Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in Sweden in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography accessed May 15, 2013
Reception
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "Nothing all that memorable occurs, but the singer is in strong voice, and his fans will want to pick up this".Yanow, S. AllMusic listing accessed May 15, 2013
Track listing "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues" (Al Byron, Woody Harris) – 2:55 "Everytime I Think About You" (Claude Demetrius) – 2:39 "I Never Will Marry" (Traditional) – 2:48 "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) – 3:27 "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:59 "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55 "Who's Sorry Now?" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) – 3:37 "I'm Comin Down With the Blues" (Don Covay) – 2:23 "You're Next" (Sid Tepper) – 2:16 "Happy Blues" (Tony Bruno) – 2:14 "That's Why I'm Leaving" (Lockie Edwards, Jr.) – 2:32 "One Last Chance" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 3:12
Personnel Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals Benny Bailey, Bertil Lövgren, Bengt-Arne Wallin – trumpet Åke Persson, Eje Thelin – trombone Karl Nystrom, Bengt Olesson – French horn Runo Erickson – euphonium Lars Sloglund – oboe, English horn Arne Domnerus – alto saxophone, clarinet Bjarne Nerem – tenor saxophone Rune Falk – baritone saxophone, clarinet Tosten Wennberg – saxophones, clarinet Roman Dylag – bass Egil Johansen – drums Benny Golson – arranger
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