Blues Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 18 October 2004
Tracklist
- CD 1: Good Rockin’ Tonight
- 1Shave ’em DryMa Rainey2:30
- 2How Long, How Long BluesLeroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell3:04
- 3A Spoonful of BluesCharley Patton3:09
- 4Statesboro BluesBlind Willie McTell2:27
- 5Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and OutBessie Smith2:56
- 6Devil Got My WomanSkip James2:57
- 7Midnight SpecialLead Belly2:01
- 8Keep Your Hands Off HerBig Bill Broonzy2:50
- 9Rhythm Is Our BusinessJimmie Lunceford3:10
- 10Boogie Woogie StompAlbert Ammons3:35
- 11Dust My BroomRobert Johnson2:55
- 12Boogie Woogie Jimmy RushingJimmy Rushing with Count Basie2:52
- 13Hep Hep, the Jumpin’ JiveCab Calloway2:47
- 14Cow Cow BoogieElla Mae Morse3:11
- 15The Jumpin’ BluesJay McShann2:59
- 16Little John SpecialLucky Millinder3:06
- 17Let Me Play With Your PoodleTampa Red and Big Maceo2:34
- 18Yancey Special Jimmy YanceyJimmy Yancey4:23
- 19Blowin’ Away The BluesBilly Eckstine3:10
- 20Flying HomeIllinois Jacquet2:46
- 21CaldoniaLouis Jordan2:32
- 22The HoneydripperJoe Liggins3:02
- 23RM BluesRoy Milton2:55
- 24My Gal’s a JockeyBig Joe Turner2:53
- 25Good Rockin’ TonightRoy Brown2:58
- CD 2: Hound Dog
- 1Chicken Shack BoogieAmos Milburn2:48
- 2King Size PapaJulia Lee2:39
- 3I Want a Bowlegged WomanBull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats3:00
- 4Better Cut That OutSonny Boy Williamson2:57
- 5Fine Brown FrameNellie Lutcher2:53
- 6Elevator BoogieMabel Scott2:31
- 7All She Wants to Do Is RockWynonie Harris2:30
- 8Saturday Night Fish FryLouis Jordan5:21
- 9Deacon’s HopBig Jay McNeely2:48
- 10I Want My Fanny BrownWynonie Harris3:04
- 11Everyday I Have the BluesLowell Fulson2:25
- 12Cupid BoogieLittle Esther with Johnny Otis2:33
- 13Train Kept-A-RollingTiny Bradshaw2:43
- 14I Got LoadedPeppermint Harris2:30
- 15Please Send Me Someone to LovePercy Mayfield2:51
- 16She’s DynamiteB.B. King2:29
- 17Rock Little BabyCecil Gant3:07
- 18Rocket 88Jackie Brenston2:46
- 19I’m in the MoodJohn Lee Hooker3:04
- 20Blues Is a WomanT‐Bone Walker2:45
- 21It Won’t Be Very LongSam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers2:32
- 225-10-15 HoursRuth Brown3:11
- 23How Many More Years?Howlin’ Wolf2:392.0 ★
- 24Baby Won’t You Please Come Home?Ray Charles2:51
- 25Hound DogBig Mama Thornton2:504.6 ★
Release credits
- double bass [25]
- conductor [25]
- guitar [4]
- vocal [25]
- piano [4]
- assistant [25]
- guitar [3], lead vocals [3]
- editor [25]
- piano [25]
- harmonica [23], lead vocals [23]
- producer [25]
- piano [23]
- mix [25], recording [25]
- producer [25], vibraphone [25]
- performing orchestra [25]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- drums (drum set) [25]
- producer [25]
- guitar [25]
- double bass [4]
- guitar [6], lead vocals [6]
- harmonica [4], lead vocals [4]
- assistant [25]
- assistant [25]
- guitar [23]
- drums (drum set) [23]
- additional [3]
Issues
B18 October 2004