Clyde McPhatter
Golden Blues Hits

Listening notes

Clyde McPhatter’s Golden Blues Hits is a 1961 Mercury vinyl release (catalog number SR 60655) filed under the Blues genre. Issued on Mercury and credited to McPhatter, the record presents a 12-track program divided evenly across two sides, with titles identified by position from A1 through B6.

Side A collects six songs: The Clock (A1), What’d I Say (A2), Raining In My Heart (A3), What Am I Living For (A4), Kansas City (A5), and Honey Hush (A6). The sequence begins with The Clock and concludes with Honey Hush, placing familiar titles such as What’d I Say and Kansas City mid-side alongside Raining In My Heart and What Am I Living For.

Side B continues with another six selections: I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day (B1), Fever (B2), C.C. Rider (B3), The Bells (B4), Honest I Do (B5), and Blues Stay Away From Me (B6). This side opens with I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day and closes with Blues Stay Away From Me, situating titles like Fever and C.C. Rider before The Bells and Honest I Do in the running order.

The album’s title, Golden Blues Hits, and its genre designation align with the set of song choices listed above. Within the framework provided here, the emphasis remains on documenting the release particulars and the exact track sequence as presented. No track durations are supplied in this entry.

For reference and cataloging: Artist: Clyde McPhatter; Title: Golden Blues Hits; Label: Mercury; Catalog number: SR 60655; Year: 1961; Format: Vinyl; Genre: Blues. Tracklist by side and position is as follows—Side A: The Clock; What’d I Say; Raining In My Heart; What Am I Living For; Kansas City; Honey Hush. Side B: I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day; Fever; C.C. Rider; The Bells; Honest I Do; Blues Stay Away From Me. This draft confines itself to verified release data and track ordering for use in a vinyl record reference context.