Ladies Sing the Blues

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Backwater Blues
Bessie Smith3:21
2Down 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
3I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:21
4A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid
alto saxophone:
Slats Long (on 1936-08-26) and Frank Simeone (on 1936-08-26)
clarinet:
Slats Long (on 1936-08-26)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (jazz bassist) (on 1936-08-26)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1936-08-26)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1936-08-26)
piano:
Joe Liss (on 1936-08-26)
tenor saxophone:
Herbie Haymer (on 1936-08-26)
trombone:
Leo Moran (on 1936-08-26)
trumpet:
Bill Hyland (on 1936-08-26), Eddie Meyers (on 1936-08-26) and Stew Pletcher (on 1936-08-26)
xylophone:
Red Norvo (on 1936-08-26)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1936-08-26)
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
recording of:
A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid (on 1936-08-26)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
James P. Johnson
Mildred Bailey3:21
5Booze and Blues
clarinet:
Don Redman
cornet:
Howard Scott (1920s US jazz cornetist)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall
piano:
Fletcher Henderson
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist)
vocals:
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey3:21
6Don’t Blame Me
Ethel Waters3:15
7Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith6:17
8Long Gone Blues
recording of:
Long Gone Blues
writer:
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday3:05
9St. Louis Blues
Maxine Sullivan3:22
10Stormy Weather
Ethel Waters3:13
11Aunt Hager’s Blues
cover recording of:
Aunt Hagar’s Blues
lyricist:
James “Tim” Brymn
composer:
William Christopher Handy
Lena Horne2:51
12Basin Street Blues
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Ella Fitzgerald3:09
13Blues for Bojangles
Anita O’Day3:14
14My Old Flame
recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:24
15The Gin House Blues
Bessie Smith3:15
16On the Sunny Side of the Street
cover recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
Peggy Lee3:14
17Your Mother’s Son-In-Law
recording of:
Your Mothers Son-In-Law
composer:
Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
Billie Holiday2:47
18Stone Cold Dead in the Market
cover recording of:
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
lyricist and composer:
Houdini (Calypso artist Wilmoth Hendricks aka Edgar Leon Sinclair)
Ella Fitzgerald2:42
19Electrician Blues
Lizzie Miles3:21
20Evil Mama Blues
Ada Brown3:06
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blues in the Night
cover recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Peggy Lee3:18
2Sweet Georgia Brown
Ethel Waters3:13
3Toad Frog Blues
Ma Rainey3:14
4Rosetta Blues
Ma Rainey2:59
5Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:18
6Rockin’ Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Mildred Bailey3:14
7Sugarfoot Rag
cover recording of:
Sugarfoot Rag
composer:
Hank Garland and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Valley Pub. Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald3:05
8Dyin’ by the Hour
Bessie Smith3:02
9How Long Has This Been Going On
Peggy Lee3:19
10Kitchen Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-08)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-05-08)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1929-05-08)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-08)
recording of:
Kitchen Man (on 1929-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith3:00
11Junk Man
recording of:
Junk Man
lyricist:
Frank Loesser (in 1934)
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter) (in 1934)
Mildred Bailey3:05
12Shoe Shine Boy
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
13Take Him Off My Mind
Ida Cox3:04
14I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
Anita O’Day2:42
15Frankie and Johnny
cover recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
Lena Horne5:58
16Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith3:01
17Mad About the Boy
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
Lena Horne2:58
18Break O’Day Blues
Ada Brown3:05
19I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-02-07)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1929-02-07)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1929-02-07)
piano:
Sippie Wallace (on 1929-02-07)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1929-02-07)
trumpet:
Natty Dominique (on 1929-02-07)
vocals:
Sippie Wallace (on 1929-02-07)
recording of:
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (on 1929-02-07)
lyricist and composer:
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace2:57
20I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1941-07-31)
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (on 1941-07-31)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Ella Fitzgerald2:54
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Freight Train Blues
Trixie Smith3:20
2The Blues I Love to Sing
Adelaide Hall3:10
3Am I Blues?
Ethel Waters3:25
4Harlem Lullaby
recording of:
Harlem Lullaby
writer:
Margod Millhane and Willard Robison
Mildred Bailey3:01
5Hangover Blues
Una Mae Carlisle2:54
6Mood Indigo
recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music, Indigo Mood Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Ivie Anderson, with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:42
7Keep On Rainin!
Bessie Smith3:09
8My Old Flame
cover recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Peggy Lee3:11
9Beale Street Blues
cover recording of:
Beale Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music
Lena Horne3:02
10All of Me
recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Billie Holiday3:04
11Let Your Linen Hang Low
Rosetta Howard3:12
12Hard Time Blues
Ida Cox2:58
13Send Me to the ’lectric Chair
Bessie Smith3:25
14Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Mildred Bailey3:33
15Good Morning Heartache
recording of:
Good Morning Heartache
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
composer:
Dan Fisher and Irene Higginbotham
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp., Lindabet Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
Billie Holiday3:09
16It Ain’t Necessarily So
Maxine Sullivan3:37
17St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith3:13
18Ain’t Misbehavin’
Anita O’Day2:25
19Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
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!)
Ella Fitzgerald2:33
20Cravin’ A Man Blues
Lillian Glinn2:49