| Completely Well | ||||
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| Studio album by B.B. King | ||||
| Released | December 5, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | June 24–25, 1969 | |||
| Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
| Genre | Blues, R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 49:57 | |||
| Label | BluesWay | |||
| Producer | Bill Szymczyk | |||
| B.B. King chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Completely Well, released in 1969, is a studio album by the blues guitarist B. B. King. It is notable for the inclusion of "The Thrill Is Gone", which became a hit on both the R&B/soul and pop charts and which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1970.
The 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 a passing reference to the actual music contained in King`s commercial breakthrough album.
Track listing
- "So Excited" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott) -- 5:34
- "No Good" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:35
- "You're Losin' Me" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:54
- "What Happened" (B.B. King) -- 4:41
- "Confessin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Walter Brown) -- 4:56
- "Key to My Kingdom" (Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Claude Baum) -- 3:18
- "Cryin' Won't Help You Now" (Sam Ling, Jules Taub; LP has only B.B.) -- 6:30
- "You're Mean" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott, Hugh McCracken, Paul Harris, Herbie Lovelle) -- 9:39
- "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins; LP has Arthur H Benson, Dale Pettite) -- 5:30
Personnel
- B.B. King: Vocals, lead guitar
- Hugh McCracken: Rhythm guitar
- Paul Harris: organ, acoustic and Fender Rhodes electric piano
- Jerry Jemmott: Bass
- Herbie Lovelle: Drums
- Bert "Super Charts" DeCoteaux: string and horn arrangements
References
- ^ "Completely Well - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.