7235 is pt 1 issued on the LP, the single had two parts (just as the Baby Face Leroy Trio record for
Parkway recorded in January with Foster, Muddy and Little Walter).
Muddy Waters;vcl/no gtr and His Guitar; Junior Wells,hca, Jimmy Rogers,gtr;
Willie Dixon,b; Fred Below,d; chorus
Chicago May 24, 1955
U 7846 Manish Boy
Chess 1602 (R&B #5)
Note the differing spelling on LP.
Muddy Waters;vcl/no gtr and his Guitar; Little Walter,hca; Otis Spann,pno; Pat
Hare and Hubert Sumlin,gs; Willie Dixon,b, Fred Below,d
February 2, 1956
8012
Forty Days & Forty Nights
1620 (R&B #7)
Muddy Waters;vcl/no gtr and his Guitar; Otis Spann,pno; Pat Hare and Hubert
Sumlin,gs; Willie Dixon,b, Odie Payne,d
June 29, 1956
8147
Just To Be With You
1644
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Willie Johnson and Hubert

Sumlin,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Earl Phillips,d
Chicago January 1956
U 7985 * Smoke Stack Lightnin
Chess 1618 (R&B #8)
Titled Smokestack Lightnin on the CD.
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Willie Johnson and Otis
SmokeySmothers,gs; Willie Dixon,b; Earl Phillips,d
Chicago July 19, 1956
8178
The Natchez Burning
Chess 1744
Johnson and Otis SmokeySmothers,gs; Alfred Elkins,b; Earl Phillips,d
June 24, 1957
8531
Nature
1668
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca; Hosea Lee Kennard,pno; Hubert Sumlin,g; Alfred Elkins,b;
Earl Phillips,d
December 1957
8616
Poor Boy
1679
8618
Sittin On Top Of The World
1679
Howlin Wolf,vcl; J.T. Brown and unknon,tensax; Little Johnny Jones,pno; Hubert
Sumlin,g; Jerome Arnold,b; Junior Blackman,d
September 28, 1962
11916
Tail Dragger
1890
Howlin Wolf,vcl; J.T. Brown,tensax; Donald Hankins,barsax; Lafayette Leake,p;
Hubert Sumlin and Buddy Guy,gs; prob Jerome Arnold,b; Sam Lay,d
August 14, 1963
12617
* Hidden Charms
1890
12618
Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
1870
12620
Built For Comfort
1970
Muddy Waters;vcl; Little Walter,hca; Otis Spann,pno; Pat Hare and Luther
Tucker,gs; Willie Dixon,b, Francis Clay or George Hunter,d
August 1958
9140
Walking Thru The Park
1718
Howlin Wolf,vcl/hca-1; Arnold Rogers,tensax; Donald Hankins,barsdax; Lafayete

Leake,p; Hubert Sumlin and Buddy Guy,gs; Andrew Palmer,b; Sam Lay,d
August 1964
13418
Killing Floor
1923
13419
My Country Sugar Mama -1
1911
13420
Louise
1923
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr; Otis Spann,pno; Buddy Guy or James Pee Wee

Madison,gtr; Willie Dixon,b; S.P. Leary,d
April 9, 1964
13150
The Same Thing
1895
13151
You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had 1895
Howlin Wolf,vcl; Eddie Shaw,tensax; Lee Eggleston,p; Hubert Sumlin and Buddy
Guy,gs; unknown,b; Sam Lay,d
April 15, 1965
13883
Tell Me What Ive Done
1928
13885
Ooh Baby, Hold Me
1928
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LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES (producer: Jay Miller)

SLIM HARPO (1924-1970)
LIGHTNIN SLIM (1913-1974)
Otis V. Hicks (born in St. Louis, Missouri)

Recording 1954-ca 1974 (mostly in Crowley, Louisiana).
Famous hits: Bad Luck (1954), Rooster Blues (1959).
James Isaac Moore (born in Lobdell, Louisiana)

Recording 1957-1969 (mostly in Crowley, Louisiana).
Famous hits: Im A King Bee (1957), Rainin In My Heart (1961),
Baby Scratch My Back (1966).
Im A Rolling Stone (1954-19162)

- Jasmine CD JASMCD 3045 (2015)
LAZY LESTER (*1933)
Leslie Johnson (born in Torras, Louisiana)

Recording 1956-2010+ (mostly in Crowley, Louisiana).
Famous songs: Im A Lover Not A Fighter,
Sugar Coated Love (both 1958).
Buzzin The Blues/The Complete Slim Harpo

Bear Family 5CD BCD 17339 (2015)
Im A Lover Not A Fighter (1954-19162)

- Ace CDCHD 518(1994)
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Some Excellent Exponents of CHICAGO, TEXAS & CALIFORNIA BLUES

JUNIOR WELLS (1934-1998)
Amos Wells Blakemore Jr (born in Memphis Tenneesee

or poss West Memphis, Arkansas). Recording from 1953 in
Chicago (mostly for States, Chief, Vanguard, Delmark).
Famous songs: Hodo Man (1953), Little By Little (1959).
CLARENCE BROWN (1924-2005)
Clarence Gatemouth Brown

(born in Vinton, Louisiana; raised in Orange, Texas).
Recording from 1947 (first session for Aladdin in Los Angeles, and
1948-1960 for Peacock in Houston, Texas; later ao. for Cinderella
and Chess). Famous songs: Mary Is Fine (1949), Boogie Rambler
(1949), Dirty Work At The Crossroads (1952), Okie Dokie Stomp (1954).
Blues Hit Big Town (1953 States) Delmark CD 640 (2008)

Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) Delmark CD DD-612 (2008)
Dirty Work at the Crossroads 1947-1953 Acrobat ACRCD216 (2006)

The Original Peacock Recordings (1948-1960) Rounder CD 2039 (1990)
JIMMY ROGERS (1924-1997)

JIMMY McCRACKLIN (1921-2012)
James A. Lane (born in Ruleville, Mississippi)

Raised in Atlanta, Georgia and in Memphis.
Recording from 1948 in Chicago (mostly for Chess).
Famous songs: Thats All Right (1950), Chicago Bound (1954),
Walking By Myself (1956), My Last Meal (1959).
The Complete Chess Recordings (1950-1960)

- MCA/Universal/Chess MCD 09372 (1997)
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James David Walker (born in St. Louis, Missouri or poss Helena,

Arkansas). Settled in Richmond, California during the early 1940s.
Recorded in Oakland (foremost), San Francisco and Los Angeles
from 1945 for ao, Globe, Trilon, DownTown/SwingTime,
RPM/Modern; and in Houston, Chicago; New York and Los Angeles
again for Peacock, Checker, ArtTone, Imperial, Minit. Famous songs
and hits: Miss Mattie Left Me (1946), Rockin All Day (1949), Blues
For The People (1950), Couldnt Be A Dream (1954), The Walk
(1958), Just Got To Know (1961), Think (1965).
Blues Blastin/The Modern Recordings Vol 2 (1954) Ace CDCHD 932(2004)

Blues Blasters Boogie (1945-1955, 4 CD) SPV 7789 (2013)
KING OF THE BLUES
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B. B. KING
Early members of the B. B. King
touring Orchestra from 1955 were recruited from the Harvey band Coleman, Joyner, Curry and Forrest, and probably also Crosby. Pianist
Millard Lee became bandleader in the first line-up. Other original band
members were Kenny Sands and Calvin Owens, trumpets (Owens later
became band leader), Lawrence Burdine and Floyd Newman, baritone
saxes. Soon also Johnny Board, tensax joined and later Pluma Davis,
tbn; Bobby Forte, tenorsax; Sonny Freeman, dms; Duke Jethro, pno;
Hugh McCracken and Milton Hopkins, gtrs; and Cato Walker, altosax
(who had been bus driver and "extra tour manager"). The Maxwell Davis
orchestra during 1954-1957 variously comprised: Davis, Bumps Myers,
Charles Waller, Lorenzo Holden, Maurice Simon, Jack McVea, Floyd
Turnham, and Jewel Grant (saxophones), Jake Porter (tpt), McDaniel
(pno), Ralph Hamilton, Billy Hadnott and Red Callender
(bass), Jesse Sailes and Jessie Price (drums). King
worked in Texas, California, Chicago and later New York,
settling in Los Angeles during the late 1960s. King
switched from Kent to ABC in 1962 but made his last
session for Kent on December 28, 1965 ("Rock Me Baby"
may have been recorded March 18, 1964). During the
early/mid 60s Kings band was for a while reduced to
Sands, tp; Bobby Forte, ts; Duke Jethro, pno; Wilbert
Freeman, bsg; and Sonny Freeman, dms.
Mr. Blues - "The Beale Street Blues Boy" - "King of the Blues" "Bee Bee". The most famous and internationally successful blues
singer/guitarist and the greatest of the "industrial" city blues guitar
stylists. Charter member of the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in
1980, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
King mixed the traditions of
Texas and Mississippi (with
origins in Blind Lemon
Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, TBone Walker; his three most
favorites; and Lowell Fulson,
and Roy Brown - all last three
partly Indian descents). Was
also influenced by Charlie
Christian, Django Reinhardt,
and Bukka White (a distant
cousin). Started his career,
singing gospel, in Indianola,
Miss and came to Memphis,
Tenn in 1948. Had his own
radio show in Memphis during 1949-50 and formed The Beale
Street Blues Boys, featuring Johnny Ace, pno; and Earl Forrest,
dms. His early RPM recordings produced by Sam Phillips, and
soon by Ike Turner. Later toured the South with Bill Harveys Band
(featuring Evelyn Young and George Coleman, saxes; Floyd
Jones, tpt; Connie Mack Booker, pno; George Joyner and James
Walker, bs; Ted Curry and sometimes also Earl Forrest, drums;
and Charles Crosby, congas) and recorded in Houston. The last
session with Harvey's band is of uncertain date, but there is a
session noted February 6, 1954 (at Universal Recorders,
Hollywood), featuring "The Woman I Love", "Everything I Do Is
Wrong", "Whole Lotta Meat", and "Whole Lotta Love" of which
"Everything..." really sounds like Harvey's band - although Maxwell
seems to have written "Whole Lotta Love". Some of the Houstonsessions were brought to Los Angeles studios for editing/
mastering. From 1954 he mostly made his studio recordings in L.A.
led by Maxwell Davis (with Willard McDaniel on piano and Bumps
Myers on tenorsax) starting with the great session done at Capitol
Studios in L.A. March 2, 1954 featuring the re-recording of "Take A
Little Swing With Me" as "Love You Baby", the second (jump)
recording of "Don't You Want A Man Like Me", "When My Heart
Beats Like A Hammer" and the hit "Every Day I Have The Blues"
(The next session in August, done at Modern's own studios,
featured "You Upset Me Baby"). Billed as B. B. "Blues Boy" King &
His Orchestra from his mid 50s RPM releases through 1957 (the
first single: "Love You Baby"). King got a new manager in the late
1960s - Sid Seidenberg.
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Born: Riley B. King, September 16, 1925, Bear Creek, Berclair

(near Itta Bena and later moved to Kilmichael), Mississippi
(although B.B. called Indianola, where he lived during the early
40s, his home). Died in Las Vegas, Nevada May 14, 2015.
First recordings: Memphis late 1949 Miss Martha King and Take
A Swing With Me - Bullet 309 and 315; September 1950 B.B.
Boogie - RPM 304.
Records for: RPM 50-57, Kent 58-62 (possibly longer) plus one
session 1965, ABC/Bluesway 62-74, from 1980 MCA.
Essential CDs.
The Best of the Early Years Ace CDCHD 1160 (2007) with 25
super songs from 1950-1965 on RPM/Crown/Kent or
Blues King Pins Virgin 82712 (2003) - RPM/Kent recordings and
Anthology (2CD) MCA 12410 (2000) reissued as Gold on Geffen
658702 (2006)
The Best CDs:
The Vintage Years (4CD) - Ace ABOXCD 8 (2002) - the legendary
RPM and Kent recordings and
King of The Blues (4CD) - MCA D4-10677 (1991) - mostly
ABC/MCA recordings
For Collectors:
Singing The Blues/The Blues - Ace CDCHD 320 (also on Flair V286296) (1991)
The RPM Hits 1951-1957 - Ace CDCHD 712 (1999)
The Best of the Kent Singles 1958-1971 - Ace CDCHD 760 (2000)
The Modern Recordings 1950-1951 - Ace (2CD-set) CDCHM2 835 (2002)
Live at the Regal - MCA MCAD-11646 (1997)
Ace in U.K. have reissued eleven old Crown LPs on CDs with
bonus tracks (2003-2006) terrific stuff
Reading:
The Arrival of B.B. King - The Authorized Biography by Charles
Sawyer (US 1980, UK 1981)
Blues All Around Me - The Autobiography of B.B. King by B.B. King
& David Ritz (US, 1996)
The B.B. King Treasures by B.B. King with Dick Waterman and
Charles Sawyer (Bulfinch 2005 incl a 16-track CD)
Blues Boy - The Life and Music of B.B. King by Sebastian Danchin
(University Press of Mississippi, 1998)
Every Day I Sing The Blues: The Story of B. B. King by David
Shirley (US, 1995)
Lives In Music - B. B. King: There Is Always One More Time by
David McGee (Backbeat, US 2005)
The B.B. King Reader by Richard Kostelanetz (1997 & 2005)
First LP:
Singin The Blues Crown LP 5020 (spring 1957)

B. B. KING, vocals/guitar LUCKY-SEVEN
1. B. B. King and his Orchestra (featuring Ike Turner or poss
Johnny Ace, pno, Earl Forest, dms)
- Memphis, ca September 1951:
MM 1682 3 O'Clock Blues - RPM 339 (#1 for 5w, 17w tot, 1952)
2. B. B. "Blues Boy" King and His Orchestra
(featuring Maxwell Davis, sax, Willard McDaniel, pno, Bumps
Myers, sax) - Los Angeles Modern Studios, August 18-19, 1954:
MM 2121 You Upset Me Baby - RPM 416 (#1 for 2w, 12w)
3. Hollywood Capitol Studios, March 2, 1954:
MM 2140 Every Day I Have The Blues - RPM 421 (#8, 5w 1955)
4. (featuring Millard Lee, pno, Floyd Newman, sax, Kenny Sands,
tpt) - Little Rock, April/May 1956:
MM 3057-2 Sweet Little Angel - RPM 468 (#6, 5w)
This song was also recorded with Maxwell Davis, McDaniel, pno;
and Johnny Board, sax in Los Angeles November 19, 1955 for
Crown LP 5020
5. B. B. King and his Orchestra
(featuring Johnny Board, sax and Sonny Freeman, dms)
- Los Angeles, October 26, 1959:
MM Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2) - Kent 330 (#2, 14w in 1960)
6. B. B. King (featuring Charles Brooks, pno; Lawrence Burdin,
sax; Sands, Freeman) - New York, September 30, 1963:
11796 How Blue Can You Get - ABC-Par 10527 (#23, 5w)
Other Important Ones:

1949 Take A Swing With Me
1950 B.B. Boogie
1951 Dont You Want A Man Like Me
1951 Shes Dynamite
1955 Crying Wont Help You
1956 Sneakin Around
1957 You Dont Know
1957 Troubles Troubles Troubles
1958 Why Do Everything Happen To Me
1959 Sweet Thing (LP - issued on single 1971)
1961 Baby, Look At You (rec earlier)
1961 Im King
1962 Gonna Miss You Around Here
1962 Easy Listening Blues
1962 Blues At Midnight - ABC
1963 Downhearted (How Blue Can You Get) - Kent
1963 Down Now - Kent
1964 Rock Me Baby (R&B # 12, Pop # 34) - Kent
1964 Never Trust A Woman
1965 Got Em Bad - Kent
1968 Im Gonna Do What They Do To Me
1968 Lucille
1969 Why I Sing The Blues
1971 The Thrill Is Gone
1973 To Know You Is To Love You
This song was also recorded with Maxwell Davis as arranger in Los Angeles
around December, 1961 as Downhearted for Crown LP 5309.
7. (featuring Jimmy McCracklin, pno; Sonny Freeman, dms)

- Los Angeles, ca 1962 or poss. March 18, 1964:
393 Rock Me Baby Kent 393 (#12, 7w in 1964)
B.B. Kings original Crown and Kent LPs

1952 3 O Clock Blues #1 for 5w
1952 You Know I Love You
#1 for 2w
1952 Story From My Heart And Soul #9
1953 Woke Up This Morning #3
1953 Please Love Me #1 for 3w
1953 Please Hurry Home #4
1954 When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer #8
1954 You Upset Me Baby # 1 for 2w
1954 Whole Lotta Love #8
1955 Every Day I Have The Blues #8
1955 Ten Long Years #9
1956 Bad Luck #3
1956 Sweet Little Angel #6
1956 On My Word Of Honor #3
1958 Please Accept My Love #9
1960 Sweet Sixteen #2
1960 Got A Right To Love My Baby #8
1960 Partin Time #8
1961 Pease Of Mind #7
1966 Dont Answer The Door #2
1968 Paying The Cost To Be The Boss #10
1970 The Thrill Is Gone #3
1970 Chains And Things #6
1973 I Like To Live The Love #6
The Crown albums were issued between early 1957-late1963 - the Kent LPs
during from 1964 the early 1970s. The reissues are on Custom and United
(issued during the very late 60s and in the 1970s - Custom 10xx / United
77xx). The Ace CDs (2003-2006) include 8 bonus tracks each (897 has 10).
Crown
5020 Singin The Blues (1071 / 7726) Ace CDCHM 1041
5063 The Blues (1077 / 7732) Ace CDCHM 1084
5115 B.B. King Wails (1049 / 7711 as I Love You So) Ace CDCHM 882
5119 Sings Spirituals (1059 / 7721 as Swing Low Sweet Chariot)
Ace CDCHM 1093
5143 The Great B.B. King (1073 / 7728) Ace CDCHM 1049
5167 King Of The Blues (1075 / 7730) Ace CDCHM 897
5188 My Kind of Blues (1069 / 7724) Ace CDCHM 881
5230 More B.B. King (1046 / 7708 as Blues For Me) Ace CDCHM 1034
5248 Twist With B.B. King (not on Custom/United) not on Ace
5286 Easy Listening Blues (1043 / 7705) Ace CDCHM 1011
5309 Blues In My Heart (1040 / 7703 as A Heart Full Of Blues)
Ace CDCHM 996
5359 B. B. King (1052 / 7714 as The Soul Of B.B. King) Ace CDCHM 986
Kent
5012 Rock Me Baby - 14 Great Hits (7733)
5013 Let Me Love You (7734)
5015 Live On Stage (7736)
5021 The Jungle (7742)
5029 Boss Of The Blues (7750)
2-533 From The Beginning (2-set with dubbed brass)
9011 Anthology of The Blues - B.B. King 1949-1950
(7788 as Original Folk Blues)
539 The Incredible Soul Of BB. King (7756)
548 Turn On To B.B. King (w. extra rhythm) (7763 as Turn On With ..)
552 The Greatest Hits of Vol 1 (7766) identical to first half of 2-533
561 Better Than Ever (7771 reissue of 5167 +"That Evil Child")
563 Doing My Thing, Lord (reissue of 5119)
565 B.B. King Live (reissue of 5015) (7772)
568 The Original Sweet Sixteen (7773 -reissue of Rock Me Baby)
Note: Later Kent issued Kent 2002 Just Sweet Guitar (Spotlight on Lucille) - which was
originally (circa 1973) intended for United 7792
Below are listed the tracks of the 2-set album by B.B. which has his old hits and some new
ones with overdubbed brass and rhythm (directed by Maxwell Davis):
KST 2-533 - From the Beginning - B.B. King [1967/68] Album 1: Please Love Me/Rock Me
Baby/Everyday I Have the Blues/Woke Up This Morning/My Own Fault/5 Long Years//You
Upset Me/Blue Shadows/The Woman I Love/You Know I Love You/Sweet Little Angel/Treat
Me Right. Album 2: Sweet Sixteen/Eyesight to the Blind/Beautician Blues/Bad Luck/Troubles
Troubles/Sneakin' Around//Sweet Thing/3 O'Clock Blues/The Jungle/Let Me Love You/The
Worst Thing in My Life/Shot Gun Blues.
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B. B. KING on CROWN Records

Here are the Bihari brothers original B. B. King LPs on the budget series CLP- on the label Crown (not all of the the stereo series had a CST-prefix and only three
digits, and the covers of the stereo records could differ minor in layout). Rec dates indicate main dates and are approx. If no rec date, the album is a compilation.
Crown LPs CLP: 5020 (spring 1957; originally RPM LP 3005), 5063 (6/58), 5115 (4/59, rec January-April 1959, some poss Houston)
Crown LPs CLP: 5119 (10/59, rec April 3, 1959), 5143 (early 1960), 5167 (5/60, rec March 16, 1960)
Crown LPs CLP: 5188 (8/60, rec March 3, 1960, poss Chicago), 5230 (comp mostly 1960-1961 recordings), 5248 (1962)
Crown LPs CLP: 5286 (1962, rec March 22, 1961), 5309 (early 1963, rec Dec 1961 or early 1962), 5359 (10/63, rec late 1961 +comp tracks)
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. and its counterparts on UNITED Records (United/Superior)

B. B Kings United/Superior albums (yet another Bihari-label) were issued during the 1970s. There are almost always differing covers on the albums different pressings, although
often very similar but in changed colors and layout. This may be due to that the label often called itself simply United on further reissue sleevea and some album covers were
printed under that banner. This label started as United/Superior, and the label was technically named this the entire time, but on the jackets and labels, the label name was
shortened to "United" in the early 1970s. Although the front of the jackets and the later purple labels said "United Records," the early labels and the back slicks of the album
covers always said "United/Superior Records". Please note that the LPs were not issued in the same chronological order as Crown, and that all these albums also had been
issue issued on the Custom-label - again with some minor cover changes in mid late 60s, and not as widespread as the later United.
United-United/Superior LPs US-: 7725, 7732, 7711
United-United/Superior LPs US-: 7724, 7708, 7721 (alternate stereo cover Crown CLP 5248 Twist not issued on United)
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B. B. Kings original Kent LPs 1964 - 1971
Here they are B. B.s Kent LPs started being issued in 1964. Catalogue numbers
were in the 500-series (except foldable 9011 Anthology), starting with 5012-mono
/ 512-stereo. All but two were reissued in the United 77xx-series (mostly with changed
covers). Check for details in the B. B. King feature. Turn On To B.B. King was
titled Turn On With on United-United/Superior. Imaged right: two of the United reissues.
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B. B. Kings original LPs on ABC-Paramount and BluesWay 1963-69
ABC-Paramount 456 (1963), 509 (1965) and 628 (1965)
Bluesway 6001 (1967), 6011 (1968) and 6016 (1968)
Bluesway 6022 (1969), 6031 (1969) and 6047 (1969)
BluesWay reissue 6050 Back In The Alley of ca 1973; and Kentsreissues: LP 565 B.B. King Live (reissue of 515 Live On Stage),
and Kent LP 568 The Original Sweet Sixteen (reissue of Rock Me Baby); with its United/Superior re-release US-7773.
Note: Later Kent issued Kent cassette 2002 Just Sweet Guitar (Spotlight on Lucille) - which was originally (circa 1973) intended for United 7792
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B. B. KING some fine CDs

Six great CD-sets: Real Gone (4CD 2014), Acrobat (5CD 2015), Universal (2CD 1999), Jasmine (2CD 2015)
Enlightment (6CD 2015). And a new Ace CD.
Ace CDTOP 1457 feat 25 unissed alternate RPM/Kent rec. (Nov. 2015)
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B. B. KINGs EARLY SESSIONS IN MEMPHIS

Here are B.B.s early Memphis-sessions (based on The Blues Discography by Fancourt and McGrath, 2012;
Fancourts Retrack booklet of 1993; The Vintage Years on Ace Box 2002; and original RPM singles credits).
WDIA Radio Studio ca June 1949

with B.B. King vcl/g; Thomas Branch,tp; Sammie Jett,tb; Ben Branch,ts;
Phineas Newborn Jr,p; Richard Tuff Green,b; Phineas Newborn Sr,d.
Miss Martha King When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes (Bullet 309)
Got The Blues Take A Swing With Me (Bullet 315)
Memphis Recording And Sound Service ca July 1950
with B.B. King (Singing Star of Station WDIA, Memphis),vcl;
Phineas Newborn Jr,p; Calvin Newborn,g; Tuff Green,b; Earl Forest,d
Mistreatred Woman B. B. Boogie (RPM 304)
The Other Night Blues Walkin And Cryin (aka You Dont Love Me No More) (RPM 311)
Note: Six alternates on Kent LP 9011, Ace CD LP CH 50 and CD 265
Memphis Recording And Sound Service January 8, 1951
with B.B. King vcl/g(not gtr on -1); E.A. Kamp,ts; Ford Nelson,p; James Walker,b;
Solomon Hardy,d
My Babys Gone Dont You Want A Man Like Me -1 (RPM 318)
Questionnaire Blues A New Way Of Driving (Kent LP KST 9011)
B. B. Blues (RPM 323) - Fine Lookin Woman (RPM 348 -x)
Note: Five alternates on Ace CD 835
Memphis Recording And Sound Service May 27, 1951
with B.B. King vcl/g; Richard Sanders,ts; prob Calvin Newborn,
extra g; poss Phineas Newborn Jr,p; poss Phineas Newborn Sr,d
Shes Dynamite (RPM 323)
Memphis Recording And Sound Service June 18, 1951
with B.B. King vcl/g; and unknown accomp featuring ts, p, b, d
Shes A Mean Woman Hard Working Woman (RPM 330)
Pray For You (Ace LP CH 50) Darling I Love You (unissued)
Note: Three alternates on Ace CD 835
YMCA Memphis ca September, 1951
with B.B. King vcl/g; Adolph Billy Duncan and Richard Sanders,tss; Johnny Ace,p;
Ike Turner (not Ace) on-1; James Walker,b; Earl Forest,d; omit saxes and
add unknown g on -2.
3 OClock Blues -1 That Aint The Way To Do It -2 (RPM 339)
She Dont Move Me No More (RPM 348 -x)
Note: Alternate of Aint.. on Kent LP 9011. x: 348 issued as B .B. King And His Orchestra
Tuff Greens house January 24, 1952
with B.B. King (And His Orchestra) vcl/g; Richard Sanders,ts; unknown,second ts;
George Joyner,b; Earl Forest,d; Onzie Horne,vb; omit saxes on -1
Shake It Up And Go* My Own Fault, Darlin -1 (RPM 355)
Someday Some Where Gotta Find My Baby (RPM 360)
Note: Two alternates on Crown LP 5143 and Kent LP 9011. *may have been recorded earlier.
Unknown Studio Memphis (poss Tuff Greens house) 1952
with B.B. King,vcl/g; Raymond Hill,as; unknown p, b, d; Onzie Horne,vb
Low Down Dirty Baby Im So Glad (Ace CD CHD 201)
I Got A Girl Who Lives Up On The Hill (Ace CD CHD 201)
Unknown Studio Memphis poss April 1952
with B.B. King (And His Orchestra -x) vcl/g(only on -1); as (poss Hank Crawford), ts
(poss Ben Branch), unknown bs; prob. Ike Turner,p; unknown, g, d. unknown
congas on -2 (Charles Cosby?)
You Didnt Want Me You Know I love You (RPM 363 -x)
Story From My Heart And Soul -2 Boogie Woogie Woman -1 (RPM 374)
Note: Alternate of Story on Ace CDCHM 1093 with no congas
The best CD covering the Memphis sessions 1950-51 (plus *) is Ace 2-set CDCHM2 835 (2002), which includes the alternates.
After this session B.B. recorded from October 1952 and in 1953 in Houston (Texas), Covington (Tennessee), and Cincinnati with Bill Harveys
band (featuring Floyd Jones,tp; George Coleman,sax; Harvey.ts; Connie Mack Booker,p; James Walker,b; Ted Curry,d; Charles Cosby,cg).
The records were issued as B.B. King And His Orchestra.
In February 1954 he started recording in Los Angeles (Capitol Studios and Moderns own studios in Culver City) now with the orchestra
arranged and conducted by Maxwell Davis, although King also recorded with his own orchestra when on tour (featuring leftovers from
Harveys band and newcomers). RPM now started releasing Kings records as B.B. Blues Boy King And His Orchestra.
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A NEW B. B. KING PUBLIC DOMAIN
Documents 10 CD package issued November 2015. Find it at amazon.co.uk
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B. B. KING - ONE SINGLE PER YEAR 1949 1968
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B B King - NEW Japan P-Vine CD Box

The Complete RPM-Kent Recording Box 1950-1965
The Life, Times and the Blues of B.B. in All His Glory
PCD-LP-3/20 - 17CDs, 1 LP, and LP sized booklet, hardcover book (THE ARRIVAL OF B.B. KING by
Charles Sawyer) and bonus glossy photos and postcard - 623 tracks issued 16 Dec 2015
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B B King limited edition
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THE BLUES GIANTS

Chess Records Big Four
The Blues Guitar Kings
The Confederate Legends
The Mississippi Delta Idols
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TWO FAMOUS VEE-JAY BLUES LPs

John Lee Hookers very first LP was Im John Lee Hooker - the same happened with Jimmy Reeds first a year earlier, Im Jimmy Reed. Both albums were (just like
Chess first ones) in principal compilations of earlier singles. Here are Hookers first and Reeds second LP. The four bonus tracks on Charlys (UK) Hooker reissue
SNAP 130 CD (2003) are marked *. Master numbers and original Vee-Jay single catalogue numbers are given (with issue date). All recordings done in Chicago.
Vee-Jay LP 1007 (ca August, 1959)
Vee-Jay LP 1008 (September, 1959)
Tracks:
Tracks:
Dimples / Hobo Blues / I'm So Excited / I Love You Honey / Boogie Chillun
/ Little Wheel // I'm In The Mood / Maudie / Crawlin' King Snake / Every
Night / Time Is Marching / Baby Lee
Going To New York / A String To Your Heart / Ends And Odds / Caress Me
Baby / Take Out Some Insurance / The Moon Is Rising // Down In Virginia /
I Know It's A Sin / Wanna Be Loved / Baby, What's On Your Mind / My
Bitter Seed / Rockin' With Reed
Discography:
John Lee Hooker,vcl/gtr; Jimmy Reed,hca-1; Eddie Taylor,gtr; George Washington,bs;
Tom Whitehead,dms
Chicago October 19, 1955
55-336
* Unfriendly Woman
Vee-Jay 265 (2/58)
55-339
Time Is Marching -1
Vee-Jay 164 (11/55)
Discography:
John Lee Hooker,vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; George Washington,bs; Tom Whitehead,dms

March 27, 1956
56-443
* Im So Worried Baby
alt on 233 (1/57)
56-444
Baby Lee
205 (8/56)
56-445
Dimples
205
56-446
Every Night
188 (4/56)
56-448
* Trouble Blues
188
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Earl Phillips,dms

April 3, 1957
57-662
Baby, Whats On Your Mind
248 (1957)
John Lee Hooker,vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Quinn Wilson,bs; Tom Whitehead,dms

March 1, 1957
57-634
Im So Excited
245 (4/57)
John Lee Hooker,vcl/gtr; Frankie Bradford,pno; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Everett McCrary,bs;
Richard Johnson,dms
June 23, 1957
57-717
Little Wheel
255 (9/57)
57-720
* You Can Lead Me Baby
265 (2/58)
John Lee Hooker,vcl/gtr; Joe (Edward) Hunter (or poss Bob Porter),pno; Eddie
Taylor,gtr; Everett McCrary,bs; Richard Johnson,dms
June 10, 1958
58-927
I Love You Honey
293 (9/58) R&B #29
John Lee Hooker,vcl/gtr; with Eddie Taylor,gtr-1; Earl Phillips,dms-2
January 22, 1959
59-1067 Maudie -1, 2
308 (2/59)
59-1069 Im In The Mood -1
308
59-1070 Boogie Chillun
319 (6/59)
59-1071 Hobo Blues
331 (10/59)
59-1072 Crawlin Kingsnake
331
Note the spellings of 1070 and 1072. The last four are quality remakes of some of
Hookers hits for Modern Records.
Jimmy Reed,hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor and John Littlejohn,gtrs; Albert King,dms

Poss December 29/30, 1953
53-123
Rockin With Reed
186 (1956)
Jimmy Reed,vcl-1/hca/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr; Earl Phillips,dms

September 5, 1957
57-737
My Bitter Seed -1
unissued on single
57-738
Ends And Odds
304 (1959)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/gtr; Remo Biondi and Eddie Taylor,gtrs; Earl Phillips,dms
December 12, 1957
58-811
A String To Your Heart
270 (1958)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca-1/gtr; Remo Biondi and Eddie Taylor,gtrs; Earl Phillips,dms
March 12, 1958
58-863
The Moon Is Rising
unissued on single
58-864
Down In Virginia -1
287 (1958)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/hca/gtr; Remo Biondi and Eddie Taylor,gtrs; Earl Phillips,dms
May 28, 1958
58-921
I Wanna Be Loved
326 (1959)
58-922
Caress Me Baby
333 (1959)
58-923
I Know Its A Sin
287 (1958)
September 11, 1958
58-994
Going To New York
326 (1959)
Jimmy Reed,vcl/gtr; William Lefty Bates and Eddie Taylor,gtrs; Earl Phillips,dms
March 26, 1959
59-1101 Take Out Some Insurance
314 (1959)
Note. This LP does not feature any R&B hit.
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TWO FAMOUS CROWN BLUES LPs reissued on Ace, UK

Crown Records budget LP series in Los Angeles, managed by the Bihari brothers, was initiated in 1957. We had to wait until issue number 20 (after som pop, jazz and rock n roll
releases), for the blues. Crown LP 5020 was (naturally) B.B. Kings first LP. Elmores first came in 1960. Both albums were in principal compilations of earlier singles. Here they are:
presented on Ace Records (UK) CD re-releases with bonus tracks. The bonus tracks on Ace are marked *. The covers of the Ace CDs are the same as the original Crown LPs
(although now with an Ace logo added these logos are not shown below). Tracks list is Crown. Master numbers were insignificant, but listed are the original singles.
Crown CLP 5020 (spring 1957)
Crown CLP 5168 (mid/late 1960)
originally intended for RPM RLP 3005) - Ace CDCHM 1041 (2005)
- Ace CDCHM 1043 (2005)
Tracks:
Tracks:
Please Love Me / You Upset Me Baby / Every Day I Have the Blues / Bad Luck /
3 O'clock Blues / Blind Love // Woke Up This Morning / You Know I Love You / Sweet
Little Angel / Ten Long Years / Did You Ever Love A Woman / Crying Won't Help You
Dust My Blues / Sunnyland / Mean and Evil / Dark and Dreary / Standing at the
Crossroads // Happy Home / No Love in My Heart / Blues Before Sunrise / I Was a Fool
/ Goodbye Baby
Discography:
B. B. King,vcl/gtr; Adolph Billy Duncan,,ts; Richard Sanders,bs; Ike Turner,p; James
Walker,b; Earl Forest,d; (first King song produced by Joe Bihari ealier ones on RPM were produced by Sam Phillips)
Memphis ca September 1951
3 OClock Blues
RPM 339 (R&B #1)
B. B. King,vcl and His Orchestra; unknown accomp prob Ike Turner,p; and poss
Hank Crawford,as; Ben Branch,ts; bars, b, g, d.
Memphis ca April 1952
You Know I Love You
RPM 363 (R&B #1)
B. B. King,vcl/gtr and His Orchestra; Floyd Jones,tp; George Colmen,as/ts; Bill
Harvey,ts; Connie McBooker,p; James Walker,b; Ted Curry,d; Charles Crosby,cga
Houston, Texas late 1952
Woke Up This Morning
RPM 380 (R&B #3)
Please Love Me
RPM 386 (R&B #1)
Blind Love
RPM 395
B. B. Blues Boy King,vcl/gtr and His Orchestra; with tp, saxes including Jewel
Grant,as; Maxwell Davis and Hubert Bumps Myersl,tss; Willard McDaniel,p; Jesse
Sailes,d, prob Charles Crosby,cga-1
Los Angeles, February 6, 1954
* Whole Lotta Meat
alt on RPM 416 (R&B #8)
The alternate, was itled Whole Lotta Love .
* When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer

Every Day I Have The Blues -1
You Upset Me Baby
Los Angeles March 2, 1954

alt on RPM 412 (R&B #8)
RPM 421 (R&B #8)
Los Angeles August 18/19, 1954
RPM 416 (R&B #1)
B. B. Blues Boy King,vcl/gtr (no gtr on -1) and His Orchestra; with tp, saxes
including Maxwell Davis and Johnny Board,tss; Willard McDaniel,p; Ted Curry or Jesse
Sailes,d; prob Charles Crosby,cga-2
Los Angeles December 1954
* Lonely And Blue -1
alt on RPM 425
* Jump With You Baby
RPM 425
Los Angeles 1955
Ten Long Years
RPM 437 (R&B #9)
Los Angeles ca October 1955
* Im Cracking Up Over You
alt on RPM 450
* Ruby Lee
RPM 450
Los Angeles November 19, 1955
Bad Luck
RPM 468 (R&B #3)
Sweet Little Angel
Kent 340 (1960)
The original Sweet Little Angel single, RPM 468, was recorded in Little Rock, Arkansas
April/May 1956 with Kings road band (R&B #6).
Did You Ever Love A Woman

* Dark Is The Night Pt 1 -2
Los Angeles December 10, 1955

RPM 457
alt on RPM 459
B. B. Blues Boy King,vcl/gtr and His Orchestra; prob with his road band featuring
Calvin Owens and Kenneth Sands,tps; Lawrence Burdine and Johnny Board,tss; Floyd
Newman, Fred Ford or Henry Green,bs; Millard Lee,p; Jymie Merritt,b: Ted Curry,d
prob Chicago 1955
Crying Wont Help You
RPM 451 (R&B #15)
B. B. Blues Boy King,vcl/gtr and His Orchestra; featuring Plas Johnson,ts
Los Angeles September 16, 1956
* I Stay In The Mood
alt on Kent 450 (ca 1965)
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From left: Homesick James, J.T. Brown, and Elmore James (ca 1960)
Discography:
Elmore James,vcl/gtr and The Broomdusters -1 or and His Broomdusters; J.T.
Brown,ts; Boyd Atkins,as/ts; Johnny Jones,p; prob Ransom Knowling,b; Odie Payne,d
Chicago August 1953
* Make My Dreams Come True
alt on Flair 1031
* Strange Kinda Feeling
alt on Flair 1022 -1
Dark And Dreary
Flair 1048
Elmore James,vcl/gtr; poss Raymond Hill or Oliver Sain,ts; Johnny Jones,pno; Ike
Turner,g; Odie Payne,d
Chicago early 1954
* Quarter Past Nine
issued on Kent LP 9010 (1970)
Elmore James,vcl/gtr and His Broomdusters; James Parr,tp; Maxwell Davis,ts;
Jewell Grant,bs; Willard McDaniel,p; Jesse Sailes,d. Omit brass on-1
Los Angeles ca August 1954
Sunny Land -1 (titled Sunnyland on LP)
Flair 1057
Standing At The Crossroads
Flair 1057
* Late Hours At Midnight
Flair 1062
The Way You Treat Me (titled Mean And Evil on LP) Flair 1062
Happy Home
Flair 1069
No Love In My Heart
Flair 1069
Elmore James,vcl/gtr and His Broom Dusters; Edward Frank,p; Frank Fields,b; Earl
Palmer,d, vocal group backing on-1 (prob The Four Speeds)
New Orleans August 1955
Dust My Blues
Flair 1074
Blues Before Sunrise
Flair 1079
I Was A Fool
Flair 1074
Good Bye -1 (titled Goodbye Baby on LP)
Flair 1079
Elmore James,vcl/gtr and His Broom Dusters; Raymond Hill and prob J.T. Brown,
tss; Eddie Taylor,g; unknown b; Odie Payne,d
* So Mean To Me
* Wild About You Baby
Modern 983
* Elmos Shuffle
* Long Tall Woman
Modern 983
Last title also recorded in Canton, Miss with Ike Turner on pno January 25, 1952 (issued on
AceBox CD4).
(Note: the LP does not feature any hit).

Three of the Great Mississippi-born Delta Blues Kings - in Heaven
B. B. King 1925 - 2015

John Lee
1912 - 2011
Muddy W. 1913 - 1983
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Three Mississippi-born Delta Blues Kings and their Blues Battle
The 1940s
Miss Martha King Bullet 309

Take Swing With Me Bullet 315
Rec in Memphis ca June 1949
B.B. King, vcl (and prob gtr); Thomas
Branch,tp; Sammie Jett,tb; Ben Branch,ts;
Phineas Newborn Jr,p; Tuff Green,b; Phineas
Newborn Sr,d; (Calvin Newborn,gtr may have
been present). Both records issued in 1949.
BB made a great re-recording of 315, now
titled Love You Baby, on RPM 408 in L.A.
(March 2, 1954).
Boogie Chillen Modern 20-627

Crawlin King Snake Modern 20-714
Rec in Detroit ca September 1948
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr.
Issued November 3, 1948; and October, 1949.
I Cant Be Satisfied Aristocrat 1305A

I Feel Like Going Home Aristocrat 1305B
Rec in Chicago ca December 1947
Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; Ernest Big Crawford, b.
Issued in June, 1948.
Classics of 1951-1952
Dont You Want A Man Like Me

- RPM 318
Rec in Memphis January 8, 1951
B.B. King vcl/; E.A. Kamp,ts; Ford Nelson,p;
James Walker,b; Solomon Hardy,d.
Issued in 1951.
3 OClock Blues RPM 339

Rec in Memphis ca September 1951
B.B. King vcl/g; Adolph Billy Duncan and
Richard Sanders,tss; Ike Turner, pno;
James Walker,b; Earl Forest,d.
Issued in November 1951.
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Im In The Mood Modern 835

Rec in Detroit August 7, 1951
John Lee Hooker, double-track vcl/gtr,

Eddie Kirkland, second gtr
Issued in September 1951.
Blues For Big Town Fortune LP 3002

Rec in Detroit 1952
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr, Bob Thurman, pno.
Issued in LP in ca 1963.
Long Distance Call Chess 1452

Rec in Chicago January 22, 1951
Muddy Waters;vcl/gtr; Little Walter,hca;
Ernest Big Crawford,bs
Issued in March, 1951.
Still A Fool Chess 1480

Rec in Chicago July 11, 1951
Muddy Waters;vcl; Little Walter and Jimmy
Rogers, gtrs; Ernest Big Crawford, bs; Elga
Edmonds or Len Chess, dms
Issued in October, 1951.
The mid/late 1950s
Every Day I Have The Blues RPM 421

Rec in Los Angeles (Capitol Studios) March 2, 1954
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; feat Jewell Grant, as; Maxwell
Davis, Bumps Myers. tss; Willard McDaniel,pno;
cga; b; Jesse Sailes,d. Issued in early 1955.
You Upset Me Baby RPM 416
Rec in Los Angeles (Modern Studios Culver City)
August 18-19, 1954
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; with a.o. Maxwell Davis,
Willard McDaniel and prob Bumps Myers.
Issued in October 1954.
Crying Wont Help You RPM 451
Rec in Chicago ca November 1955
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; prob, with Kings road band
featuring Johnny Board,ts. Issued in early 1956.
Sweet Little Angel RPM 468
Rec in Little Rock, Ark April/May 1956
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; with Calvin Owens, Kenneth
Sands,tp; Lawrence Burdine,as; Johnny Board,ts;
Floyd Newman (or Fred Ford or Hermann
Green),bars; Millard Lee,pno; Jymie Merritt,b;
Ted Curry,d. Issued in 1956.
Hug And Squeeze b/w

The Syndicator Modern 966
Rec in Detroit prob. early 1955
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Otis Finch,ts;
Bob Thurman,pno; poss unkn b; Tom
Whitehead,d. Issued in August, 1955.
Im Your Hoochie Cooche Man

Chess 1560
Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; Little Walter,hca;
Otis Spann,pno; Jimmy Rogers,gtr; (poss. Willie
Dixon,b); Elga Edmonds,d. Issued in 1954.
Forty Days & Forty Nights

Rec in Chicago March 27, 1956
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr;
George Washington,b; Tom Whitehead,d.
Issued in August, 1956.
Chess 1620
Rec in Chicago February 2, 1956
Muddy Waters, vcl; Little Walter,hca; Otis
Spann,pno; Pat Hare & Hubert Sumlin,gtrs; Willie
Dixon,b; Fred Below,d. Issued in 1956.
I See You When Youre Weak
Close To You c/w

Shes Nineteen Years Old Chess 1704
Dimples Vee-Jay 205
Vee-Jay 245
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Taylor,gtr;
Quinn Wilson,b; Tom Whitehead,d.
Issued in April, 1957.
Rec in Chicago August, 1958

Muddy Waters, vcl; Little Walter (or poss James
Cotton),hca; Otis Spann,pno; Pat Hare & Luther
Tucker,gtrs; Willie Dixon,b; Francis Clay or poss
George Hunter,d. Issued in 1958.
This song was also

recorded in the L.A.
studios November 19,
1955 with Maxwell
Davis studio orchestra
(feat. David, Board,
McDaniel; Curry or
Sailes) and issued on
Crown LP 5020.
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The Super Greats (from original 60s LPs)
Got My Mojo Working

Sweet Sixteen Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 Kent 330
Rec in Los Angeles October 26, 1959
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; with orchestra led by Maxwell
Davis (tp, saxes, pno, b, d).
Single issued in early 1960.
Originally on Crown LP 5143 (issued early 1960)
where the two parts appear as one continued
performance.
(shortened) Chess 1774
Rec in Newport, RI July 3, 1960
Boom Boom Vee-Jay 438

Rec in Chicago ca December, 1961
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Joe Edward Hunter,pno;
Hank Cosby,ts; Andrew Mike Terry,bars;
Larry Veeder,gtr; James Jamerson,b;
Benny Benjamin,d.
Single issued in April, 1962.
Originally on Vee-Jay LP 1043 (issued early 1962).
Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; James Cotton,hca; Otis

Spann,pno; Pat Hare,gtr; Andrew Stephens,b;
Francis Clay,d.
Single issued in 1960. Originally on Chess LP 1449
(issued 1960) where a full version (titled part 1 and 2)
appears as one performance.
This song was also recorded by Muddy in studio in Chicago
January 1957 (and issued on Chess 1652).
The 1960s
How Blue Can You Get

ABC-Paramount 10527
Rec in New York September 30, 1963
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; Carl Adams, Kenneth
Sands,tp; Lawrence Burdine,as;
Vernone Slater,ts; Jerome Richardson,
bars; Charles Brooks,pno; Leo Lauchie,
b; Sonny Freeman,d. Issued in 1963.
This song was also recorded in Los Angeles January 9,

1962 feat. Plas Johnson, ts and Maxwell Davis, pno; issued
on Crown LP 5309 as Down Hearted.
Rock Me Baby Kent 393

Rec in Los Angeles 1962 or poss March 18, 1964
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; with Jimmy McCracklin,pno;
Sonny Freeman,d. Issued in 1964.
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss

BluesWay 61015
Rec in Chicago September 14, 1967
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; Henry Boozier, John Browning,
Hobart Dotson,tp; Pluma Davis,tb; Lawrence
Burdin,as; Johnny Board,ts; Barney Hubert,bars;
Duke Jethro,org; Leo Lauchi,b; Sonny Freeman,d.
Issued in 1967.
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No Shoes Vee-Jay 349

John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; William Lefty
Bates,gtr; Sylvester Hickman,bs; Jimmy Turner,d.
Issued in April, 1960.
Im Going Upstairs Vee-Jay 379

John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; William Lefty
Bates,gtr; Quinn Wilson,b; Earl Phillips,d;
and poss Pops Staples,gtr:
Issued in February, 1961.
It Serves Me Right Vee-Jay 708

Rec in Chicago mid 1964
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; with unknown rhythm
acc, poss featuring Wayne Bennett,gtr.
Issued in November, 1965.
You Shook Me Chess 1827
Rec in Chicago June 27, 1962

Muddy Waters, overdubbed vcl with pre-recorded
instrumental: A C Reed,ts; Big Moose Walker,
org: Lafayette Leake,pno; Earl Hooker,gtr;
Earnest Johnson,b; Bobby Little,d.
Issued in 1962.
The Same Thing b/w

You Cant Lose What You Aint
Never Had Chess 1895
Rec in Chicago April 9, 1964

Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; Otis Spann,pno; Buddy
Guy or James Pee Wee Madison,gtr; Willie
Dixon,b; S.P. Leary,d.
Issued in 1964.
Great Live (in their prime)
Live at the Regal
Live at Cafe au-Go-Go
ABC-Paramount LPS 509
Live (at Mr. Kellys)
BluesWay BLS 6002
Rec in Chicago November 21, 1964

issued in 1965
Rec in New York August 30, 1966

issued in early 1967
B B. King. vcl/gtr; with his Orchestra:

Kenneth Sands,tp; John Watson,tb; Johnny
Board and Bobby Forte,tss; Duke Jethro,pno:
Leo Lauchie,b; Sonny Freeman,d.
Produced by Johnny Pate

with the Muddy Waters Blues Band:
Otis Spann,pno; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn
and Luther Snake Johnson,gtrs; Mac Arnold,b;
Francis Clay,d; (George Smith,hca -not audible).
Produced by Bob Thiele
Tracks: Every Day I Have The Blues / Sweet

Little Angel / Its My Own Fault / How Blue Can
You Get? / Please Love Me // You Upset Me Baby
/ Worry, Worry / Woke Up This Mornin / You
Done Lost Your Good Thing Now / Help The Poor.
Tracks: I'm Bad Like Jesse James / She's Long,

She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) / When
My First Wife Left Me / Heartaches And Misery //
One Bourbon, One Scotch And One Beer / I Don't
Want No Trouble / I'll Never Get Out Of These
Blues Alive / Seven Days.
Chess LP CH 50012
Rec in Chicago June 11-12, 1971

issued in Dec 1971
Muddy Waters, vcl/gtr; with his band:
Paul Oscher hca; James (Joe Denim) Cotton
hca-1; Joe Pinetop Perkins,pno; James Pee
Wee Madison, Sam Lawhorn,gtrs;
Calvin Jones,b; Willie Smith,d.
Produced by Ralph Bass
Tracks: What Is That She Got-1 / You Don't Have
To Go / Strange Woman-1 / Blow Wind Blow /
Country Boy // Nine Below Zero / Stormy Monday
Blues / Mudcat / Boom Boom-1 / C.C. Woman
(CD issue has bonus tracks: Shes 19 Years Old
/ Long Distance Call).
The 1970s
The Thrill Is Gone BluesWay 61032

Rec in New York October 8, 1969
B.B. King, vcl/gtr; Paul Harris,org/pno; Hugh
McCracken,gtr; Gerry Jemmott,b; Herbie
Lovelle,d; and strings. Single issued in late 1969
(hitting R&B #3 and Pop #1 early 1970).
Originally on BluesWay LP 6037 issued late 1969.
Produced by Bill Szymczyk
Homework on ABC LP 838

Rec in Los Angeles May 14, 1974
Clifford Coulter, synthesizers and fender bass;
Howard Roberts and Wa-Wa Watson, gtrs;
Ron Beck,d.
LP issued in 1974.
Produced by Ed Michel
Cant Get No Grindin on Chess LP 50023

Rec in Chicago in March 1972
Muddy Waters, vcl; James Cotton hca; Joe
Pinetop Perkins, harpsichord: James Pee Wee
Madison, Sam Lawhorn, gtrs; Calvin Jones,b;
Willie Smith,d; band vcls.
LP issued 1972. Track issued on single 2143 (1973).
Produced by Ralph Bass
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THE UK CHESS/Phonogram GENESIS Boxes

In 1972, 1973 and 1975 British Chess issued a 3-part BOX Series titled Genesis (each comprising 4 LPs),
compiled by Mike Leadbnitter and Neil Slaven (volume 3 by Mike Rowe and dedicated to Mike Leadbitter).
Note that the discographical details in some cases have been updated in later years.
Volume 1 - Chess 6641 047 - The Beginnings of Rock: Blues Masterpieces (1972)
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THE UK CHESS/Phonogram GENESIS Boxes
Volume 2 - Chess 6641 125 - The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago
(1973)
Volume 3 - Chess 6641 174 Sweet Home Chicago: Blues Masterpieces (1975)
ALBUM 1
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot
Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right
- Matchbox Blues
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story
- Elgin Movements
- Date Bait
ALBUM 2
ALBUM 3
ALBUM 4
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling
- Stuff You Gotta Watch

- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning
- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter
Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right
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THE TOP TWO
Father of Blues and Mr. Blues
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ON THE WEB
(as of September 24, 2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_Walker
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/t-bone-walker-p27828
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=11136
http://www.facebook.com/pages/T-Bone-Walker/125905882160?sk=wall
http://www.there1.com/browse_articles.php?action=view_record&idnum=115
http://www.justinguitar.com/AA-OthersSites/T-BONEWALKER/dir.html
http://www.sonnyboy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sonny-boy-williamson-p138629
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sonny-Boy-Williamson-II/105548389478597
http://www.nanton.com.br/sonnyboy/
http://www.mnblues.com/review/2002/sonnyboywilliamson2-3-02-cr.html
http://www.the-blindman.com/Archives/sonnyboy.htm
http://www.bluesnews.fi/bluestahdet_sonnyboywilliamson.htm
http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/sboy2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-joe-turner-p556
http://www.hoyhoy.com/artists.htm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Joe-Turner/107941555895004
http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/BigJoeTurner.htm
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/jturner.htm
http://www.howlinwolf.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howlin'_Wolf
http://www.wirz.de/music/howlwfrm.htm
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/howlin-wolf-p60993
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Howlin-Wolf/105721599461319
http://www.howlingwolfphotos.com/
http://www.furious.com/perfect/wolf/index.html
http://www.wpnet.org/Howlin_Wolf.htm
http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/musicians/howlin-wolf.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Fulson
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lowell-fulson-p344
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lowell-Fulson/112093378803243
http://elvispelvis.com/lowellfulson.htm
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/lowell%20fulson.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elmore-james-p90058
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elmore-James/105995199431123
http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/elmore-james.html
http://www.wirz.de/music/jamelmfrm.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician)
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roy-brown-p294
http://www.hoyhoy.com/artists/roybrown.htm
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/roybrown.htm
http://www.rockabilly.nl/artists/roybrown.htm
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/roybrown.htm
http://www.littlewalter.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Walter
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-walter-p427
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Walter/113295512017879
http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/lwalter.html
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/johnnielee.html
http://www.jlhvinyl.com/
http://www.johnleehooker.info/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-lee-hooker-p371
http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Lee-Hooker/109260479093234
http://www.johnleehooker.com/home.htm
http://www.virginrecords.com/hooker/
http://www.johnleehookerfoundation.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reed
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-reed-p504
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jimmy-Reed/113134668700906
http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/jreed.html
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/jreed.htm
http://www.muddywaters.com/home.html
http://bluesandrhythm.co.uk/documents/200.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muddy_Waters
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/muddy-waters-p108085
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Muddy-Waters/10374638299728
http://www.bbking.com/
http://www.bluesboyking.com/
http://www.worldblues.com/bbking/default.asp
http://www.bbking.esmartmusic.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._B._King
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bb-king-p93923
http://www.facebook.com/bbking
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/bbking.htm
http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/musicians/bb-king.html
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