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The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

SKU: RGNET1264LP

Barcode: 605633626421

11.00 £11.00
  • Genre: Blues
  • Label: Rough Guides
  • Released Date: 24th November 2014
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP Includes Download Code

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Bessie Smith was the greatest singer of her era and a major influence on subsequent jazz and blues vocalists including Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. The album includes a free download fearuring extra Bessie Smith tracks and bonus album: The Rough guide To Original Blues Divas.

Bessie Smith was the first superstar of the blues with one of the greatest voices of the twentieth century – dubbed ‘The Empress Of The Blues’, her majestic delivery and indomitable spirit were unsurpassed. Re-mastered for exceptional audio clarity, the emotional intensity and expressiveness of Bessie Smith still takes the breath away. Here, she is accompanied by the finest musicians of her day including Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson and Fletcher Henderson

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Track Listings

St Louis Blues
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Careless Love
Me And My Gin
Empty Bed Blues (Part One)
Down Hearted Blues
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
After You've Gone
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Back Water Blues

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