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Why I Sing the Blues - B.B. King

Song Information

Artist:

B.B. King

Written by:

King, Riley/Clark, Dave [Saxophone]

Album:

Across the Tracks

Chart History

61

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July 19 1969

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1. Let's Do the Boogie
/song/b-b-king/bad-luck/277480
2. Bad Luck
/song/b-b-king/when-my-heart-beats-like-a-hammer/277481
3. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
/song/b-b-king/every-day-i-have-the-blues/277482
4. Every Day I Have the Blues
/song/b-b-king/dark-is-the-night-pts-1-2/277483
5. Dark Is the Night, Pts. 1 & 2
/song/b-b-king/why-i-sing-the-blues/277484
6. Why I Sing the Blues
/song/b-b-king/troubles-troubles-troubles/277485
7. Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
/song/b-b-king/i-got-a-girl-who-lives-up-on-the-hill/277486
8. I Got a Girl Who Lives up on the Hill
/song/b-b-king/everything-i-do-is-wrong/277487
9. Everything I Do Is Wrong
/song/b-b-king/jump-with-you-baby/277488
10. Jump With You Baby
/song/b-b-king/be-careful-with-a-fool/277489
11. Be Careful With a Fool
/song/b-b-king/talkin-the-blues/277490
12. Talkin' the Blues
/song/b-b-king/confessin-the-blues/277491
13. Confessin' the Blues
/song/b-b-king/crying-won-t-help-you/277492
14. Crying Won't Help You
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