The Empress of the Blues: A Tribute to Bessie Smith

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1After You’ve Gone
cover recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Jenny Owen Youngs2:24
2Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
Tim & Adam3:01
3Poor Man’s Blues
Doria Roberts3:44
4Thinking Blues
cover recording of:
Thinking-Blues
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Whitney Mongé3:31
5St. Louis Blues
cover recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Catherine Feeny & Daniel Dixon3:40
6Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
recording of:
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
lyricist and composer:
George Brooks (composer, early 20th century)
Haley Bonar3:40
7Backwater Blues
producer:
Adam Samuel Goldman
cover recording of:
Backwater Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
Simone White4:27
8Sugar in My Bowl
cover recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Tift Merritt2:20
9Please Help Met Get Him Off My Mind
Dawn Landes3:06
10Preachin’ the Blues
Barbara Kessler3:22
11Nobody Knows Me When I’m Down and Out
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Hanne Hukkelberg3:27
12It Won’t Be You
cover recording of:
It Won’t Be You
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Holly Golightly2:23
13Hot Spring Blues
Alessi’s Ark & Scott Verbeek2:43
14Baby Doll
cover recording of:
Baby Doll
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) and Harold Webman
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
Jesca Hoop3:01
15Back Water Blues
cover recording of:
Back Water Blues
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Abigail Washburn3:47

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tribute to:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)