Squeeze Me

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Downhearted 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 Smith43:28
2Gulf Coast Blues
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues (on 1923-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
Bessie Smith43:07
3Beale Street Mama
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-11)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-04-11)
clarinet:
Ernest Elliott (a.k.a. "Sticky" Elliott, clarinet and reeds, AMG artist ID 151482) (on 1923-04-11)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Beale Street Mama (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson and Roy Turk
Bessie Smith & Her Down Home Trio53:37
4'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-04-26)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-26)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1923-04-26)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
Bessie Smith43:30
5Keeps on A-Rainin'
recording of:
Keeps On a‐Rainin’ (on 1923-04-26)
writer:
Max Kortlander and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Bessie Smith3:10
6Midnight Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-06-15)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-06-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-06-15)
Bessie Smith43:20
7Jailhouse Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-21)
piano:
Irving Johns (on 1923-09-21)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-21)
recording of:
Jail House Blues (on 1923-09-21)
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith43:16
8Graveyard Dream Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-09-26)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1923-09-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-09-26)
Bessie Smith52:46
9Far Away Blues
Bessie Smith3:03
10Any Woman's Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-10-16)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-10-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-10-16)
Bessie Smith43:28
11Chicago Bound Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-12-04)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1923-12-04)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1923-12-04)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-12-04)
Bessie Smith43:19
12Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1924-01-10)
guitar:
Harry Reser (1920s banjo player and bandleader) (on 1924-01-10)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active in the 1920s w/ Bessie Smith, if you're not sure choose the other jazz pianist) (on 1924-01-10)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1924-01-10)
recording of:
Easy Come Easy Go Blues (on 1924-01-10)
writer:
Eddie Brown (US composer, songwriter, lyricist related to Bessie Smith) and Willie Jackson (US blues/jazz singer)
Bessie Smith43:11
13House Rent Blues
Bessie Smith3:08
14Salt Water Blues
Bessie Smith3:30
15Sing Sing Prison Blues
Bessie Smith3:06
16Love Me Daddy Blues
Bessie Smith3:17
17The St. Louis Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-01-14)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
reed organ:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Bessie Smith43:13
18Reckless Blues
recording of:
Reckless Blues (on 1925-01-14)
writer:
Jack Gee and Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith3:06
19Sobbin' Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith3:04
20Cold in Hand Blues
Bessie Smith3:15
21You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
recording of:
You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
Bessie Smith3:31
22Cake-Walking Babies From Home
recording of:
Cake Walking Babies from Home (on 1925-05-05)
writer:
Chris Smith (Ragtime composer), Henry Troy and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith & Fletcher Henderson's Happy Six Orchestra3:12
23The Yellow Dog Blues
recording of:
Yellow Dog Blues (on 1925-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys3:05
24Soft Pedal Blues
Bessie Smith3:20
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