Originals

• 1953: BLIND LOVE
• 1953: PLEASE LOVE ME
• 1953: WOKE UP THIS MORNING (MY BABY SHE WAS GONE)
• 1954: YOU UPSET ME BABY
• 1957: BE CAREFUL WITH A FOOL
• 1957: I NEED YOU SO BAD
• 1957: YOU DON'T KNOW
• 1959: I'VE GOT PAPERS ON YOU BABY
• 1961: BAD CASE OF LOVE
• 1962: MY SOMETIME BABY
• 1964: HELP THE POOR
• 1964: I STAY IN THE MOOD
• 1966: WAITIN' ON YOU
• 1967: GAMBLER'S BLUES
• 1967: WORRIED DREAM
• 1969: WHY I SING THE BLUES
• 1970: ASK ME NO QUESTIONS
• 1978: HOLD ON (I FEEL OUR LOVE IS CHANGING)
• 1979: SAME OLD STORY (SAME OLD SONG)
• 1981: THERE MUST BE A BETTER WORLD SOMEWHERE
• 1982: WORLD I NEVER MADE, A
• 1986: STANDING ON THE EDGE OF LOVE

Covers

• Cover of BOTTLE IT UP AND GO in 1951 - as Shake It Up And Go
• Cover of SHE'S DYNAMITE in 1951 - recorded by Sam Phillips with three members of the Newborn family, challenging Rocket 88; B.B. also cut Tampa's Sweet Little Angel and Crying Won't Help You
• Cover of THREE O' CLOCK BLUES in 1951 - n°1 R&B (see footnote)
• Cover of DON'T YOU WANT A MAN LIKE ME in 1951 - crediting King/Taub
• Cover of BOOGIE WOOGIE WOMAN in 1951 - crediting B.B. King/Jules Taub
• Cover of GOTTA FIND MY BABY in 1952
• Cover of MY FAULT in 1952 - as My Own Fault, Darlin'; crediting himself
• Cover of EVERYTHING I DO IS WRONG in 1954 - taking credits
• Cover of MILLION YEARS BLUES in 1954 - top 10 R&B as When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer, first line in the original lyrics
• Cover of COME BACK BABY in 1955 - as Can't We Talk It Over (One More Time)
• Cover of NOBODY LOVES ME in 1955 - who gave Lowell Fulson's version lots of airplay as a DJ and asked permission to record his Three O'Clock Blues in return (see there)
• Cover of SNEAKIN' AROUND in 1955 - credited to himself for quite a while; backing vocals by the Flairs
• Cover of CRYING WON'T HELP YOU in 1955
• Cover of BLACK ANGEL BLUES in 1956 - idem; top 10 R&B; taking credits
• Cover of DID YOU EVER LOVE A WOMAN in 1956 - credited to himself, another former DJ at WDIA
• Cover of SIXTEEN TONS in 1956
• Cover of BAD LUCK BLUES in 1956 - as Bad Luck and under his Blues Boy moniker for RPM
• Cover of I WONDER in 1957
• Cover of TROUBLE TROUBLE in 1957 - as Troubles Troubles Troubles
• Cover of PLEASE ACCEPT MY LOVE in 1958 - with credits for himself and one of the Bihari brothers, as usual
• Cover of ROLL ME MAMA in 1958 - as Rock Me Baby
• Cover of WHY DO EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO ME in 1958 - he also cut Roy's The Thrill Is Gone
• Cover of SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT in 1959
• Cover of SUGAR MAMA BLUES N°1 in 1959 - as Sugar Mama
• Cover of MEAN OLD FRISCO BLUES in 1959
• Cover of IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ISLAND in 1959 - on Sings Spirituals
• Cover of JESUS GAVE ME WATER in 1959
• Cover of I'M WORKING ON A BUILDING in 1959 - as I'm Working On The Building
• Cover of ALL THE WAY in 1959 - as I'm Willing To Run All The Way Lord
• Cover of PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND in 1959
• Cover of GOING DOWN SLOW in 1960
• Cover of I CAN'T LOSE WITH THE STUFF I USE in 1960 - as I Can't Lose
• Cover of SWEET SIXTEEN in 1960 - crediting himself
• Cover of AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN in 1960 - one of his live warhorses, where he invited his (male) audience to sing along, while warning them they might get no supper by doing so
• Cover of PLEASE SET A DATE in 1960
• Cover of YOU DONE LOST YOUR GOOD THING NOW in 1960
• Cover of DRIVING WHEEL BLUES in 1960 - as Driving Wheel
• Cover of BROKE AND HUNGRY in 1960
• Cover of YES INDEED in 1960
• Cover of HOLD THAT TRAIN CONDUCTOR in 1961 - as Hold That Train
• Cover of NEVER NO LAMENT in 1961 - with the Duke's orchestra
• Cover of CATFISH BLUES in 1961 - as Fishin' After Me
• Cover of BABY LOOK AT YOU in 1961
• Cover of CHAINS OF LOVE in 1962
• Cover of FIVE LONG YEARS in 1962
• Cover of I BELIEVE I'LL DUST MY BROOM in 1962
• Cover of TOMORROW NIGHT in 1962 - and again in '08 (crediting Lonnie Johnson)
• Cover of MOTHER'S LOVE, A in 1962
• Cover of GREEN AND LUCKY BLUES in 1962
• Cover of HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET in 1963 - and in '65 on Live At The Regal
• Cover of HARD LUCK BLUES in 1963
• Cover of STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING in 1963 - as Strange Things
• Cover of YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE in 1964 - as You're Gonna Miss Me
• Cover of I KNOW YOU DON'T LOVE ME in 1964 - as Stop Leadin' Me On, crediting Granger Hunt
• Cover of GET IT OVER BABE in 1964 - als Stop Leadin' Me On, crediting Granger Hunt and saved up for his King Of The Blues boxset
• Cover of MY BLACK NAME BLUES in 1964 - as I Can Hear My Name
• Cover of YOU'RE GONE MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE in 1964 - as You're Gonna Miss Me
• Cover of I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY in 1964 - B-side of Help The Poor
• Cover of DO YOU CALL THAT A BUDDY? in 1965
• Cover of CHERRY RED in 1965
• Cover of PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE in 1965
• Cover of ROMANCE IN THE DARK in 1965 - as In The Dark
• Cover of GOIN' TO CHICAGO BLUES in 1965
• Cover of WORLD OF TROUBLE in 1965
• Cover of BLUE SHADOWS in 1965
• Cover of RAINY NIGHT BLUES in 1965 - as Wee Wee Baby
• Cover of I'D RATHER DRINK MUDDY WATER in 1965
• Cover of WE GONNA MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN in 1966 - also in '99 and in '93 as I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood
• Cover of DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR in 1966
• Cover of HOW LONG, DADDY, HOW LONG in 1966 - als How Long, How Long Blues
• Cover of SEE SEE RIDER BLUES in 1966
• Cover of EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND in 1966
• Cover of TAIN'T NOBODY'S BIZNESS IF I DO in 1967
• Cover of BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME in 1967
• Cover of BABY GET LOST in 1967 - on Blues Is King
• Cover of BUZZ ME in 1967
• Cover of HOME AT LAST in 1968 - idem
• Cover of THRILL IS GONE, THE in 1969 - his biggest hit, good for a Grammy (see footnote)
• Cover of CONFESSIN' THE BLUES in 1970
• Cover of HUMMINGBIRD in 1970 - and in '97 with Dionne Warwick
• Cover of AIN'T NOBODY HOME in 1971
• Cover of CALDONIA (WHAT MAKES YOUR BIG HEAD SO HARD?) in 1971
• Cover of MAY I HAVE A TALK WITH YOU in 1971 - bonus track on LP In London
• Cover of YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LOVE in 1972
• Cover of RESPECT YOURSELF in 1973
• Cover of TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU in 1973
• Cover of BLUES AT MIDNIGHT in 1973
• Cover of I'M GOING TO LIVE THE LIFE I SING ABOUT (IN MY SONG) in 1973 - as I Like To Live The Love; top 10 R&B crediting Charles Mann/Dave Crawford
• Cover of BABY I'M YOURS in 1974
• Cover of BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S HOME in 1975
• Cover of DON'T MAKE ME PAY FOR HIS MISTAKES in 1975 - on Lucille Talks Back album
• Cover of DIRTY DOZEN, THE in 1976 - as Mother Fuyer
• Cover of DON'T YOU LIE TO ME in 1977
• Cover of IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME in 1977
• Cover of WALKIN' IN THE SUN in 1977
• Cover of GOT MY MOJO WORKING (BUT IT JUST WON'T WORK ON YOU) in 1977
• Cover of GREASY SPOON in 1978 - top 20 R&B as Never Make A Move Too Soon; lyrics: Will Jennings, same groove
• Cover of DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN in 1979 - top 30 R&B as Better Not Look Down; lyrics: Will Jennings (see also: Greasy Spoon); in '91 in film Thelma & Louise
• Cover of ARMY BLUE in 1982
• Cover of LET ME PLAY WITH YOUR POODLE in 1982 - as a joke; saved up for his box set King Of The Blues
• Cover of SINCE I MET YOU BABY in 1982 - in '93 in duet with Katie Webster; the Since I Met You Baby BB cut with Gary Moore and became a hit UK in '92 is another song
• Cover of YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT THE BLUES in 1982 - recorded a second Newbury song during that same session: Time Is A Thief, first cut by the author in '68 (see there)
• Cover of TIME IS A THIEF in 1982
• Cover of LEGEND IN MY TIME, A in 1982 - idem
• Cover of TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES in 1983
• Cover of TIN ROOF BLUES in 1983 - idem
• Cover of INFLATION BLUES in 1983
• Cover of SHE WANTS TO SELL MY MONKEY in 1985 - as Sell My Monkey
• Cover of BLUES AT SUNRISE in 1986 - fifties recording
• Cover of SKY IS CRYING, THE in 1987 - and Friends Albert King, Paul Butterfield & Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Cover of I'D RATHER GO BLIND in 1987 - with Etta
• Cover of DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE in 1988 - with Al Kooper
• Cover of BIG BOSS MAN in 1988
• Cover of LAY ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE in 1988
• Cover of LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT in 1988
• Cover of LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL in 1990 - later the title track of a full cd with Louis Jordan covers
• Cover of ONE MORE TIME in 1991 - as There Is Always One More Time on eponymous album
• Cover of CALL IT STORMY MONDAY (BUT TUESDAY IS JUST AS BAD) in 1993 - with Albert Collins and the Memphis Horns
• Cover of WOMAN WITH SOUL, A in 1994 - idem
• Cover of BLUES IS ALRIGHT, THE in 1995
• Cover of DANGEROUS MOOD in 1997 - with Joe Cocker
• Cover of AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS in 1999
• Cover of EARLY IN THE MORNING in 1999
• Cover of IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T (MA' BABY) in 1999
• Cover of JACK, YOU'RE DEAD in 1999
• Cover of NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT in 1999
• Cover of SOMEBODY CHANGED THE LOCK ON MY DOOR in 1999 - on his Louis Jordan tribute
• Cover of FUR SLIPPERS in 1999 - for CBS TV series Shake, Rattle & Roll
• Cover of SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY in 1999
• Cover of MAKING LOVE IS GOOD FOR YOU in 2000 - title track cd
• Cover of AULD LANG SYNE in 2001
• Cover of BACK DOOR SANTA in 2001
• Cover of PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS in 2001
• Cover of BLUE RONDO A LA TURK in 2001 - Live In Nice
• Cover of LONESOME CHRISTMAS in 2001
• Cover of CHRISTMAS (COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR) in 2001
• Cover of I'LL STRING ALONG WITH YOU in 2003
• Cover of I WANT A LITTLE GIRL in 2003
• Cover of THERE! I'VE SAID IT AGAIN in 2003
• Cover of ROCKIN' THE HOUSE in 2005 - with Elton John on album 80
• Cover of GOIN' HOME in 2007 - with Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
• Cover of BACK WATER BLUES in 2008 - crediting Lonnie Johnson
• Cover of BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE in 2008
• Cover of HOW MANY MORE YEARS in 2008
• Cover of SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN in 2008
• Cover of SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD in 2008
• Cover of WORLD IS GOING WRONG, THE in 2008 - idem
• Cover of I GET SO WEARY in 2008 - along with T-Bone's Get These Blues Off Me, Midnight Blues and I'm Waiting For Your Call on his album One Kind Favor
• Cover of MY LOVE IS DOWN in 2008
• Cover of GET THESE BLUES OFF ME in 2008 - crediting Lee Vida Walker
• Cover of I'M WAITING FOR YOUR CALL in 2008 - as Waiting For Your Call
• Cover of WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN in 2011