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Dinah Washington: I Was Born Ruth Lee Jones, But I'm Singing As Dinah

1 CD / Get Back Records / 2008-10-21

Tracks: Embraceable You; Since I Fell For You; You Can Depend On Me; Why Can't You Behave?; Salty Papa Blues; Blow Top Blues; Evil Gal Blues; When A Woman Loves A Man; How Deep Is The Ocean; Baby Get Lost; L...
Artists: Dinah Washington

With her utterly distinctive vocal style, Dinah Washington was at home in many genres, yet her blues performances hold a particular charm. While I WAS BORN RUTH LEE JONES, BUT I AM SINGING AS DINAH co...continue...

Jimmy Witherspoon/Robben Ford: Live At the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival

1 CD / Concord Music Group / 2008-08-05

Tracks: I'm Gonna Move To the Outskirts of Town - (with Jimmy Witherspoon); S.K. Blues - (with Jimmy Witherspoon); Kansas City - (with Jimmy Witherspoon); Goin' Down Slow - (with Jimmy Witherspoon); Wlakin' ...
Artists: Jimmy Witherspoon/Robben Ford

Personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Robben Ford (guitar, alto saxophone); Woody Herman (clarinet); Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Earl Hines (piano); Paul N...continue...

Bessie Smith: Itinerary of a Genius [Remaster] [Slipcase] *

1 CD / Milan / 2007-09-25

Tracks: Down Hearted Blues; Saint Louis Blues; I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle; Reckless Blues; Sobbin' Hearted Blues; Careless Love Blues 1925; Soft Pedal Blues; Cake Walkin' Babies From Home; Yellow...
Artists: Bessie Smith

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals); Lincoln M. Conaway, Bobby Johnson (guitar); Charlie Dixon (banjo); William 'Buster' Bailey, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone); Chu Berry, Cole...continue...

Ma Rainey: Mother Of The Blues [Box] [Remaster] *

5 CD / JSP Records / 2007-07-17

Tracks: Bad Luck Blues - (with Tommy Ladnier/Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders); Bo-Weavil Blues - (1, with Tommy Ladnier/Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders); Bo-Weavil Blues - (2, with Tommy Ladnier/Lovi...
Artists: Ma Rainey

Personnel: Ma Rainey (spoken vocals); Milas Pruitt (guitar); Martell Pettiford, Rip Bassett, George Williams, Miles Pruitt, Charlie Dixon (banjo); Leroy Pickett (violin); Artie Starks, Jimmy O'Bryant,...continue...

Bessie Smith: Bessie Smith: Queen of the Blues - Vol. 1 [Remaster]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2007-03-13

Tracks: Downhearted Blues; Gulf Coast Blues; Aggravatin' Papa; Beale Street Mama; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Oh Daddy Blues; 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do; Keeps on Rainin'; Mama's Got the Blues; O...
Artists: Bessie Smith

Personnel include: Bessie Smith (vocals); Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson (piano)....continue...

Sippie Wallace: Sippie *

1 CD / Collectables Records / 2006-11-07

Tracks: Women Be Wise; Up the Country Blues; Mighty Tight Woman; Won't You Come Over to My House; You've Been a Good Old Wagon (Daddy But You Done Broke Down); Man That Don't Want Me, A; You Got to Know How;...
Artists: Sippie Wallace

Full performer name: Sippi Wallace With Jim Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band.

Personnel: Sippie Wallace (vocals); Bonnie Raitt (vocals, guitar).

Jim Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band: Jim Dapogny (...continue...

Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues Vol. 2

1 CD / Universe / 2006-06-20

Artists: Bessie Smith

Originally released as the second disc of Universe Records' 2004 three-disc box EMPRESS OF THE BLUES, EMPRESS OF THE BLUES VOLUME 2 showcases 23 tracks from Bessie Smith's most artistically and commer...continue...

Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues Vol. 1

1 CD / Universe / 2006-05-16

Artists: Bessie Smith

Roy Hawkins: Bad Luck Is Falling - The Modern RPM and Kent Recordings *

1 CD / Ace (UK) / 2006-03-07

Artists: Roy Hawkins

Ma Rainey: Hustlin' Blues

1 CD / United States Of Distribution LTD. / 2005-11-15

Artists: Ma Rainey

Various Artists: Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice : Blues, Ballads, Rags And Gospel In The Songster Tradition

3 CD / Document (USA) / 2005-09-13

Tracks: James Alley - Richard "Rabbit" Brown; Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice - Richard "Rabbit" Brown; I'm Not Jealous - Richard "Rabbit" Brown; Mystery of the Dunbar's Child - Richard "Rabbit" Brown...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Virgil Childers, Louise Lasky, "Long Cleve" Reed.

Recording information: New York, New York (1927 - 1938)....continue...

Bessie Smith: Sweet Mistreater

1 CD / United States Of Distribution LTD. / 2005-08-23

Artists: Bessie Smith

Various Artists: Paramount Blues Ladies: Rare Recordings 1926-29

1 CD / Black Swan Records / 2005-04-19

Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Alice Moore, Elzadie Robinson, Ivy Smith, Mary Johnson, Leola B. Wilson, Viola Bartlette, Lucille Bogan, Madlyn Davis, Bernice Edwards, Edith Johnson, Bertha Henderson.

Reco...continue...

Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues

1 CD / Universe / 2004-11-23

Artists: Bessie Smith

Big Bill Broonzy: Get Back

1 CD / Universe / 2004-11-23

Artists: Big Bill Broonzy

Recording information: 1949 - 1951....continue...

Bessie Smith: Chattanooga Gal

4 CD / Proper Records (UK) / 2004-10-19

Artists: Bessie Smith

Various Artists: Oh Sister: Best of Southern Blues

2 CD / Columbia River Entertainment Group / 2004-10-05

Tracks: That Ain't Right - Ada Brown/Fats Waller; Shipwrecked Blues - Clara Smith; If You See My Rooster - Memphis Minnie; Texas Moaner - Alberta Hunter; Saint Louis Blues - Bessie Smith; Won't You Be Kind t...
Artists: Various Artists

Bessie Tucker: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order 1928-1929

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2004-08-19

Tracks: Bessie's Moan; Dummy, The; Fort Worth and Denver Blues - (take 1); Fort Worth and Denver Blues - (take 2); Penitentiary - (take 1); Penitentiary - (take 2); Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - (take 1); Fryin...
Artists: Bessie Tucker

Contains 24 tracks recorded in Memphis and Dallas....continue...

Alberta Hunter: Alternate Takes 1921-24

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2004-08-18

Artists: Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter, who also recorded under the names Josephine Beatty, Helen Roberts, May Alix, and Alberta Prime, cut about 90 sides for 10 different labels between the years 1921-1940. As a sort of des...continue...

Various Artists: Ladies Sing the Blues

2 CD / Northquest / 2004-07-06

Tracks: Kitchen Man - Bessie Smith; Rich Man's Blues - Dinah Washington; Pratt City Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill; I Thought I'd Do It - Hattie McDaniel; My Handyman - Ethel Waters; See See Rider Blues - Ma ...
Artists: Various Artists

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings Vol. 8 (Frog)

1 CD / Frog / 2004-05-11

Artists: Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith: Sings the Blues

1 CD / Collectables Records / 2004-05-11

Tracks: Dying Gambler's Blues; Nashville Woman's Blues; Yellow Dog Blues, The; Backwater Blues; Standin' in the Rain Blues; Blue Spirit Blues; Kitchen Man; Hot Springs Blues; Frosty Mornin' Blues; Haunted Ho...
Artists: Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith: Careless Love [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-04-20

Tracks: Jailhouse Blues; Yellow Dog Blues; At the Christmas Ball; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Downhearted Blues; Good Man Is Hard to Find; Careless Love; Empty Red Blues Pt. 1; Empty Red Blues...
Artists: Bessie Smith

Personnel include: Bessie Smith (vocals); Buster Bailey (clarinet); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Joe Smith (trumpet); Louis Armstrong (cornet); Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson, Porter Grai...continue...

Various Artists: Blue Ladies: Classic Blues Performances, 1922-1925

1 CD / Memphis Archives / 2004-03-23

Tracks: Rules and Regulations "Signed Razor Jim" - Edith Wilson; I'm Gonna Get You - Mamie Smith; Thirty-First Street Blues - Clara Smith; Sing Sing Prison Blues - Bessie Smith; Nobody Knows What a Red Head ...
Artists: Various Artists

Ma Rainey: Don't Fish in My Sea [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Bad Luck Blues; Daddy Goodbye Blues; See See Rider; Sleep Talking Blues; Yonder Come the Blues; Ma and Pa Poorhouse Blues; Jealous Hearted Blues; Trust No Man; Toad Frog Blues; Farewell Daddy Blues; ...
Artists: Ma Rainey

Personnel include: Ma Rainey (vocals); Tampa Red, Blind Blake (guitar); Don Redman, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Coleman Hawkins (bass saxophone); Louis Armstrong (cornet); Fletcher Henderson, Georgia To...continue...