Singin' the Blues

by B.B. King

Singin' the Blues cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: June 1957
  • Label: Crown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:08
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

His debut LP compiles early hits originally released as singles on RPM Records, including 'Every Day I Have the Blues' and '3 O'Clock Blues.' The collection showcases his distinctively fluid, string-bending guitar technique and impassioned vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, technical

Tracklist

  1. Please Love Me (2:51)
  2. You Upset Me Baby (3:04)
  3. Every Day I Have the Blues (2:49)
  4. Bad Luck (2:54)
  5. 3 O'clock Blues (3:03)
  6. Blind Love (3:06)
  7. Woke up This Morning (2:59)
  8. You Know I Love You (3:06)
  9. Sweet Little Angel (3:00)
  10. Ten Long Years (2:49)
  11. Did You Ever Love a Woman (2:34)
  12. Crying Won't Help You (3:00)
  13. Whole Lotta Meat (2:32)
  14. I'm Cracking up over You (3:23)
  15. I Stay in the Mood (2:55)
  16. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer AKA Million Years Blues (2:58)
  17. Jump with You Baby (2:14)
  18. Lonely and Blue (2:58)
  19. Dark Is the Night Pt. 1 AKA the Blues Has Got Me (2:41)
  20. Ruby Lee (3:01)

Credits

  • Portia Griffin - backing vocals
  • Billy Preston - organ
  • Tawatha - backing vocals
  • Gavin Christopher - backing vocals
  • Lalomie Washburn - backing vocals
  • B.B. King - Primary Artist

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