The essential Bessie Smith
Music - 1997
Bessie Smith was a famous blues singer during the 1920's and 30's. All of these recordings were made during a 10 year period from 1923-1933. Includes 36 tracks on 2 discs that feature performances with Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman.
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New York, N.Y. :
Columbia/Legacy
p1997.
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- Biographical and production notes inserted in container.
- Physical Description
- 2 compact discs (113 min., 42 sec.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
- Production Credits
- Roots n' blues series producer: Lawrence Cohn.
- Disc 1. Aggravatin' papa (3:16)
- Baby won't you please come home (2:55)
- 'Taint nobody's bizness if I do (3:26)
- Jail-house blues (3:13)
- Graveyard dream blues (2:43)
- Ticket agent, ease your window down (3:17)
- Boweavil blues (2:51)
- Weeping willow blues (3:09)
- Dying gambler's blues (2:57)
- St. Louis blues (3:10)
- You've been a good ole wagon (3:28)
- Cake walkin' babies from home (3:09)
- Careless love blues (3:25)
- I ain't goin' to play second fiddle (3:21)
- At the Christmas ball (3:24)
- Jazzbo Brown from Memphis town (3:19)
- Backwater blues (3:17)
- After you've gone (2:56)
- Disc 2. Alexander's ragtime band (2:58)
- There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight (3:18)
- Trombone Cholly (3:09)
- Send me to the 'lectric chair (3:29)
- A good man is hard to find (2:58)
- Dyin' by the hour (2:58)
- Me and my gin (2:49)
- Kitchen man (2:55)
- Nobody knows you when you're down and out (2:56)
- On revival day (a rhythmic spiritual) (2:54)
- Moan, you moaners (3:11)
- Black mountain blues (3:07)
- Shipwreck blues (3:19)
- Need a little sugar in my bowl (2:47)
- Do your duty (3:23)
- Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer (3:28)
- Take me for a buggy ride (2:35)
- Down in the dumps (3:09).