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4 CD set. Bessie Smith was not the first to record a blues indeed her early career was not even as a blues singer yet she stands astride the genre like a colossus. In 1923, after she'd moved to New York, Columbia gave her a chance. Her first cuts, made on February 15th, are lost. However, the next day she recorded Gulf Coast Blues and Down Hearted Blues with piano backing by Clarence Williams, who had written the former. This combination was released as Bessie's first disc. It sold 750,000. She was in the vanguard of a generation of black performers which wouldn't conform to the 'yassuh' stereotype. |
 Downhearted Blues
Gulf Coast Blues
Aggravatin’ Papa
Beale Street Mama
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Oh Daddy Blues
‘Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
Keeps On Rainin’
Mama’s Got The Blues
Outside Of That
Bleeding Hearted Blues
Lady Luck Blues: 3
Yodelin’ Blues: 3
Midnight Blues: 3
If You Don’t I Know Who Will
Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
Jail House Blues
St Louis Gal: 3
Sam Jones Blues
Graveyard Dream Blues
Cemetery Blues
Far Away Blues
I’m Going Back To My Used To Be
Whoa Tillie Take Your Time
My Sweetie Went Away
Any Woman’s Blues
Chicago Bound Blues
Mistreatin’ Daddy
Frosty Mornin’ Blues: 4
Haunted House Blues
Eavesdroppers Blues
Easy Come Easy Go Blues
Pinchbacks - Take ‘Em Away
Rockin’ Chair Blues
Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
Bo Weavil Blues
Hateful Blues
Frankie Blues
Moonshine Blues
Louisiana Low Down Blues
Mountain Top Blues
Work House Blues
House Rent Blues
Salt Water Blues
Rainy Weather Blues
Weeping Willow Blues
The Bye Bye Blues
Sing Sing Prison Blues
Follow The Deal On Down
Sinful Blues
Woman’s Trouble Blues
Love Me Daddy Blues
Dyin’ Gambler Blues
The St Louis Blues
Reckless Blues
Sobbin’ Hearted Blues
Cold In Hand Blues
You’ve Been A Good Old Wagon
Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home
The Yellow Dog Blues: 1
Soft Pedal: 1
Dixie Flyer Blues
Nashville Women’s Blues: 2
Careless Love: 1
J. C. Holmes Blues
I Ain’t Going To Play Second Fiddle
He’s Gone Blues
Nobody’s Blues But Mine
I Ain’t Got Nobody
My Man Blues
New Gulf Coast Blues
Florida Bound Blues
At The Christmas Ball
I’ve Been Mistreated And I Don’t Like It
Red Mountain Blues
Golden Rule Blues
Lonesome Desert Blues
Squeeze Me
Them Has Been Blues
Squeeze Me
What’s The Matter Now?
I Want Every Bit
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
The Gin House Blues
Money Blues
Baby Doll
Hard Drivin’ Papa
Lost Your Head Blues
Hard Time Blues
Honey Man Blues |
Personnel: Clarence Williams, Ernest Elliot, Fletcher Henderon, Irving Johns, Jimmy Jones, Clara Smith, more |
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