B. B. King

• 180-GRAM VINYL

• The Complete Album + 3 Bonus Tracks

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

For more than half a century, B. B. King defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he released over fifty albums, many of them classics. Over the years, B.B. King developed one of the world’s most identifiable guitar styles. His economy, his every-notecounts phrasing, has been a model for thousands of players, from Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Jeff Beck.

Presented here is King’s album Singin’ the Blues, a superb collection of his early hits, including four #1 R&B Billboard chart hits: “3 O’Clock Blues,” “You Know I Love You,” “Please Love Me,” and “YouUpset Me, Baby.”

PERSONNEL:

• B. B. KING - (vocals & guitar) plus:

• The Maxwell Davis Orchestra, including:
• Maxwell Davis, Bumps Myers, Jack McVea, Charles Waller, Lorenzo Holden, Maurice Simon (tenor saxophone), Floyd Turnham (alto & baritone sax), Jewell L. Grant (alto saxophone), Jack “Vernon” Porter (trumpet), Red Callender, Ralph Hamilton, Billy Hadnot (bass), Willard McDaniel (piano), Jesse Sailes, Jessie Price (drums).

Recorded in Los Angeles between 1951 and 1957.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 PLEASE LOVE ME
• A2 YOU UPSET ME BABY
• A3 EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES
• A4 BAD LUCK
• A5 3 O’CLOCK BLUES
• A6 BLIND LOVE
• A7 MY SOMETIME BABY (*)

• SIDE B
• B1 WOKE UP THIS MORNING
• B2 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU
• B3 SWEET LITTLE ANGEL
• B4 TEN LONG YEARS
• B5 DID YOU EVER LOVE A WOMAN
• B6 CRYING WON’T HELP YOU
• B7 YOU’VE BEEN AN ANGEL (*)
• B8 WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO ME (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: Similar personnel.
• Recorded in Los Angeles, 1962 (A7) & 1958 (B7-B8).