King, released in 1957 by the Bihari brothers on their Crown budget label.

[2] King continued to perform and record several of the songs throughout his career, such as "Every Day I Have the Blues", "Woke Up This Morning", and "Sweet Little Angel".

's country blues vocal style, together with his frenetic guitar method, is enough to sell the r.&b.

"[1]In an overview for AllMusic, critic Bill Dahl rated the album four and a half out of five stars and called it "Absolutely seminal material; his classic hits.

[7] Details are taken from the 1991 Flair Records/Virgin Records CD reissue (the original Crown LP does not list running times) and may differ from other sources.