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B.B. King, who died in May 2015 at the age of 89, was without doubt one of the most illustrious exponents of the blues in the history of popular music. As an important and pioneering innovator, guitarist, singer, songwriter and performer, he ranks among the legendary personalities of the genre, alongside the likes of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker. Perhaps more than anything, he was a hugely respected gentleman of the blues, one of the finest ambassadors it has ever had, and a massively influential figure in terms of his impact on the emerging stars of the '50s and '60s who themselves have become global icons in the rock world. His distinctive and unique guitar style, which always attracted the comment that "he could say more with one note than others could with a thousand", marks him down as one of the masters of his art. This great-value 123-track 5-CD collection brings together all the A & B sides of his single releases from his debut in 1949 on the Bullet label through his releases on RPM and then Kent up to 1962. It naturally includes some of his best-known and most important recordings, and gives a definitive overview of his work during the first decade and more of his career, as well as providing a marvellous showcase for his matchless style and technique. It is an ideal anthology for those wishing to have a substantial body of his work in their collection.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Miss Martha King
2 When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes
3 Got the Blues
4 Take a Swing with Me
5 Mistreated Woman
6 B.B. Boogie
7 The Other Night Blues
8 Walkin' and Cryin'
9 My Baby's Gone
10 Don't You Want a Man Like Me
11 B.B. Blues
12 She's Dynamite
13 She's a Mean Woman
14 Hard Working Woman
15 3 O'Clock Blues
16 That Ain't the Way to Do It
17 Fine Lookin' Woman
18 She Don't Move Me No More
19 Shake It Up and Go
20 My Own Fault, Darling
21 Gotta Find My Baby
22 Someday Somewhere
23 You Know I Love You
24 You Didn't Want Me
25 Story from My Heart and Soul
- Disc 2 -
1 Boogie Woogie Woman
2 Woke Up This Morning
3 Don't Have to Cry
4 Please Love Me
5 Highway Bound
6 Please Hurry Home
7 Neighborhood Affair
8 Why Did You Leave Me
9 Blind Love
10 Praying to the Lord
11 Please Help Me
12 Love Me Baby
13 The Woman I Love
14 Everything I Do Is Wrong
15 Don't You Want a Man Like Me (1954 Version)
16 When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
17 Bye Bye Baby
18 You Upset Me Baby
19 Whole Lotta Love
20 Everyday I Have the Blues
21 Sneakin' Around
22 Jump with You Baby
23 Lonely and Blue
24 Shut Your Mouth
25 Im in Love
- Disc 3 -
1 Boogie Rock
2 Talkin' the Blues
3 Ten Long Years
4 What Can I Do
5 I'm Cracking Up Over You
6 Ruby Lee
7 Crying Won't Help You
8 Can't We Talk It Over
9 Sixteen Tons
10 Did You Ever Love a Woman
11 Let's Do the Boogie
12 Dark Is the Night Pt.1
13 Dark Is the Night Pt. 2
14 Bad Luck
15 Sweet Little Angel
16 On My Word of Honor
17 Bim Bam
18 Early in the Morning
19 You Dont Know
20 How Do I Love You
21 You Cant Fool My Heart
22 I Want to Get Married
23 Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
24 Quit My Baby
25 Be Careful with a Fool
- Disc 4 -
1 I Wonder
2 I Need You So Bad
3 The Key to My Kingdom
4 My Heart Belongs to Only You
5 You Know I Go for You
6 Why Do Everything Happen to Me
7 Days of Old
8 Don't Look Now, But You Got the Blues
9 Please Accept My Love
10 You've Been An Angel
11 Worry Worry
12 I Am
13 The Fool
14 Come By Here
15 A Lonely Lover's Plea
16 Woman I Love
17 Time to Say Goodbye
18 Every Day I Have the Blues (1959 Version)
19 Sugar Mama
20 Mean Old Frisco
21 Sweet Sixteen PTS. 1 & 2
22 Got a Right to Love My Baby
23 My Own Fault
24 Partin' Time
25 Good Man Gone Bad
- Disc 5 -
1 Walking Dr. Bill
2 You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
3 Things Are Not the Same
4 Fishin' After Me
5 Bad Luck Soul
6 Get Out of Here
7 Hold That Train
8 Understand
9 Peace of Mind
10 Someday
11 You're Breaking My Heart
12 Bad Case of Love
13 My Sometime Baby
14 Lonely
15 Gonna Miss You Around Here
16 Hully Gully Twist
17 3 O'Clock Stomp
18 Mashed Potato Twist
19 Mashing the Popeye
20 Tell Me Baby
21 Going Down Slow
22 Your Letter
23 Blues for Me
