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Bessie Jones (08 Feb 1902 - 17 Jul 1984)

Female Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (4)

Official

Album

  1. So Glad I'm Here 1975
  2. Step It Down: Games For Children By Bessie Jones 1979
  3. Put Your Hand on Your Hip and Let Your Backbone Slip 13 Feb 2001

Single

  1. Beggin’ the Blues 07 Aug 2020

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Georgia Sea Island Singers

Recordings by (71)

  1. Go to Sleep Little Baby 1:17 (1960) tape T922, track 8
  2. Hambone 1:06 (1960)
  3. Sometimes 0:57 (1960)
  4. So Glad I'm Here 1:46 (1975)
  5. Johanna 1:39 (1975)
  6. Yonder Come Day 2:29 (1975)
  7. Kindlin' Wood 7:47 (1975)
  8. Shoo Turkey 1:45 (1975)
  9. Turn My Body Round 1:30 (1975)
  10. Riley 1:30 (1975)
  11. Titanic 3:31 (1975)
  12. Amazing Grace 3:18 (1975)
  13. You Better Mind 2:50 (1975)
  14. Oh Death 3:38 (1975)
  15. Daniel in the Lion's Den 2:56 (1975)
  16. May Be the Last Time, I Don't Know 2:09 (1975)
  17. O Death 2:45 (1977)
  18. See Aunt Dinah 3:01 (1977)
  19. Reg'lar, Reg'lar, Rollin' Under 2:16 (1977)
  20. Way Go, Lily 2:53 (1979)
  21. Walk Daniel 1:27 (1979)
  22. Draw Me a Bucket of Water 2:39 (1979)
  23. Steal Up, My Young Lady 2:24 (1979)
  24. Juba 1:11 (1979)
  25. Nana Thread Needle 2:32 (1979)
  26. Shoo Lie Loo 1:56 (1979)
  27. Old Bill Rolling Pin 4:23 (1979)
  28. Down in the Valley 2:23 (1979)
  29. Soup, Soup 2:33 (1979)
  30. Josephine 1:52 (1979)
  31. Way Down Yonder in the Brickyard 1:52 (1979)
  32. Bob-a -Needle 0:40 (1979)
  33. Peep Squirrel 2:33 (1979)
  34. Old Lady from Brewster 2:34 (1979)
  35. Oh Green Fields, Roxie 1:50 (1979)
  36. Little Johnny Brown 3:18 (1979)
  37. Beggin’ the Blues 2:12 (08 Dec 1992)
  38. O Day 1:53 (1997) excerpt
  39. Sink 'em Low 3:39 (1997)
  40. East Coast Line 1:18 (10 Feb 1998)
  41. Prayer (Spiritual) 4:41 (11 Sep 2001)
  42. Kneebone Bend (Prayer Shout) 4:09 (11 Sep 2001)
  43. Yonder Comes Day (New Year Shout) 3:17 (11 Sep 2001)
  44. Grey Goose (Ballad) 2:47 (11 Sep 2001)
  45. Li’l Gal, Li’l Gal (Game Song) 1:24 (11 Sep 2001)
  46. Turkle Dove 1:43 (01 May 2011)
  47. Go to Sleepy Little Baby 0:47 (01 May 2011) tape T922, track 7
  48. Before This Time Another Year 2:42 (01 May 2011)
  49. Plumb the Line 2:37 (28 Oct 2014)
  50. Got to Lie Down (How Shall I Rise) 2:27 (28 Oct 2014)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. You Better Mind 2:12 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998)

Instruments

  1. It Just Suits Me 7:00 Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith and group (10 Feb 1998) handclaps

Vocals

  1. Join the Band 1:03 John Davis & Group (Nov 1960)
  2. Blow Gabriel 2:25 John Davis, Bessie Jones & St. Simon's Island Singers (Nov 1960) lead vocals
  3. I'm Gonna Sail Like a Ship on the Ocean 2:40 Henry Morrison & St. Simon's Island Singers (Nov 1960)
  4. Sometimes 0:57 Bessie Jones (1960)
  5. Go to Sleep Little Baby 1:17 Bessie Jones (1960)
  6. Johnny Cuckoo 3:02 Bessie Jones & group (1960) lead vocals
  7. Hambone 1:06 Bessie Jones (1960)
  8. My God Is A Rock In The Weary Land 3:12 Bessie Jones, John Davis, The Georgia Sea Island Singers (1964)
  9. Buzzard Lope 1:59 Bessie Jones with Georgia Sea Island Singers (1977) lead vocals
  10. Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know the Road 2:18 Bessie Jones & The Sea Island Singers (1977) lead vocals
  11. The Titanic 3:30 Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & The Georgia Sea Island Singers (1977) lead vocals
  12. Knee Bone 2:07 Joe Armstrong and group (1977)
  13. Ain't I Right 1:33 Henry Morrison and group (1977)
  14. Beulah Land 4:20 John Davis & Bessie Jones (1977) lead vocals
  15. Beggin’ the Blues 2:12 Bessie Jones (08 Dec 1992)
  16. Sink 'em Low 3:39 Bessie Jones (1997) lead vocals
  17. O Day 1:53 Bessie Jones (1997) lead vocals
  18. It Just Suits Me 2:20 Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones (1997) lead vocals
  19. Hop Along, Let's Get Her 1:04 Henry Morrison and John Davis with group (10 Feb 1998)
  20. Union 2:29 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  21. Raggy Levee 2:22 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  22. Little David 2:15 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  23. Pay Me 1:32 Joe Armstrong and group (10 Feb 1998)
  24. Buzzard Lope 5:21 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  25. Turkle Dove 3:38 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  26. Carrie Belle 3:39 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  27. Reg'lar, Reg'lar Rollin' Under 2:23 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  28. You Better Mind 2:12 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  29. Moses 4:18 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  30. Adam in the Garden 1:47 Willis Proctor and group (10 Feb 1998)
  31. Prayer / Sign of Judgement 4:04 Henry Morrison and Bessie Jones with group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  32. You Got My Letter 1:52 Willis Proctor and group (10 Feb 1998)
  33. Daniel in the Lion's Den 2:20 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  34. It Just Suits Me 7:00 Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  35. Live Humble 3:48 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  36. Ain't I Right? 2:18 Henry Morrison and group (10 Feb 1998)
  37. Everybody Talking About Heaven 3:07 Unidentified song leader and group (10 Feb 1998)
  38. Moses, Don't Get Lost 2:26 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  39. See Aunt Dinah 3:05 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  40. Eli, You Can't Stand 2:50 Willis Proctor and group (10 Feb 1998)
  41. I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life for My Lord 2:44 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  42. Daniel 2:10 Willis Proctor and group (10 Feb 1998)
  43. Goodbye, Everybody 2:09 Joe Armstrong and group (10 Feb 1998)
  44. East Coast Line 1:18 Bessie Jones (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals
  45. John 4:17 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  46. Rock in the Weary Land 2:33 Peter Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  47. The Old Tar River 2:29 John Davis and group (10 Feb 1998)
  48. O Day 4:42 Bessie Jones and group (10 Feb 1998) lead vocals

Credited as (26)

  1. Bessie Jones
  2. John Davis & Bessie Jones
  3. Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones
  4. Bessie Jones and group
  5. Henry Morrison and Bessie Jones with group
  6. Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith and group
  7. Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & The Georgia Sea Island Singers
  8. Bessie Jones & group
  9. Bessie Jones & Janie Hunter
  10. Bessie Jones and group of children
  11. Bessie Jones with Georgia Sea Island Singers
  12. Bessie Jones & Sorrell Booke
  13. Bessie Jones & The Sea Island Singers
  14. Bessie Jones and The Georgia Sea Island Singers
  15. Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers
  16. Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
  17. Bessie Jones with the Georgia Sea Island Singers
  18. Ed Young, Hobart Smith, Bessie Jones, Nat Rahmings, John Davis, Henry Morrison, Emma Ramsay & Alberta Ramsay
  19. Bessie Jones & Henry Morrison
  20. Bessie Jones & Georgia Sea Island Singers
  21. Bessie Jones, John Davis, The Georgia Sea Island Singers
  22. McKinley Peebles & Bessie Jones
  23. John Davis, Bessie Jones & St. Simon's Island Singers
  24. Bessie Jones and The Spiritual Singers of Georgia
  25. Joseph Coyne with Bessie Jones & Eda Bennie
  26. Fay Compton with Bessie Jones & Eda Bennie

Works (4)

Wrote

  1. Sometimes
  2. Honey

Composed

  1. Free Your Mind

Lyrics

  1. Free Your Mind

Events (1)

Guest Performer At

  1. A Prairie Home Companion

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bessie_jones

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/250290

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000051492

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/10031898

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q255222

Biographies

  1. https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/bessie-jones
  2. http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=1982_04

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AT_HOME_ON_ST._SIMON'S_ISLAND-RENOWNED_GOSPEL_SINGER_BESSIE_JONES_AND_TWO_GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN_-_NARA_-_546994.jpg