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Bessie Smith
1903 songs
Total 123 albums
Original Jazz Recordings 1925-1933
| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:01 | ||
| 2 | 3:41 | ||
| 3 | 3:29 | ||
| 4 | 3:23 | ||
| 5 | 2:47 | ||
| 6 | Money Blues3:18 | 3:18 | |
| 7 | 3:00 | ||
| 8 | 3:09 | ||
| 9 | Lock and Key3:03 | 3:03 | |
| 10 | 3:06 | ||
| 11 | 3:00 | ||
| 12 | 2:55 | ||
| 13 | 2:52 | ||
| 14 | 2:57 | ||
| 15 | 2:54 | ||
| 16 | 2:59 | ||
| 17 | 3:00 | ||
| 18 | Do Your Duty3:30 | 3:30 | |
| 19 | Gimme a Pigfoot3:36 | 3:36 | |
| 20 | 3:15 |
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1994| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:00 | ||
| 2 | Trombone Cholly3:14 | 3:14 | |
| 3 | 3:25 | ||
| 4 | Lock and Key3:03 | 3:03 | |
| 5 | 3:06 | ||
| 6 | 3:00 | ||
| 7 | 2:57 | ||
| 8 | Thinking Blues3:10 | 3:10 | |
| 9 | 3:16 | ||
| 10 | 2:55 | ||
| 11 | 2:59 | ||
| 12 | 2:55 | ||
| 13 | 2:47 | ||
| 14 | Kitchen Man2:58 | 2:58 | |
| 15 | 3:14 | ||
| 16 | 3:02 | ||
| 17 | Do Your Duty3:29 | 3:29 | |
| 18 | 3:30 |
The Collection
1989| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:27 | ||
| 2 | 3:31 | ||
| 3 | 3:13 | ||
| 4 | 3:11 | ||
| 5 | St. Louis Blues3:12 | 3:12 | |
| 6 | Reckless Blues3:06 | 3:06 | |
| 7 | 3:30 | ||
| 8 | 3:23 | ||
| 9 | 3:09 | ||
| 10 | 3:09 | ||
| 11 | 3:15 | ||
| 12 | 6:24 | ||
| 13 | 2:59 | ||
| 14 | 3:07 | ||
| 15 | Do Your Duty3:29 | 3:29 | |
| 16 | Gimme a Pigfoot3:31 | 3:31 |
Blue Spirit Blues
| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:13 | ||
| 2 | 3:00 | ||
| 3 | Kitchen Man2:58 | 2:58 | |
| 4 | 2:56 | ||
| 5 | Thinking Blues3:10 | 3:10 | |
| 6 | 3:14 | ||
| 7 | 3:23 | ||
| 8 | 2:51 | ||
| 9 | 2:47 | ||
| 10 | 2:56 | ||
| 11 | 3:16 | ||
| 12 | Do Your Duty3:28 | 3:28 | |
| 13 | 3:00 | ||
| 14 | Lock and Key3:00 | 3:00 | |
| 15 | Gimme a Pigfoot3:33 | 3:33 | |
| 16 | 2:37 | ||
| 17 | 2:52 | ||
| 18 | Trombone Cholly3:09 | 3:09 | |
| 19 | 3:02 | ||
| 20 | 3:02 |
I'm Wild About That Thing
1990| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:04 | ||
| 2 | Trombone Cholly3:14 | 3:14 | |
| 3 | 3:23 | ||
| 4 | Lock and Key3:03 | 3:03 | |
| 5 | 3:06 | ||
| 6 | 3:00 | ||
| 7 | 2:57 | ||
| 8 | Thinking Blues3:10 | 3:10 | |
| 9 | 3:16 | ||
| 10 | 2:55 | ||
| 11 | 2:59 | ||
| 12 | 2:55 | ||
| 13 | 2:47 | ||
| 14 | Kitchen Man2:58 | 2:58 | |
| 15 | 3:17 | ||
| 16 | 3:02 | ||
| 17 | Do Your Duty3:29 | 3:29 |
The Complete Recordings, Volume 2
1991| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 | |||
| 1 | Frankie Blues3:34 | 3:34 | |
| 2 | Moonshine Blues3:19 | 3:19 | |
| 3 | 3:25 | ||
| 4 | 3:14 | ||
| 5 | Work House Blues3:23 | 3:23 | |
| 6 | House Rent Blues3:08 | 3:08 | |
| 7 | Salt Water Blues3:29 | 3:29 | |
| 8 | 3:38 | ||
| 9 | 3:10 | ||
| 10 | 3:20 | ||
| 11 | 3:06 | ||
| 12 | 3:18 | ||
| 13 | Sinful Blues3:11 | 3:11 | |
| 14 | 3:07 | ||
| 15 | 3:16 | ||
| 16 | 3:00 | ||
| 17 | St. Louis Blues3:12 | 3:12 | |
| 18 | Reckless Blues3:05 | 3:05 | |
| 19 | 3:00 | ||
| Disc 2 | |||
| 20 | 3:14 | ||
| 21 | 3:30 | ||
| 22 | 3:11 | ||
| 23 | 3:05 | ||
| 24 | Soft Pedal Blues3:20 | 3:20 | |
| 25 | 3:11 | ||
| 26 | 3:45 | ||
| 27 | 3:26 | ||
| 28 | 3:05 | ||
| 29 | 3:23 | ||
| 30 | He's Gone Blues3:10 | 3:10 | |
| 31 | 2:54 | ||
| 32 | 3:11 | ||
| 33 | My Man Blues3:32 | 3:32 | |
| 34 | 3:23 | ||
| 35 | 3:15 | ||
| 36 | 3:26 | ||
| 37 | 2:55 | ||
The Complete Recordings, Volume 3
1992| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 | |||
| 1 | 3:13 | ||
| 2 | 3:05 | ||
| 3 | 3:26 | ||
| 4 | 3:33 | ||
| 5 | Squeeze Me2:53 | 2:53 | |
| 6 | 2:46 | ||
| 7 | 2:38 | ||
| 8 | 3:20 | ||
| 9 | 3:14 | ||
| 10 | Money Blues3:11 | 3:11 | |
| 11 | Baby Doll3:01 | 3:01 | |
| 12 | 2:58 | ||
| 13 | 2:55 | ||
| 14 | Hard Time Blues3:14 | 3:14 | |
| 15 | Honey Man Blues3:14 | 3:14 | |
| 16 | 2:55 | ||
| 17 | 3:09 | ||
| 18 | 2:52 | ||
| 19 | Back Water Blues3:19 | 3:19 | |
| 20 | 2:57 | ||
| 21 | 3:00 | ||
| Disc 2 | |||
| 22 | 3:09 | ||
| 23 | 3:20 | ||
| 24 | Trombone Cholly3:12 | 3:12 | |
| 25 | 3:23 | ||
| 26 | 2:59 | ||
| 27 | Hot Spring Blues2:57 | 2:57 | |
| 28 | Sweet Mistreater3:02 | 3:02 | |
| 29 | Lock and Key2:59 | 2:59 | |
| 30 | 3:14 | ||
| 31 | 3:02 | ||
| 32 | Homeless Blues3:01 | 3:01 | |
| 33 | 2:50 | ||
| 34 | 3:00 | ||
| 35 | 2:55 | ||
| 36 | Thinking Blues3:10 | 3:10 | |
| 37 | Pickpocket Blues2:44 | 2:44 | |
| 38 | 2:52 | ||
| 39 | 2:56 | ||
Downhearted Blues (Original 1923-1924 Recordings)
2003| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:27 | ||
| 2 | Gulf Coast Blues3:06 | 3:06 | |
| 3 | 3:27 | ||
| 4 | 3:07 | ||
| 5 | Yodling Blues3:11 | 3:11 | |
| 6 | 3:08 | ||
| 7 | Lady Luck Blues3:07 | 3:07 | |
| 8 | 3:32 | ||
| 9 | 3:27 | ||
| 10 | Jail House Blues3:15 | 3:15 | |
| 11 | 2:45 | ||
| 12 | Cemetery Blues3:35 | 3:35 | |
| 13 | 3:27 | ||
| 14 | 3:20 | ||
| 15 | 3:11 | ||
| 16 | Moonshine Blues3:18 | 3:18 | |
| 17 | Boweavil Blues2:55 | 2:55 | |
| 18 | Hateful Blues3:08 | 3:08 |
Lady Luck Blues
1994| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 | |||
| 1 | Lady Luck Blues3:08 | 3:08 | |
| 2 | Outside of That3:29 | 3:29 | |
| 3 | 3:08 | ||
| 4 | 3:27 | ||
| 5 | Oh Daddy Blues3:06 | 3:06 | |
| 6 | Midnight Blues3:18 | 3:18 | |
| 7 | 2:57 | ||
| 8 | Aggravatin' Papa3:18 | 3:18 | |
| 9 | 3:35 | ||
| 10 | Jail-House Blues3:16 | 3:16 | |
| 11 | Sam Jones Blues2:48 | 2:48 | |
| 12 | 3:32 | ||
| 13 | Yodling Blues3:12 | 3:12 | |
| 14 | 3:06 | ||
| 15 | 2:57 | ||
| 16 | 3:28 | ||
| 17 | Gulf Coast Blues3:06 | 3:06 | |
| 18 | 3:35 | ||
| 19 | 3:13 | ||
| 20 | 3:12 | ||
| 21 | Sweet Mistreater3:00 | 3:00 | |
| Disc 2 | |||
| 22 | 3:09 | ||
| 23 | 3:14 | ||
| 24 | 3:17 | ||
| 25 | 3:12 | ||
| 26 | Sorrowful Blues3:17 | 3:17 | |
| 27 | 3:14 | ||
| 28 | Hateful Blues3:08 | 3:08 | |
| 29 | 3:16 | ||
| 30 | 3:10 | ||
| 31 | 3:29 | ||
| 32 | 3:11 | ||
| 33 | Cemetery Blues3:30 | 3:30 | |
| 34 | 2:45 | ||
| 35 | Far Away Blues3:00 | 3:00 | |
| 36 | 2:53 | ||
| 37 | 3:17 | ||
| 38 | 3:27 | ||
| 39 | 3:19 | ||
| 40 | Boweavil Blues2:54 | 2:54 | |
| 41 | 2:55 | ||
| 42 | 3:08 | ||
| 43 | The House Blues3:00 | 3:00 | |
| 44 | 3:42 | ||
The Legendary King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong
1991| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweet Lovin' Man2:47 | 2:47 | |
| 2 | Sugarfoot Stomp2:56 | 2:56 | |
| 3 | Southern Stomps2:47 | 2:47 | |
| 4 | 3:03 | ||
| 5 | 3:15 | ||
| 6 | I'm Not Rough3:03 | 3:03 | |
| 7 | 2:56 | ||
| 8 | Snake Rag3:01 | 3:01 | |
| 9 | Keyhole Blues3:30 | 3:30 | |
| 10 | 2:41 | ||
| 11 | High Society3:00 | 3:00 |
Jazz Greats, Volume 38: Bessie Smith: Preachin' the Blues
1997| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back Water Blues3:19 | 3:19 | |
| 2 | 3:11 | ||
| 3 | 3:09 | ||
| 4 | 2:52 | ||
| 5 | 3:08 | ||
| 6 | 3:20 | ||
| 7 | 2:59 | ||
| 8 | 3:29 | ||
| 9 | Lock and Key2:59 | 2:59 | |
| 10 | 3:05 | ||
| 11 | 2:56 | ||
| 12 | 3:22 | ||
| 13 | Poor Man's Blues3:26 | 3:26 | |
| 14 | 2:59 | ||
| 15 | 2:59 | ||
| 16 | 2:50 | ||
| 17 | 3:30 | ||
| 18 | Do Your Duty3:26 | 3:26 | |
| 19 | 3:13 | ||
| 20 | 3:00 |
The Empress
| # | Title | Time | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc 1 | |||
| 1 | 3:03 | ||
| 2 | 3:15 | ||
| 3 | Sinful Blues3:08 | 3:08 | |
| 4 | 3:04 | ||
| 5 | 3:12 | ||
| 6 | 2:56 | ||
| 7 | St. Louis Blues3:11 | 3:11 | |
| 8 | Reckless Blues3:01 | 3:01 | |
| 9 | 3:48 | ||
| 10 | 3:00 | ||
| 11 | Homeless Blues3:34 | 3:34 | |
| 12 | 2:48 | ||
| 13 | 2:57 | ||
| 14 | 2:53 | ||
| 15 | Thinking Blues3:07 | 3:07 | |
| 16 | Pickpocket Blues2:42 | 2:42 | |
| Disc 2 | |||
| 17 | Muddy Water3:06 | 3:06 | |
| 18 | 3:28 | ||
| 19 | Trombone Cholly3:10 | 3:10 | |
| 20 | 3:21 | ||
| 21 | 2:55 | ||
| 22 | 3:02 | ||
| 23 | Sweet Mistreater3:09 | 3:09 | |
| 24 | Lock and Key2:57 | 2:57 | |
| 25 | 3:00 | ||
| 26 | 3:12 | ||
| 27 | 3:25 | ||
| 28 | 3:07 | ||
| 29 | Yellow Dog Blues3:00 | 3:00 | |
| 30 | Soft Pedal Blues3:17 | 3:17 | |
| 31 | 3:07 | ||
| 32 | 3:41 | ||