Green,Lil Why Don'T You Do Right: The Career Collection CD

Lil Green was one of leading female American blues and R&B singers and songwriters of the 1940s, with a sensuous and sinuous soprano voice, and a fine sense of phrasing and timing that made her one of the most distinctive blues song stylists of her day. Born in Mississippi, she was brought up with the music of the Delta, and performed in the juke joints there in her teens before heading to Chicago where she did all her recording. This 51-track 2-CD collection comprises just about all the A & B sides of her career releases on Bluebird, Victor, Aladdin and Atlantic labels. It includes her Top 10 R&B hit "Let's Be Friends" and her classic songs "Romance In The Dark" and "Why Don't You Do Right", with compositions from Big Bill Broonzy, Joe McCoy and other writers alongside her self-penned material and her versions of many well-known blues and jazz standards. It features performances with Champion Jack Dupree, Big Bill Broonzy, Ransom Knowling, Simeon Henry, Budd Johnson and other noted musicians from the Chicago scene. While not being an absolutely complete or definitive anthology, this collection offers a substantial proportion of here career recordings, and is a fine showcase for her highly individual style. This collection offers a substantial proportion of here career recordings

1. Cherry Tree Blues 2. Just Rocking 3. What Have I Done 4. Romance In The Dark 5. My Mellow Man 6. Give Your Mama One Big Smile 7. Knockin' Myself Out 8. I Won't Sell My Love 9. Love Me 10. Why Don't You Do Right ? 11. Country Boy Blues 12. What's The Matter With Love? 13. How Can I Go On 14. I'm Going To Copyright Your Kisses 15. You're Just Full Of Jive 16. If I Didn't Love You 17. Hello Babe 18. I'm Going To Start A Racket 19. Let's Be Friends 20. I Don't Know What I Will Do 21. If I'm A Fool 22. I Have A Place To Go 23. You Got Me To The Place 24. I'm Wasting My Time On You 25. 99 Blues 26. If You Want To Share Your Love 27. No, Baby, Nobody But You 28. Boy Friend 29. Mr. Jackson From Jacksonville 30. Now What Do You Think? 31. It's Bad With My Man And Me 32. Blowtop Blues 33. Last Go Round Blues 34. That Old Feeling 35. How Come You Do Me Like You Do 36. No Good Man 37. Take Me Back To Little Rock 38. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon 39. I Want A Good Man Bad 40. Outside Of That 41. Lonely Woman 42. Aggravatin' Papa 43. Them There Eyes 44. Daddy, Daddy Blues 45. Rock Me Baby 46. I Want A Man 47. Walkin' And Talkin' (And Cryin' My Blues Away) 48. My Be Bop Daddy 49. Running Around In Circles 50. Every Time 51. I've Got That Feeling