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Bessie Smith

1903 songs

Total 123 albums

Great Original Performances: 1925-1933

1986

#	Title	Time
1	Empty Bed Blues6:23	6:23
2	Alexander’s Ragtime Band3:03	3:03
3	Preachin’ the Blues2:54	2:54
4	Keep It to Yourself3:34	3:34
5	Trombone Cholly3:12	3:12
6	At the Christmas Ball3:30	3:30
7	Kitchen Man3:01	3:01
8	You’ve Got to Give Me Some2:47	2:47
9	He’s Got Me Going3:15	3:15
10	Thinking Blues3:09	3:09
11	Devil’s Gonna Git You3:15	3:15
12	Send Me to the ’lectric Chair3:24	3:24
13	Baby Doll3:06	3:06
14	Take Me for a Buggy Ride2:40	2:40
15	Young Woman’s Blues3:11	3:11

1923-1933 Empress of the Blues

1991

#	Title	Time
1	Do Your Duty3:26	3:26
2	Gimme a Pigfoot3:29	3:29
3	Take Me for a Buggy Ride2:37	2:37
4	I’m Down in the Dumps3:10	3:10
5	Safety Mama3:25	3:25
6	He’s Got Me Goin’3:16	3:16
7	Take It Right Back3:24	3:24
8	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:59	2:59
9	Kitchen Man2:58	2:58
10	Me and My Gin2:54	2:54
11	Trombone Cholly3:15	3:15
12	Alexander’s Ragtime Band3:01	3:01
13	After You’ve Gone2:58	2:58
14	Young Woman’s Blues3:09	3:09
15	I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:23	3:23
16	Careless Love3:27	3:27
17	Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home3:11	3:11
18	You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon3:28	3:28
19	The St. Louis Blues3:12	3:12
20	Weepin’ Willow Blues3:10	3:10
21	My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn’t Say Where, When or Why)3:13	3:13
22	’taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do3:29	3:29

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith

2003

#	Title	Time
1	A Good Man Is Hard to Find3:02	3:02
2	I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:23	3:23
3	Me and My Gin2:52	2:52
4	Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)3:09	3:09
5	St. Louis Blues3:12	3:12
6	’taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do3:29	3:29
7	Careless Love3:24	3:24
8	The Yellow Dog Blues2:58	2:58
9	Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:51	2:51
10	Down Hearted Blues3:27	3:27
11	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:59	2:59
12	On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)2:56	2:56
13	Send Me to the 'lectric Chair3:23	3:23
14	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer3:30	3:30
15	Back Water Blues3:19	3:19

The Essential Bessie Smith

1997

#	Title	Time
Disc 1
1	Aggravatin' Papa3:18	3:18
2	Baby Won't You Please Come Home2:57	2:57
3	'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do3:28	3:28
4	Jail-House Blues3:16	3:16
5	Graveyard Dream Blues2:45	2:45
6	Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down3:19	3:19
7	Boweavil Blues2:54	2:54
8	Weeping Willow Blues3:11	3:11
9	Dying Gambler's Blues2:59	2:59
10	St. Louis Blues3:11	3:11
11	You've Been a Good Ole Wagon3:28	3:28
12	Cake Walkin' Babies From Home3:11	3:11
13	Careless Love Blues3:26	3:26
14	I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:23	3:23
15	At the Christmas Ball3:26	3:26
16	Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town3:20	3:20
17	Back Water Blues3:19	3:19
18	After You've Gone2:55	2:55
Disc 2
19	Alexander's Ragtime Band3:00	3:00
20	There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight3:20	3:20
21	Trombone Cholly3:12	3:12
22	Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair3:23	3:23
23	A Good Man Is Hard to Find2:59	2:59
24	Dyin' By the Hour3:00	3:00
25	Me and My Gin2:50	2:50
26	Kitchen Man2:58	2:58
27	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:59	2:59
28	On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)2:56	2:56
29	Moan, You Moaners3:13	3:13
30	Black Mountain Blues3:08	3:08
31	Shipwreck Blues3:21	3:21
32	Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:48	2:48
33	Do Your Duty3:26	3:26
34	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer3:30	3:30
35	Take Me for a Buggy Ride2:37	2:37
36	Down in the Dumps3:09	3:09

Greatest Hits

2005

#	Title	Time
Disc 1
1	Down Hearted Blues3:27	3:27
2	Gulf Coast Blues3:10	3:10
3	Jailhouse Blues3:18	3:18
4	St. Louis Gal3:30	3:30
5	Aggravatin' Papa3:22	3:22
6	Baby Won't You Please Come Home3:01	3:01
7	Chicago Bound Blues3:22	3:22
8	'Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do3:33	3:33
9	Any Woman's Blues3:27	3:27
10	Easy Come Easy Go Blues3:14	3:14
11	Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down3:24	3:24
12	Hateful Blues3:08	3:08
13	Careless Love Blues3:28	3:28
14	New Gulf Coast Blues3:23	3:23
15	I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:23	3:23
16	The Yellow Dog Blues3:04	3:04
17	I Ain't Got Nobody3:11	3:11
18	What's the Matter Now2:49	2:49
19	Baby Doll3:01	3:01
20	Hard Driving Papa2:59	2:59
21	The Gin House Blues3:14	3:14
22	Lost Your Head Blues2:57	2:57
23	After You've Gone2:59	2:59
24	Back Water Blues3:19	3:19
Disc 2
25	Preachin' the Blues2:53	2:53
26	Alexander's Ragtime Band3:00	3:00
27	A Good Man Is Hard to Find3:03	3:03
28	Mean Old Bed Bug Blues3:16	3:16
29	Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair3:24	3:24
30	Thinking Blues3:03	3:03
31	I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave2:53	2:53
32	Empty Bed Blues, Part 12:57	2:57
33	Empty Bed Blues, Part 23:14	3:14
34	Spider Man Blues3:16	3:16
35	Slow and Easy Man2:53	2:53
36	I'm Wild About That Thing2:42	2:42
37	You've Got to Give Me Some2:38	2:38
38	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out2:51	2:51
39	Wasted Life Blues2:55	2:55
40	Don't Cry Baby3:01	3:01
41	Baby Have Pity on Me3:12	3:12
42	Hustlin' Dan3:22	3:22
43	Black Mountain Blues3:01	3:01
44	In the House Blues2:53	2:53
45	Blue Blue3:05	3:05
46	I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:40	2:40
47	Safety Mama3:16	3:16
48	Do Your Duty3:16	3:16
49	Gimme a Pig Foot and a Bottle of Beer3:18	3:18

The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances

1999

#	Title	Time
Disc 1
1	St. Louis Blues3:12	3:12
2	Careless Love3:25	3:25
3	Cake Walkin' Babies3:09	3:09
4	Down Hearted Blues3:27	3:27
5	T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do3:27	3:27
6	Sing Sing Prison Blues3:04	3:04
7	Sinful Blues3:11	3:11
8	Reckless Blues3:05	3:05
9	The Yellow Dog Blues3:04	3:04
10	Nashville Women's Blues3:43	3:43
11	I Ain't Got Nobody3:11	3:11
12	I Want Every Bit of It2:38	2:38
13	Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town3:21	3:21
14	Honey Man Blues3:13	3:13
15	Trombone Cholly3:12	3:12
16	There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight3:20	3:20
17	Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair3:23	3:23
18	Mean Old Bedbug Blues3:12	3:12
19	Lock and Key2:58	2:58
20	After You've Gone2:56	2:56
Disc 2
21	Alexander's Ragtime Band3:00	3:00
22	Back Water Blues3:19	3:19
23	It Won't Be You2:48	2:48
24	Empty Bed Blues, Part 13:03	3:03
25	Devil's Gonna Git You3:13	3:13
26	Poor Man's Blues3:26	3:26
27	I'm Wild About That Thing2:49	2:49
28	Kitchen Man2:58	2:58
29	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:59	2:59
30	He's Got Me Goin'3:14	3:14
31	Wasted Life Blues3:05	3:05
32	Keep It to Yourself3:32	3:32
33	On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)2:56	2:56
34	Moan, You Moaners3:13	3:13
35	Hustlin' Day3:32	3:32
36	New Orleans Hop Scop Blues2:59	2:59
37	Long Old Road3:28	3:28
38	Safety Mama3:26	3:26
39	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer3:30	3:30
40	Do Your Duty3:26	3:26

Great Divas

2002

#	Title	Time
Disc 1
1	Traveling Man2:53	2:53
2	I Want a Grown‐Up Man2:46	2:46
3	Boogie Blues3:23	3:23
4	Chickery Chick2:54	2:54
5	Opus 12:54	2:54
6	Let Me Off Uptown3:01	3:01
7	Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina2:41	2:41
8	Slow Down3:10	3:10
9	Deep in the Blues3:17	3:17
10	Georgia on My Mind2:55	2:55
11	Bolero at the Savoy2:52	2:52
12	The Walls Keep Talking3:11	3:11
13	Gotta Be Gettin’2:47	2:47
14	‘Murder’ He Says3:19	3:19
15	And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine3:07	3:07
16	Are You Livin’ Old Man?2:38	2:38
Disc 2
17	Careless Love3:25	3:25
18	J.C. Holmes Blues3:03	3:03
19	I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:23	3:23
20	He’s Gone Blues3:09	3:09
21	Nobody’s Blues but Mine2:50	2:50
22	Woman’s Trouble Blues3:04	3:04
23	Dying Gambler’s Blues2:56	2:56
24	The St. Louis Blues3:09	3:09
25	Reckless Blues3:01	3:01
26	Sobbin’ Hearted Blues3:01	3:01
27	Cold in Hand Blues3:12	3:12
28	You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon3:28	3:28
29	Cake Walkin' Babies3:09	3:09
30	The Yellow Dog Blues3:01	3:01
31	Soft Pedal Blues3:18	3:18
32	Dixie Flyer Blues3:07	3:07
Disc 3
33	If You Ever Should Leave3:14	3:14
34	Everyone’s Wrong but Me3:07	3:07
35	Deep in the Heart of the South3:16	3:16
36	Just a Simple Melody2:59	2:59
37	I Got a Guy (Sunshine)3:23	3:23
38	Holiday in Harlem3:10	3:10
39	Rock It for Me3:14	3:14
40	I Want to Be Happy4:29	4:29
41	The Dipsy Doodle3:13	3:13
42	My Last Affair2:42	2:42
43	Organ Grinder’s Swing2:52	2:52
44	Shine2:54	2:54
45	Darktown Strutters’ Ball3:08	3:08
46	Take Another Guess2:44	2:44
47	Big Boy Blue2:48	2:48
48	Dedicated to You3:12	3:12
49	You Showed Me the Way3:08	3:08
50	Crying Mood2:36	2:36
51	Love Is the Thing, So They Say2:51	2:51
52	All Over Nothing at All2:41	2:41
Disc 4
53	There’s a Lull in My Life2:59	2:59
54	All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm2:26	2:26
55	Alabamy Home2:42	2:42
56	I’m Checkin’ Out, Goo’em Bye2:26	2:26
57	Killin’ Myself2:26	2:26
58	Me and You2:53	2:53
59	I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good3:17	3:17
60	Chocolate Shake2:51	2:51
61	Jump for Joy2:54	2:54
62	Rocks in My Bed3:05	3:05
63	Hayfoot, Strawfoot2:32	2:32
64	It Don’t Mean a Thing3:10	3:10
65	I’ve Got the World on a String3:17	3:17
66	My Old Flame3:21	3:21
67	Troubled Waters3:27	3:27
68	Truckin’2:57	2:57
69	Cotton3:06	3:06
70	Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing3:08	3:08
71	Oh Babe! Maybe Someday2:51	2:51
72	Shoe Shine Boy3:15	3:15
73	It Was a Sad Night in Harlem3:06	3:06
74	I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter2:35	2:35
Disc 5
75	All or Nothing Blues2:52	2:52
76	Beggin’ Mama Blues2:55	2:55
77	You Can Depend on Me2:43	2:43
78	Embraceable You2:54	2:54
79	Westside Baby2:58	2:58
80	Stairway to the Stars3:00	3:00
81	I Want to Be Loved2:53	2:53
82	Since I Feel for You2:42	2:42
83	Am I Asking Too Much2:49	2:49
84	I Can’t Get Started With You2:46	2:46
85	That’s Why a Woman Loves a Heel2:52	2:52
86	Oo Wee Walkie Talkie2:42	2:42
87	I Love You, Yes I Do2:37	2:37
88	I Want to Cry3:06	3:06
89	What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry2:36	2:36
90	It’s Funny2:35	2:35
91	Why Can’t You Behave2:47	2:47
92	Resolution Blues3:16	3:16

Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the Blues

2001

#	Title	Time
1	Down Hearted Blues3:27	3:27
2	Gulf Coast Blues3:07	3:07
3	Aggravatin' Papa3:18	3:18
4	Baby Won't You Please Come Home2:57	2:57
5	'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do3:28	3:28
6	Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time3:11	3:11
7	My Sweetie Went Away3:12	3:12
8	Any Woman's Blues3:27	3:27
9	House Rent Blues3:08	3:08
10	Weeping Willow Blues3:10	3:10
11	Sinful Blues3:10	3:10
12	St. Louis Blues3:12	3:12
13	Reckless Blues3:05	3:05
14	Careless Love Blues3:26	3:26
15	I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle3:23	3:23
16	I Ain't Got Nobody3:11	3:11
17	Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)6:24	6:24
18	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:59	2:59

The Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic Blues

1993

#	Title	Time
1	Alexander's Ragtime Band3:00	3:00
2	Careless Love3:30	3:30
3	Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home3:13	3:13
4	After You’re Gone3:01	3:01
5	Trombone Cholly3:15	3:15
6	Me and My Gin2:52	2:52
7	Safety Mama3:26	3:26
8	In the House Blues3:01	3:01
9	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:59	2:59
10	Take It Right Back3:24	3:24
11	He's Got Me Goin'3:14	3:14
12	Kitchen Man2:58	2:58
13	Do Your Duty3:26	3:26
14	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer3:30	3:30
15	Take Me for a Buggy Ride2:38	2:38
16	I’m Down in the Dumps3:10	3:10

Gimmie a Pigfoot / Take Me for a Buggy Ride

1952

#	Title	Time	Listen
1	Gimmie a Pigfoot-:--	-:--
2	Take Me for a Buggy Ride2:37	2:37

Moan Mourners / On Revival Day

1930

#	Title	Time	Listen
1	Moan Mourners-:--	-:--
2	On Revival Day2:58	2:58

Don't Cry Baby / You Don't Understand

1929

#	Title	Time	Listen
1	Don't Cry Baby3:11	3:11
2	You Don't Understand3:06	3:06

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Bessie Smith

Great Original Performances: 1925-1933

1923-1933 Empress of the Blues

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith

The Essential Bessie Smith

Greatest Hits

The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances

Great Divas

Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the Blues

The Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic Blues

Gimmie a Pigfoot / Take Me for a Buggy Ride

Moan Mourners / On Revival Day

Don't Cry Baby / You Don't Understand

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