Guess Who (B.B. King album)

1972 studio album by B. B. King

Guess Who

Studio album by

B. B. King

Released| 1972
Genre| Blues
Length| 43:45
Label| ABC
Producer| Joe Zagarino
B. B. King chronology
| L.A. Midnight
(1972)  | Guess Who
(1972)  | To Know You Is to Love You
(1973)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Christgau's Record Guide| B+[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

Guess Who is a studio album by B. B. King. It was released in 1972 by ABC Records.[1]

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) - 3:21
2. "Just Can't Please You" (Jimmy Robins) - 4:30writer uncredited on original release
3. "Any Other Way" (Clyde Otis) - 4:30
4. "You Don't Know Nothin' About Love" (Jerry Ragovoy) - 4:17
5. "Found What I Need" (Jerry Ragovoy, Jenny Dean) - 2:50
6. "Neighborhood Affair" (Riley King, Jules Taub) - 3:15
7. "It Takes a Young Girl" (Ron Rose & Dave Rouner) - 3:23
8. "Better Lovin' Man" (Hoyt Axton) - 4:40
9. "Guess Who" (Jesse Belvin, JoAnne Belvin) - 4:05
10. "Shouldn't Have Left Me" (Riley King) - 4:00
11. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) - 5:19

## Personnel[edit]

* B.B. King - lead guitar, vocals
* Milton Hopkins - lead guitar
* Cornell Dupree \- rhythm guitar
* Wilbert Freeman - bass guitar
* Jerry Jemmott \- bass guitar
* Ron Levy \- piano
* Frank Owens - piano
* V. S. "Sonny" Freeman - drums
* Bernard Purdie \- drums
* Joseph Burton - trombone
* Garnett Brown \- trombone
* Edward Rowe - trumpet
* Ernie Royal \- trumpet
* Steve Madaio - trumpet
* Earl Turbinton \- tenor saxophone
* Bobby Forte - tenor saxophone
* Gene Dinwiddie \- tenor saxophone
* Trevor Lawrence \- tenor saxophone
* Louis Hubert - baritone saxophone
* Howard Johnson \- baritone saxophone
* David Sanborn \- alto saxophone
* Philip Schwartz, Tom Gamache, Tom Gundelfinger - photography, design[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Robertchristgau.com. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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. 356\. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
4. ^ "Guess Who - B.B. King | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

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* Discography

Studio albums|

* 1960: My Kind of Blues
* 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
* 1991: There Is Always One More Time
* 1993: Blues Summit
* 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|

* 1957: Singin' the Blues
* 1958: The Blues
* 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

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