Bessie Smith

Popular Tracks

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 78rpm Version on The Essential Bessie Smith by Bessie Smith

Devil's Gonna Git You on The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 by Bessie Smith

Haunted House Blues on The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 by Bessie Smith

Devil's Gonna Get You on Smith, Bessie: Empty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith

'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do on The Collection by Bessie Smith

Down Hearted Blues on Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out by Bessie Smith

Baby, Won't You Please Come Home on Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out by Bessie Smith

St. Louis Blues on Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 by Louis Armstrong

St. Louis Blues on Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out by Bessie Smith

Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl on The Essential Bessie Smith by Bessie Smith

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith	2018	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Story	Bessie Smith	2017	Compil.
Coleção Folha Soul & Blues 28	Bessie Smith	2015	Compil.
Careless Love	Bessie Smith	2015	Compil.
Bessie	Bessie Smith	2015	Compil.
At The Christmas Ball	Bessie Smith	2014	Single
Colección Ñ Grandes Maestros Del Blues - Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	2012	Compil.
The Complete Columbia Recordings	Bessie Smith	2012	Compil.
Greatest Hits	Bessie Smith	2011	Compil.
Blues Queen - The Definitive Collection	Bessie Smith	2011	Compil.
The Anthology	Bessie Smith	2010	Compil.
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Bessie Smith (Reborn And Remastered)	Bessie Smith	2009	Compil.
Squeeze Me	Bessie Smith	2009	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues - Volume 2: 1926 - 1933	Bessie Smith	2008	Compil.
Squeeze Me	Bessie Smith	2008	Compil.
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	Bessie Smith	2007	Compil.
Young Womans Blues	Bessie Smith	2007	Compil.
Jazz Diva's	Bessie Smith	2007	Compil.
Queen Of The Blues - Volume 1: 1923 - 1926	Bessie Smith	2007	Compil.
Vol. 5 - I've Got What It Takes - Original Recordings 1929-1933	Bessie Smith	2006	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues Volume 1	Bessie Smith	2006	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues, Vol. 1	Bessie Smith	2006	Compil.
The Undisputed Queen Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	2006	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	2006	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues, Vol. 3	Bessie Smith	2006	Compil.
Chattanooga Gal	Bessie Smith	2005	Compil.
Sweet Mistreater	Bessie Smith	2005	Compil.
Chicago Blues Bound	Bessie Smith	2005	Compil.
Vol. 3 - Preachin' The Blues - Original Recordings 1925-1927	Bessie Smith	2004	Compil.
Vol. 4 - Empty Bed Blues - Original Recordings 1927-1928	Bessie Smith	2004	Compil.
Blues Archive - The Story Of The Blues - Chapter 1	Bessie Smith	2004	Compil.
The Empress Of The Blues: 1923-1933	Bessie Smith	2004	Compil.
Careless Love	Bessie Smith	2004	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 8	Bessie Smith	2004	Compil.
Bessie Smith Vol. 2 'St. Louis Blues': Original Recordings 1924-1925	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
Gin House Blues	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
St. Louis Blues Pt. 1 / St. Louis Blues Pt. 2	Bessie Smith	2003	Album
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
Young Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 7	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
Downhearted Blues - Original 1923-1924 Recordings	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
Bessie Smith - Original Artist 2	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 5	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 6	Bessie Smith	2003	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 3	Bessie Smith	2002	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 4	Bessie Smith	2002	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	2002	Compil.
Lady Luck Blues	Bessie Smith / Billie Holiday	2001	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 2	Bessie Smith	2001	Compil.
Queen Of Blues	Bessie Smith	2001	Compil.
The Complete Recordings, Volume 1	Bessie Smith	2001	Compil.
Vocal Jazz	Bessie Smith	2001	Compil.
Nobody's Blues But Mine	Bessie Smith	2000	Compil.
Jazz 'n' Blues	Bessie Smith	2000	Compil.
Woman's Trouble Blues	Bessie Smith	2000	Compil.
Down And Out	Bessie Smith	2000	Compil.
The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances	Bessie Smith	1999	Compil.
Black Mountan Blues	Bessie Smith	1999	Compil.
The Empress Of The Blues (The Ultimate Collection)	Bessie Smith	1998	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1998	Compil.
The Masters	Bessie Smith	1998	Compil.
Preachin' The Blues	Bessie Smith	1997	Compil.
The Essential Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1997	Compil.
The Empress 1923 - 1933	Bessie Smith	1997	Compil.
1929-1933	Bessie Smith	1997	Compil.
A Collection	Bessie Smith	1997	Compil.
Her Best Recordings 1923 - 1933	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
1928-1929	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
1927-1928	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
La Regina Del Blues	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
Bessie's Blues	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
Empty Bed Blues	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
Empress of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
The Complete Recordings Vol. 5 The Final Chapter	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
American Legends	Bessie Smith	1996	Compil.
Sings The Blues	Bessie Smith	1995	Compil.
'St. Louis Blues'	Bessie Smith	1995	Compil.
Jazz & Blues Collection	Bessie Smith	1995	Compil.
1925-1927	Bessie Smith	1995	Compil.
1924-1925	Bessie Smith	1995	Compil.
Sings The Blues	Bessie Smith	1995	Compil.
Lady Luck Blues	Bessie Smith	1994	Compil.
1923	Bessie Smith	1994	Compil.
I Ain't Got Nobody	Bessie Smith / Josh White	1994	Compil.
19 Reflective Recordings	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
The Complete Recordings Vol. 4	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
Classic Blues	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
Beale Street Mama	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
Sings The Jazz	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
Dixie Flyer Blues	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
St. Louis Blues Pt. 3 / St. Louis Blues, Pt. 4	Bessie Smith	1993	Album
Jazz Portraits - Bessie Smith 1923-1930	Bessie Smith	1993	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1992	Compil.
The Complete Recordings Vol. 3	Bessie Smith	1992	Compil.
The Complete St. Louis Blues Soundtrack & Rarities	Bessie Smith	1991	Compil.
The Greatest Blues Singer In The World	Bessie Smith	1991	Compil.
Bessie Smith & Classic Blues Singers	Bessie Smith	1991	Compil.
1923-1933: Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1991	Compil.
The Complete Recordings Vol. 2	Bessie Smith	1991	Compil.
The Complete Recordings Vol. 1	Bessie Smith	1991	Compil.
The Great Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1990	Single
1923	Bessie Smith	1990	Compil.
L'Art Vocal Volume 3 La Selection 1923-1933	Bessie Smith	1990	Compil.
The Greatest Blues Singer In The World	Bessie Smith	1990	Compil.
I'm Wild About That Thing	Bessie Smith	1990	Compil.
1923	Bessie Smith	1990	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Story	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
Blue Spirit Blues	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
Mother Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
Blue Spirit Blues	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
Nobody Blues But Mine	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
The Collection	Bessie Smith	1989	Compil.
1925-1933	Bessie Smith	1987	Compil.
A Portrait Of Bessie Smith 1925-1933	Bessie Smith	1986	Compil.
Bessie Smith (Great Original Performances 1925-1933)	Bessie Smith	1986	Compil.
Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1985	Compil.
The Original Jazz & Blues History Vol 16	Bessie Smith	1985	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Collection - 20 Golden Greats	Bessie Smith	1984	Compil.
Original Blues & Rhythm & Blues 22	Bessie Smith, Clifton Chenier, Otis Spann, Johnny Shines	1984	Compil.
The Great Singers	Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday	1984	Compil.
The Roots of Jazz	Scott Joplin, W. C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1984	Compil.
Giants Of Jazz: Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1982	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1980	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1979	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1977	Compil.
1895-1937	Bessie Smith	1977	Compil.
"The Blues Heritage" / " I Remember ... Louis"	King Oliver / Louis Armstrong / Bessie Smith	1975	Compil.
The Blues Heritage	King Oliver / Louis Armstrong / Bessie Smith	1973	Compil.
Nobody's Blues But Mine	Bessie Smith	1972	Compil.
Empty Bed Blues	Bessie Smith	1971	Compil.
The Empress	Bessie Smith	1971	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1970	Compil.
The World's Greatest Blues Singer	Bessie Smith	1970	Compil.
Any Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith	1970	Compil.
Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl / Gimme A Pigfoot	Bessie Smith	1970	Single
La Vie De Bessie Smith "L'Impératrice Du Blues"	Bessie Smith	1960	Compil.
Jazz Gallery	Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong	1960	Single
Empress Of The Blues No. 2	Bessie Smith	1959	Single
Bessie's Blues - 1923-1924	Bessie Smith	1958	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.3	Bessie Smith with Joe Smith & Henderson's Hot Six	1956	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 4	Bessie Smith	1956	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1951	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 1	Bessie Smith With Louis Armstrong	1951	Compil.
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2	Bessie Smith	1951	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1951	Compil.
Bessie Smith	Bessie Smith	1951	Single
Hustlin' Dan / Black Mountain Blues	Bessie Smith	1950	Album
Careless Love Blues / There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight	Bessie Smith / Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys	1949	Album
Bessie Smith Empress Of The Blues Vol. II	Bessie Smith	1947	Album
Cemetery Blues / Any Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith	1946	Album
St. Louis Blues / Reckless Blues	Bessie Smith	1946	Album
Cake Walking Babies / Young Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith / Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys	1940	Album
Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith	1940	Album
Cemetery Blues /Any Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith	1940	Album
Gimme A Pigfoot / Take Me For A Buggy Ride	Bessie Smith	1938	Album
Bessie Smith Album	Bessie Smith	1938	Album
Young Woman's Blues / Baby Doll	Bessie Smith	1937	Album
Gimme A Pigfoot / Take Me For A Buggy Ride	Bessie Smith	1934	Album
Do Your Duty / I'm Down In The Dumps	Bessie Smith	1934	Album
St. Louis Blues / Reckless Blues	Bessie Smith	1933	Album
Do Your Duty / I'm Down With The Dumps	Bessie Smith	1933	Album
Long Old Road / Shipwreck Blues	Bessie Smith	1932	Album
Dyin' By The Hour / Foolish Man Blues	Bessie Smith	1931	Album
Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl / Safety Mama	Bessie Smith	1931	Album
Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	Bessie Smith	1931	Single
On Revival Day / Moan Mourners	Bessie Smith With The Bessemer Singers	1930	Album
Keep It To Yourself / New Orleans Hop Scop Blues	Bessie Smith	1930	Album
Muggles / Back-Water Blues	Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five, Bessie Smith	1930	Album
Baby Doll / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	Bessie Smith	1929	Album
I'm Wild About That Thing / You've Got To Give Me Some	Bessie Smith	1929	Album
He's Got Me Goin' / It Makes My Love Come Down	Bessie Smith	1929	Album
Kitchen Man / I Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away)	Bessie Smith	1929	Album
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)	Bessie Smith	1929	Album
Yes Indeed He Do / Devil's Gonna Git You	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Washwoman's Blues / Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Spider Man Blues / Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town/Squeeze Me	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Thinking Blues / I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Empty Bed Blues	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Pickpocket Blues / I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave	Bessie Smith	1928	Album
Muddy Water	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Trombone Cholly / Lock And Key	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / Back-Water Blues	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Sweet Mistreater / Homeless Blues	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Preachin' The Blues / Thinking Blues	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Hard Time Blues / Young Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith / Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys	1927	Album
Back-Water Blues / Preachin' The Blues	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Preachin' The Blues / Thinking Blues	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / Back-Water Blues	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Mean Old Bed Bug Blues / A Good Man Is Hard To Find	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
A Good Man Is Hard To Find / After You've Gone	Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) / Money Blues	Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys / Bessie Smith	1927	Album
Money Blues / Hard Driving Papa	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
What's The Matter Now? / I Want Ev'ry Bit Of It	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
The Gin House Blues / Lost Your Head Blues	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
Baby Doll / Them "Has Been Blues"	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
Lonesome Desert Blues / Golden Rule Blues	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
Me And My Gin / Gin House Blues	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town / Squeeze Me	Bessie Smith	1926	Album
Midnight Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Compil.
You've Been A Good Ole Wagon / Dixie Flyer Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Empty Bed Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Nobody's Blues But Mine / My Man Blues	Bessie Smith And Her Band / Bessie Smith And Clara Smith	1925	Album
Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Compil.
The St. Louis Blues / Cold In Hand Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Florida Bound Blues / New Gulf Coast Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Yellow Dog Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Single
St. Louis Blues/Reckless Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Careless Love Blues / Weeping Willow Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Woman's Trouble Blues / Love Me Daddy Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
The Yellow Dog Blues / Soft Pedal Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Careless Love Blues / He's Gone Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Reckless Blues / Sobbin' Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Follow The Deal On Down / Sinful Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It / Red Mountain Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Nashville Women's Blues / I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Careless Love Blues / Weeping Willow Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	Album
Salt Water Blues / Rainy Weather Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
The Bye Bye Blues / Weeping Willow Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Frankie Blues / Hateful Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Work House Blues / House Rent Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Lou'siana Low-Down Blues / Mountain Top Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Sorrowful Blues / Rocking Chair Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Pinchbacks- Take 'Em Away / Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Frosty Mornin' Blues / Easy Come Easy Go Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Boweavil Blues / Moonshine Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Frosty Mornin' Blues	Bessie Smith & Clara Smith	1924	Single
Haunted House Blues / Eavesdropper's Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Dying Gambler's Blues / Sing Sing Prison Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	Album
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues / Oh Daddy Blues	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Jail-House Blues / Graveyard Dream Blues	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
If You Don't I Know Who Will / Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Mama's Got The Blues / Outside Of That	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Far Away Blues / I'm Going Back To My Used To Be	Bessie Smith And Clara Smith	1923	Album
'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do / Keeps On A-Rainin'	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Lady-Luck Blues / Yodling Blues	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time / My Sweetie Went Away	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Down Hearted Blues / Gulf Coast Blues	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Chicago Bound Blues / Mistreatin' Daddy	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
St. Louis Gal / Sam Jones' Blues	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Midnight Blues / Bleeding Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith	1923	Album
Trombone Cholly/Yellow Dog Blues	Bessie Smith		Album
Cold In Hand Blues / You've Been A Good Old Wagon	Bessie Smith		Album
Sings ...	Bessie Smith		Compil.
Them's Graveyard Words / Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Bessie Smith		Album
Volume Two	Bessie Smith		Compil.
Soft Pedal Blues / I Used To Be Your Sweet Mamma	Bessie Smith		Album
Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind	Bessie Smith		Compil.
Empress Of The Blues Volume One	Bessie Smith		Single
Empress Of The Blues Volume Two	Bessie Smith		Single
Petits Jazz Pour Tous	Bessie Smith		Single
Wipe 'Em Off / In The House	Seven Gallon Jug Band / Bessie Smith		Album
Nashville Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith		Compil.
Quatre Blues	Bessie Smith		Single
Empress Of The Blues	Bessie Smith		Single
Empress Of The Blues Volume Four	Bessie Smith		Compil.
Empress Of The Blues Volume Five	Bessie Smith		Single
Film Soundtrack Vol. 1	Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox		Compil.
Them's Graveyard Words	Bessie Smith		Compil.
Hot Spring Blues / Lookin' For My Man Blues	Bessie Smith		Album
Jazzland	Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Turk Murphy, Bix Beiderbecke		Single
Soft Pedal Blues / I Used To Be Your Sweet Mamma	Bessie Smith		Album
Empress Of The Blues Volume Three	Bessie Smith		Single
Volume One	Bessie Smith		Compil.

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