What connects this song
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Produced by Quincy Jones, also Billie Jean (Michael Jackson), Beat It (Michael Jackson) and Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Released on Bluesway, also The Thrill Is Gone, So Excited and Why I Sing the Blues
Part of His Best – The Electric B.B. King, also How Blue Can You Get, Don’t Answer the Door and Sweet Sixteen
Produced by Johnny Pate, also Better Not Look Down, Don’t Answer the Door and Sweet Sixteen
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Quincy Jones produced 183 songs on fono
B.B. King wrote 120 songs on fono
B.B. King’s most frequent co-writer is Jules Taub (27 songs together)
Quincy Jones’s most frequent co-producer is Michael Jackson (18 songs together)
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- B.B. King
- Produced by
- Johnny Pate, Louis Zito and Quincy Jones
- Performed by
- B.B. King, Barney Hubert, Billy Butler, Duke Jethro, Henry Boozier, Hobart Dotson, John Browning, Johnny Board, Lawrence Burdine, Leo Lauchie, Pluma Davis and Sonny Freeman
- Released on
- Bluesway
- Written by
- B.B. King
- Produced by
- Johnny Pate, Louis Zito and Quincy Jones
- Performed by
- B.B. King, Barney Hubert, Billy Butler, Duke Jethro, Henry Boozier, Hobart Dotson, John Browning, Johnny Board, Lawrence Burdine, Leo Lauchie, Pluma Davis and Sonny Freeman
- Released on
- Bluesway
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Quincy Jones
Same producer: Johnny Pate
Same label: Bluesway
Same release: His Best – The Electric B.B. King
Same producer: Quincy Jones
Same producer: Johnny Pate
Same label: Bluesway
Same producer: Quincy Jones
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by B.B. King
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by B.B. King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Barney Hubert
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Barney Hubert
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Billy Butler
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Billy Butler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Duke Jethro
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Duke Jethro
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Henry Boozier
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Henry Boozier
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Hobart Dotson
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Hobart Dotson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by John Browning
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by John Browning
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Johnny Board
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Johnny Board
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Lawrence Burdine
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Lawrence Burdine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Leo Lauchie
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Leo Lauchie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Pluma Davis
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Pluma Davis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Sonny Freeman
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was performed by Sonny Freeman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was produced by Johnny Pate
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was produced by Johnny Pate
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was produced by Louis Zito
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was produced by Louis Zito
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was produced by Quincy Jones
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was produced by Quincy Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was written by B.B. King
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was written by B.B. King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss is part of the release His Best – The Electric B.B. King
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss is part of the release His Best – The Electric B.B. King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Bluesway is the label of the song Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
Bluesway is the label of the song Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was released on 1968
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss was released on 1968
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026