Lefty Bates

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American blues guitarist.

Born : March 09, 1920 in Leighton, Alabama.
Died : April 07, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.

ALBA

Lefty (Guitar) Bates And His Orchestra*, Lefty Bates Orchestra*

Rock Alley / Ninety Days

1959, 7", Promo, Apex (4)

Lefty (Guitar) Bates And His Orchestra*, Lefty Bates Orchestra*

Rock Alley / Ninety Days

1959, 7", Apex Record Co.

Eileen (15), Stan (82), Lefty Guitar Bates*

Has Anybody Seen My Dog / Bang Bang Shoot 'Em Ups

1958, 7", Promo, Mad (2)

The Kings Men (3) With Lefty Bates

Kicking With My Stallion / Don't Say You're Sorry

Rudy Richardson (3) And Ted Craig - Eddie Calhoun - Lefty Bates

Hick-Botham / Chauffeur

1946, Shellac, 10", Miracle (2), Miracle (2)

Lefty Bates And His Band

Chicago Cha Cha / Somebody Will Understand

KOMPILACE +

First Time I Met The Blues

2023, LP, Comp, 180, The Blues Joint Collection,

Knockdown (And Lubricate The Gear)

2021, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Rock & Roll/Doo Wop/Rhythm & Blues

Popcorn Story Vol.1 The 'Mojo' Man Presents 28 Popcorn Gems

2021, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Doo Wop/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal/Easy Listening

John Lee Hooker

Don't Turn Me From Your Door (Plus Blues Before Sunrise)

2020, CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Soul Jam Records,

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues

Duke Robillard & Friends

2020, CD, Album, Stony Plain Records,

The Best Of Blues

2020, LP, Comp, RM, Jazz Essential, Halidon

John Lee Hooker

Little Junior Parker

Next Time You See Me ... And All The Hits

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Memphis Blues

John Lee Hooker

Whiskey & Wimmen: John Lee Hooker's Finest

First Time I Met The Blues: 1958-1963 Recordings

John Lee Hooker

The Folk Lore Of John Lee Hooker + Folk Blues

2014, CD, Comp, RM, Hoodoo Records,

Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Boogie Woogie

Rockin' With Reed

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

An Easy Introduction To The Blues - Top-15 Albums

John Lee Hooker

I'm John Lee Hooker

Rockin' With Reed + I'm Jimmy Reed

2013, CD, Comp, RM, Soul Jam Records,

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

2012, CD, Comp, Blues Boulevard

Blueswomen - Girls Play And Sing The Blues

2007, CD, Comp, Saga,

Boogie Woogie/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Jump Blues

Vocal Groups - Classic Doo-Wop Remastered

2006, 4xCD, Comp + Box, JSP Records,

Doo Wop/Rhythm & Blues/Jump Blues

The Chronological Sunnyland Slim 1952-1955

2006, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

John Lee Hooker

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Can't Quit The Blues

The Blues Masters

The United Records Story

2004, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records

The Sun Is Shining

Delmark Records 50 Years Of Jazz And Blues - Blues

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records,

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Godfathers And Sons

Rhythm & Blues/Electric Blues

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues

John Lee Hooker

His Greatest Recordings

1998, CD, Comp, AIM (2)

Good Rockin' Tonight (The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 3)

Jump Blues/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Rock'n'Roll's For Me

1997, CD, Comp, Charly Records,

John Lee Hooker

Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 2

Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 13

Chicago Jump Bands (Early R&B Vol. I 1945–53)

1994, CD, Comp, RM, Rst Records

The Vee-Jay Years

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

You Don't Have To Go

John Lee Hooker

Boogie Chillun (Golden Blues)

The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)

Delta Blues/Jump Blues/Texas Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Louisiana Blues/Country Blues

Blues Masters, Volume 2: Postwar Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

John Lee Hooker

The Vee-Jay Years 1955-1964

1992, Box, Comp + 6xCD, RM, Charly R&B,

The Best Of Duke-Peacock Blues

Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

The Complete Chess Studio Recordings

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

John Lee Hooker

The Very Best Of Buddy Guy

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Aw! Shucks Baby

1988, LP, Comp, Sing,

Rock & Roll/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Pee Wee Crayton

After Hours Boogie

Pee Wee Crayton

Blues After Dark (The Sunset Bluesband & The VeeJay Years)

Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Left My Blues In San Francisco

Rockin’ On Bandstand

1983, LP, Comp, Charly R&B,

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Doo Wop

Blues Rarities - Rare And Unissued Recordings

Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues

High And Lonesome

Rhythm & Blues/Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues

John Lee Hooker

Everybody Rockin'

Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues

Upside Your Head

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

1977, 2xLP, Comp, DJM Records (2),

Let The Bossman Speak!

John Lee Hooker

Anthologie Du Blues Vol. 4

In The Beginning

The Best Of Jimmy Reed

Jimmy Reed's Soul Greats

The New Jimmy Reed Album

Just Jimmy Reed

John Lee Hooker

The Folk Lore Of John Lee Hooker

Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed

John Lee Hooker

Jazzville Chicago Volume 2

Sarah Mc Lawler*, Richard Otto

Dansons Doucement

Tommy Jones* With The Apex All-Stars

1959, LP, Album, Mono, Apex (4)

Horace M. Palm With Lefty Bates Orchestra

Why Can't You Love Me / Ena

Arbee Stidham, Lefty Bates Band*

Look Me Straight In The Eye / I Stayed Away Too Long

Sarah McLawler And Richard Otto

Snowfall / Relax Miss Frisky

Al Smith And His Orchestra*

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Slow Mood

John Lee Hooker

4xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Documents

John Lee Hooker

LP, Album, Comp, Fontana

Blues... Where It's At

LP, Album, Comp, EMI, Stateside

Jimmy Reed's Soul Greats

LP, Comp, UpFront Records (3), UpFront Records (3)

Willie Dixon's Blues Dixonary Volume 3

CD, Comp, Roots (6),

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues

2021, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Rock & Roll

This Is The Night (Lessons In Wild Saxophonology)

2019, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records

Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1956 - 1957

2019, 4xCD, Album, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records

Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958

2017, 2xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Instrumental

Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1959

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Black Wich-A-Way Rhythm (Early Rockin' Rhythm & Blues)

CD, Comp, Still Records (2)

The Best Of Mad Records

CD, Comp, Mad (4)

In The Beginning

Line Record Vol. 2

LP, Comp, Unofficial, Pop, LAPP

Westside Blues Rumble

CD, Comp, Unofficial, Titanic Records (11)

Left My Blues In San Francisco