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''Howling Wolf Sings the Blues'' is a compilation album by blues musician
Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chica ...
, which was released by
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in 1962.Howlin' Wolf Sessionography
Depanorama.net, accessed September 19, 2019 The original album included eight songs recorded for
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between 1951 and 1952, including those tracks that were released as singles by the
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, and an additional two instrumentals by
Joe Hill Louis Lester Hill (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), known professionally as Joe Hill Louis, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band. He was one of a small number of one-man blues bands (along with fellow Memphis bl ...
. The album was re-released in 1970 by United Records with the alternative title ''Big City Blues''.


Reception

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reviewer
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called it: "groundbreaking early electric blues, though not quite up to the peaks he'd scale with his best
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sessions of the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s. The electric guitar had rarely been recorded with as much fuzzy power as it was here, for one thing, and Howlin' Wolf's vocals were already possessed of magnificent, sometimes scary intensity ... This has almost everything Howlin' Wolf cut for
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in the early '50s, and is thus an essential supplement to his more celebrated Chess catalog for the serious fan".


Track listing

All compositions credited to Chester Burnett except where noted


Original LP

# "Riding in the Moonlight" (Burnett,
Jules Taub The Bihari brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American businessmen of Hungarian Jewish origin. They founded Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries, such as Meteor Records, based in Memphis. They were significant figures in th ...
) – 3:06 # "Worried About My Baby" – 3:00 # " Crying at Daylight" – 3:56 # "Brown Skin Woman" – 2:43 # "Twisting and Turning" (Joe Hill Louis) – 3:09 # "House Rockin' Boogie" (Burnett,
Joe Josea The Bihari brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American businessmen of Hungarian Jewish origin. They founded Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries, such as Meteor Records, based in Memphis. They were significant figures in the ...
) – 4:12 # "Keep What You Got" – 2:24 # "Dog Me Around" – 2:45 # "Morning at Midnight" – 2:43 # "Backslide Boogie" (Louis) – 3:02 Additional tracks on CD reissue #
  • "My Baby Stole Off" – 3:03 # "I Want Your Picture" – 2:51 # "Passing by Blues" – 2:43 # "Driving This Highway" – 2:55 # "The Sun Is Rising" – 2:45 # "Stealing My Clothes (My Friends)" – 3:03 # "I'm the Wolf" – 3:06 Recorded in West Memphis at KWEM Radio Station in September 1951 (tracks 1 & 7–9), October 2, 1951 (tracks 3, 11 & 12), and in West Memphis on February 12, 1952 (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 13–16)


    Personnel

    *
    Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chica ...
    – guitar, vocals, harmonica *
    Ike Turner Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s and ...
    – piano * Willie Johnson – guitar, bass *Willie Steel – drums Tracks 5 & 10: *
    Joe Hill Louis Lester Hill (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), known professionally as Joe Hill Louis, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band. He was one of a small number of one-man blues bands (along with fellow Memphis bl ...
    – vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums


    References

    {{Authority control Howlin' Wolf albums 1962 albums Crown Records albums