Bessie Smith

• Highlights
• Originals 53
• Covers 37
• Works 16
• Releases 88
• All

Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		At the Christmas Ball	Bessie Smith	December 1940	(11 artists)
		Baby Doll	Bessie Smith	July 30, 1926	(16 artists)
		Baby, Have Pity on Me	Bessie Smith	September 1947	(4 artists)
		Back Water Blues	Bessie Smith	March 1927	(71 artists)
		Black Mountain Blues	Bessie Smith	September 1930	(11 artists)
		Bleeding Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith - Fletcher Henderson at the Piano	August 1923	(7 artists)
		Cold in Hand Blues	Bessie Smith	April 10, 1925	Bob Helm & Miss Carol Leigh's Blues & Jazz Review
		Devil's Gonna Git You	Bessie Smith	1928	(5 artists)
		Dirty No-Gooder's Blues	Bessie Smith	November 1929	(5 artists)
		Don't Cry Baby	Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano	December 1929	(28 artists)
		Do Your Duty	Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band	December 1933	(27 artists)
		Dyin' By the Hour	Bessie Smith	January 10, 1928	Valli Scavelli
		Easy Come Easy Go Blues	Bessie Smith	March 1924	Marianne Faithfull
		Empty Bed Blues	Bessie Smith	May 20, 1928	(30 artists)
		Far Away Blues	Bessie Smith and Clara Smith - Fletcher Henderson at the Piano	January 1924	(21 artists)
		Gimme a Pigfoot	Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band	1934	(60 artists)
		Gulf Coast Blues REL	Bessie Smith - Clarence Williams at the Piano	May 1923	(50 artists) Originally by Monette Moore REC
		Haunted House Blues	Bessie Smith	April 1924	Chick Roberts
		He's Gone Blues	Bessie Smith	August 1925	Jacinta
		He's Got Me Goin'	Bessie Smith - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson	October 1929	(2 artists)
		I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle	Bessie Smith	September 1925	(17 artists)
		If You Don't I Know Who Will	Bessie Smith - Fletcher Henderson at the Piano	September 1923	(7 artists)
		I'm down in the Dumps	Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band	December 1933	(6 artists)
		I'm Wild About That Thing	Bessie Smith	June 21, 1929	(9 artists)
		It Makes My Love Come Down	Bessie Smith - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson	October 1929	(8 artists)
		I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)	Bessie Smith	July 19, 1929	(24 artists)
		Jail-House Blues	Bessie Smith - Irving Johns at the Piano	November 1923	(12 artists)
		Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town	Bessie Smith	May 10, 1926	(13 artists)
		J.C. Holmes Blues	Bessie Smith and Her Band	September 30, 1925	(2 artists)
		Lock and Key	Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys	August 1927	(6 artists)
		Long Old Road	Bessie Smith	July 15, 1932	(5 artists)
		Me and My Gin	Bessie Smith	1928	(25 artists)
		Moan Mourners	Bessie Smith & The Bessemer Singers	July 1930	(13 artists)
		Mountain Top Blues	Bessie Smith	1924	(8 artists)
		Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl	Bessie Smith	December 1931	(103 artists)
		Pinchbacks- Take 'Em Away	Bessie Smith	September 1924	(2 artists)
		Poor Man's Blues	Bessie Smith	March 1929	Hoyt Axton
		Preachin' the Blues	Bessie Smith	March 1927	(5 artists)
		Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)	Bessie Smith	June 30, 1928	(8 artists)
		Reckless Blues	Bessie Smith	February 10, 1925	(16 artists)
		Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair	Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys	1927	(26 artists)
		Sing Sing Prison Blues	Bessie Smith	1925	(2 artists)
		Soft Pedal Blues	Bessie Smith	June 1925	(2 artists)
		Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)	Bessie Smith - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams	1929	(6 artists)
		Take Me for a Buggy Ride	Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band	1934	(10 artists)
		Trombone Cholly	Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys	August 1927	(34 artists)
		Weeping Willow Blues	Bessie Smith	November 1924	(14 artists)
		What's the Matter Now?	Bessie Smith	April 10, 1926	(11 artists)
		Worn Out Papa Blues	Bessie Smith accomp. by Jimmy Johnson	May 1930	(2 artists)
		You Don't Understand	Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano	December 1929	(13 artists)
		Young Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys	January 10, 1927	(16 artists)
		You've Been a Good Ole Wagon	Bessie Smith	1925	(59 artists)
		You've Got to Give Me Some	Bessie Smith	June 21, 1929	(11 artists)