The Complete Recordings, Volume 5

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
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)
2:47
2Safety Mama
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
3:24
3Do Your Duty
double bass:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1933-11-24)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1933-11-24)
piano:
Buck Washington (on 1933-11-24)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1933-11-24)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1933-11-24)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1933-11-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Do Your Duty (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
3:23
4Gimme a Pigfoot
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1933-11-24)
banjo and guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1933-11-24)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1933-11-24)
double bass [bass]:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1933-11-24)
piano:
Buck Washington (on 1933-11-24)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1933-11-24)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1933-11-24)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1933-11-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1933-11-24)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
3:28
5Take Me for a Buggy Ride
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Take Me for a Buggy Ride (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
2:36
6I'm Down in the Dumps
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Down in the Dumps (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson and Leola B. Wilson
3:10
7The Yellow Dog Blues
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1925-05-06)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1925-05-06)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1925-05-06)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-06)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1925-05-06)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-06)
tuba:
Bob Escudero (on 1925-05-06)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-06)
cover recording of:
Yellow Dog Blues (on 1925-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
3:16
8Soft Pedal Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-14)
3:20
9Nashville Woman's Blues
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
3:16
10Careless Love Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
43:28
11Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
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
3:11
12St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: a)Band intro; b)Crap Game; c)St. Louis Blues.
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-06-24)
14:45
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