Ladies Sing the Blues

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Tracklist

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1Blues in the Night
cover recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Peggy Lee3:18
2Sweet Georgia Brown
Ethel Waters3:13
3Toad Frog Blues
Ma Rainey3:14
4Rosetta Blues
Ma Rainey2:59
5Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:18
6Rockin’ Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Mildred Bailey3:14
7Sugarfoot Rag
cover recording of:
Sugarfoot Rag
composer:
Hank Garland and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Valley Pub. Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald3:05
8Dyin’ by the Hour
Bessie Smith3:02
9How Long Has This Been Going On
Peggy Lee3:19
10Kitchen Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-08)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (in 1928, on 1929-05-08)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1929-05-08)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-08)
recording of:
Kitchen Man (on 1929-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith3:00
11Junk Man
recording of:
Junk Man
lyricist:
Frank Loesser (in 1934)
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter) (in 1934)
Mildred Bailey3:05
12Shoe Shine Boy
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
13Take Him Off My Mind
Ida Cox3:04
14I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
Anita O’Day2:42
15Frankie and Johnny
cover recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
Lena Horne5:58
16Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith3:01
17Mad About the Boy
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
Lena Horne2:58
18Break O’Day Blues
Ada Brown3:05
19I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-02-07)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1929-02-07)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1929-02-07)
piano:
Sippie Wallace (on 1929-02-07)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1929-02-07)
trumpet:
Natty Dominique (on 1929-02-07)
vocals:
Sippie Wallace (on 1929-02-07)
recording of:
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (on 1929-02-07)
lyricist and composer:
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace2:57
20I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1941-07-31)
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (on 1941-07-31)
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)
Ella Fitzgerald2:54
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