Greatest Hits (Chess) (CD)

Little Milton was a soul/blues singer with roots in the Mississippi Delta. His cheerful persona, gritty, impassioned vocal style, and precise, textured guitar playing earned him great respect over his long career. Milton took a stab at funk in the '70s, but returned to the blues and was duly rewarded when blues saw a resurgence of interest in the '90s. The Blues Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Nominee passed away in 2005 at the age of 71.

• Category:  Music  »  Blues  »  Chicago Blues
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: June 17, 1997
• Label: Chess (USA)
• UPC: 076732938621
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106712777
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #34922 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #708 in Blues (See Top 100 Blues Bestsellers)
• #82 in Chicago Blues (See Top 100 Chicago Blues Bestsellers)

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This is part of Chess Records' 50th Anniversary series.

Little Milton did a lot of hopping around during his career, from label to label and from style to style. Milton's early Sun sides are raw and eclectic, and his later albums, recorded at Stax and Malaco, were heavy with string arrangements, but the six years he spent at Chess in the 1960s were his steadiest. Milton found his signature style there--a fusion of blues and soul that brought together the influences of B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland, while still leaving space for Milton's own impassioned singing and guitar playing. Part of Chess Records' 50th Anniversary Series, GREATEST HITS is a definitive collection of Milton's work for the label.

The smash hit "We're Gonna Make It," which leads off this set, is the perfect example of the polished, soulful R&B sound of Milton's Chess tenure, complete with meticulous horn arrangements and clean production. While straightforward blues is still on order, as on the gritty "So Mean to Me," the more pop-minded tunes really stand out. For example, "Who's Cheating Who?," the soulfully wrenching "Let Me Down Easy," and Milton's version of Bland's "Blind Man," were among his most artistically and commercially successful. GREATEST HITS is the perfect one-stop introduction to this stylistically savvy artist.

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