''King of the Blues'' is a compilation album by American blues musician B. B. King covering the years 1949 through 1991. Released by

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 w ...

in 1992, the four CD box set includes some of King's most popular songs as well as some newer recordings.

Track listing

Disc 1 (1949–1966)

# "Miss Martha King" - (previously unreleased on U.S. LP) # "She's Dynamite" # "

Three O'Clock Blues "3 O'Clock Blues" or "Three O'Clock Blues" is a slow twelve-bar blues recorded by Lowell Fulson in 1946. When it was released in 1948, it became Fulson's first hit. When B.B. King recorded the song in 1951, it became his first hit as well as one ...

" # "Please Love Me" # "You Upset Me Baby" # "

Every Day I Have the Blues "Every Day I Have the Blues" is a blues song that has been performed in a variety of styles. An early version of the song is attributed to Pinetop Sparks and his brother Milton. It was first performed in the taverns of St. Louis by the Spark ...

" # " Rock Me Baby" # "Recession Blues" # "

Don't Get Around Much Anymore "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" ...

" - (with Duke Ellington Orchestra) # "I'm Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In" # "Blues at Midnight" # "Sneakin' Around" # "My Baby's Comin' Home" # "Slowly Losing My Mind" - (previously unreleased on LP) # "

How Blue Can You Get "How Blue Can You Get" (alternatively "Downhearted") is a blues song first recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1949. It is a slow 12-bar blues that jazz critic Leonard Feather and his wife, Jane Feather, are credited with writing. The so ...

" - (previously unreleased on LP) # "Rockin' Awhile" - (previously unreleased) # "Help the Poor" - (previously unreleased on LP) # "Stop Leadin' Me On" - (previously unreleased on LP) # "Never Trust a Woman" - (previously unreleased on LP) # "

Sweet Little Angel Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugars. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones ...

" - (live) # "All Over Again" # "Sloppy Drunk" - (previously unreleased) # "Don't Answer the Door, Parts One and Two" # "I Done Got Wise" # "Think it Over" # "Gambler's Blues" - (live)

Disc 2 (1966–1969)

# "

Goin' Down Slow "Goin' Down Slow" or "Going Down Slow" is a blues song composed by American blues singer St. Louis Jimmy Oden. It is considered a blues standard and "one of the most famous blues of all". "Goin' Down Slow" has been recorded by many blues and o ...

" - (live, previously unreleased) # "Tired of Your Jive" - (live) # "Sweet Sixteen, Parts One and Two" - (live, complete version previously unreleased on U.S. LP) # "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" # "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me" # "Lucille" # "Watch Yourself" # "You Put It on Me" # "Get Myself Somebody" - (previously unreleased on LP) # "I Want You So Bad" # "Why I Sing the Blues" # "Get Off My Back Woman" # "Please Accept My Love" - (live) # "Fools Get Wise" - (previously unreleased) # "No Good" # "So Excited"

Disc 3 (1969–1975)

# "

The Thrill Is Gone "The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gon ...

" # "Confessin' the Blues" # "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" # "Hummingbird" - (with Leon Russell and

Joe Walsh Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr ...

) # "Ask Me No Questions" - (with Leon Russell and Joe Walsh) # "Chains and Things" - (with Carole King) # "

Eyesight to the Blind "Eyesight to the Blind" is a 12-bar blues song written and recorded in 1951 by Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck "Rice" Miller). He also recorded the related songs "Born Blind", "Unseeing Eye", "Don't Lose Your Eye", and "Unseen Eye" during his car ...

" - (live in Japan, previously unreleased in U.S.) # "Niji Baby" - (live in Japan, previously unreleased in U.S.) # "

Blue Shadows "Blue Shadows" is a 1950 single by Lowell Fulson, featuring Lloyd Glenn Lloyd Colquitt Glenn (November 21, 1909 – May 23, 1985) was an American R&B pianist, bandleader and arranger, who was a pioneer of the "West Coast" blues style. Care ...

" # "Ghetto Woman" - (with Ringo Starr) # "Ain't Nobody Home" # "I Got Some Help I Don't Need" - (single edit, previously unreleased on LP) # "

Five Long Years "Five Long Years" is a song written and recorded by blues vocalist and pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952. Called one of the "few postwar blues standards hat hasretained universal appeal", Boyd's "Five Long Years" reached number one on the '' Billboa ...

" # "To Know You Is to Love You" - (with Stevie Wonder) # "I Like to Live the Love" # "Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes"

Disc 4 (1976–1991)

# " Let the Good Times Roll" - (live, with

Bobby Bland Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was descr ...

) # "

Don't You Lie to Me "Don't You Lie to Me" (sometimes called "I Get Evil") is a song recorded by Tampa Red in 1940. It became popular with blues artists, leading it to become a blues standard. The song was also interpreted by rock and roll pioneers Fats Domino and C ...

" # "

Mother Fuyer "Mother Fuyer" is a jump blues song, written and recorded by Dirty Red in 1947. The single was released by Aladdin Records on a 78 rpm, 10" shellac single record. Background The words "mother for you" or "mother fuyer", as minced oaths for " ...

" # "Never Make a Move Too Soon" - (with The Crusaders) # "When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)" - (with The Crusaders) # "Better Not Look Down" - (with The Crusaders) # " Caldonia" - (live) # "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" - (with

Dr. John Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B. Active as a session musician from ...

) # "Play with Your Poodle" - (solo, previously unreleased) # "Darlin' You Know I Love You" # "Inflation Blues" # " Make Love to Me" - (rehearsal solo with piano, previously unreleased) # "Into the Night" # "Six Silver Strings" # " When Love Comes to Town" - (with U2, 7" mix, previously unreleased on LP) # "Right Time, Wrong Place" - (with Bonnie Raitt) # "Many Miles Travelled" - (previously unreleased) # "I'm Moving On" # " Since I Met You Baby" - (with Gary Moore)

References

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