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Bessie Smith
The Anthology

Compil. GB 2010 on Not Now Music label
Jazz and Blues (Vocal)

Originally recorded 1923: tracks 1-4, 1-12, 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 2-5, 2-13, 2-20, 2-22 1924: tracks 1-10, 1-17 to 1-20, 1-22, 1-23, 2-24 1925: tracks 1-7, 1-14, 1-21, 2-14 1926: tracks 1-2, 1-11, 2-1, 2-11, 2-15, 2-16 1927: tracks 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 2-3, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-10, 2-12, 2-17, 2-18, 2-21, 2-23 1928: tracks 2-2, 2-4 1929: tracks 1-1, 2-19 1930: tracks 1-9, 2-7 1931: track 1-5 1933: track 1-24 Packaged in a standard double jewel case housed in a cardboard slipcase (O-card)

     
Musicians
PortraitBessie Smith voc, 1894-1937 US
album by, written by
PortraitMartha Koenig ,
arranged by
PortraitSpencer Williams voc, p, 1889-1965 US
arranged by, written by
PortraitW. C. Handy voc, g, tr, 1873-1958 US
arranged by, written by
Producers
Philip Hays cover, cover painting
Glenn Gretlund reissue producer
Tony Watts sleeve notes
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Nobody Knows You When You're Down And OutBessie SmithJimmy Cox
2Gin House BluesBessie SmithFletcher Henderson, Henry Troy
3Send Me To The 'Lectric ChairBessie SmithGeorge Brooks
4T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I DoBessie SmithEverett Robbins, Porter Grainger
5I Need A Little Sugar In My BowlBessie SmithClarence Williams, Dally Small, Tim Brymn
6After You've GoneBessie SmithHenry Creamer, Turner Layton
7Careless Love BluesBessie SmithTraditional
8Preachin' The BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
9Black Mountain BluesBessie SmithJ.C. Johnson
10Sinful BluesBessie SmithPerry Bradford
11Homeless BluesBessie SmithPorter Grainger
12Downhearted BluesBessie SmithAlberta Hunter, Lovie Austin
13Any Woman's BluesBessie SmithLovie Austin
14He's Gone BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
15Graveyard Dream BluesBessie SmithIda Cox
16Lady Luck BluesBessie SmithClarence Williams, William Webber
17The Bye Bye BluesBessie SmithPaul Carter
18House Rent BluesBessie SmithTed Wallace
19Woman's Trouble BluesBessie SmithJack Gee
20Work House BluesBessie SmithTed Wallace
21I Ain't Gonna Play No Second FiddleBessie SmithPerry Bradford
22Love Me Daddy BluesBessie SmithFred Longshaw
23St. Louis BluesBessie SmithW. C. Handy
24Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)Bessie SmithWesley Wilson
25Hard Driving PapaBessie SmithGeorge Brooks
26Me And My GinBessie SmithSonny Burke
27Dyin' By The HourBessie SmithGeorge Brooks
28I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My GraveBessie SmithBob Fuller
29Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Two-Time Me)Bessie SmithAddie Britt, J. Russel Robinson, Roy Turk
30Lock And KeyBessie SmithHenry Creamer, James Price Johnson
31On Revival DayBessie SmithAndy Razaf
32Looking For My Man BluesBessie SmithUnknown Artist
33There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town TonightBessie SmithJoe Hayden, Theodore Metz
34Back Water BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
35Young Woman's BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
36A Good Man Is Hard To FindBessie SmithEddie Green
37Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?Bessie SmithCharles Warfield, Clarence Williams
38Golden Rule BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
39What's The Matter Now?Bessie SmithClarence Williams, Spencer Williams
40Honeyman BluesBessie SmithGeorge Brooks
41Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)Bessie SmithJo Trent, Peter de Rose
42Foolish Man BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
43Kitchen ManBessie SmithAlex Belledna, Andy Razaf
44Gulf Coast BluesBessie SmithClarence Williams
45Foolish Man BluesBessie SmithBessie Smith
46Chicago Bound BluesBessie SmithLovie Austin
47Alexander's Ragtime BandBessie SmithIrving Berlin
48Sing Sing Prison BluesBessie SmithFreddy Johnson, Porter Grainger
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