Queen of the Blues, Volume 1

Compilation by Bessie Smith

Released 2006

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Downhearted Blues
3:21
2
Gulf Coast Blues
3:00
3
Aggravatin' Papa
3:11
4.0 ★
4
Beale Street Mama
3:27
5
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:53
4.0 ★
6
Oh Daddy Blues
3:01
7
'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
3:21
8
Keeps On Rainin'
3:02
9
Mama's Got the Blues
2:54
10
Outside of That
3:25
11
Bleeding Hearted Blues
3:04
12
Lady Luck Blues: 3
3:02
13
Yodelin' Blues: 3
3:06
14
Midnight Blues: 3
3:09
15
If You Don't, I Know Who Will
3:26
16
Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
3:21
17
Jail House Blues
3:14
18
St Louis Gal: 3
3:24
4.0 ★
19
Sam Jones Blues
2:48
20
Graveyard Dream Blues
2:45
5.0 ★
21
Cemetery Blues
3:33
22
Far Away Blues
2:55
23
I'm Going Back to My Used to Be
2:48
CD 2
1
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
3:10
2
My Sweetie Went Away
3:13
3
Any Woman's Blues
3:19
4
Chicago Bound Blues
3:07
5
Mistreatin' Daddy
3:08
6
Frosty Mornin' Blues: 4
3:17
7
Haunted House Blues
3:14
8
Eavesdropper's Blues
2:57
9
Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
3:10
10
Pinchbacks - Take 'em Away
3:18
11
Rockin' Chair Blues
3:17
12
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
3:26
13
Boweavil Blues
2:53
14
Hateful Blues
3:09
15
Frankie Blues
3:32
16
Moonshine Blues
3:18
17
Louisiana Low Down Blues
3:24
18
Mountain Top Blues
3:13
19
Work House Blues
3:23
20
House Rent Blues
3:09
21
Salt Water Blues
3:27
22
Rainy Weather Blues
3:37
CD 3
1
Weeping Willow Blues
3:11
2
The Bye Bye Blues
3:16
3
Sing Sing Prison Blues
3:03
4
Follow the Deal on Down
3:16
5
Sinful Blues
3:09
6
Woman's Trouble Blues
3:01
7
Love Me Daddy Blues
3:10
8
Dyin' Gambler Blues
2:55
9
The St. Louis Blues
3:08
10
Reckless Blues
2:59
11
Sobbin' Hearted Blues
3:00
12
Cold in Hand Blues
3:10
13
You've Been a Good Old Wagon
3:23
14
Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
3:09
5.0 ★
15
The Yellow Dog Blues: 1
3:06
16
Soft Pedal: 1
3:15
17
Dixie Flyer Blues
3:09
18
Nashville Women's Blues: 2
3:37
19
Careless Love: 1
3:25
20
J.C. Holmes Blues
3:05
21
I Ain't Going to Play Second Fiddle
3:22
4.0 ★
22
He's Gone Blues
3:09
CD 4
1
Nobody's Blues but Mine
2:58
2
I Ain't Got Nobody
3:05
3
My Man Blues
3:29
4
New Gulf Coast Blues
3:28
5
Florida Bound Blues
3:22
6
At the Christmas Ball
3:28
3.0 ★
7
I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It
2:59
8
Red Mountain Blues
3:15
9
Golden Rule Blues
3:06
10
Lonesome Desert Blues
3:27
11
Squeeze Me
3:24
12
Them "Has Been" Blues
3:25
13
Squeeze Me
2:53
14
What's the Matter Now
2:47
15
I Want Every Bit
2:42
16
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
3:16
17
The Gin House Blues
3:24
18
Money Blues
3:18
19
Baby Doll
3:07
20
Hard Drivin' Papa
3:04
21
Lost Your Head Blues
3:00
22
Hard Times Blues
3:05
23
Honey Man Blues
3:08

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Release credits

Bessie Smith
vocal [1.3, 1.5, 1.18, 1.20, 3.14, 3.20-21, 4.6, 4.11, 4.13, 4.22]
Bob Escudero
tuba [14]
Buddy Christian
banjo [3]
Buster Bailey
clarinet [14]
Charlie Dixon
banjo [14]
Charlie Green
trombone [3.14, 3.20-21, 4.6]
Clarence Williams
piano [4.13, 1.3, 1.5]
Coleman Hawkins
tenor saxophone [14]
Ernest Elliott
clarinet [3]
Fletcher Henderson
piano [3.14, 3.20-21, 4.6, 4.22]
Fred Longshaw
piano [11]
Irving Johns
piano [18]
Jimmy Jones
piano [18, 20]
Joe Smith
cornet [3.14, 4.6]
Louis Armstrong
cornet [20-21]
Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
cornet [11]

Issues

Q
Queen of the Blues, Volume 1
4x CD
2006