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Willie Dixon
William James "Willie" Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the upright bass and the guitar and as a vocalist, Dixon is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. He is recognized as one of the founders of the Chicago blues sound. Dixon's songs have been recorded by countless musicians in many genres as well as by various ensembles in which he participated. A short list of the man's most famous compositions includes "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It On Home". These tunes were written during the peak of Chess Records, 1950–1965, and performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter, influencing a worldwide generation of musicians.
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The Complete Trumpet, Ace & Checker Singles: 1951-1962 [2018]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Fattening Frogs for Snakes | 2:21 |
The Chicago Super Blues Revisited: Singles As & Bs 1961-1962 [2017]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Need Love | 2:46 |
| I Ain't Superstitious | 2:54 |
Wilko Johnson Presents The First Time I Met the Blues: Essential Chess Masters [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Last Night | |
| Pretty Thing |
The Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles A's & B's: 1947-1962 [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Young Fashioned Ways (Old-Fashioned Ways) | 3:01 |
The Willie Dixon Story [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Walking the Blues | 3:08 |
| Built for Comfort | 2:36 |
| 29 Ways | 2:16 |
| Beer Drinking Woman | 2:32 |
The Willie Dixon Story: The Performer [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Walking the Blues | 3:08 |
| Built for Comfort | 2:36 |
| 29 Ways | 2:16 |
| Beer Drinking Woman | 2:32 |
The Willie Dixon Story: The Session Man [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Maybellene | 2:20 |
| Mona (I Need My Baby) | 2:21 |
| Soap and Water Blues | 3:09 |
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best of the Second Series [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Walking by Myself | 2:48 |
Giant of the Blues [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Wang Dang Doodle | 2:45 |
| Walking the Blues | 3:05 |
| Third Degree | 3:17 |
| I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man | 2:47 |
| I'm Ready | 3:05 |
| I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love | 2:51 |
| My Babe (Mercy Babe) | 2:39 |
| (I Love You So) Oh Baby | 2:46 |
| Sloppy Drunk | 3:02 |
| Diddy Wah Diddy | 2:30 |
| Pretty Thing | 2:47 |
| Seventh Son | 2:52 |
| Evil (Is Going On) | 2:52 |
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson [Music from the Film] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Goin' Down Slow | 3:53 |
Boss of the Chicago Blues [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Can't Quit You Baby | 2:56 |
| Hidden Charms | 2:36 |
| Easy Baby | 2:43 |
| Have a Good Time | 2:17 |
| Sit and Cry (The Blues) | 3:00 |
Blues Jam In Chicago V.2 [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| World's in a Tangle | 5:25 |
| Talk With You | 3:27 |
| Hungry Country Girl | 5:46 |
| Everyday I Have the Blues | 4:54 |
| Sugar Mama: Take 1 | 0:49 |
| Sugar Mama [Take 2] | 6:08 |
| Homework | 3:20 |
| Have a Good Time [*] | 4:54 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Howlin' Wolf [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Natchez Burning | 2:11 |
The Rolling Stones: This Ain't No Tribute Series - All Blues'd Up! [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Beast of Burden | 4:50 |
Mr. Dixon's Workshop [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hidden Charms | 2:36 |
| Easy Baby | 2:43 |
| Have a Good Time | 2:17 |
| My Babe | 2:12 |
Sunnyland Special: The Cobra & J.O.B. Recordings 1949-56 [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dust My Broom | 2:26 |
| Dust My Broom [Alternate Take] | 2:41 |
Good Advice [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Chicago Allstars Boogie [Instrumental] | 5:39 |
| Built for Comfort | 4:27 |
| Rock the House [Instrumental] | 7:28 |
Poet of the Blues [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back Door Man | 6:09 |
| I Can't Quit You Baby | 6:41 |
| The Seventh Son | 4:15 |
| Spoonful | 4:56 |
| I Ain't Superstitious | 4:04 |
| Little Red Rooster | 3:37 |
The Poet of the Blues [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back Door Man | |
| The Seventh Son | |
| Spoonful | |
| I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man |
Cryin' the Blues: Late '60s Concert at Liberty Hall - Houston, Texas [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spoonful | |
| I Can't Quit You Baby |
The Original Wang Dang Doodle [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Wang Dang Doodle [#] | 2:45 |
| Wang Dang Doodle | 2:45 |
| 29 Ways | 2:10 |
| I Just Want to Make Love to You | 4:21 |
Montreux Jazz Festival: Tribute to Nesuhi/Blues Explosion/ Casino Lights II/Brazilian [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Wang Dang Doodle | 10:03 |
The Chess Box [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Evil (Is Going On) | 2:53 |
| 29 Ways | 2:09 |
| Walking the Blues | 3:04 |
| You Need Love | 2:42 |
| Dead Presidents | 2:50 |
| Insane Asylum | 4:22 |
The Chess Box [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| My Babe | 2:42 |
| Third Degree | 3:16 |
| Seventh Son | 2:54 |
| Pretty Thing | 2:50 |
| (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man | 2:47 |
| I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man | 2:47 |
| Evil | 2:54 |
| Mellow Down Easy | 2:43 |
| Young Fashioned Ways [#] | 3:00 |
| I'm Ready | 3:04 |
| I Just Want to Make Love to You | 2:53 |
| 29 Ways [#] | 2:09 |
| Walkin' the Blues | 3:04 |
| Spoonful | 2:47 |
| You Can't Judge a Book by It's Cover | 3:10 |
| I Ain't Superstitious | 2:53 |
| You Need Love [#] | 2:42 |
| Little Red Rooster | 2:26 |
| Back Door Man | 2:50 |
| Dead Presidents [#] | 2:46 |
| Hidden Charms | 2:22 |
| You Shook Me | 2:41 |
| Bring It on Home | 2:36 |
| Wang Dang Doodle | 3:02 |
| The Same Thing | 6:03 |
| Built For Comfort | 2:40 |
| I Can't Quit You Baby | 6:41 |
Mighty Earthquake & Hurricane [1983]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane | 4:20 |
| After Five Long Years | 3:43 |
| Everything's Got a Time | 4:13 |
| Wigglin' Worm | 3:35 |
| Flamin' Mamie | 4:01 |
| Grave Digger Blues | 4:04 |
| Pie in the Sky | 3:44 |
I Am the Blues [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back Door Man | 6:12 |
| I Can't Quit You, Baby | 6:44 |
| The Seventh Son | 4:18 |
| Spoonful | 4:58 |
| I Ain't Superstitious | 4:07 |
| You Shook Me | 4:18 |
| I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man | |
| The Little Red Rooster | 3:40 |
| The Same Thing | 4:40 |
Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1 [Bonus Tracks] [1969]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'm Worried | 3:46 |
| I Held My Baby Last Night | 5:16 |
| I Can't Hold Out | 4:48 |
The Real Folk Blues [1966]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Three Hundred Pounds of Joy | 3:07 |
| Natchez Burning | 2:14 |
| The Natchez Burnin' | 2:14 |
| Built for Comfort | 2:39 |
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon [1960]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Oh, Mary Don't You Weep | 4:59 |
| Jacob's Ladder | 4:43 |
| The Midnight Special | 1:53 |
Unknown Album
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Built for Comfort | 2:37 |
| Natchez Burning | 2:14 |
| 29 Ways | 2:09 |
| Last Night | 2:54 |
| Dead Presidents | 2:46 |
| Mellow Down Easy | 2:40 |
| Walking by Myself | 2:48 |
| Insane Asylum | 4:19 |
| You Need Love | 2:42 |
| Five Long Years | 4:09 |
| I Could Cry | 3:15 |
| Fattening Frogs for Snakes | 2:21 |
| You Shook Me | 4:18 |
| Walking the Blues | 3:00 |
| Hidden Charms | 2:21 |
| Have a Good Time | 2:17 |
| The Same Thing | 4:40 |
| Dust My Broom | 5:57 |
| My Babe | 2:40 |
| Spoonful | 4:58 |
| Wang Dang Doodle | 4:34 |
| I Ain't Superstitious | 2:53 |
| Back Door Man | 2:49 |
| Little by Little | 2:35 |
| That's My Baby | 3:22 |
| Little Red Rooster (Live at Marshall's Bar & Grill 2016) | 3:35 |
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