Bessie Smith: The Collection
Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & The Louis Armstrong Orchestra
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Downhearted Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do | Bessie Smith | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When or Why) | Bessie Smith | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Weeping Willow Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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St. Louis Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Reckless Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon | Bessie Smith | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & The Louis Armstrong Orchestra | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Young Woman's Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) | Bessie Smith | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Mean Old Bedbug Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Empty Bed Blues, Pts. 1 & 2 | Bessie Smith | 6:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out | Bessie Smith | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Black Mountain Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Do Your Duty | Bessie Smith | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gimme a Pigfoot | Bessie Smith | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Songs |
Album Review
While there's no denying the importance and quality of Columbia/Legacy's Complete Recordings series, nine discs may seem a bit intimidating to the newcomer. Collection, a mid-priced, 16-track collection which spans most of Smith's career, ultimately does a better service to the casual listener with a limited budget. This is probably the best introduction — undoubtedly many will seek out the more comprehensive packages afterward.
Biography
Born: April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, TN
Genre: Blues
Years Active: '20s, '30s
The first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful of all time, Bessie Smith rightly earned the title of "The Empress of the Blues." Even on her first records in 1923, her passionate voice overcame the primitive recording quality of the day and still communicates easily to today's listeners (which is not true of any other singer from that early period). At a time when the blues...
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- $9.99
- Genres: Blues, Music, Jazz, Trad Jazz, Chicago Blues
- Released: Feb 23, 1989
- ℗ 1989 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
