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Best of Little Walter

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Released
  
1958

Artist
  
Little Walter

Label
  
Checker Records

Length
  
35:44

Release date
  
1958

Genres
  
Blues, Chicago blues

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Recorded
  
May 12, 1952 – January 25, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois

Best Of Little Walter (1958)
  
Hate to See You Go (1969)

Producers
  
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon

Similar
  
Little Walter albums, Chicago blues albums, Other albums

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Best of Little Walter is the first LP record by American blues performer Little Walter. First released in 1958, the compilation album contains ten Little Walter songs that appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B chart from 1952 to 1955, plus two B-sides. The album was first released by Checker Records as LP-1428, which was the first LP record released by Checker, and then released on Chess Records with the same catalog number.

Contents

The album has been reissued numerous times, although it has been largely superseded by the twenty-song collection Little Walter His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection.

Artwork and packaging

The album cover features a black-and-white photo portrait shot by Grammy award winning photographer Don Bronstein of Little Walter holding/playing a Hohner 64 Chromatic harmonica and liner notes by Studs Terkel, who had written Giants of Jazz. The original LP featured a black label.

Accolades

In 1991, The Best of Little Walter was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classics of Blues Recordings – Album" category. The album is also ranked #198 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Track listing

All tracks written by All songs written by Walter Jacobs, except where noted.

Personnel

The following people contributed to the Best of Little Walter:

  • Little Walter – lead vocals, harmonica
  • Muddy Waters – guitar on "Juke" and "Can't Hold Out Much Longer"
  • Jimmy Rogers – guitar on "Juke" and "Can't Hold Out Much Longer"
  • David Myers – guitar
  • Louis Myers – guitar
  • Leonard Caston – guitar on "My Babe"
  • Robert Lockwood, Jr. – guitar on "My Babe"
  • Willie Dixon – bass, producer
  • Elgin Evans – drums on "Juke" and "Can't Hold Out Much Longer"
  • Fred Below – drums
  • Studs Terkel – sleeve notes

    • Singles chart

    The songs "Juke" and "My Babe" peaked at #1 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart. "Sad Hours", "You're So Fine", and "Blues with a Feeling" made it to #2 on the same chart. "Last Night" and "Mean Old World" peaked at #6, "Off the Wall" and "You Better Watch Yourself" reached #8, and "Tell Me Mama" made it to #10.

    Songs

    1My Babe2:39
    2Sad Hours3:11
    3You're So Fine3:02

    References

    Best of Little Walter Wikipedia
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