Greatest Hits

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

Tracklist

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▼ Medium 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-15, on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-15)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
43:31
2Gulf Coast Blues
3:10
3Jailhouse Blues
3:18
4St. Louis Gal
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-24)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) and Irving Johns (on 1923-09-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-24)
recording of:
St. Louis Gal (on 1923-09-24)
writer:
J. Russel Robinson
43:33
5Aggravatin' Papa
3:23
6Baby Won't You Please Come Home
3:02
7Chicago Bound Blues
3:23
8'Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
3:33
9Any Woman's Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-10-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-10-16)
43:31
10Easy Come Easy Go Blues
3:14
11Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
3:25
12Hateful Blues
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1924-04-08)
violin:
Robert Robbins (on 1924-04-08)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-04-08)
43:10
13Careless Love Blues
3:29
14New Gulf Coast Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-17)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1925-11-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-17)
43:25
15I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-27)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-27)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-27)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-27)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-27)
recording of:
I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (on 1925-05-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
43:25
16The Yellow Dog Blues
recording of:
Yellow Dog Blues (on 1925-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
3:06
17I Ain't Got Nobody
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-08-19)
banjo:
Elmer Snowden (on 1925-08-19)
piano:
Isadore Myers (on 1925-08-19)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-08-19)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody (on 1925-08-19)
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
43:14
18What's the Matter Now
2:49
19Baby Doll
3:02
20Hard Driving Papa
3:00
21The Gin House Blues
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-03-18)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-03-18)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-03-18)
recording of:
The Gin House Blues (on 1926-03-18)
3:16
22Lost Your Head Blues
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1926-05-04)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-05-04)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-05-04)
recording of:
Lost Your Head Blues (on 1926-05-04)
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
2:58
23After You've Gone
3:00
24Backwater Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-02-17)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1927-02-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-02-17)
recording of:
Backwater Blues (on 1927-02-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
3:19
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1Preachin' the Blues
2:53
2Alexander's Ragtime Band
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-02)
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Coleman Hawkins (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:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
3:02
3A Good Man Is Hard to Find
3:04
4Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
3:16
5Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
3:25
6Thinking Blues
3:04
7I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2:53
8Empty Bed Blues, Part 1
2:58
9Empty Bed Blues, Part 2
3:14
10Spider Man Blues
3:16
11Slow and Easy Man
2:53
12I'm Wild About That Thing
2:43
13You've Got to Give Me Some
2:39
14Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
2:51
15Wasted Life Blues
2:55
16Don't Cry Baby
recording of:
Don’t Cry Baby
writer:
Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson and Stella Unger
publisher:
Advanced Music corp. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:02
17Baby Have Pity on Me
3:12
18Hustlin' Dan
3:23
19Black Mountain Blues
3:02
20In the House Blues
2:53
21Blue Blue
3:06
22I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
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)
2:41
23Safety Mama
3:16
24Do Your Duty
3:16
25Gimme a Pig Foot and a Bottle of Beer
3:19

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