Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues

Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in Sweden in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedJuly 15–20, 1964
Stockholm, Sweden
GenreBlues
Length33:33
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7356
ProducerLew Futterman
Jimmy Witherspoon chronology
Blue Spoon
(1964)
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
(1964)
Blues for Easy Livers
(1965)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings    [3]
Record Mirror     [4]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "Nothing all that memorable occurs, but the singer is in strong voice, and his fans will want to pick up this".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues" (Al Byron, Woody Harris) – 2:55
  2. "Everytime I Think About You" (Claude Demetrius) – 2:39
  3. "I Never Will Marry" (Traditional) – 2:48
  4. "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) – 3:27
  5. "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:59
  6. "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
  7. "Who's Sorry Now?" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) – 3:37
  8. "I'm Comin Down With the Blues" (Don Covay) – 2:23
  9. "You're Next" (Sid Tepper) – 2:16
  10. "Happy Blues" (Tony Bruno) – 2:14
  11. "That's Why I'm Leaving" (Lockie Edwards, Jr.) – 2:32
  12. "One Last Chance" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 3:12

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 15, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic listing accessed May 15, 2013
  3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 27, 1965). "Jimmy Witherspoon: Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.