King, Does the King's Things

by Albert King

King, Does the King's Things cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1969
  • Label: Stax
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:47
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The towering blues guitarist travels to Memphis to record a full-length tribute to the catalog of Elvis Presley. Utilizing the Stax label's legendary house band, the sessions brilliantly reinterpret rock and roll standards through the lens of searing, horn-driven electric blues.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, cover, guitars, soulful, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Hound Dog (4:03)
  2. That's All Right (4:09)
  3. All Shook Up (2:29)
  4. Jailhouse Rock (3:37)
  5. Heartbreak Hotel (6:06)
  6. Don't Be Cruel (3:27)
  7. One Night (4:17)
  8. Blue Suede Shoes (3:16)
  9. Love Me Tender (5:20)

Credits

  • Albert King - primary artist
  • Vinny Trauth - arranged by
  • Shirley Glaser - illustration [cover portrait]
  • Steve Sage - lacquer cut by
  • Welton Jetton - lacquer cut by
  • Leiber & Stoller - written-by
  • Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - written-by
  • Otis Blackwell - written-by
  • Elvis Presley - Written-By
  • Mae Boren Axton - Written-By
  • Tommy Durden - Written-By
  • Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King - Written-By
  • Carl Perkins - Written-By
  • Vera Matson - Written-By

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