Completely Well

Completely Well
Studio album by B.B. King
Released	1969
Recorded	New York City June 24-25, 1969
Genre	Blues, R&B, soul
Length	49:57
Label	ABC
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
B.B. King chronology
Live & Well (1969)Live & Well1969 Completely Well (1969) Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1970)Indianola Mississippi Seeds1970

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Completely Well is the seventeenth studio album by blues guitarist B. B. King released in 1969. It is notable for the inclusion of "The Thrill Is Gone," which became a hit on both the R&B/soul and pop charts.

This album was released in the US as an LP record in 1969 and as a CD in 1987; in the UK only as an LP. San Francisco critic Ralph J. Gleason's liner notes are mostly a profile of King, with only one of the 17 paragraphs discussing a title from the LP, "Confessin' the Blues", but only to mention its historical importance (then almost 30 years old).

Track listing

1. "So Excited" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott) -- 5:34
2. "No Good" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:35
3. "You're Losin' Me" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:54
4. "What Happened" (B.B. King) -- 4:41
5. "Confessin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Walter Brown) -- 4:56
6. "Key to My Kingdom" (Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Claude Baum) -- 3:18
7. "Cryin' Won't Help You Now" (Sam Ling, Jules Taub; LP has only B.B.) -- 6:30
8. "You're Mean" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott, Hugh McCracken, Paul Harris, Herbie Lovelle) -- 9:39
9. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins; LP has Arthur H [Art] Benson, Dale Pettite) -- 5:30

Personnel

• B. B. King – guitar, vocals
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Paul Harris – piano, electric piano, organ
• Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott – bass
• Herbie Lovelle – drums
• Bill Szymczyk – producer
• Bert "Super Charts" DeCoteaux – string and horn arrangements