5x CD
Lady Sings the Blues
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2005
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1A Good Man Is a Seldom ThingChris Connor3:25
- 2All of MeMildred Bailey3:07
- 3Body and SoulCarmen McRae4:27
- 4Come See About MeGladys Knight & the Pips2:43
- 5Empty Bed BluesBessie Smith6:24
- 6Furniture Man Blues, Part 2Victoria Spivey3:08
- 7I’m Walking the StreetGeorgia White2:30
- 8LovermanBillie Holiday3:194.0 ★
- 9Mama, He Treats Your Daughter MeanRuth Brown2:54
- 10My Country ManBig Maybelle2:34
- 11Or Leave Me AloneLil Hardin Armstrong2:56
- 12Slave to LoveChristine Kittrell3:09
- 13You Killed My LoveBettye LaVette2:55
- 14You’re Driving Me CrazyJoséphine Baker2:24
- 15After You’ve GoneBessie Smith2:58
- 16SummertimeBillie Holiday2:55
- 17Grass Cutter BluesAlice Moore2:56
- 18That Old Black MagicBilly Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan3:18
- 19Day In, Day OutCarmen McRae2:01
- 20Come Rain or Come ShineDinah Washington2:15
- CD 2
- 1All in My MindMaxine Brown2:28
- 2All or Nothin’ BluesDinah Washington2:50
- 3Don’t You KnowDella Reese2:05
- 4Can’t Be Bothered With No SheikRosa Henderson3:20
- 5Careless LoveLena Horne2:47
- 6He’s Just My SizeLittle Mae Kirkman2:49
- 7Ice ManMemphis Minnie2:59
- 8I’m Down in the DumpsBessie Smith3:11
- 9It’s Been a Long TimeAnnie Laurie2:39
- 10My ManBillie Holiday2:56
- 11Sam the Hot Dog ManLil Johnson3:02
- 12Take Me BackLinda Hayes2:31
- 13Way Back HomeBig Maybelle2:44
- 14Wild Wild Young MenRuth Brown2:31
- 15Baby Won’t You Please Come HomeBessie Smith2:57
- 16I’m Going Fishing TooAlice Moore3:06
- 17My Heart Belongs to DaddyElla Fitzgerald3:05
- 18A Hundred Years From TodaySarah Vaughan2:57
- 19Don’t Ever Leave MeCarmen McRae2:38
- 20Crazy LoveDinah Washington3:23
- CD 3
- 1Chain Gang BluesMa Rainey3:09
- 2Cherry WineEsther Phillips2:11
- 3Chewin’ Mama BluesDinah Washington2:53
- 4Cryin’ MoodElla Fitzgerald2:37
- 5How Long Has This Been Going OnLena Horne3:24
- 6If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It)Barrel House Annie2:51
- 7I’m Wild About That ThingBessie Smith2:50
- 8I’ve Got a Right to Sing the BluesPeggy Lee2:42
- 9I’ve Got What It TakesVirginia Liston3:17
- 10My Butcher ManMemphis Minnie2:59
- 11No Smoke BluesSarah Vaughan2:20
- 12One for My BabyBillie Holiday5:38
- 13Send Me a ManAlberta Hunter2:58
- 14The Blues I Love to SingAdelaide Hall3:02
- 15Do Your DutyBessie Smith3:26
- 16Sugar BluesElla Fitzgerald2:51
- 17Money Tree ManAlice Moore3:04
- 18The One I Love Belongs to Someone ElseSarah Vaughan3:09
- 19I Could Write a BookCarmen McRae2:54
- 20Do Nothing ’Til You Hear From MeDinah Washington2:42
- CD 4
- 1Baby I’m Doing ItAnnisteen Allen2:28
- 2Every Beat of My HeartGladys Knight & the Pips2:02
- 3Falling in Love AgainMarlene Dietrich3:11
- 4Fat DaddyDinah Washington2:26
- 5Gulf Coast BluesElla Fitzgerald2:56
- 6I’m in the RacketBillie Pierce3:19
- 7Mean Old Bed Bug BluesBessie Smith3:00
- 8Mercy Mr. PercyVaretta Dillard2:45
- 9No Headstone on My GraveEsther Phillips3:22
- 10Set Me FreeIrma Thomas2:24
- 11SummertimeSarah Vaughan3:15
- 12That’s the Way It GoesPeggy Lee3:10
- 13There’s Always the BluesDella Reese2:49
- 14YesterdaysBillie Holiday2:57
- 15You’re Gonna Lose Your GalElla Fitzgerald3:12
- 16Standin’ in the RainBessie Smith2:53
- 17Bumble BeeMemphis Minnie3:19
- 18Time After TimeSarah Vaughan3:02
- 19They Can’t Take That Away From MeCarmen McRae3:36
- 20Mellow Mama BluesDinah Washington3:06
- CD 5
- 1Birth of the BluesDella Reese2:47
- 2For SaleClara Smith2:59
- 3Guess WhoGladys Knight & the Pips3:17
- 4I Got It Bad and That Ain’t GoodElla Fitzgerald2:52
- 5I’m Waiting Just for YouLucky Millinder2:33
- 6Lover Come Back to MeMildred Bailey3:06
- 7Mean and Evil BluesDinah Washington1:53
- 8Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and OutBessie Smith2:585.0 ★
- 9One Hour MamaIda Cox2:54
- 10Release MeEsther Phillips3:16
- 11Shake a HandFay Adams2:52
- 12Stormy WeatherLena Horne3:19
- 13Trouble Is a ManSarah Vaughan2:34
- 14TryingLinda Baker2:35
- 15Mama Come HomeElla Fitzgerald2:44
- 16Young Woman’s BluesBessie Smith3:09
- 17MoonshineMemphis Minnie2:48
- 18PerdidoSarah Vaughan2:29
- 19Getting to Know YouDella Reese2:15
- 20Rich Man’s BluesDinah Washington2:53
Release credits
- vocal [8, 16]
- double bass [17]
- lead vocals [8]
- piano [17]
- clarinet [16]
- guitar [8]
- piano [8]
- tuba [8]
- piano [8]
- cornet [8]
- conductor [14]
- piano [16]
- conductor [3]
- alto saxophone [8]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- double bass [8]
- alto saxophone [8]
- alto saxophone [8]
- cornet [16]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- vocal [14]
- guitar [17]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- vocal [3]
- guitar [3.10, 4.17, 2.7, 5.17], vocal [4.17, 5.17, 2.7, 3.10]
- vocal [2]
- producer [8]
- trumpet [17]
- performing orchestra [14]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- trumpet [8]
- vocal [11, 18]
- performing orchestra [8]
- arranger [8], conductor [8]
- double bass [7], guitar [7]
Issues
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L5x CD2005- L5x CD13 November 2006