Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

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  • Western Asia: 🇰🇼 Kuwait (kw) 🇾🇪 Yemen (ye)
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  • Micronesia: 🇵🇼 Palau (pw)
Annotation last modified on 2019-12-04 10:28 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
Fisk Jubilee Singers2:20
2Crazy Blues (78rpm version)
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds3:25
3Careless Love Blues (alternate take)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), William Christopher Handy, Martha Koenig and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
version of:
Careless Love
Bessie Smith43:24
4Frankie
recorded in:
Memphis (on 1928-02-14)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
recording of:
Frankie
lyricist and composer:
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt3.753:21
5Lord I Can’t Just Keep From Crying
recorded in:
Dallas (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Lord I Just Can’t Keep From Crying (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:01
6What Are They Doing in Heaven Today
recorded in:
Dallas (on 1928-12-05)
zither and lead vocals:
Washington Phillips (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Washington Phillips
recording of:
What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
writer:
Charles Albert Tindley (in 1901)
Washington Phillips53:22
7Sitting on Top of the World
recorded in:
Shreveport (on 1930-02-17)
guitar:
Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson) (on 1930-02-17)
violin:
Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:
Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson) (on 1930-02-17)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009)
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1930-02-17)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
Mississippi Sheiks33:13
8Blues Before Sunrise
recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell3:29
9If You See My Saviour
recording of:
If You See My Savior
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Thomas A. Dorsey2:48
10Broke Down Engine
recording of:
Broke Down Engine
writer:
Blind Willie McTell
arranger:
Bob Dylan
version of:
Broke Down Engine
Blind Willie McTell3:07
11Mister Tom Hughes’s Town
Leadbelly3:02
12Cross Road Blues
recorded in:
San Antonio (on 1936-11-27)
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-27)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio (on 1936-11-27)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1986) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 481)
recording of:
Cross Road Blues (a/k/a “Crossroads”) (on 1936-11-27)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!), Encore Music (US label), King of Spades Music, Lehsem II, LLC, MPCA King of Spades, Noma Music Inc., Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Robert Johnson52:38
13Key to the Highway
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
harmonica:
Jazz Gillum (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (on 1941-05-02)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar (blues pianist and occasional singer)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Big Bill Broonzy42:59
14Nine Foot Shovel
Joshua White2:53
15Cowboy’s Lament
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Burl Ives2:37
16Me and My Chauffeur Blues
recorded in:
Chicago (on 1941-05-21)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1941-05-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
writer:
Memphis Minnie
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Memphis Minnie2:44
17Swing Down Chariot
The Golden Gate Quartet3:29
18Dere’s a Man Goin’ Round / I Know de Lord
Paul Robeson2:42
19Baby, Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago (on 1947-07-22)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:45
20Hard Day Blues
recorded in:
Chicago (on 1946-09-27)
bass:
possibly Ransom Knowling (on 1946-08-27)
drums (drum set):
probably Judge Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1946-08-27)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1946-08-27) and possibly Leroy Foster (American blues singer, drummer and guitarist) (on 1946-08-27)
piano:
James Clark (US blues pianist) (on 1946-08-27)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1946-08-27)
recording of:
Hard Day Blues (on 1946-08-27)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:50
21I’ll Never Forget
Ira Tucker & The Dixie Hummingbirds2:59
22I’ll Fly Away
The Trumpeteers2:35
23I Will Move on Up a Little Higher
recording of:
Move On Up a Little Higher
lyricist and composer:
William Herbert Brewster
writer:
Rev. W.H. Brewster
arranger:
M. Jackson
Mahalia Jackson5:25
24Greenfields
cover recording of:
Greenfields (1956 song) (in 1960)
writer:
Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson and Frank Miller (American singer & songwriter)
The Brothers Four3:03
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phonographic copyright (℗) by:Nemperor Records, Inc. (in 1979)