Completely Well

Completely Well
Studio album by B.B. King
Released	1969
Recorded	New York City June 24-25, 1969
Genre	Blues, R&B, soul
Length	49:57
Label	ABC
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
B.B. King chronology
Live & Well (1969) Completely Well (1969) Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1970)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Completely Well is the seventeenth studio album by blues guitarist B. B. King released in 1969. It is notable for the inclusion of "The Thrill Is Gone," which became a hit on both the R&B/soul and pop charts.

This album was released in the US as an LP record in 1969 and as a CD in 1987; in the UK only as an LP. San Francisco critic Ralph J. Gleason's liner notes are mostly a profile of King, with only one of the 17 paragraphs discussing a title from the LP, "Confessin' the Blues", but only to mention its historical importance (then almost 30 years old).

Track listing

1. "So Excited" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott) -- 5:34
2. "No Good" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:35
3. "You're Losin' Me" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:54
4. "What Happened" (B.B. King) -- 4:41
5. "Confessin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Walter Brown) -- 4:56
6. "Key to My Kingdom" (Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Claude Baum) -- 3:18
7. "Cryin' Won't Help You Now" (Sam Ling, Jules Taub; LP has only B.B.) -- 6:30
8. "You're Mean" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott, Hugh McCracken, Paul Harris, Herbie Lovelle) -- 9:39
9. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins; LP has Arthur H [Art] Benson, Dale Pettite) -- 5:30

Personnel

• B. B. King – guitar, vocals
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Paul Harris – piano, electric piano, organ
• Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott – bass
• Herbie Lovelle – drums
• Bill Szymczyk – producer
• Bert "Super Charts" DeCoteaux – string and horn arrangements

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