Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Billie’s BluesBillie Holiday2:39
- 2At LastEtta James2:54
- 3Why Don’t You Do RightPeggy Lee3:13
- 4Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and OutBessie Smith2:575.0 ★
- 5Sugar in My BowlNina Simone3:41
- 6Teadrops From My EyesRuth Brown2:52
- 7Bumble BeeMemphis Minnie3:18
- 83:21
- 9Yonder Come the BluesMa Rainey3:035.0 ★
- 10SummertimeSarah Vaughan3:15
- 11Any‐Kind‐A‐ManVictoria Spivey2:505.0 ★
- 12Miss You BluesRosemary Clooney2:47
- 13Fine and MellowBillie Holiday3:12
- 14Blow Top BluesDinah Washington3:20
- 15New York State of MindCarmen McRae6:07
- CD 2
- 1Black CoffeeElla Fitzgerald3:04
- 2Mad About the BoyDinah Washington2:485.0 ★
- 3Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)Ruth Brown2:53
- 4Crazy BluesMamie Smith3:25
- 5Don’t Smoke in BedPeggy Lee3:07
- 6Backlash BluesNina Simone3:16
- 7Lover ManSarah Vaughan3:23
- 8You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now, Part 1Victoria Spivey2:55
- 9Gloomy SundayBillie Holiday3:12
- 10Blues in the NightRosemary Clooney3:35
- 11I Ain’t Got NobodyBessie Smith3:10
- 12Stormy WeatherLena Horne3:22
- 13All I Could Do Was CryEtta James2:574.0 ★
- 14Hear Me Talking to YouMa Rainey3:02
- 15I Cried for YouBillie Holiday3:10
- CD 3
- 1I’ve Got a Right to Sing the BluesPeggy Lee2:38
- 2This Bitter EarthDinah Washington2:292.0 ★
- 3Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday3:23
- 4Me and My Chauffeur BluesMemphis Minnie2:46
- 5No Smokes BluesSarah Vaughan2:25
- 6Hound DogBig Mama Thornton2:494.6 ★
- 7I Loves You PorgyNina Simone4:47
- 8Gulf Coast BluesBessie Smith3:05
- 9Body and SoulCarmen McRae3:27
- 10See See RiderMa Rainey3:18
- 11R.B. BluesRuth Brown2:38
- 12St. Louis BluesLena Horne3:01
- 13Trouble in MindSister Rosetta Tharpe2:33
- 14Basin Street BluesElla Fitzgerald3:06
- 15The Man That Got AwayJudy Garland4:23
Release credits
- double bass [6]
- conductor [6]
- performing orchestra [2]
- vocal [4]
- vocal [6]
- trombone [2]
- assistant [6]
- clarinet [9]
- banjo [9]
- trombone [9]
- piano [4]
- bass saxophone [9]
- editor [6]
- tuba [4]
- conductor [5]
- performing orchestra [5]
- piano [6]
- vocal [2.2, 3.2]
- cornet [4]
- lead vocals [13]
- piano [9]
- alto saxophone [4]
- tenor saxophone [4]
- arranger [5]
- producer [6]
- piano [2]
- trumpet [2]
- cornet [9]
- mix [6], recording [6]
- producer [6], vibraphone [6]
- performing orchestra [6]
- vocal [15]
- guitar [7]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- producer [5]
- producer [13]
- guitar [4]
- vocal [9]
- producer [6]
- guitar [1.7, 3.4], vocal [3.4, 1.7]
- vocal [5]
- guitar [6]
- producer [13]
- arranger [2]
- performing orchestra [2]
- conductor [15]
- arranger [13], conductor [13]
- performing orchestra [13]
- vocal [10]
- assistant [6]
- performing orchestra [15]
- assistant [6]
- bass [4]
Issues
- S3x CD2005