The Essential Boss Man: The Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years, 1953-1966

Original Release Date:  January 25, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. High and Lonesome
• 2. You Don't Have to Go
• 3. Boogie in the Dark
• 4. I'm Gonna Ruin You
• 5. Pretty Thing
• 6. I Ain't Got You
• 7. She Don't Want Me No More
• 8. Come on Baby
• 9. I Don't Go for That
• 10. Baby, Don't Say That No More
• 11. Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby
• 12. Can't Stand to See You Go
• 13. When You Left Me
• 14. I Love You, Baby
• 15. My First Plea
• 16. You Got Me Dizzy
• 17. Honey Don't Let Me Go
• 18. It's You Baby
• 19. Honey, Where You Going?
• 20. Do the Thing
• 21. Little Rain
• 22. Signals of Love (Red Lights the Stop Light)
• 23. The Sun Is Shining
• 24. Baby, What's on Your Mind
• 25. Odds and Ends [Instrumental]
• 26. Honest I Do
• 27. My Bitter Seed
• 28. Odds and Ends [Instrumental]
• 29. You're Something Else
• 30. A String to Your Heart
• 31. Go on to School
• 32. You Got Me Crying
• 33. Down in Virginia
• 34. I'm Gonna Get My Baby
• 35. I Wanna Be Loved
• 36. Caress Me Baby
• 37. I Know It's a Sin
• 38. You'n That Sack
• 39. Going to New York
• 40. I Told You Baby
• 41. Take Out Some Insurance
• 42. I'm Nervous
• 43. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
• 44. Goin' by the River, Pt. 1
• 45. Where Can You Be
• 46. Hush, Hush
• 47. I Was So Wrong
• 48. Blue, Blue Water
• 49. Please Don't
• 50. Found Love
• 51. Big Boss Man
• 52. Hold Me Close
• 53. Close Together
• 54. You Know You're Looking Good
• 55. Kind of Lonesome
• 56. Found Joy
• 57. Bright Lights, Big City
• 58. Baby, What's Wrong
• 59. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
• 60. I'm Mr. Luck
• 61. Blue Carnegie [Instrumental]
• 62. Good Lover
• 63. Down in Mississippi
• 64. Too Much
• 65. Let's Get Together
• 66. Shame, Shame, Shame
• 67. Cold and Lonesome
• 68. Up Tight
• 69. Mixed Up
• 70. Wear Something Green
• 71. When You're Doing All Right
• 72. I'm Going Upside Your Head
• 73. I'm the Man Down There
• 74. When Girls Do It
• 75. Knockin' at Your Door

Credits

• Willie Dixon: Bass
• Henry Gray: Piano
• Jimmy Reed: Composer
• Hubert Sumlin: Bass, Guitar, Drums
• Eddie Taylor: Bass, Guitar, Drums
• Curtis Mayfield: Bass
• Phil Upchurch: Bass, Guitar
• John Littlejohn: Guitar
• Al Smith: Composer
• Lee Baker: Guitar
• Remo Biondi: Bass, Guitar, Violin
• John Brim: Bass, Guitar
• Calvin Carter: Composer
• W.C. Dalton: Guitar
• L.D. Dixon: Composer
• Al Duncan: Drums
• Vernel Fournier: Drums
• Marcus "Benjy" Johnson: Bass
• Albert King: Drums
• Earl Phillips: Drums
• Milton Rector: Bass
• David Shipp: Bass
• Jesse Stone: Composer
• Morris Wilkerson: Drums
• Ewart Abner: Composer
• Ray Scott: Drums
• Les Fancourt: Liner Notes
• James C. Bracken: Composer
• William "Lefty" Bates: Guitar
• Johnnie Mae Dunson: Composer
• J. Reed: Composer
• Jimmy Reed Jr.: Bass, Guitar, Drums