"Trouble Blues" is a 1949 single by The Charles Brown Trio. The single was the most successful of the trio's career and peaked at number one on the R&B chart for fifteen weeks.[1] At fifteen weeks on the R&B Best Sellers chart, "Trouble Blues" was the most successful R&B song of the year.[2]

"Trouble Blues"
Single by Charles Brown
B-side"Honey Keep Your Mind on Me"
ReleasedMarch 1949 (1949-03)
RecordedRadio Recorders, Los Angeles
January 14, 1949 (1949-01-14)
GenreBlues
Length2:21
LabelAladdin (Cat. no. 3024)
Songwriter(s)Charles Brown
Charles Brown singles chronology
"Long Time"
(1949)
"Trouble Blues"
(1949)
"In the Evening when the Sun Goes Down"
(1949)

Brown re-recorded the song for his 1972 Blues 'n' Brown album.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 82.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 799.