Mama's Got the Blues

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

Tracklist

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1Careless Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1925-05-26)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), William Christopher Handy, Martha Koenig and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
version of:
Careless Love
3:25
2Young Woman's Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-10-26)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1926-10-26)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1926-10-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-10-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-10-26)
recording of:
Young Woman’s Blues (on 1926-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
3:07
3I Want Every Bit of It
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1926-03-05)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-03-05)
2:35
4Alexander's Ragtime Band
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-02)
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
2:57
5My Man Blues
3:29
6Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
3:18
7If You Don't, I Know Who Will
3:33
8After You've Gone
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:56
9'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
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
3:25
10Lonesome Desert Blues
3:25
11Aggravatin' Papa
3:15
12St. Louis Blues
3:03
13Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
3:28
14Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:54
15Nobody's Blues But Mine
2:51
16Mama's Got the Blues
2:56
17Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1931-11-20)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1931-11-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:54
18Hustlin' Dan
3:29
19Do Your Duty
3:23
20Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
3:27
21Take Me For a Buggy Ride
2:35
22I'm Down in the Dumps
3:09