LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

Tracklist

• 1
  Gimme a Pigfoot
  3:10
• 2
  Baby Doll
  3:27
• 3
  On Revival Day
  3:16
• 4
  Money Blues
  2:54
• 5
  I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
  4:05
• 6
  Backwater Blues
  4:42
• 7
  Empty Bed Blues
  4:53
• 8
  There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
  2:43
• 9
  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  3:57
• 10
  After You’ve Gone
  3:09
• 11
  Young Woman’s Blues
  2:52
• 12
  Preaching the Blues
  2:50

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Release credits

• Buck Clayton
  trumpet
• Danny Barker
  guitar
• Ernie Wilkins
  arranger [4-8, 10-12]
• Jerome Richardson
  baritone saxophone [6, 10-12]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [4-5, 7-8]
• Joe Marshall
  drums (drum set)
• LaVern Baker
  vocal
• Nat Pierce
  arranger [4-8, 10-12], piano
• Paul Quinichette
  tenor saxophone
• Phil Moore
  arranger
• Sahib Shihab
  baritone saxophone [1-5, 7-9]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [6, 10-12]
• Vic Dickenson
  trombone [1-3, 9]
• Wendell Marshall
  bass

Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  L
  Lavern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

  12" Vinyl (stereo)
  1958
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  L
  LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

  CD (mono)
  1988
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  L
  La Vern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

  12" Vinyl (mono)
  1988
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  L
  LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

  CD
  29 March 1997