Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues

Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
Studio album by Jimmy Witherspoon
Released	1964
Recorded	July 15–20, 1964 Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Blues
Length	33:33
Label	Prestige PRLP 7356
Producer	Lew Futterman
Jimmy Witherspoon chronology
Blue Spoon (1964) Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (1964) Blues for Easy Livers (1965)

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.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]
Record Mirror	[4]

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".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues" (Al Byron, Woody Harris) – 2:55
2. "Everytime I Think About You" (Claude Demetrius) – 2:39
3. "I Never Will Marry" (Traditional) – 2:48
4. "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) – 3:27
5. "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:59
6. "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
7. "Who's Sorry Now?" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) – 3:37
8. "I'm Comin Down With the Blues" (Don Covay) – 2:23
9. "You're Next" (Sid Tepper) – 2:16
10. "Happy Blues" (Tony Bruno) – 2:14
11. "That's Why I'm Leaving" (Lockie Edwards, Jr.) – 2:32
12. "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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