The Rough Guide to Blues Divas

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Tracklist

▼12" Vinyl 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
A1Black Eye Blues
Ma Rainey3:19
A2Sweet 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 Waters3:09
A3Salty Dog
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-05-26)
vocals:
Clara Smith (on 1926-05-26)
Clara Smith3:23
A4Jenny’s Ball
Mamie Smith3:10
A5Dope Head Blues
Victoria Spivey3:18
A6Everybody Mess Around
Alberta Hunter3:17
B1Nobody 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 Smith52:57
B2My Man Is Good for Nothing but Love
Edith Wilson3:06
B3Give 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 Cox2:50
B4Tired as I Can Be
Lucille Bogan2:35
B5Shake Your Cans
vocals:
Lucille Hegamin (on 1932-03-04)
Lucille Hegamin3:00
B6I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
engineer:
Ivar Rosenberg (Danish sound engineer and producer)
producer:
Karl Emil Knudsen
vocals:
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace2:52
B7Bye Bye Baby
Hattie Burleson2:48

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