The Back Door Man 1954-1961

~ Release by Howlin’ Wolf (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Baby How Long
recording of:
Baby How Long
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:55
2Evil Is Going On (Evil)
2:55
3I'll Be Around
recording of:
I'll Be Around
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
3:14
4Forty Four
recording of:
Forty-Four (Howlin’ Wolf version)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Abraham Music, Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
version of:
Forty-Four (traditional blues, without lyrics)
2:49
5Who Will Be Next
recording of:
Who Will Be Next?
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:34
6I Have a Little Girl
2:36
7Come to Me Baby
2:24
8Don't Mess With Me Baby
recording of:
Don't Mess With My Baby
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:39
9Smokestack Lightning
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:08
10I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
recording of:
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Blue Ribbon Music Ltd and Peermusic (UK) Limited
2:50
11Sittin' on the Top of the World
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Chappell Morris Ltd.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
2:34
12Poor Boy
recording of:
Poor Boy
lyricist and composer:
Chester Burnett
2:34
13I Better Go Now
recording of:
I Better Go Now
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:44
14I've Been Amused
recording of:
I’ve Been Abused
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:17
15The Natchez Burning
recording of:
The Natchez Burnin’
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:10
16Who's Been Talking
recording of:
Who’s Been Talkin’
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
2:23
17Tell Me
recording of:
Tell Me
lyricist and composer:
Chester Burnett
2:59
18Howlin' for My Darling
recording of:
Howlin' for My Darlin' (Howlin' for My Baby)
composer:
Chester Burnett and Willie Dixon
2:34
19Spoonful
recording of:
Spoonful
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Mathews Music
2:45
20Back Door Man
recording of:
Back Door Man
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
writer:
Chester Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters)
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present)), Sony Music Publishing France and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
2:50
21Wang Dang Doodle
recording of:
Wang Dang Doodle
lyricist:
Willie Dixon (in 1960-06)
composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Hoochie Coochie Music
2:24
22Down in the Bottom
recording of:
Down in the Bottom
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd.
adaptations:
Runnin’ Shoes
2:35
23The Red Rooster (Little Red Rooster)
recording of:
The Red Rooster
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:28
24Shake for Me
recording of:
Shake for Me
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Hoochie Coochie Music
2:14