Atlantic Blues 1949-1970

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Drinkin’ Wine Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-02-14)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Herb Abrahmson
double bass [bass]:
Gene Ramey (on 1949-02-14)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1949-02-14)
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (on 1949-02-14) and Stick McGhee (on 1949-02-14)
piano:
Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis (on 1949-02-14)
lead vocals:
Stick McGhee (on 1949-02-14)
performer:
Stick McGhee and His Buddies (on 1949-02-14)
recording of:
Drinkin’ Wine, Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee (on 1949-02-14)
writer:
Stick McGhee and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
Stick McGhee3:18
2Drank Up All the Wine Last Night
Stick McGhee2:58
3Last Dime Blues
Barrelhouse Sammy2:55
4Last Dime Blues
Barrelhouse Sammy2:52
5Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Roy “Baldhead” Byrd2:54
6Hey Now Baby
Professor Longhair2:58
7She Walks Right In
Professor Longhair2:53
8She Walks Right In
Professor Longhair2:37
9Let’s Do It
Stick McGhee2:58
10House Warmin’ Boogie
Stick McGhee3:13
11Dallas Bebop Blues
Lawyer Houston3:06
12In the Army Since 1941
Soldier Boy Houston3:08
13Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Lead Belly2:27
14Vicksburg Blues ’51
Little Brother Montgomery2:28
15Talkin’ Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery2:55
16Yancey Special
Jimmy Yancey2:42
17Santa Fe Blues
Jimmy and Mama Yancey2:50
18Monkey Woman Blues
Jimmy and Mama Yancey4:08
19Worried Life Blues
cover recording of:
Worried Life Blues
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Ray Charles3:02
20All Night Lover Blues
Jimmy ‘Baby Face’ Lewis3:07
▼ CD 2
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1Jump, Everybody, Jump
Joe Morris Blues Cavalcade2:35
2Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere
Joe Morris Blues Cavalcade3:07
3I’m So Good to You (Pretty Baby)
Jimmy ‘Baby Face’ Lewis2:39
4Rock Me Daddy
Joe Morris Blues Cavalcade2:32
5Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Joe Morris Blues Cavalcade3:01
6Chains of Love
Big Joe Turner3:27
7Bump Miss Susie
Big Joe Turner2:25
8Let’s Get Together and Make Some Love
Jimmy ‘Baby Face’ Lewis2:45
9Every Time
Lil Green2:59
10I’ve Got That Feeling
Lil Green3:00
11Sweet Sixteen
Big Joe Turner2:58
12Alarm Clock Boogie
Odelle Turner2:35
13Messin’ Up
Chuck Norris2:44
14Losing Hand
recording of:
Losing Hand
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:14
15Feeling Sad
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1953-08-18)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:
O'Neil Gerald (on 1953-08-18)
baritone saxophone:
Warren Bell (on 1953-08-18)
bass:
Lloyd Lambert (on 1953-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Oscar Moore (on 1953-08-18)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1953-08-18)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Tillman (on 1953-08-18)
trumpet:
Wallace Davenport (on 1953-08-18) and Frank Mitchell (trumpet) (on 1953-08-18)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1953-08-18)
cover recording of:
Feelin’ Sad (on 1953-08-18)
lyricist and composer:
Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones)
Ray Charles2:52
16TV Mama
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Mack Easton
bass:
Jimmy Richardson (U.S. blues bassist)
drums (drum set):
Red Saunders
guitar:
Elmore James
piano:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Grady Jackson
trumpet:
Sonny Cohn
lead vocals:
Big Joe Turner
recording of:
TV Mama (on 1953-10-07)
writer:
Big Joe Turner
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher)
Big Joe Turner2:50
17Oke‐She‐Moke‐She‐Pop
Big Joe Turner3:04
18Last Call for Whiskey
Choker Campbell3:07
19Tipitina
recorded in and engineered in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1953-11)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone and baritone saxophone [baritone sax]:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
bass:
Edgar Blanchard (in 1953-11)
drums (drum set) and membranophone:
Earl Palmer (in 1953-11)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
recording of:
Tipitina (in 1953-01)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
publisher:
Professor Longhair Music
recording of:
Tipitina (in 1953-11)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
publisher:
Professor Longhair Music
Professor Longhair & His Blues Scholars2:40
20Who’s Been Fooling You
Professor Longhair & His Blues Scholars2:09
▼ CD 3
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1Big Foot May
Hal Paige2:51
2In the Evening
Big Joe Turner5:04
3Roll Baby Roll
Floyd Dixon2:21
4Wait Baby
Little Johnny Jones3:12
5Hoy Hoy
Little Johnny Jones2:41
6Chicago Blues
Little Johnny Jones3:14
7Hey Bartender
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-11-10)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
guitar:
Jimmy Lewis (played guitar on "Soul on Fire" in 1953) (on 1954-11-10)
instruments:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1954-11-10)
piano:
Floyd Dixon (on 1954-11-10)
vocals:
Floyd Dixon (on 1954-11-10)
recording of:
Hey Bartender (on 1954-11-10)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Dixon
Floyd Dixon2:49
8When I Get Lucky
Floyd Dixon2:29
9Floyd’s Blues
Floyd Dixon2:28
10Papa Ain’t Salty
T‐Bone Walker2:48
11Play on Little Girl
T‐Bone Walker2:32
12T‐Bone Blues Special
T‐Bone Walker2:38
13Roll’em Pete
Big Joe Turner3:45
14Piney Brown Blues
Big Joe Turner4:55
15Down Through the Years
producer:
Herb Abramson
guitar and lead vocals:
Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones)
recording of:
Down Through the Years (on 1956-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Renald Richard
Guitar Slim2:26
16It’s Too Late
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-04-13)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
background vocals:
The Cookies (50s girl group) (on 1956-04-13)
vocals:
Chuck Willis (on 1956-04-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (from 1956 to present)
recording of:
It’s Too Late (on 1956-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis
publisher:
Chuck Willis Music Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tideland Music Publishing Corp. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Chuck Willis2:37
17Ain’t Nobody’s Business
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song)
lyricist:
Jimmy Witherspoon
composer:
Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon5:16
18How Long Blues
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Jimmy Witherspoon3:04
19T‐Bone Blues
T‐Bone Walker3:49
20Call It Stormy Monday
T‐Bone Walker3:04
▼ CD 4
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1After the Lights Go Down Low
Al Hibbler2:42
2Empty Bed Blues
vocals:
LaVern Baker (US rhythm & blues singer)
LaVern Baker4:54
3Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
LaVern Baker3:59
4Preaching the Blues
LaVern Baker2:55
5Nasty Boogie
Champion Jack Dupree3:10
6Junker’s Blues
Champion Jack Dupree3:13
7Along About Midnight
Guitar Slim2:36
8My Time Is Expensive
Guitar Slim3:05
9Trouble in Mind
Jimmy Ricks3:16
10Romance in the Dark
Jimmy Ricks2:17
11Two Years of Torture
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:
Marshall Royal (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
flute and saxophone:
Frank Wess (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23) and David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23) and Melba Liston (US jazz trombonist) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
trumpet:
Marcus Belgrave (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Ernie Royal (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23) and Snookie Young (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
6 West Recording in New York, New York, United States (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
cover recording of:
Two Years of Torture
writer:
Percy Mayfield and Charles Morris (Bluesman with several stage names)
Ray Charles3:26
12I’m Gettn’ Long Alright
cover recording of:
I’m Getting ’long Alright
writer:
Bobby Sharp and Charles Singleton (composer/lyricist)
Esther Phillips3:02
13Confessin’ the Blues
cover recording of:
Confessin’ the Blues
writer:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) and Jay McShann
publisher:
Leeds Music, MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Esther Phillips3:02
14Cherry Red
cover recording of:
Cherry Red
writer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
Esther Phillips3:16
15Going Down Slow
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1967-06-20) and Arif Mardin (on 1967-06-20)
producer:
Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Willie Bridges (on 1967-06-20)
bass:
Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-06-20)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1967-06-20)
electric guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) (on 1967-06-20) and Joe South (on 1967-06-20)
organ:
Spooner Oldham (on 1967-06-20)
piano and lead vocals:
Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-20)
saxophone:
King Curtis (saxophonist) (on 1967-06-20)
arranger:
Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-06-20)
cover recording of:
Goin’ Down Slow (on 1967-06-20)
lyricist and composer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Leeds Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Aretha Franklin4:34
16Today I Sing the Blues
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1968-04-17) and Frank Wess (on 1968-04-17)
baritone saxophone:
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophonist) (on 1968-04-17)
bass:
Jerry Jemmott (on 1968-04-17)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1968-04-17)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Tommy Cogbill (on 1968-04-17)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) (on 1968-04-17)
organ:
Spooner Oldham (on 1968-04-17)
piano:
Aretha Franklin (on 1968-04-17)
tenor saxophone:
King Curtis (saxophonist) (on 1968-04-17) and Seldon Powell (on 1968-04-17)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1968-04-17), Urbie Green (on 1968-04-17), Thomas Mitchell (US rock singer active in the early 60's) (on 1968-04-17) and Benny Powell (on 1968-04-17)
trumpet:
Bernie Glow (on 1968-04-17), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-04-17), Ernie Royal (on 1968-04-17), Richard Williams (Richard Gene Williams, jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-04-17) and Snookie Young (on 1968-04-17)
vibraphone:
Jack Jennings (on 1968-04-17)
woodwind:
David Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1968-04-17)
conductor:
Arif Mardin (on 1968-04-17)
arranger:
Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1969) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1968-04-17)
cover recording of:
Today I Sing the Blues (on 1968-04-17)
writer:
Curley Hamner
composer:
Curtis Lewis (US songwriter)
publisher:
Bess Music and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Aretha Franklin4:25
17River’s Invitation
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1968-09-27) and Frank Wess (on 1968-09-27)
baritone saxophone:
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophonist) (on 1968-09-27)
bass:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1968-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Bruno Carr (on 1968-09-27)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1968-09-27)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1968-09-27)
tenor saxophone:
King Curtis (saxophonist) (on 1968-09-27) and Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-27)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1968-09-27), Urbie Green (on 1968-09-27), Thomas Mitchell (US rock singer active in the early 60's) (on 1968-09-27) and Benny Powell (on 1968-09-27)
trumpet:
Bernie Glow (on 1968-09-27), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-27), Ernie Royal (on 1968-09-27), Richard Williams (Richard Gene Williams, jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-27) and Snookie Young (on 1968-09-27)
vibraphone:
Jack Jennings (on 1968-09-27)
woodwind:
David Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1968-09-27)
conductor:
Arif Mardin (on 1968-09-27)
arranger:
Arif Mardin
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-27)
cover recording of:
River’s Invitation (on 1968-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Percy Mayfield
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Aretha Franklin2:42
18Play It Cool
Freddie King3:48
19I Don’t Know
engineer:
William Arlt and Jerome Gasper
producer:
King Curtis (saxophonist)
Freddie King3:08
20My Love for You Will Never Die
Otis Rush4:31