How Blue Can You Get? by B.B. King

First released: 1971, Length: 5:12
live, 1970-09-10: Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Creators (11)

Instruments

1. B.B. King (10 Sep 1970) guitar
2. Booker Walker (10 Sep 1970) alto saxophone
3. John Browning (10 Sep 1970) trumpet
4. Louis Hubert (10 Sep 1970) tenor saxophone
5. Ron Levy (10 Sep 1970) piano
6. Sonny Freeman (10 Sep 1970) drums (drum set)
7. Wilbert Freeman (10 Sep 1970) bass

Vocals

1. B.B. King (10 Sep 1970) lead vocals

Engineer

1. Aaron Baron

Producer

1. Bill Szymczyk

Locations

Recorded At

1. Cook County Jail (10 Sep 1970)

Works (1)

Recording Of

1. How Blue Can You Get? (10 Sep 1970) live, cover
   

   Writer

   1. Jane Feather

   Composer

   1. Leonard Feather

Related Recordings (3)

Sampled By

1. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand by B.B. King
2. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand by B.B. King
3. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand (edit) by B.B. King

Links (1)

Other Databases

1. https://www.whosampled.com/B.B.-King/How-Blue-Can-You-Get%3F-(Live-in-Cook-County-Jail-Version)/

Releases containing this recording (13)

Official

Album - Live

1. Live in Cook County Jail 1971 B.B. King
2. Live in Cook County Jail 1989 B.B. King
3. Live in Cook County Jail 1992 B.B. King
4. Live in Cook County Jail 21 Apr 1998 B.B. King
5. Live in Cook County Jail 19 Dec 2012 B.B. King mini-LP
6. Live in Cook County Jail 2015 B.B. King

Album - Compilation / Live

1. How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964 to 1994 18 Jun 1996 B.B. King
2. How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 18 Jun 1996 B.B. King
3. How Blue Can You Get? 18 Jun 1996 B.B. King
4. Live at the Regal / Live in Cook County Jail B.B. King

Album - Compilation

1. L'Intégrale Blues - Tous Les Standards Du Blues 2010 Various Artists
2. Ladies and Gentleman… Mr. B.B. King 25 Sep 2012 B.B. King

Promotion

EP

1. Grandes mitos 2000 B.B. King