Dynamic Blues - Bessie Smith : 50 Essential Tracks
Bessie Smith
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Me and My Gin | Bessie Smith | 2:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) | Bessie Smith | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
St. Louis Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Jail House Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Alexander's Ragtime Band | Bessie Smith | 2:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Baby Won't You Please Come Home | Bessie Smith | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair | Bessie Smith | 3:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Careless Love Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) | Bessie Smith | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Down Hearted Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Kitchen Man | Bessie Smith | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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12 |
Black Mountain Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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13 |
Back Water Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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14 |
Gimme a Pigfoot (Gimme a Reefer) | Bessie Smith | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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15 |
A Good Man Is Hard to Find | Bessie Smith | 2:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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16 |
Taint Nobody's Business If I Do | Bessie Smith | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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17 |
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | Bessie Smith | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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18 |
After You've Gone | Bessie Smith | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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19 |
Dyin' By the Hour | Bessie Smith | 2:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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20 |
I Want Every Bit of It | Bessie Smith | 2:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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21 |
One and Two Blues | Bessie Smith | 2:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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22 |
Foolish Man Blues | Bessie Smith | 2:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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23 |
Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle | Bessie Smith | 3:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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24 |
Squeeze Me | Bessie Smith | 2:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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25 |
Boweavil Blues | Bessie Smith | 2:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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26 |
Lonesome Desert Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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27 |
Them 'Has Been' Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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28 |
Chicago Bound Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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29 |
Any Woman's Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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30 |
Hard Times Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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31 |
Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town | Bessie Smith | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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32 |
Preachin' the Blues | Bessie Smith | 2:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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33 |
Work House Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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34 |
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight | Bessie Smith | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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35 |
Sinful Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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36 |
House Rent Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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37 |
What's the Matter Now? | Bessie Smith | 2:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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38 |
Bye Bye Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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39 |
Lady Luck Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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40 |
Woman's Trouble Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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41 |
I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl | Bessie Smith | 2:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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42 |
Baby Doll | Bessie Smith | 2:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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43 |
Young Woman's Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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44 |
I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave | Bessie Smith | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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45 |
Lost Your Head Blues | Bessie Smith | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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46 |
On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual) | Bessie Smith | 2:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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47 |
Love Me Daddy Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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48 |
Sing Sing Prison Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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49 |
Gin House Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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He's Gone Blues | Bessie Smith | 3:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Songs |
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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