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"Five Long Years" B-side "Blue Coat Man"
"Five Long Years " is a song written and recorded by blues vocalist/pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952. Called one of the "few postwar blues standards [that has] retained universal appeal",[1] Billboard R&B chart .[2] [3]
Original song
"Five Long Years" is a slow twelve-bar blues in the key of D.[4] [5] L. C. McKinley on guitar, Alfred Elkins on bass, and Percy Walker on drums. "Five Long Years" was revisited by Boyd several times during his career, with additional studio and live recordings.
Recognition and legacy
In 2011, Eddie Boyd's original "Five Long Years" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame , who called it "a true-to-life blues in 1952 that hit home with many a working man".[3]
A variety of artists have recorded "Five Long Years", including Junior Parker , whose version reached number thirteen in the R&B chart (1959 Duke 306); Willie B. Huff and Johnny Fuller recorded it for Bob Geddins as "I've Been Thinkin' and Thinkin'"; John Lee Hooker (The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker , 1961); the Yardbirds (Five Live Yardbirds Muddy Waters (1963); Long John Baldry (Long John's Blues Ike & Tina Turner (Outta Season Bobby "Blue" Bland (If Loving You is Wrong , 1970); Freddie King (Getting Ready , 1971); B.B. King (Guess Who Buddy Guy (Damn Right, I've Got the Blues Eric Clapton (From The Cradle
References
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Blues Foundation (November 10, 2016). "2011 Hall of Fame Inductees: Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd (J.O.B., 1952)" . The Blues Foundation . Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
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Hal Leonard (1995). "Five Long Years". The Blues . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard . p. 67. ISBN 0-79355-259-1
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Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Five Long Years". Encyclopedia of the Blues . Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press . p. 448. ISBN 1-55728-252-8
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 8 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 8 , a t 0 1 : 5 5 ( U T C ) . ● T h i s v e r s i o n o f t h e p a g e h a s b e e n r e v i s e d . B e s i d e s n o r m a l e d i t i n g , t h e r e a s o n f o r r e v i s i o n m a y h a v e b e e n t h a t t h i s v e r s i o n c o n t a i n s f a c t u a l i n a c c u r a c i e s , v a n d a l i s m , o r m a t e r i a l n o t c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
