The Ultimate Collection

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Bessie Smith3:01
2Gin House Blues
Bessie Smith3:16
3T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-26)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-26)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1923-04-26)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
Bessie Smith3:30
4After You've Gone
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Bessie Smith2:59
5Sweet Mistreater
Bessie Smith3:03
6Empty Bed Blues, Parts 1 & 2
Bessie Smith6:27
7Dyin' by the Hour
Bessie Smith3:00
8Homeless Blues
Bessie Smith3:05
9You've Been a Good Ole Wagon (But You Done Broke Down)
Bessie Smith3:32
10Gulf Coast Blues
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
Bessie Smith3:03
11Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me)
Bessie Smith3:17
12Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-02)
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1927-03-02) and Coleman Hawkins (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
Muddy Water (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Jo Trent
composer:
Peter de Rose and Harry Richman
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Bessie Smith3:09
13There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (on 1927-03-02)
writer:
Joe Bushkin and John DeVries
Bessie Smith3:22
14Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
Bessie Smith3:34
15A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Bessie Smith3:02
16Lock and Key
Bessie Smith3:01
17Looking for My Man Blues
Bessie Smith2:50
18Foolish Man Blues
Bessie Smith2:56
19Hateful Blues
Bessie Smith3:11
20Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bessie Smith2:52
21Thinking Blues
Bessie Smith3:11
22Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Bessie Smith3:24
23St. Louis Blues (feat. Louis Armstrong)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-01-14)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
reed organ:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Bessie Smith featuring Louis Armstrong43:11