Wolf,Howlin Complete Rpm &Chess Singles As & Bs 1951-62 CD

Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf, was one of the most important and influential figures in Chicago Blues through the 1950s, and along with Muddy Waters helped to establish the electric blues style that laid the foundations for rock music in subsequent decades. With his imposing physical presence and loud, almost fearsome voice, he was a powerful and impressive performer, who wrote and popularised songs which have become classic standards of the genre, like "Spoonful", "Smokestack Lightning", "Killing Floor" and "Red Rooster", which became fixtures in the repertoire of bands like The Rolling Stones, who very much championed his cause and widened his reputation in the latter years of his career. This collection brings together both sides of all the singles he released through the RPM and Chess labels during the first hugely important decade of his career, along with bonus tracks comprising recordings made at sessions during this period which were not released as singles at the time. It's a great-value 80-track 3-CD set, which showcases one of the major personalities of the blues.

1. Moanin' at Midnight 2. How Many More Years 3. Riding in the Moonlight 4. Morning at Midnight 5. Passing By Blues 6. Crying at Daybreak 7. My Baby Stole Off 8. I Want Your Picture 9. Wolf Is at Your Door 10. Howlin' Wolf Boogie 11. Getting Old and Grey 12. Mr. Highway Man 13. Saddle My Pony 14. Worried All the Time 15. Oh, Red! 16. My Last Affair 17. All Night Boogie 18. I Love My Baby 19. No Place to Go 20. Rockin' Daddy 21. Baby How Long 22. Evil Is Going on 23. I'll Be Around 24. Forty-Four 25. Who Will Be Next 26. I Have a Little Girl 27. Come to Me Baby 28. Don't Mess with My Baby 29. Smokestack Lightning 30. You Can't Be Beat 31. I Asked for Water 32. So Glad 33. Goin' Back Home 34. My Life 35. Somebody in My Home 36. Nature 37. Poor Boy 38. Sittin' on Top of the World 39. I Didn't Know 40. Moaning for My Baby 41. I'm Leaving You 42. Change My Way 43. Howlin' Blues 44. I Better Go Now 45. I've Been Abused 46. Mister Airplane Man 47. You Gonna Wreck My Life 48. Natchez Burning 49. Who's Been Talking 50. Tell Me 51. Spoonful 52. Howlin' for My Baby 53. Wang Dang Doodle 54. Back Door Man 55. Little Baby 56. Down in the Bottom 57. Shake for Me 58. Red Rooster 59. You'll Be Mine 60. Goin' Down Slow 61. Just Like I Treat You 62. I Ain't Superstitious 63. Mama's Baby 64. Do the Do 65. Keep What You Got [*] 66. California Blues [*] 67. California Boogie [*] 68. My Troubles and Me [*] 69. Worried About My Baby [*] 70. Brown Skin Woman [*] 71. House Rockin' Boogie [*] 72. Driving This Highway [*] 73. Sun Is Rising [*] 74. Stealing My Clothes [*] 75. I'm the Wolf [*] 76. Highway My Friend [*] 77. Hold Your Money [*] 78. Stay Here Till My Baby Comes Back [*] 79. Crazy About You Baby [*] 80. Streamline Woman [*]