- When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 1: Walk Right In · 1972
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- Prison Blues · 2009
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- The Greatest In Country Blues · 1999
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- Dallas Alley Drag: Piano Blues, Rags, & Stomps · 2000
- Barrelhouse Mamas: Born In the Alley, Raised Up In the Slum · 1999
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
- Bessie Tucker (1928 - 1929) · 1991
Albums
About Bessie Tucker
Very little is known of the classic blues belter Bessie Tucker, a product of the folk and field holler vocal traditions of her native East Texas region. A woman whose petite frame belied the earthy power of her voice, her legend is largely founded on a bawdy 1928 Memphis session for the Victor label on which she was accompanied by pianist K.D. Johnson; the date yielded her best-known track, "Penitentiary" (sung in honor of an institution to which she was reportedly no stranger). A 1929 date followed, at which time Tucker disappeared from performing, apparently for good; no data exists on the later events of her life. ~ Jason Ankeny
- HOMETOWN
- Texas, United States
- BORN
- 1906
- GENRE
- Blues