Singin' the Blues/The Blues

B.B. King

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Singin' the Blues/The Blues Review

by George Bedard

Two great original Crown albums from the '50s appear on one import CD, including most of King's Top Ten R&B hits from the period: "3 O'Clock Blues," "Please Love Me," "You Upset Me Baby," "You Know I Love You," "Woke Up This Morning," and "Sweet Little Angel," plus one of his best, "Crying Won't Help You." This is the stuff that was so hugely influential to other blues guitarists and singers in its original recorded version. Here is lots of the real early, gritty stuff: "That Ain't the Way to Do It," "When My Heart Beats like a Hammer," "Don't You Want a Man like Me?" The guitar intro to "Early in the Morning" is one of the finest examples of King in a jazzy mode. Great guitar!

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Please Love Me B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:47	Amazon
2	You Upset Me Baby B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	03:00	Amazon
3	Every Day I Have the Blues Peter Chatman / Memphis Slim	B.B. King	02:46	Amazon
4	Bad Luck B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:51	Amazon
5	Three O'Clock Blues B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:59	Amazon
6	Blind Love B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:54	Amazon
7	Woke up This Morning (My Baby's Gone) B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:55	Amazon
8	You Know I Love You B.B. King / Jules Taub / Lou Willie Turner	B.B. King	03:03	Amazon
9	Sweet Little Angel B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:58	Amazon
10	Ten Long Years B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:46	Amazon
11	Did You Ever Love a Woman B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:31	Amazon
12	Crying Won't Help You Sam Ling / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:56	Amazon
13	Why Does Everything Happen to Me Roy Hawkins / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:44	Amazon
14	Ruby Lee B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:34	Amazon
15	When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:52	Amazon
16	Past Day Joe Josea / B.B. King	B.B. King	03:13	Amazon
17	Boogie Woogie Woman B.B. King / Jules Taub / Hudson Whittaker	B.B. King	02:46	Amazon
18	Early Every Morning Joe Josea / B.B. King	B.B. King	02:33	Amazon
19	I Want to Get Married Joe Josea / B.B. King	B.B. King	03:00	Amazon
20	That Ain't the Way to Do It B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:18	Amazon
21	Troubles, Troubles, Troubles B.B. King / Sam Ling	B.B. King	02:56	Amazon
22	Don't You Want a Man Like Me Count Basie / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:37	Amazon
23	You Know I Go for You B.B. King / Sam Ling / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:36	Amazon
24	What Can I Do? B.B. King / Jules Taub	B.B. King	02:48	Amazon