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BLUES, 1900 - 1909 (1 Song) |
1909
|
Memphis Blues
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Blues
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Handy, W. C.; REC: Louis
Armstrong; Fletcher
Henderson
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BLUES, 1910 - 1919 (5 Songs) |
1918
|
After You've Gone
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Blues
|
Creamer, H., & Layton, T.;
REC: Bessie Smith; Louis
Armstrong; Joe Venuti; Eddie
Lang; Wynton Marsalis
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1916
|
Beale Street Blues
|
Blues
|
Handy, W. C.; REC: Prince's
Orchestra; Alberta Hunter;
Joe Venuti; Eddie Lang;
Mississippi Fred McDowell
|
1915
|
High Water Everywhere
|
Blues
|
Patton, Charley; REC:
Charley Patton; David
Honeyboy Edwards; Rory
Block
|
1910
|
Pony Blues
|
Blues
|
Patton, Charley; REC:
Charley Patton; Son House
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1914
|
St. Louis Blues
|
Blues
|
Handy, W. C.; REC: Bessie
Smith; Alberta Hunter; Sidney
Bechet; Kid Ory; Fletcher
Henderson; Fats Waller;
Louis Armstrong; Charles
Brown; Mary Lou Williams;
Furry Lewis; Johnny Shines;
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
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BLUES, 1920 - 1929 (54 Songs) |
1927
|
Arkansas Road Blues
|
Blues
|
Spivey, Victoria; REC: Victoria
Spivey
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1929
|
Avalon Blues
|
Blues
|
Hurt, Mississippi John; REC:
Mississippi John Hurt; Bill
Morrissey
|
1928
|
Away Down In The Alley
Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Lonnie; REC:
Lonnie Johnson; Eddie Lang
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1925
|
Backwater Blues
|
Blues
|
Smith, Bessie; REC: Bessie
Smith; Albert Ammons; Dinah
Washington; Jimmy
Witherspoon; Uncle Dave
Macon; Leadbelly; Josh
White; Skip James; Lonnie
Johnson
|
1926
|
Bad Luck Blues
|
Blues
|
Jefferson, Blind Lemon; REC:
Blind Lemon Jefferson; Roy
Bookbinder; Ken Hamm: Joy
Of Cooking
|
1928
|
Basin Street Blues
|
Blues
|
Williams, Spencer; REC:
Louis Armstrong; Sidney
Bechet; Benny Goodman
|
1928
|
Big Road Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Tommy; REC:
Tommy Johnson
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1926
|
Birth Of The Blues, The
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Blues
|
Henderson, R., De Sylva, B.
G., & Brown, L.; REC: Frank
Sinatra; Jack Teagarden; Bing
Crosby; Benny Goodman;
Louis Prima; Oscar Peterson;
Lonnie Johnson; Coleman
Hawkins; Hank Snow; Cab
Calloway; Louis Armstrong;
Stan Kenton
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1926
|
Black Snake Moan
|
Blues
|
Jefferson, Blind Lemon; REC:
Blind Lemon Jefferson
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1927
|
Blue Ghost Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Lonnie; REC:
Lonnie Johnson; Haunted
House; Walter Davis; Mike
Bloomfield; Loren MazzaCane
Connors
|
1924
|
Bo' Weevil Blues
|
Blues
|
Rainey, M., & Austin,
L./Traditional; REC: Ma
Rainey; Kokomo Arnold;
Bessie Smith
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1929
|
Bumble Bee Blues
|
Blues
|
Memphis Minnie; REC:
Memphis Minnie; Tampa Red;
Corey Harris; Memphis Jug
Band; Johnny Shines
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1928
|
Candy Man Blues
|
Blues
|
Hurt, Mississippi John; REC:
Mississippi John Hurt
|
1928
|
Canned Heat Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Tommy; REC:
Tommy Johnson
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1928
|
Cannon Ball Blues
|
Blues
|
Lewis, Furry; REC: Furry
Lewis
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1921
|
Careless Love (aka
Loveless Love; aka
Blues, Oh Blues)
|
Blues
|
Rainey, M., Handy, W. C.,
Koenig, M. E., & Williams, S.;
REC: Ma Rainey; Bessie
Smith; Dinah Washington;
Odetta; Joe Turner; Wynton
Marsalis; Archie Shepp
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1928
|
Come On Around To My
House, Mama
|
Blues
|
McTell, Blind Willie; REC:
Blind Willie McTell
|
1927
|
Cow Cow Blues
|
Blues
|
Davenport, Charles; REC:
Charles "Cow Cow"
Davenport; Memphis Slim;
Sammy Price; Otis Spann;
Johnnie Johnson; Little
Brother Montgomery; Lux
Lewis; Bob Crosby; Blind
John Davis; Speckled Red
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1920
|
Crazy Blues
|
Blues
|
Bradford, Perry; REC: Mamie
Smith; Original Dixieland Jazz
Band; Leon Redbone
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1927
|
Dope Head Blues
|
Blues
|
Spivey, Victoria; REC: Victoria
Spivey
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1921
|
Down Hearted Blues
|
Blues
|
Hunter, A., & Austin, L.; REC:
Alberta Hunter; Bessie Smith
|
1921
|
Downhearted Blues
|
Blues
|
Smith, B., & Austin, L.; REC:
Bessie Smith;
Fletcher Henderson; Cab
Calloway; Kid Ory; Mildred
Bailey; Son House; Bob Wills
|
1927
|
Early Morning Blues
|
Blues
|
Blake, Arthur "Blind"; REC:
Blind Blake
|
1925
|
Falling Rain Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Lonnie; REC:
Lonnie Johnson
|
1929
|
Forty-four Blues (44
Blues)
|
Blues
|
Sykes, Roosevelt; REC:
Roosevelt Sykes; Memphis
Slim
|
1926
|
Good Morning, Blues
|
Blues
|
Leadbelly/Traditional; REC:
Leadbelly; Jimmy Rushing;
Big Joe Turner; Ella Fitzgerald
|
1923
|
Graveyard Dream Blues
|
Blues
|
Cox, Ida; REC: Ida Cox;
Bessie Smith
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1922
|
Gulf Coast Blues
|
Blues
|
Williams, Clarence; REC:
Alberta Hunter; Fletcher
Henderson; Bessie Smith;
Ella Fitzgerald; Mildred Bailey
|
1922
|
Harlem Blues
|
Blues
|
Handy, W. C.; REC: Mamie
Smith; Cynda Williams; Big
Maybelle; Willard Robison;
Kid Ory; Nat King Cole
|
1928
|
How Long, How Long
Blues
|
Blues
|
Carr, Leroy; REC: Leroy Carr;
Bertha "Chippie" Hill; Odetta;
Joe Turner; Archie Shepp
|
1928
|
It's Tight Like That
|
Blues
|
Tampa Red, & Dorsey, T. A.;
REC: Tampa Red; Coleman
Hawkins; Clara Smith; Jimmie
Noone; McKinney's Cotton
Pickers; The Dixie Stompers
|
1925
|
Matchbox Blues
|
Blues
|
Jefferson, Blind Lemon; REC:
Blind Lemon Jefferson; Carl
Perkins
|
1929
|
Moanin' The Blues
|
Blues
|
Spivey, Victoria; REC: Victoria
Spivey
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1922
|
Moon Going Down
|
Blues
|
Patton, Charley; REC:
Charley Patton; Stefan
Grossman; Corey Harris; Jo
Ann Kelly; Workdogs
|
1927
|
Mr. Furry's Blues
|
Blues
|
Lewis, Furry; REC: Furry
Lewis
|
1922
|
My Daddy Rocks Me
(With One Steady Roll)
|
Blues
|
Barbour, J. Bernie; REC:
Trixie Smith; Jimmie Noone's
Apex Club Orchestra; Tampa
Red's Hokum Jug Band
|
1924
|
Nobody Knows The
Way I Feel This Morning
|
Blues
|
Delaney, T., & Delaney, P.;
REC: Alberta Hunter; Louis
Armstrong; Clara Smith;
Sidney Bechet; Dave Van
Ronk; Aretha Franklin; Joe
Williams; Dinah Washington
|
1927
|
Pinetop's Blues
|
Blues
|
Smith, Clarence Pinetop;
REC: Clarence Pinetop Smith;
Woody Herman
|
1927
|
Potato Head Blues
|
Blues
|
Armstrong, Louis; REC: Louis
Armstrong; New York Allstars;
Bay City Jazz Band; Kenny
Ball & His Jazzmen
|
1925
|
See See Rider (aka CC
Rider)
|
Blues
|
Rainey, Ma/Traditional; REC:
Ma Rainey; Lightnin' Hopkins;
Big Bill Broonzy; LaVern
Baker; The Animals; Jimmy
Smith; J. J. Johnson
|
1927
|
See That My Grave Is
Kept Clean
|
Blues
|
Jefferson, Blind Lemon; REC:
Blind Lemon Jefferson; John
Hammond, Jr.; Furry Lewis
|
1928
|
Stack-O-Lee (Stagger
Lee)
|
Blues
|
Hurt, Mississippi
John/Traditional; REC:
Mississippi John Hurt; Lloyd
Price; Professor Longhair; Ma
Rainey
|
1928
|
Starvation Blues
|
Blues
|
Broonzy, Big Bill; REC: Big
Bill Broonzy
|
1928
|
Statesboro Blues
|
Blues
|
McTell, Blind Willie; REC:
Blind Willie McTell; Taj Mahal;
The Allman Brothers Band;
Charlie Daniels
|
1923
|
Sugar Blues
|
Blues
|
Williams, C., & Fletcher, L.;
REC: Fats Waller; Ella
Fitzgerald
|
1921
|
Tain't Nobody's Bizness
If I Do (aka Ain't
Nobody's Business)
|
Blues
|
Grainger, P., Prince, R.,
Robbins, E., & Williams, C.;
REC: Bessie Smith; Fats
Waller; Billie Holiday;
Ernestine Anderson; Dinah
Washington; Ruth Brown; The
Ink Spots; Peggy Lee;
Memphis Slim; Jimmy
Witherspoon; B. B. King;
Solomon Burke
|
1926
|
Talking Blues (Original
Talking Blues)
|
Blues
|
Bouchillon, Christopher; REC:
Chris Bouchillon
|
1928
|
TB Blues
|
Blues
|
Spivey, Victoria; REC: Victoria
Spivey; Leadbelly; Odetta;
Josh White
|
1926
|
Trouble In Mind
|
Blues
|
Jones, Richard M.; REC:
Bertha "Chippie" Hill; Lightnin'
Hopkins; Fats Domino; Archie
Shepp; Johnny Shines; Dinah
Washington
|
1929
|
West Coast Blues
|
Blues
|
Blake, Arthur "Blind"; REC:
Blind Blake
|
1928
|
West End Blues
|
Blues
|
Williams, C., & King Oliver;
REC: King Oliver; Louis
Armstrong; Jelly Roll Morton
|
1922
|
Wild Man Blues
|
Blues
|
Morton, J. R., & Armstrong,
L.; REC: Louis Armstrong;
Jelly Roll Morton
|
1927
|
Worried Man Blues
|
Blues
|
Carter, A. P./Traditional; REC:
The Carter Family; Flatt &
Scruggs
|
1926
|
Yellow Dog Blues
|
Blues
|
Handy, W. C.; REC: Duke
Ellington; Bessie Smith; Kid
Ory; Louis Armstrong
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BLUES, 1930 - 1939 (48 Songs) |
1935
|
Baby Please Don't Go
|
Blues
|
Williams, Big Joe/Traditional;
REC: Big Joe Williams;
Lightnin' Hopkins; The Amboy
Dukes; Big Bill Broonzy; John
Hammond, Jr.; Muddy
Waters; John Lee Hooker;
Bob Dylan; The Orioles; Them; Mose Allison;
Mississippi Fred McDowell;
AC/DC
|
1930
|
Baby, Let Me Follow
You Down
|
Blues
|
Davis, Rev. Gary; REC: Rev.
Gary Davis; Bob Dylan
|
1936
|
Billie's Blues
|
Blues
|
Holiday, Billie; REC: Billie
Holiday; Buddy DeFranco;
Carmen McRae; John Hicks;
Monica Zetterlund; Mary
Coughlan; Esther Haynes;
Erroll Garner
|
1930
|
Blues Before Sunrise
|
Blues
|
Carr, L., & James, E.; REC:
Leroy Carr; Elmore James
|
1937
|
Bourgeois Blues
|
Blues
|
Leadbelly; REC: Leadbelly;
Odetta
|
1931
|
Brownsville Blues
|
Blues
|
Estes, Sleepy John; REC:
Sleepy John Estes; Charlie
Musselwhite; Stefan
Grossman; John Cephas
|
1936
|
Come On In My Kitchen
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson; Johnny
Shines
|
1936
|
Cross Road Blues (aka
Crossroad; aka
Crossroad Blues)
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson; Cream;
Johnny Shines; Elmore
James
|
1931
|
Cypress Grove Blues
|
Blues
|
James, Skip; REC: Skip
James; Corey Harris; Vassar
Clements; Doc Watson; Rory
Block; Jim Greene; Kelly Joe
Phelps; David Soldier; Chris
Thomas King
|
1931
|
Devil Got My Woman
|
Blues
|
James, Skip; REC: Skip
James; Bonnie Raitt; Jack
Owens; Paul Rishell; Dave
Snaker Ray; Radiotones;
Alvin Youngblood Hart; Big
Sugar; John Cephas
|
1932
|
Dry Spell Blues
|
Blues
|
House, Son; REC: Son House
|
1937
|
Floating Bridge
|
Blues
|
Estes, Sleepy John; REC:
Sleepy John Estes; Eric
Clapton; Tony McPhee
|
1937
|
Good Morning, Little
School Girl
|
Blues
|
Williamson, Sonny Boy (The
Original); REC: Sonny Boy
Williamson (The Original);
Ten Years After; Mississippi
Fred McDowell; The Yardbirds
|
1937
|
Hell Hound On My Trail
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson
|
1935
|
Highway 49
|
Blues
|
Williams, Big Joe; REC: Big
Joe Williams; Howlin' Wolf;
George Thorogood & The
Destroyers; Eric Clapton;
Omar & The Howlers; The
Jeff Healey Band; Cub Koda
|
1933
|
I Believe I'll Dust My
Broom
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson; Elmore
James; Johnny Shines
|
1935
|
Ice Man (Come On Up)
|
Blues
|
Memphis Minnie; REC:
Memphis Minnie
|
1930
|
I'd Rather Drink Muddy
Water
|
Blues
|
Miller, Eddie; REC: Lou
Rawls; Big Joe Williams
|
1935
|
I'm A Rattlesnakin'
Daddy
|
Blues
|
Fuller, Blind Boy; REC: Blind
Boy Fuller; Corey Harris
|
1931
|
I'm So Glad
|
Blues
|
James, Skip; REC: Skip
James; Cream; Chris Cotton;
Deep Purple; Iggy & The
Stooges
|
1933
|
In My Time Of Dying
|
Blues
|
White, Josh/Traditional; REC:
Josh White; Led Zeppelin
|
1934
|
Keep Your Hands Off
Her
|
Blues
|
Broonzy, Big Bill; REC: Big
Bill Broonzy; Leadbelly; John
Cephas; Junior Kimbrough;
Taj Mahal; Rod Stewart
|
1931
|
Lawyer Clark Blues
|
Blues
|
Estes, Sleepy John; REC:
Sleepy John Estes
|
1935
|
Little Delia
|
Blues
|
McTell, Blind Willie; REC:
Blind Willie McTell
|
1932
|
Love In Vain Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson; The Rolling
Stones
|
1935
|
Married Woman Blues
|
Blues
|
Estes, Sleepy John; REC:
Sleepy John Estes
|
1930
|
Milk Cow Blues
|
Blues
|
Arnold, Kokomo; REC:
Kokomo Arnold; Bob Wills;
Elvis Presley; George Strait;
Eddie Cochran; Bob Dylan;
Mississippi Fred McDowell;
Sleepy John Estes;
Aerosmith; Johnny Shines
|
1933
|
Moanin' The Blues
|
Blues
|
Memphis Minnie; REC:
Memphis Minnie
|
1934
|
My Baby Don't Want Me
No More
|
Blues
|
Memphis Minnie; REC:
Memphis Minnie
|
1932
|
My Black Mama
|
Blues
|
House, Son; REC: Son House
|
1931
|
Need A Little Sugar In
My Bowl
|
Blues
|
Williams, C., Brymn, J. T., &
Small, D.; REC: Bessie Smith;
Nina Simone
|
1932
|
Preachin' The Blues
|
Blues
|
House, Son; REC: Son House
|
1935
|
Rag Mama Rag
|
Blues
|
Fuller, Blind Boy; REC: Blind
Boy Fuller; Lee Rocker
|
1938
|
Roll 'Em Pete
|
Blues
|
Johnson, P., & Turner, B. J.;
REC: Pete Johnson, Big Joe
Turner; Joe Turner; Joe
Williams; Count Basie; Long
John Baldry; Jimmy
Witherspoon
|
1937
|
Shake 'Em Down
|
Blues
|
White, Bukka; REC: Bukka
White
|
1935
|
Six Cold Feet In The
Ground
|
Blues
|
Carr, Leroy; REC: Leroy Carr;
Red Nelson
|
1930
|
Sixty-one Highway (61
Highway)
|
Blues
|
McDowell, Mississippi Fred;
REC: Mississippi Fred
McDowell; Charlie
Musselwhite
|
1932
|
Spoonful Blues, A
|
Blues
|
Patton, Charley; REC:
Charley Patton
|
1937
|
Sugar Mama Blues
|
Blues
|
Williamson, Sonny Boy (The
Original); REC: Sonny Boy
Williamson (The Original);
Memphis Minnie; Taj Mahal;
Hammie Nixon; Tampa Red
|
1939
|
Sweet Black Angel
|
Blues
|
Nighthawk, Robert; REC:
Robert Nighthawk
|
1936
|
Sweet Home Chicago
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson; Robert
Lockwood, Jr.; Magic Sam;
Johnny Shines
|
1936
|
Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues
|
Blues
|
Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody
Guthrie
|
1936
|
Terraplane Blues
|
Blues
|
Johnson, Robert; REC:
Robert Johnson; Johnny
Shines
|
1939
|
Tomorrow Night
|
Blues
|
Coslow, S., & Grosz, W.;
REC: Lonnie Johnson; Elvis
Presley; Jerry Lee Lewis;
LaVern Baker; Charles
Brown; Charlie Rich; Big Joe
Turner
|
1939
|
Too Many Drivers
|
Blues
|
Broonzy, Big Bill; REC: Big
Bill Broonzy; Dana Gillespie;
Lowell Fulson; Smiley Lewis
|
1930
|
Vicksburg Blues
|
Blues
|
Montgomery, Little Brother;
REC: Little Brother
Montgomery; Otis Spann;
Memphis Minnie; Karen
Carroll; Scott Cushine; Jerry
Ricks
|
1935
|
When The Sun Goes
Down
|
Blues
|
Carr, Leroy; REC: Leroy Carr;
Count Basie; Joe Williams;
Memphis Slim; The Ink Spots;
Lonnie Donegan; Josh White
|
1930
|
You Got To Move (aka
You Gotta Move)
|
Blues
|
McDowell, F., & Davis, G.;
REC: Mississippi Fred
McDowell; Rev. Gary Davis;
The Five Blind Boys Of
Alabama; The Rolling Stones;
Aerosmith; Richard Hell & The
Voidoids; The Radiators;
Cassandra Wilson; Lorette
Velvette; Jo Ann Kelly;
Louisiana Red
|
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BLUES, 1940 - 1949 (31 Songs) |
1940
|
After Hours
|
Blues
|
Hawkins, E., & Parrish, A.;
REC: Erskine Hawkins; Roy
Buchanan; Muddy Waters;
Woody Herman; Jimmy Smith
|
1945
|
Ain't That Just Like A
Woman
|
Blues
|
Moore, F., & Demetrius, C.;
REC: Louis Jordan; B. B.
King; Clarence "Gatemouth"
Brown; Jimmy Smith; Chuck
Berry; Ronnie Hawkins;
Frankie Laine; Fats Domino;
Alice Cooper; Robert Palmer
|
1949
|
All Night Long
|
Blues
|
Otis, Johnny; REC: Johnny
Otis
|
1948
|
Boogie Chillen
|
Blues
|
Hooker, John Lee; REC: John
Lee Hooker; Buddy Guy
|
1941
|
Catfish Blues (aka
Rollin' Stone or Rolling
Stone)
|
Blues
|
Petway, Robert; REC: Robert
Petway; Muddy Waters; Jimi
Hendrix; Mose Alison
|
1945
|
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
|
Blues
|
Horton, V., Darling, D., &
Gabler, M.; REC: Louis
Jordan; Clarence
"Gatemouth" Brown
|
1945
|
Driftin' Blues
|
Blues
|
Brown, C., Williams, E., &
Johnny Moore's Three
Blazers; REC: Charles Brown
& Johnny Moore's Three
Blazers
|
1948
|
Drivin' Wheel
|
Blues
|
Sykes, Roosevelt; REC:
Roosevelt Sykes; Butterfield
Blues Band; Johnny Winter;
Junior Parker
|
1948
|
Every Day I Have The
Blues (aka Nobody
Loves Me)
|
Blues
|
Memphis Slim (Peter
Chatman); REC: Memphis
Slim; B. B. King; Joe Williams;
Count Basie; Elmore James;
Charles Brown; Buddy Guy
|
1940
|
Fine And Mellow
|
Blues
|
Holiday, Billie; REC: Billie
Holiday; Alberta Hunter; Ella
Fitzgerald; Diana Ross;
Carmen McRae; Peggy Lee;
Cleo Laine; Champion Jack
Dupree
|
1940
|
Fixin' To Die Blues
|
Blues
|
White, Bukka; REC: Bukka
White
|
1941
|
Goin' Down Slow
|
Blues
|
Oden, St. Louis Jimmy; REC:
St. Louis Jimmy Oden; Long
John Baldry; Howlin' Wolf;
Junior Wells; Otis Spann;
Sonny Terry & Brownie
McGhee
|
1946
|
Hoodoo Hoodoo (aka
Hoodoo Man Blues)
|
Blues
|
Williamson, Sonny Boy (The
Original); REC: Sonny Boy
Williamson (The Original);
Buddy Guy; Junior Wells;
Ralph Willis
|
1948
|
I Can't Be Satisfied
|
Blues
|
Waters, Muddy; REC: Muddy
Waters; The Rolling Stones;
John Hammond, Jr., Buddy
Guy
|
1940
|
It Hurts Me Too
|
Blues
|
Tampa Red; REC: Tampa
Red; Big Bill Broonzy; Elmore
James; Bob Dylan; The
Rolling Stones; The Paul
Butterfield Blues Band
|
1941
|
Key To The Highway
|
Blues
|
Broonzy, B. B., & Segar, C.;
REC: Big Bill Broonzy; Eric
Clapton; Jimmy Witherspoon;
Little Walter; Charlie
Musselwhite; Dinah
Washington; Junior Wells;
Brownie McGhee; Freddie
King
|
1946
|
Lady Sings The Blues
|
Blues
|
Nichols, H., & Holiday, B.;
REC: Billie Holiday; Herbie
Nichols; Ella Fitzgerald; Diana
Ross; Stan Getz; Archie
Shepp
|
1949
|
Mardi Gras In New
Orleans
|
Blues
|
Byrd, Henry (Professor
Longhair); REC: Professor
Longhair; Fats Domino
|
1941
|
Me And My Chauffeur
Blues
|
Blues
|
Memphis Minnie; REC:
Memphis Minnie; Lucinda
Williams; Sue Foley; Mabel
Robinson; Maria Muldaur
|
1941
|
Mean Old World
|
Blues
|
Walker, T-Bone; REC: T-Bone Walker; Ike & Tina
Turner; Little Walter
|
1942
|
Mean Talkin' Blues
|
Blues
|
Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody
Guthrie
|
1947
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