American Blues Roots

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1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Dirty Dozen	Speckled Red		3:14
2	Death Ray Boogie	Pete Johnson		3:00
3	Cow Cow Boogie	Ella Mae Morse		3:14
4	Jivin’ the Blues recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17) drums (drum set) [drums]: Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17) harmonica and lead vocals: Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17) piano: Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)	Sonny Boy Williamson		2:57
5	Milk Cow Blues	Sleepy John Estes		3:03
6	After Hours	Erskine Hawkins		3:22
7	Get Low‐Down Blues	Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra		3:03
8	Barrelhouse Woman	Leroy Carr		2:55
9	Natchez Mississippi Blues	The Lewis Bronzeville Five		2:36
10	Diggin’ My Potatoes	Washboard Sam		2:58
11	Boogie‐Woogie	Count Basie		3:15
12	This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe		2:42
13	Flying Home	Lionel Hampton		3:15
14	Roll ’Em Pete	Big Joe Turner		2:52
15	Shake That Thing	Papa Charlie Jackson		3:05
16	Confessin’ the Blues	Jay McShann		2:51
17	Mean Ol’ Frisco	Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup		2:36
18	Louise Louise Blues	Johnny Temple		3:03
19	Lafayette	Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra		2:49
20	Don’t You Lie to Me	Tampa Red		2:57
21	Match Box Blues guitar: Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1927-04) vocals: Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1927-04) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2010) recording of: Match Box Blues lyricist and composer: Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)	Blind Lemon Jefferson		3:04
22	Diddie Wah Diddie	Blind Blake		3:01
23	Mean Old World	T‐Bone Walker		2:51
24	Kansas City Blues	Jim Jackson		3:17
25	How Long, How Long Blues	Leroy Carr		3:05
26	Vicksburg Blues	Little Brother Montgomery		2:58
27	Strut That Thing	Cripple Clarence Lofton		2:58
28	Apaloosa Blues	Bobby Leecan		2:46
29	The Crucifixion of Christ	Jessie May Hill		3:02
30	Teasin’ Brown Blues	Louie Lasky		2:48
31	Cow Cow Blues	Cow Cow Davenport		3:07
32	Tell Me Baby recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1939-07-21) guitar: Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-07-21) harmonica and lead vocals: Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1939-07-21) piano: Walter Davis (American blues singer and pianist) (on 1939-07-21)	Sonny Boy Williamson		2:55
33	Ease It to Me Blues	Barbecue Bob		3:01
34	Knockin’ a Jug	Louis Armstrong		3:15
35	Sloppy Drunk Again	Walter Davis		3:07
36	Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor	The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet		2:51
37	Mr. Johnson’s Blues	Lonnie Johnson		2:41
38	Kokomo Blues	Scrapper Blackwell		3:05
39	Train Whistle Blues recorded in: Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1929-08-08) guitar: Billy Burkes (US guitarist, Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1929-08-08) steel guitar: Joe Kaipo (on 1929-08-08) ukulele: Weldon Burkes (US guitarist/ukulele player, Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1929-08-08) vocals: Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1929-08-08) recording of: Train Whistle Blues (on 1929-08-08) lyricist and composer: Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)	Jimmie Rodgers		3:01
40	Minnie the Moocher	Cab Calloway		3:12
41	It’s Tight Like That	Thomas A. Dorsey		3:04
42	Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass	Jimmie Lunceford		2:59
43	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl recorded in: Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05) guitar: Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05) harmonica and lead vocals: Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990) recording of: Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05) lyricist: Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) composer: Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937) publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	Sonny Boy Williamson		3:02
44	Backwater Blues	Bessie Smith		3:18
45	Junker Blues	Champion Jack Dupree		2:46
46	Didn’t It Rain	Bryant’s Jubilee Quartet		2:34
47	Ain’t No Business We Can Do	Doctor Clayton		3:12
48	It’s a Good Thing	Frank Stokes		3:00
49	Holy Mountain	Elder Otis Jones		3:10

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	I Like to Riff	The Nat King Cole Trio		2:50
2	Somebody Stole Gabriel’s Horn	The Three Keys		3:00
3	I Feel So Good	Big Bill Broonzy		2:50
4	Down the Road a Piece	Will Bradley		3:10
5	Naptown Stomp	Bill Gaither		2:38
6	Little Rock Blues	Pearl Dickson		3:03
7	Keep A‐Knockin’	Louis Jordan		2:30
8	Bullfrog Blues	Muggsy Spanier		2:57
9	Guitar Boogie	Blind Roosevelt Graves		2:55
10	Boogie Woogie Stomp	Albert Ammons		3:03
11	What’s the Use of Getting Sober	Louis Jordan		2:56
12	Press My Button	Lil Johnson		3:19
13	Worried Life Blues	Big Maceo		2:56
14	St. Louis Blues	The Mills Brothers		2:20
15	Barrelhouse When It Rains	Big Bill Broonzy		2:53
16	If You Haven’t Any Hay	Skip James		2:58
17	No No Blues	Curley Weaver		3:12
18	Central Avenue Breakdown	Lionel Hampton		3:06
19	Lead Pencil Blues	Johnny Temple		3:07
20	Floyd’s Guitar Blues	Andy Kirk		3:09
21	That’s the Rhythm	Three Sharps and a Flat		2:39
22	Policy Dream Blues	Bumble Bee Slim		2:50
23	Outside Woman Blues	Blind Joe Reynolds		2:59
24	Jockey Blues	Jazz Gillum		2:51
25	My Soul Is a Witness	Austin Coleman		3:12
26	Midnight Hour Blues	Leroy Carr		3:08
27	Goin’ Back to Texas	Memphis Minnie		3:05
28	Rockin’ Chair Blues	Big Bill Broonzy		2:51
29	I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water	The Cats and the Fiddle		2:47
30	Sweet Miss Stella Blues	Rufus & Ben Quillian		2:56
31	Beale Street Breakdown	Jed Davenport		3:00
32	Minglewood Blues recorded in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-01-30) banjo and jug: Gus Cannon (on 1928-01-30) guitar: Ashley Thompson (Cannon’s Jug Stompers) (on 1928-01-30) harmonica: Noah Lewis (on 1928-01-30) vocals: Ashley Thompson (Cannon’s Jug Stompers) (on 1928-01-30) recording of: Minglewood Blues (on 1928-01-30) writer: Noah Lewis publisher: APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (BMI)	Cannon’s Jug Stompers	4	3:44
33	It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine	Blind Willie Johnson		3:15
34	Weed Smoker’s Dream	The Harlem Hamfats		3:20
35	Number Runner’s Blues	Jimmie Gordon		2:54
36	Take It and Git	Andy Kirk		3:16
37	Dirty Mother for You	Roosevelt Sykes		2:59
38	Roll and Tumble Blues	Hambone Willie Newbern		3:04
39	Preaching Blues	Robert Johnson		2:55
40	Sing Sing Sing	Benny Goodman		4:16
41	Milk Cow Blues	Kokomo Arnold		3:06
42	One O’Clock Jump	Count Basie		3:02
43	Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie	Clarence “Pine Top” Smith		3:22
44	T’Aint What You Do	Jimmie Lunceford		3:03
45	Gangster’s Blues	Peetie Wheatstraw		2:46
46	The Blues Ain’t Nothing But	Georgia White		2:40
47	Night Time Is the Right Time	Roosevelt Sykes		2:51
48	Jumpin’ Jive	Cab Calloway		2:46

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