Album
…
…
RetroverseAlbum
Why this album mattered
Live In Cook County Jail (1971) is a B.b. King album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 8 tracks on this release. It reached #25 and charted for 33 weeks. Major singles from the album include "The Thrill Is Gone".
The music
- 1
Introductions
- 2
Every Day I Have the Blues
- 3
How Blue Can You Get?
- 4
Worry, Worry
- 5
Medley: 3 O’Clock Blues / Darlin’ You Know I Love You
6 Sweet Sixteen
7 The Thrill Is Gone
- 8
Please Accept My Love
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A rocket up the chart — jumping 86 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #142, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #25 and fell quickly across 33 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
