Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues

Tracklist

• 1
  Down Hearted Blues
  3:27
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Gulf Coast Blues
  3:06
• 3
  Aggravatin' Papa
  3:18
• 4
  T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
  3:12
• 6
  My Sweetie Went Away
  3:12
• 7
  Any Woman's Blues
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Weeping Willow Blues
  3:10
• 9
  Careless Love Blues
  3:27
• 10
  I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 11
  I Ain't Got Nobody
  3:11
• 12
  Empty Bed Blues
  6:24
• 13
  Do Your Duty
  3:27
• 14
  Gimme a Pig Foot
  3:32

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Release credits

• Bessie Smith
  vocal [1, 4, 7, 10]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [10]
• Clarence Williams
  piano [1, 4]
• Fletcher Henderson
  piano [7, 10]
• Louis Armstrong
  cornet [10]

Issues

• 

  C
  Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues

  CD
  January 1993
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  C
  Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues

  CD
  1 July 1999