Lil Green was one of leading female American blues and R&B singers and songwriters of the 1940s, with a sensuous and sinuous soprano voice, and a fine sense of phrasing and timing that made her one of the most distinctive blues song stylists of her day. Born in Mississippi, she was brought up with the music of the Delta, and performed in the juke joints there in her teens before heading to Chicago where she did all her recording. This 51-track 2-CD collection comprises just about all the A & B sides of her career releases on Bluebird, Victor, Aladdin and Atlantic labels. It includes her Top 10 R&B hit "Let's Be Friends" and her classic songs "Romance In The Dark" and "Why Don't You Do Right", with compositions from Big Bill Broonzy, Joe McCoy and other writers alongside her self-penned material and her versions of many well-known blues and jazz standards. It features performances with Champion Jack Dupree, Big Bill Broonzy, Ransom Knowling, Simeon Henry, Budd Johnson and other noted musicians from the Chicago scene. While not being an absolutely complete or definitive anthology, this collection offers a substantial proportion of here career recordings, and is a fine showcase for her highly individual style. This collection offers a substantial proportion of here career recordings

Tracklist:

Cherry Tree Blues
Just Rocking
What Have I Done
Romance In The Dark
My Mellow Man
Give Your Mama One Big Smile
Knockin' Myself Out
I Won't Sell My Love
Love Me
Why Don't You Do Right ?
Country Boy Blues
What's The Matter With Love?
How Can I Go On
I'm Going To Copyright Your Kisses
You're Just Full Of Jive
If I Didn't Love You
Hello Babe
I'm Going To Start A Racket
Let's Be Friends
I Don't Know What I Will Do
If I'm A Fool
I Have A Place To Go
You Got Me To The Place
I'm Wasting My Time On You
99 Blues
If You Want To Share Your Love
No, Baby, Nobody But You
Boy Friend
Mr. Jackson From Jacksonville
Now What Do You Think?
It's Bad With My Man And Me
Blowtop Blues
Last Go Round Blues
That Old Feeling
How Come You Do Me Like You Do
No Good Man
Take Me Back To Little Rock
You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
I Want A Good Man Bad
Outside Of That
Lonely Woman
Aggravatin' Papa
Them There Eyes
Daddy, Daddy Blues
Rock Me Baby
I Want A Man
Walkin' And Talkin' (And Cryin' My Blues Away)
My Be Bop Daddy
Running Around In Circles
Every Time
I've Got That Feeling

UPC: 824046347628
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 8.11.23
Format: CD

Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right: The Career Collection (CD)