Wail Man Wail: The Best of King Curtis 1952-1961

Original Release Date:  September 17, 2012

Track Listing

• 1. No More Crying on My Pillow
• 2. Tenor in the Sky
• 3. Movin' On
• 4. Rockabye Baby
• 5. Open Up
• 6. King's Rock
• 7. Dynamite at Midnight
• 8. The Stranger
• 9. Steel Guitar Rag
• 10. Wicky Wacky, Pt. 1
• 11. Wicky Wacky, Pt. 2
• 12. The Count and the King
• 13. The King
• 14. Battle Royal
• 15. Jest Smoochin'
• 16. Birth of the Blues
• 17. Ific
• 18. You Made Me Love You
• 19. Castle Rock
• 20. Chili
• 21. Honeydripper, Pt. 1
• 22. Honeydripper, Pt. 2
• 23. Peter Gunn
• 24. Heavenly Blues
• 25. Restless Guitar
• 26. King Neptune's Guitar
• 27. Beatnik Hoedown
• 28. The Lone Prairie
• 29. Jay Walk
• 30. St. Louis Blues
• 31. My Babe
• 32. Hot-Rod
• 33. I'll Be There
• 34. Korea, Korea
• 35. Boogie in the Moonlight (AKA Lean Chicks)
• 36. Work, Little Carrie, Work
• 37. Woman, Woman, Woman
• 38. Why Do Me That Way
• 39. Mr. Bear Comes to Town
• 40. If (You Want to Be My Baby)
• 41. Dee Dat Dee Dum Dum
• 42. Mumbles Blues
• 43. I'm Going Crazy
• 44. Bamboo Rock 'n' Roll
• 45. Yes Sir!
• 46. In the Morning
• 47. Our Love Will Never End
• 48. Don't Push, Don't Pull, Don't Shove
• 49. Gum Shoe
• 50. I'm Going Home
• 51. Oh! You Sweet Girl
• 52. Rib Joint
• 53. Juicy Fruit
• 54. Wail Man Wail
• 55. You're the One for Me
• 56. Pot Likker
• 57. Ice Cream Baby
• 58. Handy Andy
• 59. Before You Go
• 60. Blues, Early Early, Pts. 1-2
• 61. Rack 'Em Back
• 62. The Stroll
• 63. (We're Gonna) Jump for Joy
• 64. Keep A-Driving
• 65. Crowded Classroom
• 66. The Shadow Knows
• 67. Lady Love
• 68. Keep a Walkin'
• 69. Rock and Ree-Ah-Zole
• 70. Yakety Yak
• 71. Switchen in the Kitchen
• 72. In the Mood
• 73. Just Multiply
• 74. Crawfish
• 75. Fine Little Girl
• 76. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
• 77. When Sin Stops
• 78. That Is Rock & Roll
• 79. I Ain't Sharin' Sharon
• 80. You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm and Blues
• 81. The Lover's Curse
• 82. Charlie Brown
• 83. Jole Blon
• 84. Always
• 85. Takin' Care of Business
• 86. Stupid Cupid
• 87. Besame Mucho, Pt. 2
• 88. More Juice
• 89. Your Love
• 90. Madisonville, Pt. 1
• 91. Madisonville, Pt. 2
• 92. Shoppin' for Clothes
• 93. Tossin' and Turnin'
• 94. Hearts of Stone
• 95. Better Forget Him
• 96. Off to Work Again

Credits

• Willie Dixon: Composer
• Big Joe Turner: Composer
• Sylvester Weaver: Composer
• Henry Mancini: Composer
• Irving Berlin: Composer
• Neil Sedaka: Composer
• Solomon Burke: Composer
• Bobby Darin: Composer
• Joe Liggins: Composer
• Chuck Willis: Composer
• George Barnes: Guitar
• Al Casey: Guitar
• Jimmy Cleveland: Trombone
• King Curtis: Guitar, Composer, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
• Lionel Hampton: Composer
• Budd Johnson: Sax (Baritone)
• Pete Johnson: Composer
• Jonah Jones: Trumpet
• Al Sears: Composer
• Herman Foster: Piano
• Jimmy Lewis: Bass
• Al Caiola: Guitar
• Helen Carr: Vocals
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Wilbert Harrison: Composer
• George Rhodes: Piano, Composer
• Roy Gaines: Composer
• Mort Shuman: Composer
• Jim Ford: Composer
• Jerry Leiber: Composer, Producer
• Sam "The Man" Taylor: Sax (Tenor)
• Herb Abramson: Producer
• Ritchie Adams: Composer
• Abie Baker: Bass
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
• Ruth Berman: Harp
• Kenny Burrell: Guitar
• Bob Bushnell: Guitar (Bass)
• Lester Butler: Composer
• Al Casamenti: Guitar
• Elmer Crumbley: Trombone
• Buddy DeSylva: Composer
• Clarence Donaldson: Drums
• Ervin Drake: Composer
• Nesuhi Ertegun: Producer
• Belton Evans: Drums
• Panama Francis: Drums
• Bob Gallo: Composer
• Henry Glover: Composer
• Rudy Greene: Composer
• Howard Greenfield: Composer
• Kent Harris: Composer
• Ernie Hayes: Piano
• Haywood Henry: Sax (Baritone)
• Ray Henderson: Composer
• Rudy Jackson: Composer
• Phil Kraus: Percussion
• Leroy Kirkland: Arranger, Composer, Director
• Bobby Lewis: Composer
• Lew Lewis: Composer
• Hugh McCracken: Guitar
• Teddy McRae: Composer
• Clyde Otis: Composer
• Dave Penny: Liner Notes
• Doc Pomus: Composer
• Roger "Ram" Ramirez: Organ
• Wally Richardson: Guitar
• Bobby Rosengarden: Percussion
• Jimmy Shirl: Composer
• Carl Sigman: Composer
• Maybelle Smith: Composer
• Mike Stoller: Piano, Composer, Producer
• Jesse Stone: Composer
• Robert Taylor: Composer
• Lloyd Trotman: Bass
• Billy Valentine: Composer
• Ben Weisman: Composer
• Fred Wise: Composer
• Freddie Zito: Trombone
• Melvin Daniels: Piano, Composer, Vocals
• Al Lucas: Bass
• Kelly Owens: Composer
• Ruth Davis: Composer
• David Clowney: Composer
• Ollie Jones: Composer
• Sam Price: Composer
• Sammy Lowe: Composer
• Joel Turnero: Composer
• Eddie White: Composer
• Gilles Pétard: Photo Courtesy
• Jules Taub: Composer
• Curtis Ousley: Composer
• Consuelo Velázquez: Composer
• Sidney Wyche: Composer
• Nancy Lee: Composer
• Sonny LeGlaire: Composer
• Rita Mann: Composer
• Walter Spriggs: Bongos
• Dossie Terry: Composer
• Jerry Winston: Composer
• Buddy Dee: Arranger
• Alicia Evelyn: Composer
• Bob Venables: Composer
• Mayme Watts: Composer
• Mack Wolfson: Composer
• Hiram Johnson: Composer
• Sarah Martin: Composer
• Rose Marie McCoy: Composer
• Bob Astor: Composer
• Joseph McCarthy: Composer
• Webster Armstrong: Guitar
• Malou Rene: Composer
• Robert Lee: Composer
• Yvonne Covay: Composer
• Lowell 'Count' Hastings: Sax (Tenor)
• Richard Spooner: Composer
• Cambell: Composer
• Ernest Hayes: Composer
• Nathaniel Bouknight: Composer
• Joseph Garland: Composer
• Charles Singleton: Composer
• Edward Ray: Composer
• Jimmy Monaco: Composer
• Billy Dawn Smith: Composer
• Mann Curtis: Composer
• Vernon Lewis: Drums
• Oscar Cadena: Composer
• Danny Perry: Guitar
• Andrew McCarter: Composer
• Elthea Peale: Composer
• Jerome Carr: Guitar
• Floyd Edmonds: Composer
• Madeline Greenley: Composer
• Bert Lawrence: Composer
• Andre Barksdale: Composer
• Theodore Marsh: Composer
• The Cummings Sisters: Vocals
• Terry Sigman: Composer
• Sunny Sklar: Composer
• Samuel Gibson: Composer
• Robert Wallend: Composer