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The rough guide to blues divas : reborn and remastered
Title
The rough guide to blues divas : reborn and remastered.
Publication
[London] : World Music Network, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
℗2019
Physical Description
1 audio disc (77:28) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Compact disc.
Compiled by Neil Record.
Summary
The 1920s "classic era" of recorded blues was dominated by women who lived and performed in the cities. This Rough Guide explores its glitzy heyday when singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey became the first real stars of the blues.
Variant and related titles
Blues divas
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 22, 2021
Series
Music rough guides
Performers
Various performers.
Contents
Black eye blues / (Ma Rainey) (3:19)
Bye bye baby / (Hattie Burleson) (2:48)
Sweet Georgia Brown / (Ethel Waters) (3:09)
Nobody knows you when you₂re down and out / (Bessie Smith) (2:57)
Dope head blues / (Victoria Spivey) (3:18)
Everybody mess around / (Alberta Hunter) (3:17)
Jenny's ball / (Mamie Smith) (3:10)
Give me a break blues / (Ida Cox) (2:50)
Tired as I can be / (Lucille Bogan) (2:35)
Everybody does it now / (Martha Copeland) (3:04)
Salty dog / (Clara Smith) (3:23)
My man is good for nothing but love / (Edith Wilson) (3:06)
Shake your cans / (Lucille Hegamin) (3:00)
I'm a mighty tight woman / (Sippie Wallace) (2:52)
Get it fixed / (Rosa Henderson) (2:48)
Do dirty blues / (Bertha "Chippie" Hill) (2:44)
Get 'em from the peanut man (hot nuts) / (Lil Johnson) (3:05)
Sorrowful blues / (Trixie Smith) (3:01)
You got ev'rything a sweet mama needs but me / (Sara Martin) (2:57)
The St. Louis blues / (Esther Bigeou) (3:02)
Break o'day blues / (Ada Brown) (3:01)
Anybody here want to try my cabbage? / (Maggie Jones) (3:19)
Electrician blues / (Lizzie Miles) (3:17)
Penitentiary / (Bessie Tucker) (3:25)
He used to be your man but he's my man now / (Lena Wilson) (3:01).
Issue number
RGNET1392CD World Music Network
Subjects
Genre/Form
Blues (Music)
Blues (Music)
Also listed under
World Music Network, publisher.
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