Artist information

Sort name:: Smith, Bessie
Type:: Person
Gender:: Female
Born:: 1894-04-15
Died:: 1937-09-26 (aged 43)
Area:: United States

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Last updated on 2012-05-15 19:04 UTC

Bessie Smith

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Works

Work	Writers	Artists	ISWC	Type	Language	Rating
Alexander's Ragtime Band	Irving Berlin (composer, lyricist)	Ray Charles Johnnie Ray Ella Fitzgerald Irving Berlin Ethel Merman Bing Crosby Margie Gibson Benny Goodman Oscar Peterson Michael Feinstein Bessie Smith Raimonds Pauls Wayne King Charlie Shavers Connee Boswell Alice Faye Max Morath Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra Sonya Hedenbratt Geraldo and His Orchestra Pinets Orkester Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan Arthur F. Collins & Byron G. Harlan The Boswell Sisters feat. The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra & Arthur Fiedler	T-070.007.927-1	Song	eng
Baby Won't You Please Come Home	Clarence Williams (writer) Charles Warfield (writer)	Louis Armstrong Ray Charles Frank Sinatra Django Reinhardt Ella Fitzgerald Sarah Vaughan Kay Starr Clarence Williams Jack Teagarden Jo Stafford Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers Bill Coleman & His Orchestra Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong Dean Martin Sam Cooke Miles Davis Wynton Marsalis Billie Holiday Bill Coleman Count Basie Jessica Williams Ricky Nelson Bessie Smith Brook Benton Ann-Margret Shirley Horn The Mills Brothers Della Reese Red Garland Louis Prima Bobby Hackett Julie London Helen Humes Vic Damone Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra Sammy Price Ella Mae Morse Bobby Scott Wild Bill Davison Dick Van Dyke Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra Bradley N. Litwin Count Basie & His Orchestra Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Juanita Hall Mari Nakamoto Eva Taylor Louis Prima & Keely Smith Count Basie and His Orchestra Jane Horrocks feat. Dean Martin Louis Prima & Gia Maione with The Witnesses George Thomas & McKinney's Cotton Pickers		Song	eng
Backwater Blues	Bessie Smith (writer) James P. Johnson (instrument arranger)	Bessie Smith Lead Belly Memphis Slim Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson		Song
Don't Cry Baby	James P. Johnson (composer) Saul Bernie (composer) Stella Unger (composer)	Tony Bennett Madeleine Peyroux Bessie Smith
Easy Come Easy Go Blues		Bessie Smith Marianne Faithfull
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)	Tin Pan Alley (composer, lyricist)	Bessie Smith		Song	eng
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Jimmy Cox (lyricist, composer)	Derek and the Dominos Bob Dylan Acker Bilk Eric Clapton Barbra Streisand Nina Simone Bessie Smith Rita Chiarelli Saara Soisalo		Song	eng
Oh Daddy Blues	Bessie Smith (composer)	Bessie Smith Little Brother Montgomery
Reckless Blues	Bessie Smith (writer) Jack Gee (writer)	Madeleine Peyroux		Song
St. Louis Blues	William Christopher Handy (composer, lyricist)	Billie Holiday The Dave Brubeck Quartet Nat King Cole Jimmy Witherspoon Frank "Big Boy" Goudie Barbara Carroll Trio Chet Atkins Chuck Berry Art Tatum Dizzy Gillespie Bill Coleman Sidney Bechet Don Byron Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Erroll Garner Fats Waller Jan Johansson Sammy Price [unknown] Klaus Wunderlich Quintette du Hot Club de France Hugh Laurie Esther Bigeou Bob Wallis Prince's Band Stéphane Grappelli and His Hot Four Sonya Hedenbratt Stéphane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner Kid Ory John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra The Producers William Christopher Handy Gary Lambert & Eddie Cochran Beryl Bryden With The Rod Mason Band Bessie Smith / Louis Armstrong W.C. Handy
The Gin House Blues		Bessie Smith Little Brother Montgomery
The Gulf Coast Blues	Clarence Williams (composer)	Bessie Smith Esther Bigeou Mirta & Hot Acoustics		Song	eng