These Are the Blues

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

A surprising Verve set featuring exclusively blues material.

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-16 18:11 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Jail House Blues
cover recording of:
Jail House Blues
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
5:29
2In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
cover recording of:
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
writer:
Leroy Carr and Don Raye
4:30
3See, See Rider
cover recording of:
See See Rider (Ma Rainey version)
additional composer:
Lena Arant
composer:
Ma Rainey
version of:
See See Rider Blues
2:43
4You Don't Know My Mind
cover recording of:
You Don’t Know My Mind
writer:
Sam Gray (Vaudeville performer), Virginia Liston (blues singer) and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
4:52
5Trouble in Mind
cover recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
3:35
6How Long, How Long Blues
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
4:01
7Cherry Red
cover recording of:
Cherry Red
writer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
4:13
8Down Hearted Blues
cover recording of:
Down Hearted Blues
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
3:12
9St. Louis Blues
cover recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
6:32
10Hear Me Talking to Ya
cover recording of:
Hear Me Talking to You
lyricist and composer:
Ma Rainey
3:02

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