Live at the Regal is a 1965 live album by blues

Blues

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 guitarist and singer B.B. King. It was recorded on November 21, 1964 at the Regal Theater

Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)

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 in Chicago

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. The album is widely heralded as one of the greatest blues albums ever recorded and is #141 on Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Despite its critical appreciation, B. B. King does not consider it among his best recordings. In 2005 "Live at the Regal" was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry

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 at the Library of Congress

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 in the United States.
Some musicians, including Eric Clapton

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 and John Mayer

John Mayer

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, have acknowledged using this album as a primer before performances.

Track listing

1. "Every Day I Have the Blues
   Every Day I Have the Blues
   "Every Day I Have the Blues" or "Everyday I Have the Blues" is a classic of the blues that has been recorded by numerous artists. The song is usually credited to Peter Chatman and is often associated with jazz singer Joe Williams and B.B. King...
   
   " (Memphis Slim
   Memphis Slim
   Memphis Slim was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other...
   
   ) - 2:38
2. "Sweet Little Angel" (Riley King, Jules Taub) - 4:12
3. "It's My Own Fault" (King, Taub) - 3:29
4. "How Blue Can You Get?
   How Blue Can You Get
   "How Blue Can You Get" is a song that is a classic of the blues. A slow twelve-bar blues, the song is credited to jazz critic Leonard Feather and his wife, Jane Feather. It has been recorded by several blues and other artists; in 1964, it was a hit for B.B...
   
   " (Leonard Feather
   Leonard Feather
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   ) - 3:44
5. "Please Love Me" (King, Taub) - 3:01
6. "You Upset Me Baby" (King, Taub) - 2:22
7. "Worry, Worry" (Maxwell Davis, Taub) - 6:24
8. "Woke Up This Morning (My Baby's Gone)" (King, Taub) - 1:45
9. "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" (Joe Josea, King) - 4:16
10. "Help the Poor" (Charlie Singleton) - 2:58

Personnel

• B.B. King - guitar, vocals
• Leo Lauchie - bass
• Duke Jethro - piano
• Sonny Freeman - drums
• Bobby Forte, Johnny Board - tenor saxophone