Bessie Smith - Blues Queen (23 tracks)

Bessie Smith
Blues Queen
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Downhearted Blues - Bessie Smith, Austin, Lovie
2. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Bessie Smith, Grainger
3. My Sweetie Went Away - Bessie Smith, Handman, Lou
4. Weeping Willow Blues - Bessie Smith, Carter, Paul [Elect
5. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith, Handy, W. C.
6. Reckless Blues - Bessie Smith, Gee, Jack
7. Sobbin' Hearted Blues - Bessie Smith, Bradford, Perry
8. Cold in Hand Blues - Bessie Smith, Gee, Jack
9. You'd Been a Good Ole Wagon - Bessie Smith, Balcom, Stuart
10. Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) - Bessie Smith, Smith, Chris
11. The Yellow Dog Blues - Bessie Smith, Handy, W. C.
12. Nashville Woman's Blues - Bessie Smith, Longshaw, Fred
13. Careless Love Blues - Bessie Smith, Handy, W. C.
14. J.C. Holmes Blues - Bessie Smith, Horsley, Gus
15. I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle - Bessie Smith, Bradford, Perry
16. Young Woman's Blues - Bessie Smith, Smith, Bessie
17. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) - Bessie Smith, DeRose
18. Mean Old Bedbug Blues - Bessie Smith, Wood, Leo
19. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1 - Bessie Smith, Johnson, J. C.
20. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2 - Bessie Smith, Johnson, J. C.
21. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith, Cox, Ida
22. Black Mountain Blues - Bessie Smith, Cole, Hazel
23. Do Your Duty - Bessie Smith, Wilson, Wesley

CD Details

All Artists: Bessie Smith
Title: Blues Queen
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Definitive Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 4/23/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Vocal Blues, Traditional Blues, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8436006493744

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 comprehensive collection covering Bessie's whole career. Bessie overcame tremendous odds to become the Empress of the Blues, the best blues singer of her era, and the source of numerous legends. Above all, Bessie had a powerful and beautiful voice, and a strong personality which she imposed on every tune she chose to sing. Some of the tunes from her repertoire were composed by or for her, while she selected others from the vaudeville shows she often performed in. Most of the songs were Blues about lost lovers and personal problems, which in her voice sounded sincere and moving. This 24 track CD covers her whole career, beginning in her first session and ending in her last. It also includes all the masters she recorded backed by the great Louis Armstrong in 1925 and many other jewels. Definitive.

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