Chicago: Inner City Blues

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1Rollin' Stone
recording of:
Rollin’ Stone (Muddy Waters)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Sony Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
Muddy Waters3:07
2Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James3:03
3How Many More Years?
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1951-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Willie Steele (on 1951-05-14)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) (on 1951-05-14)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1951-05-14)
piano:
Ike Turner (on 1951-05-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
How Many More Years (on 1951-05-14)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett (in 1951)
publisher:
Abraham Music, Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
Howlin’ Wolf22:41
4Nine Below Zero
recorded in:
Jackson, Mississippi, United States (on 1951-12-04)
recording engineer:
Bill Holford
producer:
Lillian McMurry
guitar:
Joe Willie Wilkins
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
percussion [broom] and bass vocals:
Cliff Givens
piano:
Willie Love (American Delta blues pianist)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1991)
recording of:
Nine Below Zero
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:49
5The First Time I Met the Blues
Little Brother Montgomery2:44
6Black Snake Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:00
7I Feel So Good
Big Bill Broonzy2:46
8Albert's Special Boogie Woogie
producer:
Milt Gabler
piano:
Albert Ammons (on 1944-02-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Commodore Record Co.
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-02-11)
part of:
Commodore (by matrix number) (number: A-4714-1)
Albert Ammons3:00
9Juke
Little Walter2:44
10Burying Ground
Willie Dixon2:34
11Chicago Breakdown
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Chick” Sanders (on 1945-10-15) and Charles Saunders (on 1945-10-15)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1945-10-15)
piano:
Big Maceo Merriweather (on 1945-10-15)
lead vocals:
Big Maceo (on 1945-10-15)
recording of:
Chicago Breakdown (on 1945-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo2:57
12Tomorrow Night
Lonnie Johnson3:05
13The Mojo
J.B. Lenoir2:57
14Five Long Years
Eddie Boyd2:40
15High and Lonesome
Jimmy Reed2:47
16Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song)
lyricist:
Jimmy Witherspoon
composer:
Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon2:58
17Soul on Fire
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-06-19)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Pinky Williams (on 1953-06-19)
double bass [bass]:
Lloyd Trotman (US jazz bassist) (on 1953-06-19)
drums (drum set):
Sylvester "Vess" Payne (on 1953-06-19)
guitar:
Jimmy Lewis (played guitar on "Soul on Fire" in 1953) (on 1953-06-19)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1953-06-19)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Mitchell (on 1953-06-19)
vocals:
LaVern Baker (US rhythm & blues singer) (on 1953-06-19)
conductor:
Gene Redd (senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man) (on 1953-06-19)
arranger:
Gene Redd (senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man)
recording of:
Soul on Fire (on 1953-06-19)
writer:
LaVern Baker (US rhythm & blues singer), Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer) and Jerry Wexler
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
LaVern Baker53:04
18Anna Lee Blues
Robert Nighthawk3:14
19That's All Right
Jimmy Rogers2:47
20I Cross My Heart
recorded in:
Jackson, Mississippi, United States (on 1951-08-05)
recording engineer:
Bill Holford
producer:
Lillian McMurry
double bass:
Leonard Ware (US blues bassist)
drums (drum set):
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
Elmore James and Joe Willie Wilkins
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
piano:
Willie Love (American Delta blues pianist)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
recording of:
I Cross My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:42
21Evening Sun
Johnny Shines2:30
22I've Got a Woman
Howlin’ Wolf2:50
23Blues With a Feeling
Little Walter3:06
24The Night Time Is the Right Time
Roosevelt Sykes2:47
25Baby Please Don't Go
recording of:
Baby Please Don't Go
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH (music publishing)
version of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Muddy Waters3.53:17