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Bessie Smith

MUSIC

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues

DISCOGRAPHY

Down Hearted Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues

Baby Won't You Please Come Home (1923, Columbia)
1Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2Oh Daddy Blues

Aggravatin' Papa (1923, Columbia)
1Aggravatin' Papa
2Beale Street Mama

Performed by Bessie Smith and Her Down Home Trio.

Keeps On A Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) (1923, Columbia)
1Keeps On A Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
2'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

Mamas Got The Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Mamas Got The Blues
2Outside Of That

Lady Luck Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Lady Luck Blues
2Yodling Blues

Bleeding Hearted Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Bleeding Hearted Blues
2Midnight Blues

Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine (1923, Columbia)
1Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
2If You Don't Know Who Will?

Jail-House Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Jail-House Blues
2Graveyard Dream Blues

Sam Jones Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Sam Jones Blues
2St. Louis Gal

Far Away Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
2I'm Going Back To My Used To Be

My Sweetie Went Away (1923, Columbia)
1My Sweetie Went Away
2Whoa Tillie, Take Your Time

Performed by Bessie Smith and Her Down Home Trio.

Any Woman's Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Any Woman's Blues
2Cemetery Blues

Chicago Bound Blues (1923, Columbia)
1Chicago Bound Blues
2Mistreatin' Daddy

Evesdropper's Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Evesdropper's Blues
2Haunted House Blues

Easy Come Easy Go Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Easy Come Easy Go Blues
2Frosty Morining Blues

Rocking Chair Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Rocking Chair Blues
2Sorrowful Blues

Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down (1924, Columbia)
1Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
2Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away

Boweavil Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Boweavil Blues
2Moonshine Blues

Frankie Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Frankie Blues
2Hateful Blues

Lou'siana Low Down Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Lou'siana Low Down Blues
2Mountaintop Blues

House Rent Blues (1924, Columbia)
1House Rent Blues
2Work House Blues

Rainy Weather Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Rainy Weather Blues
2Salt Water Blues

Weeping Willow Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Weeping Willow Blues
2The Bye Bye Blues

Follow The Deal On Down (1924, Columbia)
1Follow The Deal On Down
2Sinful Blues

Woman's Trouble Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Woman's Trouble Blues
2Love Me Daddy Blues

Dying Gambler's Blues (1924, Columbia)
1Dying Gambler's Blues
2Sing Sing Prison Blues

St. Louis Blues (1925, Columbia)
1St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)

Sobbin' Hearted Blues (1925, Columbia)
1Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)

You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (1925, Columbia)
1You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
2Dixie Flyer Blues

Yellow Dog Blues (1925, Columbia)
1Yellow Dog Blues (with Henderson's Hot Six)
2Soft Pedal Blues (performed by Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys)

Careless Love Blues (1925, Columbia)
1Careless Love Blues
2He's Gone Blues

I Ain't Got Nobody (1925, Columbia)
1I Ain't Got Nobody
2J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)

I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle (1925, Columbia)
1I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
2Nashville Woman's Blues

My Man Blues (1925, Columbia)
1My Man Blues (with Clara Smith)
2Nobody's Blues But Mine

Florida Bound Blues (1925, Columbia)
1Florida Bound Blues
2New Gulf Coast Blues

I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It (1925, Columbia)

At The Christmas Ball (1925, Columbia)

1I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
2Red Mountain Blues
1At The Christmas Ball
2Preachin' The Blues

Golden Rule Blues (1925, Columbia)
1Golden Rule Blues
2Lonesome Desert Blues

I Want Ev'ry Bit Of It (1926, Columbia)
1I Want Ev'ry Bit Of It
2What's The Matter Now?

Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town (1926, Columbia)
1Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
2Squeeze Me

Baby Doll (1926, Columbia)
1Baby Doll
2Them 'Has Been' Blues

Hard Driving Papa (1926, Columbia)
1Hard Driving Papa
2Money Blues

The Gin House Blues (1926, Columbia)
1The Gin House Blues
2Lost Your Head Blues

Hard Time Blues (1926, Columbia)
1Hard Time Blues
2Honey Man Blues

Young Woman's Blues (1926, Columbia)
1Young Woman's Blues
2One And Two Blues

Homeless Blues (1927, Columbia)
1Homeless Blues
2Sweet Mistreater

After You've Gone (1927, Columbia)
1After You've Gone
2Muddy Water (A Mississsippi Moan)

Credited to Bessie Smith and Her Band.

Back-Water Blues (1927, Columbia)
1Back-Water Blues (with James P. Johnson)
2Preachin' The Blues

Them's Graveyard Words (1927, Columbia)
1Them's Graveyard Words
2Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair

Performed by Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys.

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1927, Columbia)
1Alexander's Ragtime Band
2There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Performed by Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys.

Lock And Key Blues (1927, Columbia)
1Lock And Key Blues
2Trombone Cholly (performed by Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys)

A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1927, Columbia)
1A Good Man Is Hard To Find
2Mean Old Bed Bug Blues

Hot Springs Blues (1927, Columbia)
1Hot Springs
2Looking For My Man Blues

Dyin' By The Hour (1927, Columbia)
1Dyin' By The Hour
2Foolish Man Blues

I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama (1928, Columbia)
1I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
2Thinking Blues

I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave (1928, Columbia)
1I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
2Pickpocket Blues

It Won't Be You (1928, Columbia)
1It Won't Be You
2Standin' In The Rain Blues

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out Of There) (1928, Columbia)
1Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out Of There)
2Spider Man Blues

Empty Bed Blues (1928, Columbia)
1Empty Bed Blues, part1
2Empty Bed Blues, part 2

Poorman's Blues (1928, Columbia)
1Poorman's Blues (with James P. Johnson)
2You Ought To Ashamed

Devil's Gonna Git You (1928, Columbia)
1Devil's Gonna Git You
2Yes Indeed He Do!

Washwoman's Blues (1928, Columbia)
1Washwoman's Blues
2Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind

Me And My Gin (1928, Columbia)
1Me And My Gin
2Slow And Easy Man

I'm Wild About That Thing (1929, Columbia)
1I'm Wild About That Thing
2You've Got To Get Me Some

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (1929, Columbia)
1Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
2Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)

I Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away) (1929, Columbia)
1I Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away)
2Kitchen Man

He's Got Me Goin' (1929, Columbia)
1He's Got Me Goin'
2It Makes My Love Come Down

Dirty No-Gooder's Blues (1929, Columbia)
1Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
2Wasted Life Blues

You Don't Understand (1929, Columbia)
1You Don't Understand
2Worn Out Papa

Blue Spirit Blues (1929, Columbia)
1Blue Spirit Blues
2Don't Cry Baby

New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (1930, Columbia)
1New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
2Keep It To Yourself

Baby Have Pity On Me (1930, Columbia)
1Baby Have Pity On Me
2See If I Care

Moan Mourners (1930, Columbia)
1Moan Mourners
2On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)

Black Mountain Blues (1930, Columbia)
1Black Mountain Blues
2Hustlin' Dan

Blue Blue (1931, Columbia)
1Blue Blue
2In The House Blues

Long Old Road (1931, Columbia)
1Long Old Road
2Shipwreck Blues

Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl (1931, Columbia)
1Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
2Safety Mama

Gimmie A Pigfoot (1933, OKeh)
1Gimmie A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)
2Take Me For A Buggy Ride

Do Your Duty (1933, OKeh)
1Do Your Duty
2I'm Down In The Dumps

Cold In Hand Blues (1940, Columbia)
1Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)

A reissue of recordings from 1925.

Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) (1940, Columbia)
1Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) (with Henderson's Hot Six)
2Young Woman's Blues

A reissue of recordings from 1925 & 1926.

Baby Doll (1940, Columbia)
1Baby Doll
2Lost Your Head Blues

A reissue of recordings from 1926.

Empty Bed Blues (1940, Columbia)
1Empty Bed Blues, part 1
2Empty Bed Blues, part 2

A reissue of recordings from 1928.

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1Yellow Dog Blues
2Nashville Woman's Blues
3Careless Love Blues
4I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
5I Want Every Bit of It
6Money Blues
7One And Two Blues
8Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
9Lock And Key
10A Good Man Is Hard To Find
11Dyin' By The Hour
12Foolish Man Blues
13I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
14Standin' In The Rain Blues
15I'm Wild About That Thing
16Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
17Blue Spirit Blues
18Do Your Duty
19Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
20I'm Down In The Dumps

The Collection (1989, Columbia)
1Downhearted Blues
2T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
3My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why)
4Weepin' Willow Blues
5St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
6Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
8I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
9Young Woman's Blues
10Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
11Mean Old Bedbug Blues
12Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
13Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
14Black Mountain Blues
15Do Your Duty
16Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)

The Gold Collection (1990, Retro)
Disc 2
1St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2Careless Love Blues
3Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
4Downhearted Blues
5T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
6Sing, Sing Prison Blues
7Sinful Blues
8Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9Yellow Dog Blues
10Nashville Woman's Blues
11I Ain't Got Nobody
12I Want Every Bit Of It
13Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
14Honey Man Blues
15Trombone Cholly
16There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
17Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
18Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
19Lock And Key
20After You've Gone
Disc 2
1Alexander's Ragtime Band
2Backwater Blues
3It Won't Be You
4Empty Bed Blues, part 1
5Devil's Gonna Git You
6Poor Man's Blues
7I'm Wild About That Thing
8Kitchen Man
9Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
10He's Got Me Goin'
11Wasted Life Blues
12Keep It To Yourself
13On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
14Moan, You Moaners
15Hustlin' Dan
16New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
17Long Old Road
18Safety Mama
19Gimme a Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
20Do Your Duty

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Volume 1 (1991, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Aggravatin' Papa
4Beale Street Mama
5Baby Won't You Please Come Home
6Oh Daddy Blues
7T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8Keeps On Rainin' (Papa He Can't Make No Time)
9Mama's Got The Blues
10Outside Of That
11Bleeding Hearted Blues
12Lady Luck Blues
13Yodling Blues
14Midnight Blues
15If You Don't, I Know Who Will
16Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
17Jail House Blues
18St. Louis Gal
19Sam Jones Blues
Disc 2
1Graveyard Dream Blues
2Cemetery Blues
3Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
4I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (with Clara Smith)
5Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
6My Sweetie Went Away
7Any Woman's Blues
8Chicago Bound Blues
9Mistreating Daddy
10Frosty Morning Blues
11Haunted House Blues
12Eavesdropper's Blues
13Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
14Sorrowful Blues
15Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away
16Rocking Chair Blues
17Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
18Boweavil Blues
19Hateful Blues

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Volume 2 (1991, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Frankie Blues
2Moonshine Blues
3Lou'siana Low-Down Blues
4Mountain Top Blues
5Work House Blues
6House Rent Blues
7Salt Water Blues
8Rainy Weather Blues
9Weeping Willow Blues
10The Bye Bye Blues
11Sing Sing Prison Blues
12Follow The Deal On Down
13Sinful Blues
14Woman's Trouble Blues
15Love Me Daddy Blues
16Dying Gambler's Blues
17St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
18Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
19Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
Disc 2
1Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
3Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
4Yellow Dog Blues
5Soft Pedal Blues
6Dixie Flyer Blues
7Nashville Woman's Blues
8Careless Love Blues
9J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
10I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
11He's Gone Blues
12Nobody's Blues But Mine
13I Ain't Got Nobody
14My Man Blues
15New Gulf Coast Blues
16Florida Bound Blues
17At The Christmas Ball
18I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Volume 3 (1992, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Red Mountain Blues
2Golden Rule Blues
3Lonesome Desert Blues
4Them 'Has Been' Blues
5Squeeze Me
6What's The Matter Now?
7I Want Every Bit Of It
8Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
9The Gin House Blues
10Money Blues
11Baby Doll
12Hard Driving Papa
13Lost Your Head Blues
14Hard Time Blues
15Honey Man Blues
16One And Two Blues
17Young Woman's Blues
18Preachin' The Blues
19Back Water Blues
20After You've Gone
21Alexander's Ragtime Band
Disc 2
1Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
2There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
3Trombone Cholly
4Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5Them's Graveyard Words
6Hot Spring Blues
7Sweet Mistreater
8Lock And Key
9Mean Old Bedbug Blues
10A Good Man Is Hard To Find
11Homeless Blues
12Looking For My Man Blues
13Dyin' By The Hour
14Foolish Man Blues
15Thinking Blues
16Pickpocket Blues
17I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
18I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Volume 4 (1993, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Standin' In The Rain Blues
2It Won't Be You
3Spider Man Blues
4Empty Bed Blues, part 1
5Empty Bed Blues, part 2
6Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
7Yes Indeed He Do!
8Devil's Gonna Git You
9You Ought To Be Ashamed
10Washwoman's Blues
11Slow And Easy Man
12Poor Man's Blues
13Please Help Me Get Him Out Of My Mind
14Me And My Gin
15I'm Wild About That Thing
16You've Got To Give Me Some
17Kitchen Man
18I've Got What It Take (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away)
19Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
20Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
Disc 2
1He's Got Me Goin'
2It Makes My Love Come Down
3Wasted Life Blues
4Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
5Blue Spirit Blues
6Worn Out Papa Blues
7You Don't Understand
8Don't Cry Baby
9Keep It To Yourself
10New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
11See If I'll Care
12Baby Have Pity On Me
13On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
14Moan You Moaners
15Hustlin' Dan
16Black Mountain Blues
17In The House Blues
18Long Old Road
19Blue Blue
20Shipwreck Blues

Mama's Got the Blues (1994, Topaz Jazz)
1Careless Love Blues
2Young Woman's Blues
3I Want Every Bit Of It
4Alexander's Ragtime Band
5My Man Blues
6Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
7If You Don't, I Know Who Will
8After You've Gone
9T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
10Lonesome Desert Blues
11Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try To Two-Time)
12St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
13Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
14Baby Won't You Please Come Home
15Nobody's Blues But Mine
16Mama's Got The Blues
17Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
18Hustlin' Dan
19Do Your Duty
20Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)
21Take Me For A Buggy Ride
22Down In The Dumps

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1994, Four Star)
1Alexander's Ragtime Band
2Trombone Cholly
3Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
4Lock And Key
5A Good Man Is Hard to Find
6Dyin' By The Hour
7Foolish Man Blues
8Thinking Blues
9Devil's Gonna Get You
10I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
11Standin' In The Rain Blues
12I'm Wild About That Thing
13You've Got To Give Me Some
14Kitchen Man
15He's Got Me Goin'
16Blue Spirit Blues
17Do Your Duty
18Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) (with Benny Goodman)

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1923 (1994, Classics)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Aggravatin' Papa
4Beale Street Mama
5Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues
6Oh Daddy (You Won't Have No Mama At All)
7T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa He Can't Make No Time)
9Mama's Got The Blues
10Outside Of That
11Bleeding Hearted Blues
12Lady Luck Blues
13Yodling Blues
14Midnight Blues
15If You Don't I Know Who Will
16Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
17Jail House Blues
18St. Louis Gal
19Sam Jones Blues
20Graveyard Dream Blues
21Cemetary Blues
22Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
23I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (with Clara Smith)

Do Your Duty: The Essential Recordings Of Bessie Smith (1995, Indigo)
1Do Your Duty
2Gimme a Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
3Take Me For A Buggy Ride
4After You've Gone
5Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
6St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
8Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9Careless Love Blues
10Nashville Woman's Blues
11I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
12Backwater Blues
13Sinful Blues
14Sam Jones Blues
15T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
16J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
17Kitchen Man
18Weeping Willow Blues
19Empty Bed Blues, part 1
20Empty Bed Blues, part 2
21Down Hearted Blues
22Jail-House Blues

Beale Street Mama (1996, Charly)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Beale Street Mama
4Baby Won't You Please Come Home
5T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
6Bleeding Hearted Blues
7Midnight Blues
8Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
9St. Louis Gal
10Graveyard Dream Blues
11I'm Going Back To My Used To Be
12My Sweetie Went Away
13Any Woman's Blues
14Frosty Morning Blues
15Haunted House Blues
16Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
17Rocking Chair Blues
18Sorrowful Blues
19Boweavil Blues
20Hateful Blues

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1923-1924 (1996, Classics)
1Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
2My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When, Or Why)
3Any Woman's Blues
4Chicago Bound Blues
5Mistreatin' Daddy
6Frosty Mornin' Blues
7Haunted House Blues
8Eavesdropper's Blues
9Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
10Sorrowful Blues
11Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away
12Rockin' Chair Blues
13Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Open
14Boweavil Blues
15Hateful Blues
16Frankie Blues
17Moonshine Blues
18Lou'siana Low Down Blues
19Mountain Top Blues
20Work House Blues
21House Rent Blues
22Salt Water Blues
23Rainy Weather Blues

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1924-1925 (1996, Classics)
1Weeping Willow Blues
2The Bye Bye Blues
3Sing Sing Prison Blues
4Follow The Deal On Down
5Sinful Blues
6Woman's Trouble Blues
7Love Me Daddy Blues
8Dying Gambler's Blues
9St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
10Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
11Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
12Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
13You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
14Cake Walkin' Blues
15Yellow Dog Blues
16Soft Pedal Blues
17Dixie Flyer Blues
18Nashville Woman's Blues
19Careless Love Blues
20J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
21I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
22He's Gone Blues
23Nobody's Blues But Mine
24I Ain't Got Nobody

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1925-1927 (1996, Classics)
1My Man Blues
2New Gulf Coast Blues
3Florida Bound Blues
4At The Christmas Ball
5I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
6Red Mountain Blues
7Golden Rule Blues
8Lonesome Desert Blues
9Them 'Has Been' Blues
10Squeeze Me
11What's The Matter Now?
12I Want Every Bit Of It
13Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
14The Gin House Blues
15Money Blues
16Baby Doll
17Hard Driving Papa
18Lost Your Head Blues
19Hard Time Blues
20Honey Man Blues
21One And Two Blues
22Young Woman's Blues
23Preachin' The Blues
24Backwater Blues

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1927-1928 (1996, Classics)
1After You've Gone
2Alexander's Ragtime Band
3Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
4There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
5Trombone Cholly
6Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
7Them's Graveyard Words
8Hot Springs Blues
9Sweet Mistreater
10Lock And Key
11Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
12A Good Man Is Hard To Find
13Homeless Blues
14Looking For My Man Blues
15Dyin' By The Hour
16Foolish Man Blues
17Thinking Blues
18Pickpocket Blues
19I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
20I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
21Standin' In The Rain Blues
22It Won't Be You
23Spider Man Blues

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1928-1929 (1996, Classics)
1Empty Bed Blues, part 1
2Empty Bed Blues, part 2
3Put It Right Here
4Yes Indeed He Do!
5Devil's Gonna Get You
6You Ought To Be Ashamed
7Washwoman's Blues
8Slow And Easy Man
9Poor Man's Blues
10Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind
11Me And My Gin
12I'm Wild About That Thing
13You've Got To Give Me Some
14Kitchen Man
15I've Got What It Takes
16Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
17St. Louis Blues, part 1
18St. Louis Blues, part 2
19St. Louis Blues, part 3
20St. Louis Blues, part 4
21Take It Right Back
22He's Got Me Goin'
23It Makes My Love Come Down

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Volume 5 - The Final Chapter (1996, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
2Safety Mama
3Do Your Duty
4Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)
5Take Me For A Buggy Ride
6I'm Down In The Dumps
7Yellow Dog Blues
8Soft Pedal Blues
9Nashville Woman's Blues
10Careless Love Blues
11Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
12St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro/Crap Game/St. Louis Blues
Disc 2
1Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Bessie Disappears
2Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Waldorf-Astoria Party
3Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Bessie & Jack I
4Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Bessie & Jack II/Bessie And The Ladies
5Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Life On The Road I
6Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Life On The Road II
7Ruby Smith Dialogue:An Interview With Chris Albertson - Life On The Road III/Bessie And Gertrude

Bessie Smith Sings The Blues (1996, Sony)
1Dying Gambler's Blues
2Nashville Woman's Blues
3Yellow Dog Blues
4Backwater Blues
5Standin' In The Rain Blues
6Blue Spirit Blues
7Kitchen Man
8Hot Springs Blues
9Frosty Mornin' Blues
10Haunted House Blues

American Legends: Bessie Smith (1996, Delta)
1T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
2Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
3St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
4Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
5Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
6Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
8I Ain't Got Nobody
9Sing Sing Prison Blues
10Follow The Deal On Down
11Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
12I'm Wild About That Thing

Empty Bed Blues (1996, ASV)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Keep On A Rainin'
3St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
4Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
5Cake Walkin' Babies
6Yellow Dog Blues
7At The Christmas Ball
8Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
9The Gin House Blues
10Baby Doll
11Lost Your Head Blues
12Backwater Blues
13Trombone Cholly
14Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
15Dyin' By The Hour
16Empty Bed Blues
17Put It Right Here
18I'm Wild About That Thing
19Kitchen Man
20Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
21New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
22Do Your Duty
23Gimme A Pig Foot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)

An Introduction To Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933 (1996, Best of Jazz)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Jail House Blues
3My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why)
4Any Woman's Blues
5Weeping Willow Blues
6The St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
8You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
9Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
10Careless Love Blues
11Baby Doll
12Hard Time Blues
13Young Woman's Blues
14Preachin' The Blues
15Alexander's Ragtime Band
16Trombone Cholly
17Dyin' By The Hour
18Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
19He's Got Me Goin'
20Shipwreck Blues
21Do Your Duty
22Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)

Bessie Smith Sings The Jazz (EPM Musique, 1996)
1There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
2I Ain't Got Nobody
3Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
4Lock And Key
5Sweet Mistreater
6Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
7Baby Doll
8T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
9You've Got To Give Me Some
10Careless Love Blues
11Baby Won't You Please Come Home
12Oh Daddy Blues
13Alexander's Ragtime Band
14Yes Indeed He Do!
15I Want Ev'ry Bit Of It
16After You've Gone
17Squeeze Me
18What's The Matter Now?
19It Won't Be You
20Keep It To Yourself
21He's Got Me Goin'
22Down In The Dumps
23Do Your Duty

La Sélection 1923-1933 (L'Art Vocale Volume 3) (1997, L'Art Vocale)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Jail-House Blues
3My Sweetie Went Away
4Weeping Willow Blues
5St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
6Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
8Yellow Dog Blues
9Nashville Woman's Blues
10Careless Love Blues
11Them 'Has Been' Blues
12Baby Doll
13Backwater Blues
14Alexander's Ragtime Band
15Dyin' By The Hour
16I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
17Empty Bed Blues, parts 1 and 2
18I'm Wild About That Thing
19Worn Out Papa Blues
20On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
21Shipwreck Blues
22Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)

The Essential Bessie Smith (1997, Sony)
Disc 1
1Aggravatin' Papa
2Baby Won't You Please Come Home
3T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
4Jail-House Blues
5Graveyard Dream Blues
6Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
7Boweavil Blues
8Weeping Willow Blues
9Dying Gambler's Blues
10St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
11You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
12Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
13Careless Love Blues
14I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
15At The Christmas Ball
16Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
17Backwater Blues
18After You've Gone
Disc 2
1Alexander's Ragtime Band
2There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
3Trombone Cholly
4Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5A Good Man Is Hard To Find
6Dyin' By The Hour
7Me And My Gin
8Kitchen Man
9Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
10On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
11Moan, You Moaners
12Black Mountain Blues
13Shipwreck Blues
14Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
15Do Your Duty
16Gimmie A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
17Take Me For A Buggy Ride
18Down In The Dumps

The Empress Of The Blues: The Ultimate Collection (1998, Prism)
1Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
2The Gin House Blues
3T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
4After You've Gone
5Sweet Mistreater
6Empty Bed Blues, parts 1 and 2
7Dyin' By The Hour
8Homeless Blues
9You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (But You Done Broke Down) (with Louis Armstrong)
10Gulf Coast Blues
11Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try To Two-Time Me)
12Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
13There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
14Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
15A Good Man Is Hard To Find
16Lock And Key
17Looking For My Man Blues
18Foolish Man Blues
19Hateful Blues
20Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
21Thinking Blues
22Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
23St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)

The Chronological Bessie Smith: 1929-1933 (1998, Classics)
1Wasted Life Blues
2Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
3Blue Spirit Blues
4Worn Out Papa Blues
5You Don't Understand
6Don't Cry Baby
7Keep It To Yourself
8New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
9See If I'll Care
10Baby Have Pity On Me
11On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
12Moan, You Mourners
13Hustlin' Dan
14Black Mountain Blues
15In The House Blues
16Long Old Road
17Blue Blue
18Shipwreck Blues
19Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
20Safety Mama
21Do Your Duty
22Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
23Take Me For A Buggy Ride
24I'm Down In The Dumps

The Masters: Bessie Smith (1999, Cleopatra)
1Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) (with Benny Goodman)
2Down Hearted Blues
3Yellow Dog Blues
4Careless Love Blues
5A Good Man Is Hard To Find
6St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7Do Your Duty
8Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
10Empty Bed Blues, parts 1 and 2
11Nobody's Blues But Mine
12Alexander's Ragtime Band
13Them's Graveyard Words
14New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
15One And Two Blues
16Take Me For A Buggy Ride
17Squeeze Me
18Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

The Empress & the Pianist: 1923-1931 (1999, EPM Musique)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Outside Of That
4Bleeding Hearted Blues
5Jail-House Blues
6Graveyard Dream Blues
7St. Louis Gal
8Any Woman's Blues
9Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away
10Sinful Blues
11He's Gone Blues
12Florida Bound Blues
13Hard Time Blues
14Honey Man Blues
15Back Water Blues
16It Makes My Love Come Down
17Wasted Life Blues
18Blue Spirit Blues
19Worn Out Papa Blues
20Safety Mama

The Incomparable (1999, Columbia River)
1Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
2Down Hearted Blues
3Yellow Dog Blues
4Careless Love Blues
5A Good Man Is Hard To Find
6St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7Do Your Duty
8Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
10Empty Bed Blues
11Nobody's Blues But Mine
12Alexander's Ragtime Band
13Them's Graveyard Words
14New Orleans Hop Scotch Blues
15One And Two Blues
16Take Me For A Buggy Ride
17Squeeze Me
18Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle, Volume 1 (1999, ABM)
1Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
2Yellow Dog Blues
3Soft Pedal Blues
4Dixie Flyer Blues
5Nashville Woman's Blues
6Careless Love Blues
7J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
8I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
9He's Gone Blues
10Nobody's Blues But Mine
11I Ain't Got Nobody
12New Gulf Coast Blues
13Florida Bound Blues
14At The Christmas Ball
15I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
16Red Mountain Blues
17Golden Rule Blues
18Lonesome Desert Blues
19Them Has Been Blues
20Squeeze Me

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle, Volume 2 (1999, ABM)
1What's The Matter Now
2I Want Ev'ry Bit Of It
3Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
4The Gin House Blues
5Money Blues
6Baby Doll
7Hard Driving Papa
8Lost Your Head Blues
9Hard Times Blues
10Honey Man Blues
11One And Two Blues
12Young Woman's Blues
13Preachin' The Blues
14Back Water Blues
15After You've Gone
16Alexander's Ragtime Band
17Muddy Water
18There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
19Trombone Cholly
20Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle, Volume 3 (1999, ABM)
1Them's Graveyard Words
2Hot Spring Blues
3Sweet Mistreater
4Lock And Key
5Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
6A Good Man Is Hard To Find
7Homeless Blues
8Looking For My Man Blues
9Dyin' By The Hour
10Foolish Man Blues
11Thinking Blues
12Pickpocket Blues
13I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
14I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
15Standin' In The Rain Blues
16It Won't Be You
17Spider Man Blues
18Empty Bed Blues, part 1 and 2
19Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle, Volume 4 (2000, ABM)
1Yes Indeed He Did!
2Devil's Gonna Git You
3You Ought To Be Ashamed
4Washwoman's Blues
5Slow And Easy Man
6Poor Man's Blues
7Please Help Me Get Him Out Of My Mind
8Me And My Gin
9I'm Wild About That Thing
10You've Got To Give Me Some
11Kitchen Man
12I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away)
13Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
14Take It Right Back (Because I Don't Want It Here)
15He's Got Me Goin'
16It Makes My Love Come Down
17Wasted Life Blues
18Dirty No Gooder's Blues
19Blue Spirit Blues
20Worn Out Papa Blues

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle, Volume 5 (2000, ABM)
1You Don't Understand
2Don't Cry Baby
3Keep It To Yourself
4New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
5See If I Care
6Baby Have Pity On Me
7On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
8Moan You Mourners
9Hustlin' Dan
10Black Mountain Blues
11In The House Blues
12Long Old Road
13Blue Blue
14Shipwreck Blues
15Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
16Safety Mama
17Do Your Duty
18Gimmie A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
19Take Me For A Buggy Ride
20I'm Down In The Dumps

Woman's Trouble Blues (2000, Recall)
Disc 1
1Aggravatin' Papa
2T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
3Mama's Got The Blues
4If You Don't I Know Who Will
5Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
6I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (with Clara Smith)
7Any Woman's Blues
8Mistreating Daddy
9Easy Come Easy Go Blues
10Sorrowful Blues
11Boweavil Blues
12Lou'siana Low Down Blues
13House Rent Blues
14Weeping Willow Blues
15Woman's Trouble Blues
16St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
17Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
18You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
19Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
20Nashville Woman's Blues
Disc 2
1Careless Love Blues
2I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
3Nobody's Blues But Mine
4I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
5Preachin' The Blues
6Back Water Blues
7Muddy Water
8There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
9Sweet Mistreater
10A Good Man Is Hard To Find
11Empty Bed Blues, part 1
12Empty Bed Blues, part 2
13Me And My Gin
14I'm Wild About That Thing
15You've Got To Give Me Some
16Nobody Know You When You're Down And Out
17On Revival Day
18Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
19Do You Duty
20Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)

Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out (2000, Roots)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
4Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
5Any Woman's Blues
6Weeping Willow Blues
7You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
8Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
10Careless Love Blues
11I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
12I Ain't Got Nobody
13Lost Your Head Blues
14Backwater Blues
15After You've Gone
16Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
17Mean Old Bedbug Blues
18Empty Bed Blues, part 1
19Empty Bed Blues, part 2
20Poor Man's Blues
21Me And My Gin
22Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Legendary Blues Recordings: Bessie Smith (2001, Direct Source)
1St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2Baby Won't You Please Come Home
3Black Mountain Blues
4Young Woman's Blues
5Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
6Empty Bed Blues
7Standin' In The Rain Blues
8I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
9T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
10I'm Wild About That Thing
11Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
12Mama's Got The Blues

After You've Gone (2001, Catfish (UK))
1Alexander's Ragtime Band
2Down Hearted Blues
3Careless Love Blues
4Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
5Backwater Blues
6St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
7Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
8My Sweetie Went Away
9Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
10Good Man Is Hard To Find
11T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
12Jail-House Blues
13Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
14Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
15I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
16Yellow Dog Blues
17At The Christmas Ball
18Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
19After You've Gone
20Empty Bed Blues, part 1
21Empty Bed Blues, part 2

Bessie Smith, Volume 1 (2001, Frog (UK))
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Aggravatin' Papa
4Beale Street Mama
5Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues
6Oh Daddy Blues
7T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8Keeps On A Rainin'
9Mama's Got The Blues
10Outside Of That
11Bleeding Hearted Blues
12Lady Luck Blues
13Lady Luck Blues
14Yodling Blues
15Yodling Blues
16Midnight Blues
17Midnight Blues
18If You Don't I Know Who Will
19Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
20Jailhouse Blues
21St. Louis Gal
22St. Louis Gal
23Sam Jones Blues

Bessie Smith, Volume 2 (2002, Frog (UK))
1Graveyard Dream Blues
2Cemetery Blues
3Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
4I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (with Clara Smith)
5Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
6My Sweetie Went Away
7Any Woman's Blues
8Chicago Bound Blues
9Mistreatin' Daddy
10Frosty Morning Blues
11Frosty Morning Blues
12Haunted House Blues
13Eavesdropper's Blues
14East Come, Easy Go Blues
15Sorrowful Blues
16Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away
17Rockin' Chair Blues
18Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
19Boweavil Blues
20Hateful Blues
21Frankie Blues
22Moonshine Blues

Bessie Smith, Volume 3 (2002, Frog (UK))
1Lou'siana Low-Down Blues
2Mountaintop Blues
3Workhouse Blues
4House Rent Blues
5Salt Water Blues
6Rainy Weather Blues
7Weeping Willow Blues
8The Bye Bye Blues
9Sing Sing Prison Blues
10Follow The Deal On Down
11Sinful Blues
12Woman's Trouble Blues
13Love Me Daddy Blues
14Dying Gambler's Blues
15St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
16Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
17Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
18Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
19You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
20Cake Walking Babies (From Home)
21Yellow Dog Blues
22Yellow Dog Blues

Bessie Smith, Volume 4 (2002, Frog (UK))
1Soft Pedal Blues
2Soft Pedal Blues
3Dixie Flyer Blues
4Nashville Woman's Blues
5Nashville Woman's Blues
6Careless Love Blues
7Careless Love Blues
8J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
10He's Gone Blues
11Nobody's Blues But Mine
12I Ain't Got Nobody
13My Man Blues
14New Gulf Coast Blues
15Florida Bound Blues
16At The Christmas Ball
17I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
18Red Mountain Blues
19Golden Rule Blues
20Lonesome Desert Blues
21Squeeze Me
22Them 'Has Been' Blues
23Squeeze Me

Queen Of The Blues (2002, Deja Vu Retro)
1St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
2Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
3You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
4Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
5Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
6Downhearted Blues
7Weeping Willow Blues
8Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
9Yellow Dog Blues
10Careless Love
11I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
12The Gin House Blues
13Backwater Blues
14Preachin' The Blues
15After You've Gone
16Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
17Empty Bed Blues
18Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
19Shipwreck Blues
20Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)

The Quintessence: "The Empress" 1923-33 (2002, Fremeaux & Associes)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Aggravatin' Papa
4Beale Street Mama
5Graveyard Dream Blues
6Cemetery Blues
7Any Woman's Blues
8Boweavil Blues
9Weeping Willow Blues
10Reckless Blues
11Sobbin' Hearted Blues
12Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
13Yellow Dog Blues
14Soft Pedal Blues
15Nashville Woman's Blues
16Careless Love Blues
17I Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
18At the Christmas Ball
Disc 2
1Squeeze Me
2Money Blues
3Baby Doll
4Young Woman Blues
5Back Water Blues
6After You've Gone
7Alexander's Ragtime Band
8Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
9There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town In The Old Town Tonight
10Trombone Cholly
11Foolish Man Blues
12Empty Bed Blues, parts 1 and 2
13St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
14Wasted Life Blues
15On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
16Shipwreck Blues
17Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
18Take Me For A Buggy Ride

Bessie Smith, Volume 1: Downhearted Blues - Original 1923-1924 Recordings (2003, Naxos)
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
4Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
5Yodling Blues
6Bleeding Hearted Blues
7Lady Luck Blues
8If You Don't, I Know Who Will
9Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
10Jail-House Blues
11Graveyard Dream Blues
12Cemetery Blues
13Any Woman's Blues
14Mistreatin' Daddy
15Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
16Moonshine Blues
17Boweavil Blues
18Hateful Blues

Bessie Smith, Volume 5 (2003, Frog (UK))
1What's The Matter Now
2I Want Every Bit Of It
3Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
4The Gin House Blues
5Money Blues
6Baby Doll
7Hard Driving Papa
8Lost Your Head Blues
9Hard Time Blues
10Honey Man Blues
11One And Two Blues
12Young Woman Blues
13Preachin' The Blues
14Back-Water Blues
15After You've Gone
16Alexander's Rag Time Band
17Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
18Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
19There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
20Trombone Cholley
21Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
22Them's Graveyard Word
23Hot Spring Blues

Bessie Smith, Volume 1: St. Louis Blues - Original 1924-1925 Recordings (2003, Naxos)
1Haunted House Blues
2Eavesdropper's Blues
3Frankie Blues
4Rainy Weather Blues
5Salt Water Blues
6Weeping Willow Blues
7Sinful Blues
8St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
9Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
10Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
11Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
12You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
13Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
14Yellow Dog Blues
15Soft Pedal Blues
16Careless Love
17Dixie Flyer Blues
18I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)

Bessie Smith, Volume 6 (2003, Frog (UK))
1Sweet Mistreater
2Lock And Key
3Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
4A Good Man Is Hard To Find
5Homeless Blues
6Looking For My Man Blues
7Dyin' By The Hour
8Foolish Man Blues
9Thinking Blues
10Pickpocket Blues
11I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
12I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
13Standin' In The Rain
14It Won't Be You
15Spider Man Blues
16Empty Bed Blues, part 1
17Empty Bed Blues, part 2
18Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
19Yes Indeed He Do!
20Devil's Gonna Git You
21You Ought To Be Ashamed
22Washwoman's Blues

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Bessie Smith (2003, Sony)
1A Good Man Is Hard To Find
2I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
3Me And My Gin
4Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
5The St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
6T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
7Careless Love Blues
8Yellow Dog Blues
9Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
10Down Hearted Blues
11Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
12On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
13Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
14Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
15Back Water Blues

Bessie Smith, Volume 7 (2004, Frog (UK))
1Slow And Easy Man
2Poor Man's Blues
3Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind
4Me And My Gin
5I'm Wild About That Thing
6You've Got To Give Me Some
7Kitchen Man
8I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away)
9Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
10Introduction
11St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
12Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
13He's Got Me Goin'
14It Makes My Love Come Down
15Wasted Life Blues
16Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
17Blue Spirit Blues
18Worn Out Papa Blues
19You Don't Understand
20Don't Cry Baby

Bessie Smith, Volume 8 (2004, Frog (UK))
1Keep It To Yourself
2New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
3See If I'll Care
4See If I'll Care
5Baby Have Pity on Me
6On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
7Moan Mourners
8Hustlin' Dan
9Black Mountain Blues
10In The House Blues
11Long Old Road
12Blue Blue
13Shipwreck Blues
14Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
15Safety Mama
16Do Your Duty
17Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)
18Take Me For A Buggy Ride
19I'm Down In The Dumps

Careless Love (2004, Snapper)
1Jail-House Blues
2Yellow Dog Blues
3At the Christmas Ball
4Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
5Down Hearted Blues
6A Good Man Is Hard To Find
7Careless Love
8Empty Bed Blues, part 1
9Empty Bed Blues, part 2
10Alexander's Ragtime Band
11Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
12Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
13My Sweetie Went Away
14St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
15Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
16Backwater Blues
17Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
18T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
19Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
20After You've Gone

The Best Of Bessie Smith, The Empress Of The Blues (2004, Blues Forever)
1Do Your Duty
2Take Me For A Buggy Ride
3I'm Down In The Dumps
4Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)
5Safety Mama
6Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
7Me And My Gin
8He's Got Me Goin'
9Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
10Young Woman's Blues
11Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
12Careless Love
13I Ain't Got Nobody
14My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why)
15Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
16St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
17Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
18I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)

Bessie Smith, Volume 1: Preachin' The Blues - Original 1925-1927 Recordings (2004, Naxos)
1I Ain't Got Nobody
2He's Gone Blues
3Nobody's Blues But Mine
4New Gulf Coast Blues
5Florida Bound
6At The Christmas Ball
7I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
8Red Mountain Blues
9Golden Rule Blues
10Squeeze Me
11Money Blues
12Baby Doll
13Hard Driving Papa
14Lost Your Head Blues
15Hard Time Blues
16Young Woman's Blues
17Backwater Blues
18Preachin' The Blues

Kings Of The Blues: Bessie Smith (2004, Castle)
1Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
2St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
3Empty Bed Blues, part 1
4Empty Bed Blues, part 2
5You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
6Careless Love Blues
7Squeeze Me
8I Ain't Got Nobody
9The Gin House Blues
10Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
11Young Woman's Blues
12A Good Man Is Hard To Find
13Alexander's Ragtime Band
14Backwater Blues
15After You've Gone
16There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
17Gulf Coast Blues
18T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
19Baby Wont You Please Come Home
20Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
21Yellow Dog Blues
22Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer

Chattanooga Gal (2004, Proper)
Disc 1
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Beale Street Mama
4Baby Won't You Please Come Home
5'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
6Bleeding Hearted Blues
7Lady Luck Blues
8Midnight Blues
9Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
10Any Woman's Blues
11Chicago Bound Blues
12Moonshine Blues
13Work House Blues
14House Rent Blues
15Rainy Weather Blues
16Weeping Willow Blues
17The Bye Bye Blues
18Sinful Blues
19Dying Gambler's Blues
20St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
21Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
22Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
23Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
Disc 2
1You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
2Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
3Yellow Dog Blues
4Soft Pedal Blues
5Careless Love Blues
6Nashville Woman's Blues
7J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
8I Ain't Goin To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
9He's Gone Blues
10I Ain't Got Nobody
11I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It
12Red Mountain Blues
13Golden Rule Blues
14Lonesome Desert Blues
15Them 'Has Been' Blues
16Squeeze Me
17What's the Matter Now?
18I Want Every Bit Of It
19Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
20The Gin House Blues
21Money Blues
22Baby Doll
23Hard Driving Papa
24Lost Your Head Blues
Disc 3
1Hard Time Blues
2Honey Man Blues
3One And Two Blues
4Young Woman's Blues
5Preachin' The Blues
6Backwater Blues
7After You've Gone
8Alexander's Ragtime Band
9Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
10There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
11Trombone Cholly
12Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
13Sweet Mistreater
14Lock And Key
15Good Man Is Hard To Find
16Dyin' By The Hour
17Foolish Man Blues
18Thinking Blues
19I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
20Spider Man Blues
21Empty Bed Blues, part 1
22Empty Bed Blues, part 2
23Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
24Yes Indeed He Do!
Disc 4
1Devil's Gonna Git You
2Poor Man's Blues
3Please Help Me Get Him Out Of My Mind
4Me And My Gin
5I'm Wild About That Thing
6Kitchen Man
7I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
8Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
9He's Got Me Goin'
10It Makes My Love Come Down
11Dirty No-Gooders Blues
12Blue Spirit Blues
13You Don't Understand
14Don't Cry Baby
15Baby Have Pity On Me
16On Revival Day
17Hustlin' Dan
18Black Mountain Blues
19Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
20Safety Mama
21Do Your Duty
22Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)
23Take Me For A Buggy Ride
24I'm Down In The Dumps

Empress Of The Blues (2004, Universe)
Disc 1
1Down Hearted Blues
2T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
3Mama's Got The Blues
4Bleeding Hearted Blues
5Lady Luck Blues
6Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
7Jail-House Blues
8Sam Jones Blues
9My Sweetie Went Away
10Any Woman's Blues
11Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
12Hateful Blues
13Moonshine Blues
14House Rent Blues
15Weeping Willow Blues
16The Bye Bye Blues
17Sing Sing Prison Blues
18Follow The Deal On Down
19Sinful Blues
20St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
21Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
22Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
23Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
24You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
Disc 2
1Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
2Yellow Dog Blues
3Nashville Women's Blues
4Careless Love Blues
5J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
6I Ain't Goin To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
7Nobody's Blues But Mine
8I Ain't Got Nobody
9At The Christmas Ball
10Squeeze Me
11I Want Every Bit Of It
12Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
13Honey Man Blues
14One And Two Blues
15Young Woman's Blues
16Back Water Blues
17After You've Gone
18Alexander's Ragtime Band
19Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
20There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
21Trombone Cholly
22Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
23Them's Graveyard Words
24Lock And Key
Disc 3
1Mean Old Bedbug Blues
2A Good Man Is Hard To Find
3It Won't Be You
4Empty Bed Blues, part 1
5Empty Bed Blues, part 2
6Devil's Gonna Git You
7Poor Man's Blues
8Me And My Gin
9I'm Wild About That Thing
10Kitchen Man
11Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
12Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
13He's Got Me Goin'
14Wasted Life Blues
15Keep It To Yourself
16New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
17On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
18Moan, You Moaners
19Hustlin' Dan
20Black Mountain Blues
21Long Old Road
22Safety Mama
23Do Your Duty
24Gimme A Pigfoot (with Benny Goodman)
25Take Me For A Buggy Ride

The Empress of the Blues: 1923-1933 (2004, Jazz Legends)
1Down Hearted Blues
2T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
3Graveyard Dream Blues
4You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
5Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
6Yellow Dog Blues
7Careless Love Blues
8I Ain't Goin To Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
9At The Christmas Ball
10Backwater Blues
11After You've Gone
12There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Time Tonight
13Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
14Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
15Good Man Is Hard To Find
16Empty Bed Blues, parts 1 and 2
17I'm Wild About That Thing
18Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
19On Revival Day
20Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
21Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)

Sweet Mistreater (2005, United States of Distribution)
Disc 1
1Down Hearted Blues
2Baby Won't You Please Come Home
3Jail House Blues
4Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
5Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
6Any Woman's Blues
7Mistreating Daddy
8Haunted House Blues
9Sorrowful Blues
10Rocking Chair Blues
11Lou'siana Low-Down Blues
12Weeping Willow Blues
13Sinful Blues
14Love Me Daddy Blues
15You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
16Yellow Dog Blues
17Dixie Flyer Blues
18Careless Love Blues
19Nobody's Blues But Mine
20My Man Blues
21Lonesome Desert Blues
22What's The Matter Now
23The Gin House Blues
24Lost Your Head Blues
Disc 2
1Young Woman's Blues
2After You've Gone
3Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
4Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5Sweet Mistreater
6Mean Old Bedbug Blues
7Looking For My Man Blues
8Dying By The Hour
9I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
10Spider Man Blues
11Empty Bed Blues, part 2
12Devil's Gonna Get You
13Slow And Easy Man
14Poor Mans' Blues
15I'm Wild About That Thing
16Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
17Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
18Dirty No-Gooders Blues
19Don't Cry Baby
20Keep It To Yourself
21Black Mountain Blues
22In The House Blues
23Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
24Take Me For A Buggy Ride

Bessie Smith, The Empress OF The Blues (2005, Blues Archive)
Disc 1
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Oh Daddy Blues
4Baby Won't You Please Come Home
5Aggravatin' Papa
6Beale Street Mama
7Keeps On A-Rainin (Papa He Can't Make No Time)
8T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
9Mama's Got The Blues
10Outside Of That
11Lady Luck Blues
12Yodling Blues
13Bleeding Hearted Blues
14Midnight Blues
15If You Don't Know Who Will
16Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
17Jail-House Blues
18Cemetery Blues
19Graveyard Dream Blues
20Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
21I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (with Clara Smith)
Disc 2
1My Sweet Went Away
2Whoa Tillie Take Your Time
3Any Woman's Blues
4Chicago Bound Blues
5Mistreating Daddy
6Frosty Morning Blues
7Easy Come Easy Go Blues
8Eavesdropper's Blues
9Hounted House Blues
10Sorrowful Blues
11Rocking Chair Blues
12Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
13Boweavil Blues
14Hateful Blues
15Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away
16Nashville Woman's Blues
17Sweet Mistreater
18Mean Old Bedbug Blues
19Blue Spirit Blues
20Black Mountain Blues
21House Blues

Greatest Hits (2005, Fabulous)
Disc 1
1Down Hearted Blues
2Gulf Coast Blues
3Jailhouse Blues
4St. Louis Gal
5Aggravatin' Papa
6Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
7Chicago Bound Blues
8T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
9Any Woman's Blues
10Easy Come Easy Go Blues
11Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
12Hateful Blues
13Careless Love Blues
14New Gulf Coast Blues
15I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
16Yellow Dog Blues
17I Ain't Got Nobody
18What's The Matter Now
19Baby Doll
20Hard Driving Papa
21The Gin House Blues
22Lost Your Head Blues
23After You've Gone
24Backwater Blues
Disc 2
1Preachin' The Blues
2Alexander's Ragtime Band
3A Good Man Is Hard to Find
4Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
5Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
6Thinking Blues
7I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
8Empty Bed Blues, part 1
9Empty Bed Blues, part 2
10Spider Man Blues
11Slow And Easy Man
12I'm Wild About That Thing
13You've Got To Give Me Some
14Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
15Wasted Life Blues
16Don't Cry Baby
17Baby Have Pity On Me
18Hustlin' Dan
19Black Mountain Blues
20In The House Blues
21Blue Blue
22I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
23Safety Mama
24Do Your Duty
25Gimme A Pig Foot And A Bottle Of Beer (with Benny Goodman)

Quadromania - Bessie Smith: Chicago Bound Blues (2006, Membran)
Disc 1
1Lady Luck Blues
2Outside Of That
3Keeps On A Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
4Down Hearted Blues
5Oh Daddy Blues
6Midnight Blues
7Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
8Aggravatin' Papa
9If You Don't I Know Who Will
10Jail House Blues
11Sam Jones Blues
12Nobody In Town Can Make A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
13Yodling Blues
14Bleeding Hearted Blues
15Mama's Got The Blues
16T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Disc 2
1Gulf Coast Blues
2Beale Street Mama
3Frosty Morning Blues
4Mean Old Bedbug Blues
5Sweet Mistreater
6Woman's Trouble Blues
7Love Me Daddy Blues
8Follow The Deal On Down
9Sinful Blues
10St. Louis Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
11Reckless Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
12Sobbin' Hearted Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
13Cold In Hand Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
14You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (with Louis Armstrong)
15He's Gone Blues
16Yellow Dog Blues
Disc 3
1Weeping Willow Blues
2The Bye Bye Blues
3Sing Sing Prison Blues
4Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
5Dyin' Gambler's Blues
6Soft Pedal Blues
7Dixie Flyer Blues
8Careless Love Blues
9J.C. Holmes Blues (with Louis Armstrong)
10Nobody's Blues But Mine
11I Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle (with Louis Armstrong)
12Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
13Frosty Morning Blues
14Chicago Bound Blues
15My Sweet Went Away
16Sorrowful Blues
Disc 4
1Rocking Chair Blues
2Hateful Blues
3Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away
4Eavesdropper's Blues
5Haunted House Blues
6Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
7Cemetery Blues
8Graveyard Dream Blues
9Far Away Blues (with Clara Smith)
10I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (with Clara Smith)
11Mistreating Daddy
12Any Woman's Blues
13Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
14Boweavil Blues
15Blue Spirit Blues
16Black Mountain Blues
17The Gin House Blues
18Nashville Woman's Blues



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