The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith
Compilation by Bessie Smith
Released 26 September 2011
Tracklist
- CD 1: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith
- 1Down Hearted Blues3:274.0 ★
- 2A Good Man Is Hard to Find3:02
- 3I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:214.0 ★
- 4Careless Love3:24
- 5Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)3:09
- 6T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do3:30
- 7I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:52
- 8Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair3:24
- 9Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer3:31
- 10Empty Bed Blues (Part One)3:03
- 11Empty Bed Blues (Part Two)3:21
- 12Back Water Blues3:19
- 13The Yellow Dog Blues3:03
- 14Me and My Gin2:51
- 15St Louis Blues3:114.0 ★
- 16Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town3:20
- 17Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:595.0 ★
- 18After You’ve Gone2:57
- 19Jailhouse Blues3:15
- 20Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues2:46
- 21I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave2:47
- CD 2: Original Blues Divas
- 1Coffee Grindin’ BluesLucille Bogan3:27
- 2My Stove’s in Good ConditionLil Johnson2:54
- 3Knockin’ Myself OutLil Green3:00
- 4Dirty Mother for YouMemphis Minnie2:48
- 5Short JohnDinah Washington2:53
- 6Dope Head BluesVictoria Spivey3:20
- 7Love Shows WeaknessMerline Johnson2:41
- 8When I Get Low I Get HighElla Fitzgerald2:25
- 9Jack I’m MellowTrixie Smith2:46
- 10I’m a Mighty Tight WomanSippie Wallace2:54
- 11One Monkey Don’t Stop No ShowBig Maybelle2:52
- 12Oh What a DreamRuth Brown2:53
More by Bessie Smith
Release credits
- vocal [1, 3, 6, 12, 15, 17-18]
- piano [7]
- clarinet [18]
- piano [4]
- trombone [3]
- piano [1, 6, 17]
- tuba [17]
- cornet [17]
- piano [3]
- reed organ [15]
- alto saxophone [17]
- electric guitar [7]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- trombone [10]
- piano [12]
- clarinet [10]
- cornet [3, 15]
- guitar [4], lead vocals [4]
- trumpet [10]
- piano [10], vocal [10]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- lead vocals [7]
- bass [7]
Issues
T26 September 2011- T24 November 2014