Queen of the Blues, Volume 1

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Downhearted Blues
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
3:22
2Gulf Coast Blues
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (in 1923)
3:01
3Aggravatin' Papa
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-11)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-04-11)
clarinet:
Ernest Elliott (a.k.a. "Sticky" Elliott, clarinet and reeds, AMG artist ID 151482) (on 1923-04-11)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
3:11
4Beale Street Mama
3:28
5Baby Won't You Please Come Home
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1923-04-11)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
42:53
6Oh Daddy Blues
3:01
7'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
3:21
8Keeps On Rainin'
3:03
9Mama's Got the Blues
2:54
10Outside of That
3:26
11Bleeding Hearted Blues
3:04
12Lady Luck Blues: 3
3:03
13Yodelin' Blues: 3
3:07
14Midnight Blues: 3
3:10
15If You Don't, I Know Who Will
3:26
16Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
3:21
17Jail House Blues
3:14
18St Louis Gal: 3
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-24)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) and Irving Johns (on 1923-09-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-24)
recording of:
St. Louis Gal (on 1923-09-24)
writer:
J. Russel Robinson
43:24
19Sam Jones Blues
2:48
20Graveyard Dream Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-26)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1923-09-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-26)
52:45
21Cemetery Blues
3:34
22Far Away Blues
2:55
23I'm Going Back to My Used to Be
2:48
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Release

ASIN:US: B000M5B3RW [info]