Singin' the Blues è l'album d'esordio del celebre bluesmanB.B. King, pubblicato dallaCrown Records nella primavera del 1957[1].
Il disco raccoglie brani pubblicati negli anni precedenti (periodo dal 1951 al 1957) alcuni editi solo nel formato da 78 giri, i musicisti che parteciparono alle varie sessions, facevano parte dellaMaxwell Davis Orchestra, i musicisti indicati sono quelli che parteciparono alle sessions del periodo di tempo riferito.
La compilation contiene numerosi Hit da alta classifica nelle chart di Rhythm and Blues del periodo, al #1 si piazzarono i seguenti brani:3 O'Clock Blues,You Know I Love You,Please Love Me,You Upset Me Baby, al #3:Woke Up This Morning eBad Luck, al #8:Everyday I Have the Blues, al #9:Ten Long Years, al #15:Crying Won't Help You.[1]
- Lato A
- Please Love Me – 2:47(Riley B. King, Sam Ling) – 1953
- You Upset Me Baby – 3:00(Riley B. King, Jules Taub, Joe Josea) – 1954
- Every Day I Have the Blues – 2:47(Peter Chatman) – 1955
- Bad Luck – 2:52(Ivory Joe Hunter) – 1956
- 3 O' Clock Blues – 2:59(Lowell Fulson) – 1951
- Blind love – 2:55(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1953
Durata totale: 17:20
- Lato B
- Woke Up This Morning – 2:56(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1953
- You Know I Love You – 3:03(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1952
- Sweet Little Angel – 2:59(Lucille Bogan,Bessie Smith) – 1957
- Ten Long Years – 2:46(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1955
- Did You Ever Love a Woman – 2:32(Dwight Moore) – 1956
- Crying Won't Help You – 2:55(Hudson Whittaker) – 1956
Durata totale: 17:11
- Edizione CD del 2005, pubblicato dallaAce Records (CDCHM 1041)
- Please Love Me – 2:48(Riley B. King, Sam Ling) – 1953
- You Upset Me Baby – 3:00(Riley B. King, Jules Taub, Joe Josea) – 1954
- Everyday I Have the Blues – 2:47(Peter Chatman) – 1955
- Bad Luck – 2:51(Ivory Joe Hunter) – 1956
- 3 O'Clock Blues – 3:00(Lowell Fulson) – 1951
- Blind Love – 3:03(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1953
- Woke Up This Morning – 2:56(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1953
- You Know I Love You – 3:03(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1952
- Sweet Little Angel – 2:58(Lucille Bogan, Bessie Smith) – 1957
- Ten Long Years – 2:46(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1955
- Did You Ever Love a Woman – 2:31(Dwight Moore) – 1956
- Crying Won't Help You – 2:58(Hudson Whittaker) – 1956
- Whole Lotta Meat – 2:28(Riley B. King) – 2005 - Bonus Track - Previously Unissued Take 14
- I'm Cracking Up Over You – 3:20(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 2005 - Bonus Track - Previously Unissued Take 1
- I Stay in the Mood – 2:55(Riley B. King, Joe Josea) – 2005 - Bonus Track - Previously Unissued Take 5
- When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer aka Million Years Blues – 2:56(John Lee Williamson) – 2005 - Bonus Track - Previously Unissued Take 5
- Jump with You Baby – 2:10(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1955 - Bonus Track
- Lonely and Blue – 2:55(John Costa Jr, John Erby) – 1955 - Bonus Track
- Dark Is the Night pt 1 aka The Blues Has Got Me – 2:38(Riley B. King, Maxwell Davis, Jules Taub) – 2005 - Bonus Track - Previously Unissued Take 1
- Ruby Lee – 3:01(Riley B. King, Jules Taub) – 1955 - Bonus Track
Durata totale: 57:04
The Maxwell Davis Orchestra
- ^abc Note di copertina diSingin' the Blues, B.B. King, Ace Records, CDCHM 1041, 2005.
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