Back Water Blues

~ Recording by Dinah Washington

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.12Back Water Blues4:38Dinah WashingtonFirst Issue: The Dinah Washington StoryDinah WashingtonAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)
2.12Back Water Blues4:38Dinah WashingtonFirst Issue: The Dinah Washington StoryDinah WashingtonAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)314 514 841-2, D 293730
2.8Back Water Blues4:38Dinah WashingtonGoldDinah WashingtonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-10-09
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0009453-02

Relationships

recording of:Backwater Blues (cover)

Backwater Blues

lyricist and composer:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:James P. Johnson (in 1927)
later versions:Backwater Blues (Dylan Arrangement)
Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement)
is the basis for:Wossaproblem