The Best of B.B. King [MCA]

Original Release Date:  1973

Track Listing

• 1. Hummingbird
• 2. Cook County Jail Introduction
• 3. How Blue Can You Get?
• 4. Caldonia
• 5. Sweet Sixteen
• 6. Ain't Nobody Home
• 7. Why I Sing the Blues
• 8. The Thrill Is Gone
• 9. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother

Credits

• Leon Russell: Piano, Conductor
• Joe Walsh: Guitar
• Gary Wright: Organ
• Leonard Feather: Composer
• Bill Perkins: Clarinet, Sax (Baritone)
• Earl Turbinton: Sax (Alto)
• Mel Brown: Guitar
• Duster Bennett: Harmonica
• Roy Hawkins: Composer
• Clydie King: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Jim Price: Trombone, Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
• Richard Wright: Piano (Electric)
• Jim Keltner: Drums
• Jim Gordon: Drums
• Tasha Thomas: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Joshie Armstead: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Aaron Baron: Engineer
• Baker Bigsby: Engineer, Remastering, Assembly
• John Browning: Trumpet
• Joseph Burton: Trombone
• Merry Clayton: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Venetta Fields: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Chuck Findley: Trombone
• Rob Fraboni: ?, Assistant Assembly, Remastering Assistant
• Sonny Freeman: Drums
• Wilbert Freeman: Bass, Bass (Electric), Fretless Bass
• Bryan Garofalo: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Carl Hall: Bass, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Paul Harris: Piano, Guitar (Electric)
• Jimmie Haskell: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Louis Hubert: Sax (Tenor)
• Gerald Jemmott: Bass, Bass (Electric), Fretless Bass
• Gary Kelgren: Engineer
• Bobby Keys: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), ?
• B.B. King: Guitar, Piano, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
• Kathryn King: ?, Assistant Assembly, Remastering Assistant
• Riley King: Composer
• Russ Kunkel: Drums
• Herb Lovelle: Drums
• Dominic Lumetta: ?, Assistant Assembly, Remastering Assistant
• Hugh McCracken: Guitar, ?
• Ed Michel: Producer, Remastering, Assembly
• Ollie Mitchell: Trumpet
• Zee Muffco: Producer, Engineer, Reproduction
• Jerry Ragovoy: Piano
• Phil Schiler: Engineer
• David Spinozza: Guitar
• Bill Szymczyk: Producer, Engineer, Remixing
• John Uribe: Guitar
• Klaus Voormann: Bass, Fretless Bass, ?
• Booker Walker: Sax (Alto)
• Gavyn Wright: Organ
• Joe Zagarino: Producer, Engineer
• Bert de Coteaux: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Gil Fortis: ?, Assistant Assembly, Remastering Assistant
• Ken Klinger: ?, Assistant Assembly, Remastering Assistant
• Gary Kellgram: Engineer
• Ruby Mazur: Art Direction
• Joe Josea: Composer
• Fleecie Moore: Composer
• Rick Darnell: Composer
• Alan Sekuler: Graphic Coordinator
• Renee White: Artwork, Paintings
• Dave Clark: Composer
• Joe Burton: Trombone
• Sherlie Matthews: Vocals, Vocals (Background)