His Best - The Electric B.B. King

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Annotation

Regardless of it's name, this is an official album release, not a "Best of"-compilation.

Annotation last modified on 2009-10-18 10:11 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Tired of Your Jive
cover recording of:
Tired of Your Jive
writer:
Janet Despenza and Johnny Pate
2:11
2Don't Answer the Door
cover recording of:
Don’t Answer the Door
writer:
Jimmy Johnson (Chicago blues guitarist James Earl Thompson)
publisher:
Fordyce Publishing Co and Mercedes Music
2.55:11
3The B.B. Jones
cover recording of:
The B.B. Jones
writer:
Maya Angelou and Quincy Jones
2:43
4All Over Again
recording of:
All Over Again
writer:
Carl Adams and B.B. King
12:37
5Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1967-09-14)
producer:
Quincy Jones, Johnny Pate and Louis Zito (producer)
alto saxophone:
Lawrence Burdine (on 1967-09-14)
baritone saxophone:
Barney Hubert (on 1967-09-14)
bass:
Leo Lauchie (on 1967-09-14)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Freeman (on 1967-09-14)
guitar:
Billy Butler (jazz guitarist) (on 1967-09-14) and B.B. King (on 1967-09-14)
keyboard and organ:
Duke Jethro (on 1967-09-14)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Board (on 1967-09-14)
trombone:
Pluma Davis (on 1967-09-14)
trumpet:
Henry Boozier (on 1967-09-14), John Browning (trumpet player) (on 1967-09-14) and Hobart Dotson (on 1967-09-14)
vocals:
B.B. King (on 1967-09-14)
arranger:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1968)
recording of:
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss (on 1967-09-14)
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers
32:34
6Think It Over
recording of:
Think It Over
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
2:49
7I Done Got Wise
recording of:
I Done Got Wise
writer:
B.B. King
2:21
8Meet My Happiness
recording of:
Meet My Happiness
writer:
Ronald Boudreaux and B.B. King
2:19
9Sweet Sixteen
cover recording of:
Sweet Sixteen
lyricist and composer:
A. Nugetre (US American Songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher)
4:16
10You Put It on Me
cover recording of:
You Put It on Me
writer:
Maya Angelou and Quincy Jones
2:50
11I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair
recording of:
I Don’t Want You Cuttin’ Off Your Hair
publisher:
Fordyce Publishing Co
2:37

Credits

Release

liner notes:Ritchie Yorke
design:Henry Epstein
Byron Goto
phonographic copyright (℗) by:MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1969)
BGO Records (BGO Records) (in 1990)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1917421 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0000270H8 [info]