The Rough Guide to Blues Divas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Black Eye Blues
Ma Rainey3:21
2Bye Bye Baby
Hattie Burleson2:51
3Sweet Georgia Brown
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1925-05-13)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1925-05-13)
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1925-05-13)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Ethel Waters3:12
4Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
alto saxophone:
Garvin Bushell (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
cornet:
Ed Allen (trumpeter) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
tuba:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-15)
tuba [brass bass]:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-12)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (on 1929-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Bessie Smith53:00
5Dope Head Blues
Victoria Spivey3:20
6Everybody Mess Around
Alberta Hunter3:20
7Jenny’s Ball
Mamie Smith3:12
8Give Me a Break Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1927-10)
piano:
Jesse Crump (in 1927-10)
lead vocals:
Ida Cox (in 1927-10)
Ida Cox2:53
9Tired as I Can Be
Lucille Bogan2:37
10Everybody Does It Now
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-12-06)
alto saxophone:
Andrew Mead (1920s saxophonist) (on 1927-12-06)
piano:
Porter Grainger (on 1927-12-06)
violin:
Ralph "Shrimp" Jones (1920s US violinist and composer) (on 1927-12-06)
lead vocals:
Martha Copeland (1920s blues singer) (on 1927-12-06)
Martha Copeland3:06
11Salty Dog
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-05-26)
vocals:
Clara Smith (on 1926-05-26)
Clara Smith3:26
12My Man Is Good for Nothing but Love
Edith Wilson3:09
13Shake Your Cans
vocals:
Lucille Hegamin (on 1932-03-04)
Lucille Hegamin3:03
14I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
engineer:
Ivar Rosenberg (Danish sound engineer and producer)
producer:
Karl Emil Knudsen
vocals:
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace2:54
15Get It Fixed
Rosa Henderson2:51
16Do Dirty Blues
Bertha “Chippie” Hill2:47
17Get ’em From the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)
Lil Johnson3:08
18Sorrowful Blues
Trixie Smith3:03
19You Got Ev’rything a Sweet Mama Needs but Me
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1922-12-01)
vocals:
Sara Martin (1920s US blues singer, 1884-1955) (on 1922-12-01)
Sara Martin3:00
20The St. Louis Blues
Esther Bigeou3:05
21Break O’Day Blues
Ada Brown3:03
22Anybody Here Want to Try My Cabbage?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1924-12-10)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1924-12-10)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1924-12-10)
lead vocals:
Maggie Jones (on 1924-12-10)
Maggie Jones3:21
23Electrician Blues
Lizzie Miles3:20
24Penitentiary
Bessie Tucker3:27
25He Used to Be Your Man but He’s My Man Now
Lena Wilson3:01

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part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1392) (order: 391)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1691729 [info]