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Artist:
Bessie Smith
Title:
Blues Queen

Tracks:
01. Downhearted Blues 3:27
2. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do 3:26
3. My Sweetie Went Away 3:13
4. Weeping Willow Blues 3:11
5. St. Louis Blues 3:10
6. Reckless Blues 3:10
7. Sobbin' Hearted Blues 3:00
8. Cold In Hand Blues 3:11
9. You'd Been A Good Ole Wagon 3:28
10. Cake Walkin' Babies (from Home) 3:11
11. The Yellow Dog Blues 3:04
12. Nashville Woman's Blues 3:45
13. Careless Love Blues 3:27
14. J.C. Holmes Blues 3:05
15. I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second fiddle 3:23
16. Young Woman's Blues 3:10
17. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) 3:08
18. Mean Old Bedbug Blues 3:13
19. Empty Bed Blues (Pare 1) 3:03
20. Empty Bed Blues (Pare 2) 3:22
21. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2:59
22. Black Mountain Blues 3:09
23. Do Your Duty 3:20
24. Gimme A Pigfoot 3:20



Details:
A 'best of' compilation covering Bessie Smith's whole career - And featuring an all-star cast Louis Armstrong Benny Goodman Coleman Hawkins Pee Wee Russell Jack Teagarden Buster Bailey Chu Berry Fletcher Henderson & Clarence Williams among many others. This 24 track selection begins with her first session And ends with her last. It also includes all the masters she recorded with the great Louis Armstrong in 1925 And many other jewels. Total time : 78 min. Booklet with detailed And insightful liner notes. - - Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga Tennessee on April 15 1894. As one of ten children of a black family stricken by poverty in the segregated South 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

Label: Definitive

This item was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 April, 2008