King of the Delta Blues Singers

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King of the Delta Blues Singers
Compilation album by Robert Johnson
Released	1961
Recorded	November 23, 1936 – June 20, 1937
Genre	Blues
Length	43:08
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	???
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	King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)	King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 2 (1970)

King of the Delta Blues Singers is an album of recordings by Robert Johnson, originally released in 1961. It is considered one of the greatest and most influential blues releases ever, and appears at number 27 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time [1]. The album compiles recordings that were previously available as 78s; 16 songs selected from the 29 that Johnson recorded in total. These songs were repeatedly covered throughout the decade by many artists – notably the Rolling Stones and Cream, and later Led Zeppelin. The album was followed in 1970 by King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 2, including all of the songs which were left off volume 1. It was reissued in 1998 by Columbia Records, with a newly discovered alternate version of "Traveling Riverside Blues" appended as a bonus track.

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1. "Cross Road Blues"
2. "Terraplane Blues"
3. "Come On in My Kitchen"
4. "Walking Blues"
5. "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"
6. "32-20 Blues"
7. "Kind Hearted Woman Blues"
8. "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day"
9. "Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)"
10. "When You Got a Good Friend"
11. "Rambling on My Mind"
12. "Stones in My Passway"
13. "Traveling Riverside Blues"
14. "Milkcow's Calf Blues"
15. "Me and the Devil Blues"
16. "Hellhound on My Trail"

Bonus track on the 1998 reissue:

• "Traveling Riverside Blues" alternate take