B.B. King: Original Greatest Hits

B.B. King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000AO51C8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,027 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #39 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > Memphis Blues

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. 3 O'Clock Blues

2. Blind Love

3. She's Dynamite

4. You Know I Love You

5. Please Love Me

6. Story Fom My Heart And Soul

7. The Woman I Love

8. Neighborhood Affair

9. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer

10. Every Day I Have The Blues

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Be Careful With A Fool

2. Please Accept My Love

3. Days Of Old

4. Worry, Worry

5. Confessin' The Blues

6. Sweet Sixteen Parts 1 & 2

7. Ain't Nobody's Business

8. Walkin' Dr. Bill

9. My Own Fault

10. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic B.B. King from the Early Years, September 29, 2005

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: B.B. King: Original Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

At age 80, B.B. King is universally regarded as the reigning king of the blues. What ORIGINAL GREATEST HITS does is demonstrate that King's most influential work was not limited to the forty years he spent recording for MCA. A full decade before he recorded his MCA debut in 1962, B.B. King went all the way to No. 1 with a remake of Lowell Fulson's "Three O'Clock Blues" on the RPM label.

This 40-track collection is prime B.B. King, covering such classics as "Every Day I Have the Blues," "You Upset Me, Baby," "Sweet Little Angel," and "Please Love Me" from his tenure at RPM and Kent between 1952 and 1962. His only crossover pop hit from this era came in 1964 (but recorded in 1962) when "Rock Me Baby" charted for three weeks in 1964, peaking at No. 34. The final two tracks, "Miss Martha King" and the b-side "When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes," are from his 1949 debut single on the Bullet label.

There have been a number of excellent B.B. King compilations over the past few years, but they all shortchange his early years. This collection rectifies that problem with two hours of classic blues. ESSENTIAL

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definetly the greatest!, May 24, 2006

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MPQ (San Diego, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: B.B. King: Original Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I was originally going to pass this set up because there are so many greatest hits and repackaged compilations of BB King coming out in the last few years. What a mistake that would have been. This is prime, choice, early BB. This is the real deal. 40 cuts in all, with wonderful remastered sound. There is no filler here, just 40 killer cuts of BB in his prime. If you love REAL blues, don't pass this one up. This is timeless music that will never get old.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the real BB King stands up TALL, February 6, 2007

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Scott McWade "dubs" (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: B.B. King: Original Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I knew the real BB existed somewhere, behind all the recent tribute type collections released under his name in recent years(I've passed on all of these, figuring I would search out his best stuff, when I found the time). Here's what my research turned up: Live at the Regal, the live Blues is King, Live at the Cook County Jail, Live in Japan and this little gem of a collection. My only quibble with this would be the missing track by track musician credits. The music itself is the real BB, standing tall, king of the blues.