Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
| Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | July 15–20, 1964 Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 33:33 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7356 | |||
| Producer | Lew Futterman | |||
| Jimmy Witherspoon chronology | ||||
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Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in Sweden in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "Nothing all that memorable occurs, but the singer is in strong voice, and his fans will want to pick up this".[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues" (Al Byron, Woody Harris) – 2:55
- "Everytime I Think About You" (Claude Demetrius) – 2:39
- "I Never Will Marry" (Traditional) – 2:48
- "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) – 3:27
- "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:59
- "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
- "Who's Sorry Now?" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) – 3:37
- "I'm Comin Down With the Blues" (Don Covay) – 2:23
- "You're Next" (Sid Tepper) – 2:16
- "Happy Blues" (Tony Bruno) – 2:14
- "That's Why I'm Leaving" (Lockie Edwards, Jr.) – 2:32
- "One Last Chance" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 3:12
Personnel
[edit]- Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
- Benny Bailey, Bertil Lövgren, Bengt-Arne Wallin – trumpet
- Åke Persson, Eje Thelin – trombone
- Karl Nystrom, Bengt Olesson – French horn
- Runo Erickson – euphonium
- Lars Sloglund – oboe, English horn
- Arne Domnerus – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Bjarne Nerem – tenor saxophone
- Rune Falk – baritone saxophone, clarinet
- Tosten Wennberg – saxophones, clarinet
- Roman Dylag – bass
- Egil Johansen – drums
- Benny Golson – arranger
References
[edit]- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 15, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic listing accessed May 15, 2013
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 27, 1965). "Jimmy Witherspoon: Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
