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The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914-1969

The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914-1969

by Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First / Var
The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914-1969

The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914-1969

by Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First / Var

Overview

Memphis is one of the handful of cities that have a legitimate claim as the epicenter of the blues -- maybe not the place where it was born but certainly a town where it thrived throughout the 20th century. Bear Family's mammoth 2023 box set The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released on 78's and 45's 1914-1969 tells the city's story in exacting detail, pairing a hefty hardcover book with 534 tracks spread out over the course of 20 CDs. It's a long journey from W.C. Handy's "Mr. Crump and the Memphis Blues" to Ike & Tina Turner's funky "Crazy 'Bout You Baby," but the pleasurable thing about The Memphis Blues Box is that it takes its time to both linger on the main roads and venture down detours. A good portion of the box is devoted to jug bands and their offshoots, the rollicking sound that's at the foundation of the Memphis blues. It's not until the box is well past its halfway point that driving boogie and electrified rackets come into the mix, a combination ushered in through the emergence of B.B. King and Joe Hill Louis, heightened by the appearance of Howlin' Wolf, then sent into the stratosphere with "Rocket '88,'" the Jackie Brenston 45 that arguably fathered rock & roll. The Memphis Blues Box hardly ignores rock & roll and its many ramifications. The compilers take a broad view that's welcome, finding space for jumping rockabilly from Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins, plus the laid-back groove of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. These elements aren't overly emphasized. Rather, they're included next to soul-blues and funk, not to mention that blues revival coda of Gus Cannon singing "Walk Right In" in 1969, to show how the original sound of Memphis blues evolved and ingrained itself into the culture. That makes The Memphis Blues Box invaluable as a historical document, but it's also simply a straight-up blast, particularly if it's taken in 20 individual segments instead of a day-long binge. Breaking up this 20-CD set into smaller segments allows both the minute developments and the big picture to resonate strongly, a sequencing that gives The Memphis Blues Box a real wallop. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 12/15/2023
Label: Bear Family Records
UPC: 4000127175151
Rank: 52170

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Mr. Crump and the Memphis Blues  - W.C. Handy
  2. The Memphis Blues - One Step  -  Victor Military Band
  3. Yellow Dog Blues  -  Handy
  4. Sun Brimmers  -  Memphis Jug Band
  5. Memphis Jug  -  Memphis Jug Band
  6. What Makes A Bow-Legged Woman Crazy `Bout her Knock-Kneed Man?  - Sadie James
  7. Drop Down  - Baby Moore
  8. Midnight Frolic Drag  -  Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra
  9. Rock Away  - Sadie McKinney
  10. I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun  - Ollie Rupert
  11. Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All  - Blind Mamie Forehand
  12. Ain't Gonna be Your Low Down Dog  - Ollie Rupert
  13. Memphis Scronch  -  Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra
  14. Everybody's Blues  - Furry Lewis
  15. Sunshine Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  16. Memphis Boy  -  Memphis Jug Band
  17. It's A Good Thing  -  Beale Street Sheiks
  18. Beale Town Bound  -  Beale Street Sheiks
  19. Mr. Crump Don't Like It  -  Beale Street Sheiks
  20. Billy Lyons and Stack O Lee  - Furry Lewis
  21. Kansas City Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  22. I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train  - Jennie Clayton  -  Memphis Jug Band
  23. Beale Street Mess Around  -  Memphis Jug Band
  24. Turpentine Blues  - Casey Bill Weldon
  25. Vol Stevens Blues  - Vol Stevens

Disc 2

  1. My Money Never Runs Out  -  Banjo Joe
  2. Rock Island Blues  - Lewis Black
  3. The Crowing Rooster  -  Pet and Can  - Walter Rhodes
  4. Corn Liquor Blues  - Lewis Black
  5. Twelve Pound Daddy  - Pearl Dickson
  6. Minglewood Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  7. I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop  - Jim Jackson
  8. Madison Street Rag  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  9. Springdale Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  10. My Monday Woman Blues  - Jim Jackson
  11. Snitchin' Gambler Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  12. Bedtime Blues  - Frank Stokes
  13. My Mobile Central Blues  - Jim Jackson
  14. Memphis Stomp  -  Memphis Stompers
  15. Jake Bottle Blues  - Lemuel Turner
  16. Coal Oil Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  17. Peaches In The Springtime  -  Memphis Jug Band
  18. Mooch Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues  - Mooch Richardson
  19. Bootlegging Blues  - Jim Jackson
  20. Policy Blues  - Jim Jackson
  21. Two Time Blues  - Arthur Petties
  22. Dill Pickles Rag  -  McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers
  23. Keghouse Blues  -  Keghouse
  24. Labor Blue  - Tom Dickson

Disc 3

  1. Helena Blues  - Mooch Richardson
  2. Happy Blues  - Tom Dickson
  3. Burying Ground Blues  - Mooch Richardson
  4. Jasper Taylor Blues  -  Taylor
  5. Mistreatin' Blues  - Frank Stokes
  6. It Won't Be Long Now  - Frank Stokes
  7. Nehi Mamma Blues  - Frank Stokes
  8. I Got Mine  - Frank Stokes
  9. This Morning She Was Gone  - Jim Jackson
  10. I Will Turn Your Money Green  - Furry Lewis
  11. Furry's Blues  - Furry Lewis
  12. Stomp That Thing  - Frank Stokes
  13. Kassie Jones Pt 1  - Furry Lewis
  14. Cannon Ball Blues  - Furry Lewis
  15. Judge Harsh Blues  - Furry Lewis
  16. I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana  - Jim Jackson
  17. `Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do  - Frank Stokes
  18. Take Me Back  - Frank Stokes
  19. Kyle's Worried Blues  - Charlie Kyle
  20. Walking Blues  - Charlie Kyle
  21. Traveling Man  - Jim Jackson
  22. Pig Ankle Strut  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  23. Ripley Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  24. Hollywood Rag  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers

Disc 4

  1. Bye, Bye, Policeman  - Jim Jackson
  2. Rolling Stone  - Robert Wilkins
  3. Jail House Blues  - Robert Wilkins
  4. Feather Bed  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  5. Lindberg Hop  -  Memphis Jug Band
  6. Sugar Pudding  -  Memphis Jug Band
  7. A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake  -  Memphis Jug Band
  8. On The Road Again  -  Memphis Jug Band
  9. Whitewash Station Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  10. Stealin' Stealin'  -  Memphis Jug Band
  11. Jug Band Waltz  -  Memphis Jug Band
  12. Viola Lee Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  13. Riley's Wagon  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  14. Better Leave That Stuff Alone  - Will Shade
  15. She Stabbed Me With An Ice-Pick  - Will Shade
  16. Canned Heat Blues  -  Keghouse
  17. Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)  - Hambone Willie Newbern
  18. Shelby County Workhouse Blues  - Hambone Willie Newbern
  19. Roll And Tumble Blues  - Hambone Willie Newbern
  20. Fourth And Beale  -  Cannon
  21. Last Chance Blues  -  Cannon
  22. What's The Matter?  -  Memphis Jug Band
  23. John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) Part 1  - Furry Lewis
  24. Black Gypsy Blues  - Furry Lewis
  25. The Dirty Dozen  -  Speckled Red

Disc 5

  1. South Memphis Blues  - Frank Stokes
  2. Dirty Butter  - Minnie Wallace
  3. The Old Folks Started It  - Minnie Wallace
  4. Cottonfield Blues Pt 1  - Garfield Akers
  5. Cow Cow Blues  - Jed Davenport
  6. Whiskey Drinkin' Blues  - Jenny Pope
  7. Alabama Blues  - Robert Wilkins
  8. Long Train Blues  - Robert Wilkins
  9. That's No Way To Get Along  - Robert Wilkins
  10. Jim Jackson's Jamboree Pt 1  -  Georgia Tom  - Jim Jackson  -  Speckled Red  -  Tampa Red
  11. You Wouldn't, Would You, Papa?  - Hattie Hart
  12. Right Now Blues  - Frank Stokes
  13. Diving Duck Blues  - Sleepy John Estes
  14. Undertaker Blues  -  Williams
  15. Little Sarah  - Sleepy John Estes  - Yank Rachell
  16. Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too  - Sleepy John Estes
  17. I Can Beat You Plenty (That Hand You Tried To Deal Me)  -  Memphis Jug Band
  18. Number Nine Blues  - Blind Clyde Church
  19. I'm Going Away Blues  - Frank Stokes
  20. Frank Stokes' Dream  - Frank Stokes
  21. Memphis Rounders Blues  - Frank Stokes
  22. Going To Germany  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  23. Last Chance Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  24. Walk Right In  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  25. He Got Better Things For You  -  Memphis Sanctified Singers

Disc 6

  1. Leaving Blues  - Mel Parker  -  Williams
  2. The Beale Street Sheik  -  Williams
  3. Thrill Me  -  Williams
  4. Chickasaw Special  - Noah Lewis
  5. The Rooster's Crowing Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  6. Jonestown Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  7. Memphis Yo Yo Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  8. K. C. Moan  -  Memphis Jug Band
  9. I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree  -  Memphis Jug Band
  10. I Will Meet You At The Station  -  Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers
  11. Beale Street Breakdown  -  Davenport
  12. Jug Blues  -  Davenport
  13. I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits  -  Memphis Minnie
  14. Mister Tango Blues  -  Memphis Minnie
  15. You Ought To Move Out Of Town  -  Davenport
  16. Save Me Some  -  Davenport
  17. Fare Thee Well Blues  - Joe Calicott
  18. Traveling Mama Blues  - Joe Calicott
  19. What Fault You Find Of Me? Part 1  -  Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
  20. Can I Do It For You ? Part 1  -  Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
  21. She Wouldn't Give Me None  -  Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
  22. I'll Go With Her Blues  - Robert Wilkins
  23. Nashville Stonewall Blues  - Robert Wilkins
  24. Tennessee Workhouse Blues  - Jenny Pope
  25. What's The Matter Now? Part 1  - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson

Disc 7

  1. Rent Man Blues  - Jenny Pope
  2. Bedside Blues  - Jim Thompkins
  3. Hesitation Blues  - Jim Jackson
  4. Bumble Bee  -  Memphis Minnie
  5. I'm Talking About You  -  Memphis Minnie
  6. Down The Big Road Blues  - Mattie Delaney
  7. Tallahatchie River Blues  - Mattie Delaney
  8. Dough Roller Blues  - Garfield Akers
  9. Stinging Snake Blues  - Madelyn James
  10. Long Time Blues  - Madelyn James
  11. Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green  -  Memphis Jug Band
  12. Milk Cow Blues  - Sleepy John Estes
  13. Oh Ambulance Man  -  Memphis Jug Band
  14. Cocaine Habit Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  15. Cave Man Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  16. It Won't Act Right  -  Memphis Jug Band
  17. Jim Strainer Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  18. 4th Street Mess Around  -  Memphis Jug Band
  19. What'cha Doin'?  - Sleepy John Estes
  20. I'm Going Back Home  - Joe Johnson  - Minnie McCoy
  21. Bumble Bee Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  22. Meningitis Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  23. The New Frisco Train  - Napoleon Hairiston  - Bukka White
  24. I Am In The Heavenly Way  - Washington White
  25. I Never Told A Lie  -  McCoy & Johnson

Disc 8

  1. Don't Want No Woman (T'Have T'Give My Money To)  -  McCoy & Johnson
  2. Georgia Skin  - Joe Johnson  - Minnie McCoy
  3. Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  4. Stonewall Blues  -  Memphis Jug Band
  5. Stack O' Dollars  - Sleepy John Estes
  6. Sweet Mama  - Sleepy John Estes  - Yank Rachell
  7. Cash Money Blues  - Kaiser Clifton
  8. She'll Be Back Someday  - Kaiser Clifton
  9. Spider's Nest Blues  -  Carolina Peanut Boys
  10. Papa's Got Your Bath Water On  -  Memphis Jug Band
  11. Going Back To Memphis  - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson
  12. I'm Blue And Lonesome  -  Fleming & Townsend
  13. She's Just That Kind  -  Fleming & Townsend
  14. In Dat Mornin'  -  Lunceford
  15. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World  -  Beale Street Rounders
  16. Talking `Bout Yo Yo  -  Beale Street Rounders
  17. North Memphis Blues  -  Memphis Minnie
  18. He's In The Jailhouse Now  -  Memphis Sheiks
  19. Wolf River Blues  -  Cannon
  20. Bring It With You When You Come  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers
  21. Like I Want To Be  -  Lewis
  22. Ticket Agent Blues  -  Lewis
  23. New Minglewood Blues  -  Lewis
  24. Round And Round  -  Memphis Sheiks
  25. This Will Bring You Back  -  Carolina Peanut Boys
  26. Move That Thing  -  Carolina Peanut Boys

Disc 9

  1. Bad Luck's My Buddy  -  Lewis
  2. Selling The Jelly  -  Carolina Peanut Boys
  3. Tricks Ain't Walkin No More  -  Memphis Minnie
  4. Bottle It Up And Go  -  Picaninny Jug Band
  5. Tappin' That Thing  -  Burse and Stephen
  6. Highway No. 61 Blues  -  Kelly
  7. Policy Rag  -  Kelly
  8. Country Woman  - Will Batts
  9. Cadillac Baby  - Will Batts
  10. Doctor Medicine  -  Kelly
  11. Ramblin' Red's Memphis Yodel No. 1  - Ramblin' Red Lowery
  12. Sugar Farm Blues  - Dan Jackson  - Poor Jim
  13. You Got To Move (You Ain't Got To Move) Pt 1  - Kansas Joe McCoy  -  Memphis Minnie
  14. Give It To Me In My Hand  - Kansas Joe McCoy  -  Memphis Minnie
  15. Moanin' The Blues  - Allen Shaw
  16. Tear It Down, Bed Slats And All  -  Memphis Jug Band
  17. Bottle It Up And Go  - Charlie Burse  -  Memphis Jug Band
  18. Insane Crazy Blues  - Charlie Burse  -  Memphis Jug Band
  19. Memphis Shakedown  -  Memphis Jug Band
  20. Let Me Ride  -  Memphis Minnie
  21. Down South Blues  - Sleepy John Estes
  22. Stop That Thing  - Sleepy John Estes
  23. The Cockeyed World  -  Wallace
  24. Let's All Do That Thing  -  Wallace
  25. Hoodoo Lady  -  Memphis Minnie
  26. Black Cat Blues  -  Memphis Minnie

Disc 10

  1. You Can't Rule Me  -  Memphis Minnie
  2. Down In The Alley  -  Memphis Minnie
  3. Shake 'Em On Down  - Bukka White
  4. Brownsville Blues  - Sleepy John Estes
  5. Easin' Back To Tennessee  - Sleepy John Estes
  6. Good Biscuits  -  Memphis Minnie
  7. Diggin' My Potatoes  -  Little Son Joe
  8. Key To The World  -  Little Son Joe
  9. Call The Fire Wagon  -  Memphis Minnie
  10. Grief Will Kill You  - Little Buddy Doyle
  11. Hard Scufflin' Blues  - Little Buddy Doyle
  12. Beale Street Holiday  -  Burse
  13. Goldie May  -  Burse
  14. What's The matter With The Well?  -  Burse
  15. Good Potatoes On The Hill  -  Burse
  16. Dawn Of Day Blues  -  Burse
  17. Scared To Death  -  Burse
  18. Fan It  -  Swift Jewel Cowboys
  19. Memphis Blues  -  Swift Jewel Cowboys
  20. You Played A Trick On Me  -  Deberry
  21. Oh, Liza!  -  Deberry
  22. Single Man Blues  -  Deberry
  23. Spider Bite Blues  -  Deberry
  24. Nummy Nimmy Not  -  Deberry
  25. You Can Go  -  Deberry
  26. Insane Jealous Blues  -  Deberry
  27. Zugity Zugity Zomp  -  Deberry
  28. Here's Your Opportunity  - Gene Steele

Disc 11

  1. Just A Little Of The Blues  - Gene Steele
  2. You Done Done It  - Jack Kelly
  3. Diamond Buyer Blues  - Jack Kelly
  4. High Behind Blues  - Jack Kelly
  5. Sweet Man Blues  - Little Buddy Doyle
  6. World Wandering Blues  - Jack Kelly
  7. You Better Watch Out  -  Burse
  8. Too Much Beef  -  Burse
  9. Brand New Day Blues  -  Burse
  10. Magic Spell Blues  -  Burse
  11. Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile  -  Burse
  12. It Makes No Difference Now  -  Burse
  13. Memphis Highway Stomp  -  Burse
  14. It's Against The Rule  -  Burse
  15. Parchman Farm Blues  - Bukka White
  16. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing  - Bukka White
  17. Special Streamline  - Bukka White
  18. Last Pair Of Shoes Blues  -  Chatman
  19. Beer Drinking Woman  -  Memphis Slim
  20. Grinder Man Blues  -  Memphis Slim
  21. The Shelby County Blues  -  Memphis Slim
  22. Biscuit Baking Woman  - Yank Rachell
  23. Hobo Blues  - Yank Rachell
  24. In My Girlish Days  -  Memphis Minnie
  25. Me And My Chauffeur Blues  -  Memphis Minnie
  26. Lawyer Clark Blues  - Sleepy John Estes
  27. Don't You Want To Know  -  Delta Boys
  28. Tappin' That Thing  - Yank Rachell

Disc 12

  1. Get Ready To Meet Your Man  - James "Beale Street" Clark
  2. Killer Diller  -  Memphis Minnie
  3. Fish Man Blues  -  Memphis Minnie
  4. Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done)  - James "Beale Street" Clark
  5. Rockin' The House  -  Memphis Slim
  6. Long About Three  -  Jackson
  7. Miss Martha King  - B.B. King
  8. Let's Go To The Liquor Store  -  Green
  9. I Love My Baby  -  Green
  10. Got The Blues  - B.B. King
  11. She Ain't No Good  -  Green
  12. A Jumpin' And A Shufflin'  - Joe Hill Louis
  13. Don't Trust Your Best Friend  - Joe Hill Louis
  14. I'm So Worried  - Rufus Thomas
  15. Highway 61  -  Memphis Eddie
  16. Cool Down Mamma  - Lost John Hunter
  17. Y M & V Blues  - Lost John Hunter
  18. Gotta Let You Go  - Joe Hill Louis
  19. Beer Bottle Boogie  -  Mister Swing  -  Plater
  20. B. B. Boogie  - B.B. King
  21. The Other Night Blues  - B.B. King
  22. I Feel Like A Million  - Joe Hill Louis
  23. Boogie In The Park  - Joe Hill Louis
  24. Dark Skin Woman Blues  -  Lite
  25. Jumping This Morning  -  Lite
  26. Don't You Want A Man Like Me  - B.B. King
  27. B. B. Blues  - B.B. King
  28. Fine Looking Woman  - B.B. King

Disc 13

  1. Roscoe's Boogie  - Roscoe Gordon
  2. Little Boy Blue  -  Mumbles
  3. Walkin' Talkin' Blues  - Joe Hill Louis
  4. Goin' Down Slow  - Joe Hill Louis
  5. Rocket ¿88¿  - Jackie Brenston
  6. Heartbroken And Worried  - Ike Turner
  7. Independent Woman  - Jackie Brenston
  8. Saddled The Cow  - Roscoe Gordon
  9. Big Legged Woman  - Joe Hill Louis
  10. Eyesight To The Blind  - Joe Hill Louis
  11. She's Dynamite  - B.B. King
  12. She Really Treats Me Wrong  -  Sargent
  13. Night Workin' Blues  - Rufus Thomas
  14. Crazy About You Baby  - Rufus Thomas
  15. Tennessee Bounce  - Phineas Sr. Newborn
  16. She's A Mean Woman  - B.B. King
  17. Fine As Wine  - Dick Cole  -  Newborn
  18. Black Gal  -  Mumbles
  19. Jumpin' Blues  -  Mumbles
  20. Lonesome Bedroom Blues  - Willie Nix
  21. Goin Away Walkin  - Frank "Harmonica Frank" Floyd
  22. She's Done Moved  - Frank "Harmonica Frank" Floyd
  23. Juiced  - Jackie Brenston
  24. Dime A Dozen  - Roscoe Gordon
  25. Moanin' At Midnight  -  Howlin' Wolf
  26. How Many More Years  -  Howlin' Wolf
  27. Tuckered Out  - Jackie Brenston

Disc 14

  1. Booted  - Rosco Gordon
  2. 3 o'clock blues  - B.B. King
  3. Morning At Midnight  -  Howlin' Wolf
  4. Riding In The Moonlight  -  Howlin' Wolf
  5. Crying At Daybreak  -  Howlin' Wolf
  6. My Baby Stole Off  -  Howlin' Wolf
  7. Booted  - Roscoe Gordon
  8. You're Gonna Cry  - Billy Love
  9. Country Clown  - Doctor Ross
  10. Dry Up Baby  - Robert Bland
  11. Crying  - Robert Bland  -  Gordon
  12. Two Kinds Of Women  - Roscoe Gordon
  13. The Wolf Is At Your Door  -  Howlin' Wolf
  14. Worried All The Time  -  Howlin' Wolf
  15. Drivin' Slow  - Johnny London
  16. Mr. Highway Man  -  Howlin' Wolf
  17. My Own Fault, Darlin'  - B.B. King
  18. Some Day, Somewhere  - B.B. King
  19. Bad Women, Bad Whiskey  -  Little Junior Parker & His Blue Flames
  20. Walk Right In  -  Bill Harvey's Orchestra  - Bonita Cole
  21. I Hear You Knockin'  -  Bill Harvey's Orchestra  - Bonita Cole
  22. Chocolate Blonde  - Joe Hill Louis
  23. No More Doggin'  - Roscoe Gordon
  24. Trouble And Heartaches  - Ike Turner
  25. New Orleans Wimmen  - Roscoe Gordon
  26. What You Got On Your Mind  - Roscoe Gordon
  27. Trouble And Me  - Earl Forest
  28. I Wronged A Woman  - Earl Forest

Disc 15

  1. Rock The Bottle  -  Beale Streeters  - Earl Forest
  2. Whoopin' And Hollerin'  -  Beale Streeters  - Earl Forest
  3. Drifting From Town To Town  - Robert Bland
  4. Mid Night Hours Journey  - Johnny Ace
  5. You Know I Love You  - B.B. King
  6. Boogie Woogie Woman  - B.B. King
  7. When I Am Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil)  - Joe Hill Louis
  8. Saddle My Pony (Gonna Find My Baby Out In The World Somewhere)  -  Howlin' Wolf
  9. Looking For My Baby  -  Bonnie & Ike Turner
  10. Hey Fat Girl  - Rosco Gordon
  11. T Model Boogie  - Rosco Gordon
  12. Decorate The Counter  - Rufus Thomas
  13. Love Is A Gamble  -  Mary Sue
  14. Truckin' Little Woman  - Willie Nix
  15. Little Annie  - Frank Brown  -  Nelson
  16. Still Feeling Sad  -  Nelson
  17. Pretty Baby Blues  -  Adams
  18. Poor Man  - Billy Love
  19. My Song  - Johnny Ace
  20. Dorothy Mae  - Joe Hill Louis
  21. Too Many Women  -  Beale Streeters  - Rosco Gordon
  22. Angel  - Johnny Ace
  23. I.O.U. Blues  - Bobby "Blue" Bland
  24. Ain't No Use  -  Gordon
  25. Three Cent Love  -  Gordon
  26. Dream Baby  - Roscoe Gordon
  27. Lucille (Looking For My Baby)  - Roscoe Gordon

Disc 16

  1. Little Walter's Boogie [Take 3]  - Big Walter Horton
  2. West Winds Are Blowing [Take 1]  - Big Walter Horton
  3. Oh! Red  -  Howlin' Wolf
  4. Seems Like A Million Years  - Willie Nix
  5. Baker Shop Boogie  - Willie Nix
  6. Every Monday Morning  - Walter "Tang" Smith
  7. We All Gotta Go Sometime  - Joe Hill Louis
  8. Burley Cutie  - Johnny Ace
  9. No Blow No Show  - Bobby Bland
  10. Just In From Texas  - Roscoe Gordon
  11. We're All Loaded  - Roscoe Gordon
  12. Don't Do It Again  - Leslie Louis
  13. Blue Memphis  -  Lawson
  14. Honkin' The Blues  -  Lawson
  15. She's Taking All My Money  - Johnny Lewis
  16. Jealous Man  - Johnny Lewis
  17. Got My Application Baby  - Handy Jackson
  18. Trouble (Will Bring You Down)  - Handy Jackson
  19. I Love My Baby  -  Howlin' Wolf
  20. Life Is Like That  - Bonita Cole  -  Fort
  21. Gatemouth's Ghost  -  Fort
  22. Easy  -  Jimmy & Walter
  23. Before Long  -  Jimmy & Walter
  24. Western Union Man  - Joe Hill Louis
  25. On The Floor  - Joe Hill Louis
  26. Bear Cat  - Rufus Thomas
  27. Call Me Anything, But Call Me  -  Big Memphis Ma Rainey  -  Onzie Horne Combo

Disc 17

  1. Baby, No No!  -  Big Memphis Ma Rainey  -  Onzie Horne Combo  - Ma Rainey
  2. Greyhound Blues  - D.A. Hunt
  3. Take A Little Chance  - Jimmy DeBerry
  4. Time Has Made A Change  - Jimmy DeBerry
  5. Beale St. Shuffle  -  Four Cruisers
  6. Feelin' Good  -  Little Junior's Blue Flames
  7. Fussin' And Fightin' Blues  -  Little Junior's Blue Flames
  8. Save That Money  - Rufus Thomas
  9. Beggin' My Baby  -  Little Milton
  10. Love My Baby  -  Little Junior's Blue Flames
  11. Mystery Train  -  Little Junior's Blue Flames
  12. Come Back Baby  - Doctor Ross
  13. Kissing In The Dark  -  Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
  14. World Of Trouble  -  Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
  15. All Shook Out  -  Moohah
  16. Going Crazy  -  Branch  - Don Hines
  17. Straighten Up Baby  - James Cotton
  18. Hydramatic Woman  - Joe Hill Louis
  19. Harmonica Jam  - Hot Shot Love
  20. No Teasing Around  - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
  21. If You Love Me (Baby)  -  Little Milton
  22. Lookin' For My Baby  -  Little Milton
  23. The Woodchuck  - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
  24. The Snuggle  - Raymond Hill
  25. Hart's Bread Boogie  - Billy Love
  26. Cotton Crop Blues  - James Cotton
  27. Rockin Chair Daddy  - Frank "Harmonica Frank" Floyd
  28. That's All Right  - Bill Black  - Scotty Moore  - Elvis Presley
  29. The Boogie Disease  - Doctor Ross

Disc 18

  1. Drinkin Wine Spodee O Dee  - Malcolm Yelvington
  2. When It Rains It Pours  - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
  3. Milkcow Blues Boogie  - Bill Black  - Scotty Moore  - Elvis Presley
  4. Baby You Just Don't Know  - Woodrow Adams
  5. Goin' Away Blues  - Joe Hill Louis
  6. Just Plain Tired  - Joe Hill Louis
  7. I Feel So Worried  -  Johnson  - Sammy Lewis
  8. Red Hot  - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
  9. Just Love Me Baby  - Rosco Gordon
  10. Bring Your Love Back Home  - Eddie Snow
  11. Mystery Train  - Bill Black  - Scotty Moore  - Elvis Presley
  12. Something For Nothing  - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
  13. My Last Mile  - Walter Miller  -  Saxons
  14. What Can The Matter Be?  -  Thomas  -  Waters
  15. The Easy Livin' Plan  -  Bearcats  - Rufus Thomas
  16. I'm Steady Holding On  -  Bearcats  - Rufus Thomas
  17. The Chicken (Dance With You)  - Rosco Gordon
  18. Boppin' The Blues  - Carl Perkins
  19. Red Headed Woman  - Sonny Burgess
  20. Shoobie Oobie  - Rosco Gordon
  21. Love At First Sight  -  Little Milton  -  Playmates Of Rhythm
  22. Ooh! My Little Baby  -  Little Milton  -  Playmates Of Rhythm
  23. Motherless Child Blues  -  Seabury
  24. Waughely's Boogie  -  Lee
  25. Matchbox  - Carl Perkins
  26. Farewell Blues  -  Lee  - Rosetta Perry
  27. You Gotta Help Me Some  - Chester Guydon
  28. Coming Home Pt. 1  -  Green  - Joe Hall

Disc 19

  1. Glamour Girl  -  Little Joe
  2. What A Fool I Can Be  - June Nance
  3. Sally Jo  - Rosco Gordon
  4. Mop Bop Boogie  - Wilbur Steinburg
  5. Wasting My Time  -  Mitchell  - Billy Taylor
  6. You Don't Love Me  - Willie Cobbs
  7. Sad And Blue  - Woodrow Adams
  8. Repossession Blues  -  Lightnin' Leon
  9. Little School Girl  - Billy Garner
  10. It's Too Bad  - Eddie Boyd
  11. Blues Like Midnight  - Billy Yates
  12. Big Legs  - Cleanhead Cootsie
  13. I'm So Glad  - Don Hines
  14. Stormy Monday Blues  - Don Hines
  15. Green Onions  -  Booker T. & the MG's
  16. Jelly Roll King  - Frank Frost
  17. Crawlback  - Frank Frost
  18. Five Long Years  - Willie Cobbs
  19. Too Sad  - Willie Cobbs
  20. Fine And Mellow  - Rufus Thomas
  21. Lonely Boy (I Need A Woman)  - Willie Cobbs
  22. Big Boss Man  - Willie Cobbs
  23. You Had To Pay  - Donald Hines
  24. Astronote Blues  -  Big John
  25. West Memphis Blues  - Calvin Newborn
  26. Cross Cut Saw  -  Binghampton Blues Boys  - Willie Sanders
  27. My Sweetheart Is Like A Gypsy  - Big Lucky  -  Millionaires Band
  28. Hurricane Blues  - Big Lucky Carter  -  Prince Gabe & the Millionaires
  29. Now It's Alright  - Earl Forest
  30. Here It Is [Instr]  - Mills Allen

Disc 20

  1. Rock Me Baby  - Billy Adams
  2. My Babe  -  Jesters
  3. Never Let Me Go  - Rico Collins
  4. You Don't Know How It Feels To Have The Blues  - Willie Wilkes
  5. He Won't Bite Me Twice  - Big Amos Patton
  6. Fatten Pin  - Clyde Hopkins
  7. Laundromat Blues  - Albert King
  8. Overall Junction  - Albert King
  9. Man Or Mouse  - Junior Parker
  10. Just Like A Fish  - Junior Parker
  11. Crosscut Saw  - Albert King
  12. You Can Make It If You Try  - Junior Parker
  13. Country Girl  - Junior Parker
  14. I'm Gone  - Big Amos Patton
  15. A Touch Of The Blues  - Bobby Bland
  16. I Am Blue And Lonesome  - Claude Johnson
  17. Sitting Here Thinking  - Claude Johnson
  18. Steady Holding On  - Rufus Thomas
  19. What A Dream  -  Three Tuffs
  20. A Man's A Fool  -  Three Tuffs
  21. You Can't Leave Me  - Junior Kimbell
  22. Miss Betty Green  - Big Lucky Carter
  23. Goofer Dust  - Big Lucky Carter
  24. I've Been Hurt  - Big Lucky Carter
  25. Frank This Is It  - Jellean Delk  - Cliff Jackson  -  Naturals
  26. Nine Below Zero  - Cliff Jackson  -  Naturals
  27. Crazy 'Bout You Baby  -  Turner
  28. Mean Old World  -  Turner
  29. Walk Right In  - Gus Cannon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Walter "Tang" Smith   Primary Artist
Beale Street Rounders   Primary Artist
Phineas Newborn, Sr.   Primary Artist
Bobby Plater Orchestra   Primary Artist
Joe Johnson   Primary Artist
Mumbles   Primary Artist
Baby Moore   Primary Artist
Bill Fort Orchestra   Primary Artist
Bonita Cole   Primary Artist
Burse and Stephen   Primary Artist
Chester Guydon   Primary Artist
Cleanhead Cootsie   Primary Artist
Don Hines   Primary Artist
Douglas Williams Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ford Nelson Quintet   Primary Artist
George Lawson Orchestra   Primary Artist
James Deberry & His Memphis Playboys   Primary Artist
Lightnin' Leon   Primary Artist
Lou Sargent Orchestra   Primary Artist
Millard Lee Orchestra   Primary Artist
Mills Allen   Primary Artist
Minnie Wallace & Her Night Hawks   Primary Artist
Rosco Gordon Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ben Branch Band   Primary Artist
June Nance   Primary Artist
Wilbur Steinburg   Primary Artist
Willie Mitchell Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Binghampton Blues Boys   Primary Artist
Little Buddy Doyle   Primary Artist
Willie Sanders   Primary Artist
Memphis Eddie   Primary Artist
Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band   Primary Artist
Gene Steele   Primary Artist
Poor Jim   Primary Artist
Bobby Bland   Primary Artist
Big Lucky   Primary Artist
The Millionaires Band   Primary Artist
Al Jackson Band   Primary Artist
Rufus Thomas   Primary Artist
Scotty Moore   Primary Artist
Jellean Delk   Primary Artist
Jenny Pope   Primary Artist
Picaninny Jug Band   Primary Artist
Phineas Newborn Orchestra   Primary Artist
Noah Lewis   Primary Artist
Rosetta Perry   Primary Artist
Jimmy & Walter   Primary Artist
Jim Thompkins   Primary Artist
Memphis Minnie   Primary Artist
Kaiser Clifton   Primary Artist
Frank Brown   Primary Artist
Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers   Primary Artist
Mattie Delaney   Primary Artist
Ramblin' Red Lowery   Primary Artist
Noah Lewis Jug Band   Primary Artist
The Three Tuffs   Primary Artist
Tippo Lite's All Stars   Primary Artist
Memphis Jug Band   Primary Artist
Memphis Slim   Primary Artist
Minnie McCoy   Primary Artist
Ollie Rupert   Primary Artist
Junior Parker   Primary Artist
Minnie Wallace   Primary Artist
Moohah   Primary Artist
Tom Dickson   Primary Artist
Bukka White   Primary Artist
Calvin Newborn   Primary Artist
Harmonica Frank Floyd   Primary Artist
Willie Nix   Primary Artist
Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers   Primary Artist
Cannon's Jug Stompers   Primary Artist
Cannon & Woods (The Beale Street Boys)   Primary Artist
Hattie Hart   Primary Artist
Will Batts   Primary Artist
Willie Cobbs   Primary Artist
Junior Kimbell   Primary Artist
Rico Collins   Primary Artist
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie   Primary Artist
Jasper Taylor's Original Washboard Band   Primary Artist
Keghouse   Primary Artist
Big John   Primary Artist
Gus Cannon   Primary Artist
Sadie James   Primary Artist
Lewis Black   Primary Artist
Memphis Stompers   Primary Artist
Dick Cole   Primary Artist
Minnie Thomas   Primary Artist
Joe Hall   Primary Artist
Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band   Primary Artist
Prince Gabe & the Millionaires   Primary Artist
Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra   Primary Artist
Blind Clyde Church   Primary Artist
Hot Shot Love   Primary Artist
Little Junior Parker & His Blue Flames   Primary Artist
Jennie Clayton   Primary Artist
Memphis Sanctified Singers   Primary Artist
Mel Parker   Primary Artist
The Naturals   Primary Artist
"Pet" and "Can"   Primary Artist
Arthur Petties   Primary Artist
Swift Jewel Cowboys   Primary Artist
Sonny Burgess   Primary Artist
Big Memphis Ma Rainey   Primary Artist
B.B. King   Primary Artist
Blind Mamie Forehand   Primary Artist
Big Walter Horton   Primary Artist
Big Lucky Carter   Primary Artist
Big Amos Patton   Primary Artist
Billy "The Kid" Emerson   Primary Artist
Bonnie & Ike Turner   Primary Artist
Bill Black   Primary Artist
Ike Turner   Primary Artist
Bobby "Blue" Bland   Primary Artist
Billy Adams   Primary Artist
Ike & Tina Turner   Primary Artist
Billy Yates   Primary Artist
James "Beale Street" Clark   Primary Artist
Joe Hill Louis   Primary Artist
Jack Kelly   Primary Artist
Sadie McKinney   Primary Artist
Playmates Of Rhythm   Primary Artist
D.A. Hunt   Primary Artist
Cliff Jackson   Primary Artist
Billy Garner   Primary Artist
James Cotton   Primary Artist
Claude Johnson   Primary Artist
Joe Calicott   Primary Artist
Earl Forest   Primary Artist
Donald Hines   Primary Artist
Furry Lewis   Primary Artist
Frank Frost   Primary Artist
Frank Stokes   Primary Artist
Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson   Primary Artist
Slim Lagoons Waters   Primary Artist
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band   Primary Artist
The Bearcats   Primary Artist
The Jesters   Primary Artist
McCoy & Johnson   Primary Artist
Banjo Joe   Primary Artist
Mary Sue   Primary Artist
The Saxons   Primary Artist
Jimmie Lunceford & His Chickasaw Syncopaters   Primary Artist
Willie Wilkes   Primary Artist
Napoleon Hairiston   Primary Artist
Clyde Hopkins   Primary Artist
Mr. Swing   Primary Artist
Fleming & Townsend   Primary Artist
Roscoe Gordon   Primary Artist
Bill Harvey's Orchestra   Primary Artist
Tuff Green & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Woodrow Adams   Primary Artist
Billy Love   Primary Artist
Onzie Horne Combo   Primary Artist
The Four Cruisers   Primary Artist
Woodrow Adams & the Three B's   Primary Artist
McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers   Primary Artist
Eddie Boyd   Primary Artist
Kansas Joe McCoy   Primary Artist
Carolina Peanut Boys   Primary Artist
Eddie Snow   Primary Artist
Tampa Red   Primary Artist
Elvis Presley   Primary Artist
Lost John Hunter   Primary Artist
Vol Stevens   Primary Artist
Ma Rainey   Primary Artist
Casey Bill Weldon   Primary Artist
W.C. Handy   Primary Artist
Garfield Akers   Primary Artist
Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats   Primary Artist
Victor Military Band   Primary Artist
Little Son Joe   Primary Artist
Walter Rhodes   Primary Artist
Walter Miller   Primary Artist
Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band   Primary Artist
Jed Davenport   Primary Artist
Lemuel Turner   Primary Artist
Sammy Lewis   Primary Artist
Leslie Louis   Primary Artist
Charlie Burse   Primary Artist
Levi Seabury & His Band   Primary Artist
Little Joe   Primary Artist
Howlin' Wolf   Primary Artist
Robert Bland   Primary Artist
Rosco Gordon   Primary Artist
Jim Jackson   Primary Artist
Robert Wilkins   Primary Artist
Jimmy DeBerry   Primary Artist
Raymond Hill   Primary Artist
Memphis Sheiks   Primary Artist
Little Milton   Primary Artist
Little Junior's Blue Flames   Primary Artist
Speckled Red   Primary Artist
Allen Shaw   Primary Artist
Sleepy John Estes   Primary Artist
The Beale Street Sheiks   Primary Artist
Mooch Richardson   Primary Artist
Albert King   Primary Artist
Dan Jackson   Primary Artist
Georgia Tom   Primary Artist
Hambone Willie Newbern   Primary Artist
Handy Jackson   Primary Artist
Malcolm Yelvington   Primary Artist
Washington White   Primary Artist
Willie Johnson Combo   Primary Artist
Yank Rachell   Primary Artist
Will Shade   Primary Artist
Beale Streeters   Primary Artist
Pearl Dickson   Primary Artist
Billy Taylor   Primary Artist
Booker T. & the MG's   Primary Artist
Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band   Primary Artist
Jackie Brenston   Primary Artist
The Delta Boys   Primary Artist
Carl Perkins   Primary Artist
Doctor Ross   Primary Artist
Charlie Kyle   Primary Artist
Madelyn James   Primary Artist
Johnny Ace   Primary Artist
Johnny London   Primary Artist
Johnny Lewis   Primary Artist
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