Ladies Sing the Blues

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Backwater Blues
Bessie Smith3:21
2Down 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)
Bessie Smith43:29
3I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:21
4A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid
alto saxophone:
Slats Long (on 1936-08-26) and Frank Simeone (on 1936-08-26)
clarinet:
Slats Long (on 1936-08-26)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (jazz bassist) (on 1936-08-26)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1936-08-26)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1936-08-26)
piano:
Joe Liss (on 1936-08-26)
tenor saxophone:
Herbie Haymer (on 1936-08-26)
trombone:
Leo Moran (on 1936-08-26)
trumpet:
Bill Hyland (on 1936-08-26), Eddie Meyers (on 1936-08-26) and Stew Pletcher (on 1936-08-26)
xylophone:
Red Norvo (on 1936-08-26)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1936-08-26)
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
recording of:
A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid (on 1936-08-26)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
James P. Johnson
Mildred Bailey3:21
5Booze and Blues
clarinet:
Don Redman
cornet:
Howard Scott (1920s US jazz cornetist)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall
piano:
Fletcher Henderson
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist)
vocals:
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey3:21
6Don’t Blame Me
Ethel Waters3:15
7Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith6:17
8Long Gone Blues
recording of:
Long Gone Blues
writer:
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday3:05
9St. Louis Blues
Maxine Sullivan3:22
10Stormy Weather
Ethel Waters3:13
11Aunt Hager’s Blues
cover recording of:
Aunt Hagar’s Blues
lyricist:
James “Tim” Brymn
composer:
William Christopher Handy
Lena Horne2:51
12Basin Street Blues
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Ella Fitzgerald3:09
13Blues for Bojangles
Anita O’Day3:14
14My Old Flame
recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:24
15The Gin House Blues
Bessie Smith3:15
16On the Sunny Side of the Street
cover recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
Peggy Lee3:14
17Your Mother’s Son-In-Law
recording of:
Your Mothers Son-In-Law
composer:
Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
Billie Holiday2:47
18Stone Cold Dead in the Market
cover recording of:
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
lyricist and composer:
Houdini (Calypso artist Wilmoth Hendricks aka Edgar Leon Sinclair)
Ella Fitzgerald2:42
19Electrician Blues
Lizzie Miles3:21
20Evil Mama Blues
Ada Brown3:06
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