Chain Gang Blues

~ Recording by Ma Rainey

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Chain Gang Blues?:??"Ma" Rainey with Her Georgia BandChain Gang Blues / Wringing and Twisting Blues"Ma" Rainey with Her Georgia BandSingle
Paramount Records (Wisconsin blues label, 1918-1935)12338
1.6Chain Gang Blues3:08Ma RaineyMa RaineyMa RaineyAlbum + Compilation
Milestone (historical jazz label, now part of Concord), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)MCD 47021-2
2.6Chain Gang Blues3:06Ma RaineyRhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem RenaissanceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 79874
1.21Chain Gang Blues3:09Ma RaineyLady Sings the Blues (Volume 3)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2007-10-22

Relationships

banjo:Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (in 1925-12)
bass saxophone:Coleman Hawkins (in 1925-12)
clarinet:Buster Bailey (in 1925-12)
cornet:Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (in 1925-12)
piano:Fletcher Henderson (in 1925-12)
trombone:Charlie Green (Trombonist) (in 1925-12)
vocals:Ma Rainey (in 1925-12)