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Bessie Smith (15 Apr 1894 - 26 Sep 1937)

Female Person - United States Tennessee blues singer

Releases (111)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Empress Of The Blues Sep 1940
  2. The Bessie Smith Story, Volume 1 1951
  3. The World's Greatest Blues Singer 1970
  4. Empty Bed Blues 1971
  5. Nobody's Blues But Mine 1972
  6. Great Original Performances: 1925-1933 1986
  7. Original Jazz Recordings 1925-1933 1987
  8. The Collection 24 Feb 1989
  9. Mother of the Blues 1989
  10. Blue Spirit Blues 1989
  11. St Louis Blues 1990
  12. I'm Wild About That Thing 1990
  13. Bessie Smith: The Greatest Blues Singer in the World 1990
  14. 1923-1933 Empress of the Blues 1991
  15. The Complete Recordings, Volume 2 1991
  16. The Complete Recordings, Volume 1 1991
  17. Empress of the Blues 1992
  18. The Complete Recordings, Volume 3 1992
  19. Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues Jan 1993
  20. 19 Reflective Recordings 31 Dec 1993
  21. Dixie Flyer Blues 1993
  22. The Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic Blues 1993
  23. Bessie Smith Sings the Jazz 1993
  24. Blue Spirit Blues 1993
  25. The Complete Recordings, Volume 4 1993
  26. Mama's Got the Blues 25 Sep 1994
  27. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923 1994
  28. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923-1924 1994
  29. Lady Luck Blues 1994
  30. Alexander's Ragtime Band 1994
  31. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1924-1925 1995
  32. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1925-1927 1995
  33. Empty Bed Blues 15 Oct 1996
  34. American Legends - Bessie Smith 1996
  35. Members Edition 1996
  36. Bessie's Blues 1996
  37. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1928-1929 1996
  38. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1927-1928 1996
  39. An Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933 1996
  40. The Complete Recordings, Volume 5 1996
  41. The Essential Bessie Smith 23 Sep 1997
  42. The Quintessence: The Empress 1923–1933 1997
  43. The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1929–1933 1997
  44. Jazz Greats, Volume 38: Bessie Smith: Preachin' the Blues 1997
  45. The Ultimate Collection 1998
  46. The Masters 1998
  47. The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances 01 Jan 1999
  48. I'm Wild About That Thing 01 Oct 1999
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. L’Art vocal, volume 3 : La Sélection 1923–1933 1990
  2. Empress of the Blues 14 Feb 1992
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Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys original
  2. Bessie Smith & Her Down Home Trio eponymous

Siblings

  1. Mary McClain half

Recordings by (492)

  1. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues 2:57 (May 1923) Columbia matrix 80952-3
  2. Oh Daddy Blues 3:01 (May 1923)
  3. Down Hearted Blues 3:27 (1923)
  4. Gulf Coast Blues 3:07 (1923)
  5. Eavesdropper's Blues 3:13 (Apr 1924)
  6. Haunted House Blues 3:30 (Apr 1924)
  7. Easy Come Easy Go Blues ?:?? (1924)
  8. Frosty Morining Blues ?:?? (1924)
  9. The St Louis Blues 3:09 (10 Apr 1925)
  10. Cold in Hand Blues 3:14 (10 Apr 1925)
  11. Careless Love Blues 3:27 (Aug 1925)
  12. He's Gone Blues 3:12 (Aug 1925)
  13. The Gin House Blues 3:14 (1926)
  14. Lost Your Head Blues ?:?? (1926)
  15. Back-Water Blues 3:20 (Mar 1927)
  16. Preachin' the Blues 2:52 (Mar 1927)
  17. After You've Gone 2:58 (Apr 1927)
  18. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) 3:07 (Apr 1927)
  19. Lock and Key 2:59 (Aug 1927)
  20. Trombone Cholly 3:12 (Aug 1927)
  21. Slow and Easy Man ?:?? (Dec 1928)
  22. Me and My Gin 2:52 (Dec 1928)
  23. Kitchen Man 2:58 (Jul 1929)
  24. I’ve Got What It Takes ?:?? (Jul 1929)
  25. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out 2:59 (Aug 1929)
  26. Take It Right Back ?:?? (Aug 1929)
  27. He’s Got Me Goin’ ?:?? (Oct 1929)
  28. It Makes My Love Come Down 2:58 (Oct 1929)
  29. Don't Cry Baby 3:11 (1929)
  30. You Don't Understand 3:06 (1929)
  31. Moan Mourners ?:?? (1930)
  32. On Revival Day 2:58 (1930)
  33. In The House Blues 3:01 (Jul 1931)
  34. Blue Blues ?:?? (Jul 1931)
  35. Safety Mama 3:26 (Dec 1931)
  36. Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl 2:49 (Dec 1931)
  37. Do Your Duty 3:26 (Dec 1933)
  38. I'm Down in the Dumps 3:11 (Dec 1933)
  39. Cake Walking Babies (From Home) 3:02 (Sep 1940)
  40. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon 3:28 (Sep 1940)
  41. Baby Doll 3:00 (Sep 1940)
  42. Empty Bed Blues, Part 1 3:02 (Sep 1940)
  43. Empty Bed Blues, Part 2 3:21 (Sep 1940)
  44. St. Louis Blues 3:12 (1951)
  45. Sobbin’ Hearted Blues 3:01 (1951)
  46. Reckless Blues 3:05 (1951)
  47. J.C. Holmes Blues 3:05 (1951)
  48. Nashville Woman’s Blues 3:45 (1951)
  49. Jailhouse Blues 3:16 (1951)
  50. Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down 3:20 (1951)
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On Recordings (50)

Vocals

  1. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues 2:57 Bessie Smith (May 1923)
  2. Down Hearted Blues 3:27 Bessie Smith (1923)
  3. Eavesdropper's Blues 3:13 Bessie Smith (Apr 1924)
  4. Cold in Hand Blues 3:14 Bessie Smith (10 Apr 1925)
  5. The St Louis Blues 3:09 Bessie Smith (10 Apr 1925)
  6. Lost Your Head Blues ?:?? Bessie Smith (1926)
  7. The Gin House Blues 3:14 Bessie Smith (1926)
  8. Me and My Gin 2:52 Bessie Smith (Dec 1928)
  9. Kitchen Man 2:58 Bessie Smith (Jul 1929)
  10. In the House Blues 3:01 Bessie Smith (Jul 1931)
  11. Safety Mama 3:26 Bessie Smith (Dec 1931)
  12. Young Woman’s Blues 3:09 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (Sep 1940)
  13. I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 3:23 Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green & Fletcher Henderson (1951)
  14. Backwater Blues 3:19 Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson (1956)
  15. I Ain't Got Nobody 3:11 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1972)
  16. I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It 2:55 Bessie Smith (1972)
  17. Hard Driving Papa 2:58 Bessie Smith (1972)
  18. Squeeze Me 2:53 Bessie Smith (1972)
  19. At the Christmas Ball 3:26 Bessie Smith (1972)
  20. Lonesome Desert Blues 3:26 Bessie Smith (1972)
  21. Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town 3:20 Bessie Smith (1972)
  22. Golden Rule Blues 3:05 Bessie Smith (1972)
  23. After You’ve Gone 2:57 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1972)
  24. Nobody's Blues but Mine 2:54 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1972)
  25. I Want Ev'ry Bit of It 2:36 Bessie Smith (1972)
  26. New Gulf Coast Blues 3:23 Bessie Smith (1972)
  27. Florida Bound Blues 3:15 Bessie Smith (1972)
  28. Red Mountain Blues 3:13 Bessie Smith (1972)
  29. Them 'Has Been' Blues 3:33 Bessie Smith (1972)
  30. J. C. Holmes Blues 3:05 Bessie Smith (1972)
  31. Money Blues 3:11 Bessie Smith (1972)
  32. Honey Man Blues 3:14 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1972)
  33. One and Two Blues 2:55 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1972)
  34. Hard Time Blues 3:14 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1972)
  35. My Man Blues 3:32 Bessie Smith and Clara Smith (1972)
  36. What's the Matter Now? 2:46 Bessie Smith (1972)
  37. Alexander’s Ragtime Band 3:00 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1972)
  38. Preachin' the Blues 2:52 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1972)
  39. Bessie kommt 3:17 Achim Reichel (1980)
  40. You’ve Got to Give Me Some 2:47 Bessie Smith (1986)
  41. Send Me to the ’lectric Chair 3:24 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1986)
  42. Thinking Blues 3:09 Bessie Smith (1986)
  43. Empty Bed Blues 6:24 Bessie Smith (1986)
  44. Take Me for a Buggy Ride 2:40 Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band (1986)
  45. He’s Got Me Going 3:15 Bessie Smith (1986)
  46. Young Woman’s Blues 3:11 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1986)
  47. Trombone Cholly 3:12 Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1986)
  48. Devil’s Gonna Git You 3:15 Bessie Smith (1986)
  49. Alexander’s Ragtime Band 3:03 Bessie Smith & Her Band (1986)
  50. Keep It to Yourself 3:34 Bessie Smith (1986)

Credited as (62)

  1. Bessie Smith
  2. Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong
  3. Bessie Smith & Clara Smith
  4. Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & Fred Longshaw
  5. Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green & Fletcher Henderson
  6. Bessie Smith & James P. Johnson
  7. Bessie Smith accompanied by James P. Johnson
  8. Bessie Smith, Charlie Green & Porter Grainger
  9. King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong
  10. Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green & Fred Longshaw
  11. Bessie Smith & Clarence Williams
  12. Bessie Smith with Henderson's Hot Six
  13. Bessie Smith with Ed Allen, Garvin Bushell, Greely Walton, Clarence Williams & Cyrus St. Clair
  14. Bessie Smith & Henderson's Hot Six
  15. Bessie Smith with Joe Williams, Bob Fuller, Ernest Elliott & Porter Grainger
  16. Bessie Smith with Louis Bacon, Charlie Green, Garvin Bushell & Clarence Williams
  17. Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams & Eddie Lang
  18. Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band
  19. Bessie Smith with James P. Johnson & The Bessemer Singers
  20. Bessie Smith, Joe Smith & Fletcher Henderson
  21. Bessie Smith, Porter Grainger & Lincoln M. Conaway
  22. Bessie Smith & Fletcher Henderson's Happy Six Orchestra
  23. Bessie Smith & Buck Washington
  24. Bessie Smith and Clara Smith
  25. Bessie Smith / Josh White
  26. Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson
  27. Bessie Smith / Louis Armstrong
  28. Skeewiff feat. Bessie Smith
  29. Bessie Smith with Joe Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Harrison, Buster Bailey & Charlie Dixon
  30. Bessie Smith acc. by Buck & His Band
  31. The Bahama Soul Club feat. Bessie Smith
  32. Bessie Smith featuring Louis Armstrong
  33. Bessie Smith & The Bessemer Singers
  34. Swing Republic feat. Bessie Smith
  35. Bessie Smith feat. Queen Latifah
  36. Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams
  37. Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band
  38. Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Mississippi John Hurt, Tampa Red
  39. Bessie Smith, Demas Dean, Charlie Green & Fred Longshaw
  40. Bessie Smith, Ed Allen, Garvin Bushell, Greely Walton, Clarence Williams & Cyrus St. Clair
  41. Bessie Smith, Louis Bacon, Charlie Green, Garvin Bushell & Clarence Williams
  42. Bessie Smith, Ed Allen & Steve Stevens
  43. Bessie Smith, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Chu Berry, Bobby Johnson, Buck Washington & Billy Taylor Sr.
  44. Bessie Smith, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Bobby Johnson, Buck Washington, Billy Taylor Sr. & Chu Berry
  45. Bessie Smith feat. Piano: James P. Johnson
  46. Louis Armstrong & Bessie Smith
  47. Bessie Smith & Buck & His Band
  48. Clara Smith duet with Bessie Smith
  49. Louis Armstrong featuring Bessie Smith
  50. Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong
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Works (19)

Wrote

  1. I'm Coming Home
  2. Wossaproblem
  3. Beautiful Tomorrow
  4. Jail House Blues
  5. Thinking-Blues
  6. Standin' in the Rain
  7. Long Old Road
  8. Reckless Blues
  9. Lost Your Head Blues
  10. Baby Doll

Composed

  1. Young Woman’s Blues (1927)
  2. Backwater Blues (1927)
  3. Kitchen Man
  4. Blue Blue
  5. Oh Daddy Blues

Lyrics

  1. Backwater Blues (1927)
  2. Young Woman’s Blues (1927)
  3. Kitchen Man
  4. Blue Blue

Links (23)

Other Databases

  1. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=60344
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bessie_smith
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899855g
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104231
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118748548
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83071529
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83071529
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6406569A
  9. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6z03rhg

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-7421/bessie-smith/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/503593

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/288268

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000054707

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807439/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/24788472

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93349

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ESobCkc6JI4tIMxQttqeg

Biographies

  1. http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php?ArtistId=133&YearId=25#ref=halloffame_inductees
  2. http://rockhall.com/inductees/bessie-smith/bio/

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bessiesmith.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/ffa28768-ecda-42c6-ac49-6ce5c7d33043

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bessie-Smith/112325122116167