Completely Well

1969 studio album by B.B. King

Completely Well

Studio album by

B.B. King

Released| December 5, 1969[1]
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
| Live & Well
(1969)  | Completely Well
(1969)  | Indianola Mississippi Seeds
(1970)

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Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

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.[1]

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

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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[1]

## Personnel

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* 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

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1. ^ a b c d "Completely Well - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 355\. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

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* Discography

Studio albums|

* 1957: Singin' the Blues
* 1958: The Blues
* 1960: My Kind of Blues
* 1960: B.B. King Sings Spirituals
* 1968: Blues on Top of Blues
* Lucille
* 1969: Completely Well
* 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
* 1971: B.B. King in London
* 1972: L.A. Midnight
* Guess Who
* 1973: To Know You Is to Love You
* 1974: Friends
* 1975: Lucille Talks Back
* 1977: King Size
* 1978: Midnight Believer
* 1979: Take It Home
* 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
* 1982: Love Me Tender
* 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz
* 1985: Six Silver Strings
* 1988: King of the Blues: 1989
* 1991: There Is Always One More Time
* 1993: Blues Summit
* 1994: Heart to Heart
* 1997: Deuces Wild
* 1998: Blues on the Bayou
* 1999: Let the Good Times Roll
* 2000: Riding with the King
* Makin' Love Is Good for You
* 2003: Reflections
* 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80
* 2008: One Kind Favor

Live albums|

* 1965: Live at the Regal
* 1967: Blues Is King
* 1969: Live & Well
* 1971: Live in Cook County Jail
* 1974: Together for the First Time... Live
* 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
* 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss
* 1990: Live at San Quentin
* 1991: Live at the Apollo
* 1999: Live in Japan

Notable
compilations|

* 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King
* 1983: Why I Sing the Blues
* 1992: King of the Blues
* 1995: Lucille & Friends
* 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits
* 2005: The Ultimate Collection
* 2007: The Best of the Early Years
* 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King

Singles|

* 1951: "3 O'Clock Blues"
* 1952: "Shake It Up and Go"
* 1952: "You Know I Love You
* 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues"
* 1956: "Sweet Little Angel"
* 1959: "Sugar Mama"
* 1961: "Someday Baby"
* 1962: "Goin' Down Slow"
* 1963: "Trouble in Mind"
* 1964: "How Blue Can You Get"
* "Rock Me Baby"
* "Please Send Me Someone to Love"
* 1965: "Blue Shadows"
* 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind"
* "Just Like a Woman"
* "Five Long Years"
* "Ain't Nobody's Business"
* 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone"
* "Worried Life"
* 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll"
* 1985: "Big Boss Man"
* 1988: "When Love Comes to Town"
* 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"

Other songs|

* 1961: "Driving Wheel
* 1974: "Black Night"
* 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me"
* 1985: "In the Midnight Hour"
* 1995: "You Shook Me"
* 1998: "Mean Ole' World"
* 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens"
* "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"
* "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
* "Buzz Me"
* "Saturday Night Fish Fry"
* "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
* "Early in the Mornin'"
* 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
* "Come Rain or Come Shine"
* "Since I Fell for You"
* 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad"
* "Early in the Morning"
* 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"
* "Sitting on Top of the World"

Related articles|

* Bukka White (cousin)
* B.B. King "Into the Night"
* Memphis blues
* The Beale Streeters
* Beale Street
* WDIA
* Chitlin' Circuit
* Bihari brothers
* Lucille (guitar)
* B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
* The Road to Memphis

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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