The Complete Recordings, Volume 1

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Packaging: cardboard outer box with 2 individual jewel cases plus booklet.
Individual discs are labeled CK 47307 and CK 47308 in addition to the set catalog number C2K 47091.

Annotation last modified on 2019-07-01 02:22 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
Bessie Smith43:29
2Gulf Coast Blues
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues (on 1923-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
Bessie Smith43:07
3Aggravatin' Papa
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-11)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-04-11)
clarinet:
Ernest Elliott (a.k.a. "Sticky" Elliott, clarinet and reeds, AMG artist ID 151482) (on 1923-04-11)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me) (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson and Roy Turk
Bessie Smith & Her Down Home Trio43:19
4Beale Street Mama
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-11)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-04-11)
clarinet:
Ernest Elliott (a.k.a. "Sticky" Elliott, clarinet and reeds, AMG artist ID 151482) (on 1923-04-11)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Beale Street Mama (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson and Roy Turk
Bessie Smith & Her Down Home Trio53:38
5Baby Won't You Please Come Home
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1923-04-11)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Bessie Smith42:59
6Oh Daddy Blues
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
cover recording of:
Oh Daddy! (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
Ed Herbert (composer) and William Russell (composed Oh Daddy)
Bessie Smith43:08
7'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-26)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-26)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1923-04-26)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
Bessie Smith43:29
8Keeps on A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-26)
recording of:
Keeps On a‐Rainin’ (on 1923-04-26)
writer:
Max Kortlander and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Bessie Smith53:10
9Mama's Got the Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-04-28)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-28)
recording of:
Mama's Got The Blues (Martin and Williams, 1920s) (on 1923-04-28)
writer:
Sarah Martin (1920s US blues singer, 1884–1955)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith42:59
10Outside of That
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-04-28)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-28)
cover recording of:
Outside of That, He's All Right With Me (on 1923-04-28)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith43:30
11Bleeding Hearted Blues
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-14)
recording of:
Bleeding Hearted Blues (on 1923-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Lovie Austin
Bessie Smith53:09
12Lady Luck Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-06-14)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-14)
Bessie Smith43:10
13Yodling Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-06-14)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-14)
Bessie Smith43:14
14Midnight Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-06-15)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-15)
Bessie Smith43:20
15If You Don't, I Know Who Will
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-06-21)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-21)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-21)
Bessie Smith43:38
16Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-06-22)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-22)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-22)
Bessie Smith43:34
17Jail-House Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-21)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1923-09-21)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-21)
recording of:
Jail House Blues (on 1923-09-21)
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith43:16
18St. Louis Gal
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-24)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1923-09-24) and Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1923-09-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-24)
recording of:
St. Louis Gal (on 1923-09-24)
writer:
J. Russel Robinson
Bessie Smith43:30
19Sam Jones Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-24)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1923-09-24)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-24)
Bessie Smith42:47
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