Singin' the Blues

This article is about the B.B. King album. For other uses, see Singing the Blues (disambiguation).
Singin' the Blues
Compilation album by
B.B. King
ReleasedJune 1957 (1957-06)[1]
Recorded1951–1956
GenreBlues
LabelCrown
B.B. King chronology
Singin' the Blues
(1957) 		The Blues
(1958)

Singin' the Blues is the first LP album by American bluesman B.B. King, released in 1957 by the Bihari brothers on their Crown budget label.[1] It is a compilation album whose songs were issued between 1951 and 1956 on singles by RPM Records and most had reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Race/R&B singles charts.[2] King continued to perform and record several of the songs throughout his career, such as "Every Day I Have the Blues", "Woke Up This Morning", and "Sweet Little Angel".[3]

  1. ^ a b "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums: Rhythm & Blues" (PDF). Billboard: 32. June 10, 1957.
  2. ^ Whitburn 1988, pp. 238–239.
  3. ^ Escott 2002, p. 67.