The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith

Original Release Date:  September 26, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. Down Hearted Blues
• 2. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
• 3. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
• 4. Careless Love
• 5. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
• 6. T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
• 7. I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
• 8. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
• 9. Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
• 10. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
• 11. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
• 12. Back Water Blues
• 13. The Yellow Dog Blues
• 14. Me and My Gin
• 15. St. Louis Blues
• 16. Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
• 17. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
• 18. After You've Gone
• 19. Jailhouse Blues
• 20. Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
• 21. I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
• 22. Coffee Gringin' Blues
• 23. My Stove's in Good Condition
• 24. Knockin' Myself Out
• 25. Dirty Mother for You
• 26. Short John
• 27. Dope Head Blues
• 28. Love Shows Weakness
• 29. When I Get Low I Get High
• 30. Jack I'm Mellow
• 31. I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
• 32. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
• 33. Oh What a Dream

Credits

• Lucille Bogan: Composer
• Alberta Hunter: Composer
• Bessie Smith: Composer
• Victoria Spivey: Composer
• Roosevelt Sykes: Composer
• Sippie Wallace: Composer
• Chuck Willis: Composer
• Ahmad Jamal: Composer
• Perry Bradford: Composer
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Lovie Austin: Composer
• George Brooks: Composer
• Henry Creamer: Composer
• Porter Grainger: Composer
• J.C. Johnson: Composer
• Martha E. Koenig: Composer
• Turner Layton: Composer
• Leroy Kirkland: Composer
• Danny Small: Composer
• Jo Trent: Composer
• Clarence Williams: Composer
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• Amos Easton: Composer
• Harry Richman: Composer
• Phil Stanton: Series Producer
• Nigel Williamson: Compilation, Sleeve Notes
• Everett Robbins: Composer
• Marion Sunshine: Composer
• Harry Burke: Composer
• Elroy Crane: Composer
• Rose Marie McCoy: Composer
• Brad Haynes: Coordination
• Peter de Rose: Composer
• James Weldon: Composer
• Laurence Cedar: Mastering
• Lilly Green: Composer
• Charles Singleton: Composer
• Irčne Rognier: Translation
• Carl Van Vechten: Photography
• Isaac Gómez Martel: Translation
• Edward Clifton Green: Composer