Born on the same Mississippi plantation as Muddy Waters, and a half-brother of Memphis Slim, Boyd moved to Memphis in the late '30s and in 1941 headed for Chicago, working in steel mills to finance his music activities. He played on many musicians' sessions, and from 1947 recorded under his own name, initially for RCA, but subsequently for Regal, J.O.B., Herald and most notably Chess, before working with several other labels at the start of the '60s. His combination of boogie and jazz-tinged styles brought him an R&B No. 1 in 1952 with Five Long Years and subsequent Top 3 R&B hits with 24 Hours and Third Degree. This set comprises selected sides from the 66 tracks he released on singles across this era for the RCA-Victor, J.O.B., Herald, Chess, Bea & Baby, Keyhole, Mojo & Art-Tone labels.....................
- Disc 1 -
1 I Had to Let Her Go - Little Eddie Boyd with J.T. Brown's Boogie Band
2 Kilroy Won't Be Back - Little Eddie Boyd with J.T. Brown's Boogie Band
3 Unfair Lovers - Little Eddie Boyd and His Boogie Band
4 Rosa Lee Swing - Little Eddie Boyd and His Boogie Band
5 Playmate Shuffle - Little Eddie Boyd and His Boogie Band
6 Getting My Divorce - Little Eddie Boyd and His Boogie Band
7 Why Did She Leave Me - Little Eddie Boyd and His Boogie Band
8 Mr. Highway Man - Little Eddie Boyd and His Boogie Band
9 Baby What's Wrong with You - Little Eddie Boyd and His Trio
10 Eddie's Blues - Little Eddie Boyd and His Trio
11 What Makes These Things Happen to Me - Little Eddie Boyd and His Trio
12 Chicago Is Just That Way - Little Eddie Boyd and His Trio
13 Why Don't You Be Wise, Baby
14 I Gotta Find My Baby
15 I'm Pleading - Eddie Boyd Trio
16 Five Long Years
17 Blue Coat Man
18 Cool Kind Treatment
19 I'm Goin' Downtown - Eddie Boyd and His Orchestra
20 24 Hours
21 The Tickler
22 Third Degree - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
23 Back Beat - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
24 Nothing But Trouble - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
- Disc 2 -
1 Picture in the Frame - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
2 Hush Baby Don't You Cry - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
3 Drifting - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
4 Rattin' and Runnin' Around - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
5 The Story of Bill - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
6 Real Good Feeling - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
7 I'm a Prisoner - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
8 Life Gets to Be a Burden - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
9 Four Leaf Clover - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
10 Just a Fool - Eddie Boyd and the Chess Men
11 I Got a Woman
12 Hotel Blues
13 I Got the Blues
14 She's the One
15 Save Her Doctor
16 I'm Comin' Home
17 Thank You Baby
18 Blue Monday Blues
19 The Blues Is Here to Stay
20 Come on Home - Eddie Boyd & the Daylighters
21 Reap What You Sow - Eddie Boyd & the Daylighters
22 All the Way
23 Where You Belong
24 Vacation from the Blues
25 It's Too Bad
26 Operator
