Live in Cook County Jail

Live in Cook County Jail
Live album by B.B. King
Released	1971
Recorded	September 10, 1970, Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Blues, soul
Length	38:47
Label	MCA
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
B.B. King chronology
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Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by B.B. King recorded in Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois. It was ranked as number 499 in the book version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It spent three weeks at #1 on the Soul Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Introductions" – 1:50
2. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 1:43
3. "How Blue Can You Get?" (Jane Feather, Leonard Feather) – 5:09
4. "Worry, Worry" (Pluma Davis, Jules Taub) – 9:57
5. Medley: "3 O'Clock Blues", "Darlin' You Know I Love You" (Lowell Fulson - B. B. King) – 6:15
6. "Sweet Sixteen" (Joe Josea, King) – 4:20
7. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins) – 5:31
8. "Please Accept My Love" (King, Sam Ling) – 4:02

Personnel

• B.B. King - Guitar, vocals
• Wilbert Freeman - Bass
• Sonny Freeman - Drums
• John Browning - Trumpet
• Louis Hubert - Tenor Saxophone
• Booker Walker - Alto Saxophone
• Ron Levy - Piano

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.)