2018. The old-fashioned style in LaVern Baker's late '50s tribute to Bessie Smith might seem somewhat strange in the midst of popular R&B numbers and the growing productivity of the Motown hit machines, but it c..

2010.  - down hearted blues,gulf coast blues,oh daddy blues,baby won't you please come home,agravatin' papa,beale street mama,keeps on a-rainin(papa he can't make no time),taint nobody's bizness if i do,ma..

2007.  - downhearted blues,gulf coast blues,aggravatin' papa,beale street mama,baby won't you please come home,oh daddy blues,'tain't nobody's business if i do,keeps on rainin',mama's got the blues,outside..

2024.  

2006.  - st.  Louis blues,sobbin' hearted blues,you've been a good ole wagon,careless love blues,young woman's blues,alexander's ragtime band,jazzbo brown from memphis town,i want every bit of it..

2015.  With count basie and thad jones: the songs of bessie smith.  With duke ellington: it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.  - trombone cholly,gulf coast blues,down heart..

2014.  - one and two blues,young woman's blues,preachin' the blues,back water blues,after you've gone,alexander's ragtime band,muddy water (mississippi moan) - 1,there'll be a hot time in the old town toni..

2016.  - down hearted blues,gulf coast blues,beale street mama,baby,won t you please come home?,taint nobody s bizness if i do,whoa,tillie,take your time,any woman s blues,chicago bound blues,moonshine blu..

1975.  - please set a date,crossroads,come on back,little & low,gotta move,evil minded people,you don't have to go,lay it on me,sweet & kind lovin' woman,got no time

2004.  

2017.  - downhearted blues,after you've gone,i need a little sugar in my bowl,st.  Louis blues,hard driving papa,i'd rather be dead and buried in my grave,gulf coast blues,t'ain't nobody's busine..

2014.  - beale street mama (columbia a-3877) 1923,keeps on a-rainin (papa he can't make no time) (columbia a-3,outside of that (columbia a-3900) 1923,midnight blues (columbia a-3936) 1923,nobody in town ca..

2013.  

2019.  

2018.  - after you've gone 3:42,send me to the 'lectric chair 3:21,jailhouse blues 3:16,trombone butter 3:41,you've been a good old wagon 4:09,careless love 3:41,back water blues 5:02,if i could be with yo..

2020.  

2005.  - down hearted blues,gulf coast blues,jail house blues,st.  Louis gal,aggravatin' papa,baby won't you please come home,chicago found blues,'t ain't nobody's bizness if i do,any woman's blu..

2015.  - down hearted blues,gulf coast blues,baby, won't you please come home,'tain't nobody's bizness if i do,my sweetie went away (she didn't say where, when or why),weeping willow blues,you've been a go..

2020. A superb collection of recordings from the pioneering blues lady, issued on CD. Bessie Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s.

2023.  

2016.  - 'tain't nobody's bizz-ness if i do,down hearted blues,gulf coast blues,keeps on a-rainin' (papa he can't make no time),aggravatin' papa,beale street mama,baby won't you please come home,oh daddy b..

2014.  

1992.  - nobody knows when you're down & out,gin house blues,send me to the 'lectric chair,t'aint nobody's business if i do,i need a little sugar in my bowl,after you've gone,careless love blues,preach..