Guess Who is a studio album by B. B. King. It was released in 1972 by ABC Records.

As often with King, several of the tracks are re-recordings of songs he had recorded before. "Any Other Way" had appeared with a different arrangement as the b-side of "Help the Poor" in 1964. "Neighborhood Affair" originally dates back to 1953 and was the b-side of "Please Hurry Home". He would re-record the song again in 2003 for the album Reflections. The title track "Guess Who" had appeared on his first ABC album, Mr. Blues, in 1963. It went on to become a live staple, appearing on Now Appearing at Ole Miss, Live at the Apollo and Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011, among others. "You Shouldn't Have Left" was first recorded in 1959 and released on (The Soul of) B.B. King in 1963. A 1965 recording of "Five Long Years" was first released by Kent on the album The Jungle.

Guess Who (B. B. King album)

Track listing

"Summer in the City" (John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) - 3:21

"Just Can't Please You" (Jimmy Robins) - 4:30writer uncredited on original release "Any Other Way" (Clyde Otis) - 4:30 "You Don't Know Nothin' About Love" (Jerry Ragovoy) - 4:17 "Found What I Need" (Jerry Ragovoy, Jenny Dean) - 2:50 "Neighborhood Affair" (Riley King, Jules Taub) - 3:15 "It Takes a Young Girl" (Ron Rose & Dave Rouner) - 3:23 "Better Lovin' Man" (Hoyt Axton) - 4:40 "Guess Who" (Jesse Belvin, JoAnne Belvin) - 4:05 "Shouldn't Have Left Me" (Riley King) - 4:00 "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) - 5:19

Guess Who (B. B. King album)

Personnel

B.B. King - lead guitar, vocals

Milton Hopkins - lead guitar

Cornell Dupree - rhythm guitar

Wilbert Freeman - bass guitar

Jerry Jemmott - bass guitar

Ron Levy - piano

Frank Owens - piano

V. S. "Sonny" Freeman - drums

Bernard Purdie - drums

Joseph Burton - trombone

Garnett Brown - trombone

Edward Rowe - trumpet

Ernie Royal - trumpet

Steve Madaio - trumpet

Earl Turbinton - tenor saxophone

Bobby Forte - tenor saxophone

Gene Dinwiddie - tenor saxophone

Trevor Lawrence - tenor saxophone

Louis Hubert - baritone saxophone

Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone

David Sanborn - alto saxophone

Philip Schwartz, Tom Gamache, Tom Gundelfinger - photography, design

References

1972 albums

B. B. King albums

MCA Records albums

Guess Who (B. B. King album)