The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith

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▼CD 1: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith
#TitleRatingLength
1Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-02-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-15, on 1923-02-16)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-15)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
43:27
2A Good Man Is Hard to Find
recording of:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (on 1927-09-27)
composer:
Eddie Green (1920's Jazz composer) (in 1918)
publisher:
Mayfair Music Corp.
3:02
3I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-27)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-27)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-27)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-27)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-27)
recording of:
I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (on 1925-05-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
43:22
4Careless Love
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), William Christopher Handy, Martha Koenig and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
version of:
Careless Love
3:25
5Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
recording of:
Muddy Water (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Jo Trent
composer:
Peter de Rose and Harry Richman
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
3:10
6T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-26)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-04-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-26)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1923-04-26)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:31
7I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (in 1931)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:52
8Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
recording of:
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair (on 1927-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Brooks (composer, early 20th century)
3:25
9Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (in 1933)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
3:31
10Empty Bed Blues (Part One)
3:04
11Empty Bed Blues (Part Two)
3:21
12Back Water Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-02-17)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1927-02-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-02-17)
recording of:
Backwater Blues (on 1927-02-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
3:19
13The Yellow Dog Blues
recording of:
Yellow Dog Blues (on 1925-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
3:04
14Me and My Gin
recording of:
Me and My Gin (on 1928-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Harry Burke
2:52
15St Louis Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-01-14)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
reed organ:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
43:11
16Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
3:20
17Nobody 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)
53:00
18After You’ve Gone
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:58
19Jailhouse Blues
3:15
20Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
2:46
21I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2:48
▼CD 2: Original Blues Divas
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Coffee Grindin’ Blues
Lucille Bogan3:27
2My Stove’s in Good Condition
Lil Johnson2:54
3Knockin’ Myself Out
Lil Green3:01
4Dirty Mother for You
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1935-01-10)
piano:
Charles Segar (on 1935-01-10)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1935-01-10)
Memphis Minnie2:49
5Short John
Dinah Washington2:54
6Dope Head Blues
Victoria Spivey3:21
7Love Shows Weakness
Merline Johnson2:41
8When I Get Low I Get High
Ella Fitzgerald2:26
9Jack I’m Mellow
Trixie Smith2:46
10I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-02-07)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1929-02-07)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1929-02-07)
piano:
Sippie Wallace (on 1929-02-07)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1929-02-07)
trumpet:
Natty Dominique (on 1929-02-07)
vocals:
Sippie Wallace (on 1929-02-07)
recording of:
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (on 1929-02-07)
lyricist and composer:
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace2:55
11One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
Big Maybelle2:52
12Oh What a Dream
Ruth Brown2:53

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part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1264) (order: 264)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/906755 [info]