Album · Compilation

The Mercury Blues ’n’ Rhythm Story 1945–1955

Released 1996211 tracks · 595:38EnglishMercury Records, PolyGram

Tracks

#	Title	Sung by
1.1	It’s Just the Blues	Four Jumps of Jive	3:30
1.2	Bedroom Blues	Sippie Wallace	3:16
1.3	Buzz Me	Sippie Wallace	3:05
1.4	My Baby Left Me	T‐Bone Walker	2:55
1.5	Come Back to Me Baby Blues	T‐Bone Walker	3:09
1.6	She Is Going to Ruin Me	T‐Bone Walker	2:58
1.7	Joy Juice	Dinah Washington	2:51
1.8	If It’s Good	Julia Lee	2:56
1.9	Show Me Missouri Blues	Julia Lee	3:02
1.10	Dream Lucky Blues	Julia Lee	3:07
1.11	Doin’ the Boogie Woogie	Mildred Anderson	2:52
1.12	Suitcase Blues	Albert Ammons, His Piano & Rhythm Kings	2:53
1.13	Tell Your Best Friend Nothing	Myra Taylor	2:20
1.14	Railroad Porter’s Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:49
1.15	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:27
1.16	Hold That Money	Earl Coleman	2:27
1.17	I’m in My Sins This Morning	Myra Taylor	2:39
1.18	Booted	Myra Taylor	2:46
1.19	Long John Blues	Dinah Washington	3:14
1.20	(I’m a) Wonderin’ Man	Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four	3:09
1.21	I Love My Whiskey	Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four	3:06
1.22	You’ve Been Mistreating Me	Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four	2:58
1.23	I Stay Blue All the Time	Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four	2:30
1.24	Water Coast Blues	Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four	2:52
1.25	Shame on You Baby	St. Louis Jimmy	3:10
1.26	I’m Not Satisfied	St. Louis Jimmy	3:21
2.1	Mud Kickin’ Woman	Sunnyland Slim & His Sunny Boys	3:02
2.2	Everytime I Get to Drinkin’	Sunnyland Slim & His Sunny Boys	2:54
2.3	Train Is Comin’	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:48
2.4	The Question	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:56
2.5	I’m a Good Rockin’ Daddy	Ray Snead	2:37
2.6	Drivin’ Me Mad	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:45
2.7	Never Let Me Love	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:52
2.8	Train Time	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:51
2.9	Blue Evening	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:31
2.10	Get Back (Black, Brown and White)	Big Bill Broonzy	3:02
2.11	Willie Mae	Big Bill Broonzy	2:51
2.12	I Know She Will	Big Bill Broonzy	3:15
2.13	Leavin’ Day	Big Bill Broonzy & His Big Little Orchestra	3:01
2.14	South Bound Train	Big Bill Broonzy & His Big Little Orchestra	3:00
2.15	Tomorrow	Big Bill Broonzy & His Big Little Orchestra	2:51
2.16	You Changed	Big Bill Broonzy & His Big Little Orchestra	2:37
2.17	(I’m Gonna) Dig Myself a Hole	Robert Lockwood Jr. & His Band	2:39
2.18	Dust My Broom	Robert Lockwood Jr. & His Band	2:41
2.19	Glory for Man	Robert Lockwood Jr. & His Band	2:28
2.20	My Daily Wish	Robert Lockwood Jr. & His Band	2:42
2.21	No Mail Blues	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:46
2.22	You’re Gonna Need My Help Someday	Memphis Slim & His Orchestra	2:51
2.23	Ain’t Nothing but a Child	Sunnyland Slim & His Trio	2:47
2.24	Brown Skinned Woman	Sunnyland Slim & His Trio	2:58
2.25	Hit the Road Again	Sunnyland Slim & His Trio	3:14
2.26	Gin Drinkin’ Baby	Sunnyland Slim & His Trio	3:00
2.27	Leap Year Blues	Sax Mallard & His Orchestra with Andrew Tibbs	2:38
3.1	Garfield Avenue Boogie	Jay McShann, His Piano & Orchestra with Crown Prince Waterford	3:04
3.2	Crown Prince Blues	Jay McShann, His Piano & Orchestra with Crown Prince Waterford	2:51
3.3	Shipyard Woman Blues	Jay McShann, His Piano & Orchestra with Jimmy Witherspoon	3:02
3.4	W.B. Blues	Walter Brown with Jay McShann's Orchestra	2:30
3.5	Sloppy Drunk	Walter Brown with Jay McShann's Orchestra	2:46
3.6	Lovin’ a Beggar	Walter Brown with Jay McShann's Orchestra	2:55
3.7	Miss Lollipop’s Confession	Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy	2:45
3.8	Love Troubles	Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy	3:04
3.9	Baby Get Wise	Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy	2:33
3.10	Byrd’s Blues	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	2:49
3.11	Her Mind Is Gone	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	2:40
3.12	Bald Head	Professor Longhair	2:31
3.13	Hey Now Baby	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	2:50
3.14	Oh Well	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	2:28
3.15	Boogie’s The Thing	George Miller & His Mid-Driffs	2:48
3.16	She Won’t Leave No More	Little Joe Gaines	2:27
3.17	Mercury Boogie	Hosie Dwine Craven	2:38
3.18	Hadacol Bounce	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	3:02
3.19	Longhair Stomp	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	2:47
3.20	Been Fooling Around	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	3:01
3.21	Between the Night and Day (In the Wee Wee Hours)	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	2:46
3.22	Streetwalkin Daddy	Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy	2:39
3.23	A Job for a Jockey	Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy	2:28
3.24	Still My Little Angel Child	Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy	2:35
3.25	Cloudy Weather Blues	Lee Graves	3:01
3.26	Sixty Years and a Day	Lee Graves	2:58
4.1	Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No	Lee Graves	2:30
4.2	I’m From Texas	Lee Graves	2:02
4.3	Sittin’ Here Wonderin’	L.C. "Lightnin' Jr" Williams	3:36
4.4	January 11, 1949 Blues	L.C. "Lightnin' Jr" Williams	2:38
4.5	I Don’t Want No Woman	L.C. Williams	3:15
4.6	Louise	L.C. Williams	3:08
4.7	I Don’t Like to Travel	L.C. Williams	3:08
4.8	Miss Georgia	'Smokey' Hogg	3:01
4.9	She’s Always on My Mind	'Smokey' Hogg	2:41
4.10	Dirty Mistreater	'Smokey' Hogg	2:37
4.11	I’m Looking for My Baby	'Smokey' Hogg	2:33
4.12	(All Alone) I Sit and Cry	Violet Hall	2:53
4.13	Six Foot Papa (I’m a Whole Lot of Woman)	Violet Hall	2:31
4.14	Got a Mean Woman	John Hogg	2:47
4.15	Why Did You Leave Me	John Hogg	2:52
4.16	Sad News From Korea	Lightnin’ Hopkins	3:09
4.17	Let Me Fly Your Kite	Lightnin’ Hopkins	3:46
4.18	Gone With the Wind	Lightnin’ Hopkins	2:38
4.19	She’s Almost Dead	Lightnin’ Hopkins	3:39
4.20	(In Love With a) Married Woman Blues	Elmore Nixon	2:55
4.21	Playboy Blues	Elmore Nixon	2:50
4.22	Cave Man Blues	Elmore Nixon	3:34
4.23	Million Dollar Blues	Elmore Nixon	2:38
4.24	Ain’t It a Shame	Lightnin’ Hopkins	3:20
4.25	Crazy ’Bout My Baby	Lightnin’ Hopkins	2:45
5.1	Ernestine	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	2:51
5.2	Roll on Katy	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	3:06
5.3	Voodoo Woman Blues	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	2:36
5.4	I Want a Little Girl	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	2:34
5.5	Bar Fly Blues	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	2:32
5.6	Please Stop Playing These Blues, Boy	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	2:57
5.7	All My Geets Are Gone	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	2:35
5.8	Strange Woman Blues	Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon	3:08
5.9	Bowlegged Boogie	Vivian Greene	3:06
5.10	He’s the Man (He’s Tall and Cool)	Vivian Greene	2:55
5.11	Red Light	Vivian Greene	2:58
5.12	When a Man Has the Blues	Smiley Turner	2:37
5.13	Lonely Boy Blues	Smiley Turner	2:39
5.14	Beer Drinking Baby	Billy Valentine	2:38
5.15	What’s Good for One’s Good for All	Chuck Norris & His Guitar	2:55
5.16	Kinda Sick, Mostly Worried	Chuck Norris & His Guitar	3:04
5.17	Hey Everybody	Chuck Norris & His Guitar	2:26
5.18	I’d Rather Be Like a Hermit	Frankie Ervin with Austin McCoy & His Combo	2:41
5.19	High School Baby	Frankie Ervin with Austin McCoy & His Combo	2:51
5.20	West Coast Lover	Big Jim Wynn & His Band	2:43
5.21	Dog House Blues	Big Jim Wynn & His Band	3:01
5.22	Just Kiss Me Once (And You’ll Be Back)	Meredith Howard	2:40
5.23	Worrying Blues	Ike Lloyd	2:40
5.24	Boogie on the 88	Ike Lloyd	2:32
5.25	I Only Want Your Love	Ike Lloyd	3:08
5.26	West Coast Blues	J.D. Edwards	2:52
5.27	Mama Does the Boogie (Washington Ave. Boogie)	Red Johnson & His Orchestra	2:47
6.1	Call Operator 210	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	3:09
6.2	Baby Baby Blues	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	3:05
6.3	Gypsy Blues	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	2:32
6.4	Sugar Sugar	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	3:09
6.5	Last Mile	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	2:34
6.6	The Candle’s Burning Low	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	2:16
6.7	The Love Bug Boogie (That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be)	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	2:42
6.8	Brown Skin Butterball	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	2:54
6.9	The Game Is Over	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	3:06
6.10	Keep Your Hand on Your Heart	Pat Valdelar	2:48
6.11	Rock Me Baby	Pat Valdelar	2:43
6.12	Boogie the Blues	Ray Johnson	2:47
6.13	House of Blues	Ray Johnson	2:41
6.14	I’ll Never Let You Go	Ray Johnson	2:45
6.15	Smilin’ blues	Ray Johnson	2:30
6.16	Something’s Wrong	Herbert 'Woo Woo' Moore	2:16
6.17	Five Long Letters	Herbert 'Woo Woo' Moore	2:49
6.18	Unlucky Man	Mel Walker	2:46
6.19	My Baby	Mel Walker	2:29
6.20	Another Sad Night	Mel Walker	2:30
6.21	Feelin’ Mighty Lonesome	Mel Walker	2:48
6.22	I Have Decided	Mel Walker	2:46
6.23	They Were Doing the Mambo	Joe Liggins & His Orchestra	2:48
6.24	Honeydrippin’ Daddy	Joe Liggins & His Orchestra	3:05
6.25	Yeah, Yeah, Yeah	Joe Liggins & His Orchestra	2:54
6.26	In My Neighborhood	Rollee McGill	2:48
6.27	Rhythm Rockin’ Blues	Rollee McGill	2:42
7.1	Jockey Blues	Bill Samuels & The Cats 'n Jammers Three	2:36
7.2	Cherry Red Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:48
7.3	Somebody’s Gotta Go	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:55
7.4	Too Many Women Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:44
7.5	Just a Dream	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:55
7.6	I Like to Be Home Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:39
7.7	Cleanhead Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:49
7.8	When a Woman Loves Her Juice	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:58
7.9	Kidney Stew Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:59
7.10	King for a Day Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	3:06
7.11	Old Maid Boogie	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:48
7.12	Jet Propelled Papa	Helen Humes	2:47
7.13	Hey, Sister Lucy!	The Trenier Twins	2:39
7.14	When I Get Drunk	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:42
7.15	Oil Man Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:48
7.16	Ever‐Ready Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:46
7.17	Have You Ever Missed Your Baby	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:47
7.18	Some Women Do	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:24
7.19	Alimony Blues	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:25
7.20	I Took the Front Door In (I Took the Backdoor Out)	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra	2:55
7.21	Record Ban Blues	Dinah Washington	3:16
7.22	Good Daddy Blues	Dinah Washington	2:25
7.23	Baby Get Lost	Dinah Washington	2:51
7.24	Fine Fine Daddy	Dinah Washington	2:32
7.25	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Dinah Washington	3:02
7.26	Under the Viaduct (In Atlanta G.A.)	Junior Tamplin	2:50
7.27	Love Is a Sin	Junior Tamplin	3:09
8.1	Lonely Blues	Joyce Jackson	2:45
8.2	Body Rocking Daddy	Joyce Jackson	2:31
8.3	Lovin’ Blues	Joyce Jackson	2:41
8.4	New Blowtop Blues	Dinah Washington	2:38
8.5	Worry, Worry, Worry	Joe Houston	2:17
8.6	Mumbles Blues	Paul Bascomb	2:36
8.7	Hittin’ on Me	Buddy & Ella Johnson	3:10
8.8	Don’t Give My Good Love Away	Zilla Mays with John Peek & The Blues Caravan	2:49
8.9	Thank You	Zilla Mays with John Peek & The Blues Caravan	2:41
8.10	The Other Side	Zilla Mays with John Peek & The Blues Caravan	2:43
8.11	I’m Just Your Fool	Buddy & Ella Johnson	2:54
8.12	Shut Your Big Mouth (Girl)	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra with Ricky Harper	2:56
8.13	Sloppy Daddy Blues	Stomp Gordon	2:42
8.14	Juicy Lucy	Stomp Gordon	3:06
8.15	What’s Her Whimsey, Dr. Kinsey	Stomp Gordon	2:48
8.16	Walk Around the Corner	Stomp Gordon	2:49
8.17	Short John	Dinah Washington	2:54
8.18	This Is All	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins	2:54
8.19	What That Is	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins	2:27
8.20	(She Put the) Wamee (On Me)	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins	3:04
8.21	Well I Tried	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins	2:36
8.22	Talk About Me	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins	2:33
8.23	Sweet and Slow	Titus Turner	2:54
8.24	Big John	Titus Turner	2:45
8.25	All Around the World	Titus Turner	2:40
8.26	Woke Up This Morning	Arthur Prysock	2:53

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