Singin' the Blues/The Blues

• Artist: B.B. King
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• Release Date: 1992
• Total Time: 67:23
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

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! ~ George Bedard, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Please Love Me (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:47)
You Upset Me Baby (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(3:00)
Every Day I Have the Blues (Lyrics)	Memphis Slim, Peter Chatman	B.B. King	(2:46)
Bad Luck (Lyrics)	Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:51)
Three O'Clock Blues (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:59)
Blind Love (Lyrics)	Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:54)
Woke up This Morning (My Baby's Gone)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:55)
You Know I Love You (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub, Lou Willie Turner	B.B. King	(3:03)
Sweet Little Angel (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:58)
Ten Long Years (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:46)
Did You Ever Love a Woman (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:31)
Crying Won't Help You (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Jules Taub, Sam Ling	B.B. King	(2:56)
Why Does Everything Happen to Me	Roy Hawkins, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:44)
Ruby Lee (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:34)
When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:52)
Past Day (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Joe Josea	B.B. King	(3:13)
Boogie Woogie Woman (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Hudson Whittaker, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:46)
Early Every Morning (Lyrics)	Riley King, Joe Josea	B.B. King	(2:33)
I Want to Get Married (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Joe Josea	B.B. King	(3:00)
That Ain't the Way to Do It (Lyrics)	B.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:18)
Troubles, Troubles, Troubles (Lyrics)	Riley King, Sam Ling	B.B. King	(2:56)
Don't You Want a Man Like Me	Count Basie, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:37)
You Know I Go for You (Lyrics)	Riley King, Jules Taub, Sam Ling	B.B. King	(2:36)
What Can I Do?	Riley King, Jules Taub	B.B. King	(2:48)

Credits

Cy Schneider (Liner Notes), B.B. King (Guitar), B.B. King (Vocals)