The Story of My Blues - The complete singles A's and B's 1951-1961

This is the first collection to feature the A & B sides of all the singles Big Mama Thornton released between 1951 and 1961. 28 excellent R&B tracks and another superb addition to Jasmine’s ever growing blues and R&B catalogue.

Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton was the first artist to record the then little known song written by two Los Angeles based teenagers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, “Hound Dog”. The song was the only chart record “Big Mama” enjoyed and of course it went on to be recorded by a young lad called Elvis Presley who took the track to No. 1 on the pop charts for 11 weeks.

Includes fully detailed liner notes.

Tracks: Partnership Blues / I’m All Fed Up / No Jody For Me / Let Your Tears FallBaby / Mischievous Boogie / Every Time I Think Of You / Hound Dog / Night Mare / Co on Picking Blues / They Call Me Big Mama / I Ain’t No Fool Either/ The Big Change / I’ve Searched The Whole World Over / I Smell A Rat / StopA Hoppin’ On Me / Story Of My Blues / Walking Blues / Rock A Bye Baby / The Fish / Laugh, Laugh, Laugh / Tarzan And The Digni ed Monkey / How Come / Just Like A Dog (Barking Up The Wrong Tree) / My Man Called Me / You Did Me Wrong / Big Mama’s Blues / Don’t Talk Back / Big Mama’s Coming Home