Bessie Smith

The Undisputed Queen of the Blues

Release date 2006

Tracklist

1
St. Louis Blues
3:12
3:12
2
Sobbin' Hearted Blues
3:02
3:02
3
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
3:31
3:31
4
Careless Love Blues
3:27
3:27
5
Young Woman’s Blues
3:08
3:08
6
Alexander's Ragtime Band
3:00
3:00
7
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
3:21
3:21
8
I Want Every Bit of It
2:38
2:38
9
Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
3:11
3:11
10
Down Hearted Blues
3:28
3:28
11
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:58
2:58
12
'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
3:29
3:29
13
Any Woman's Blues
3:27
3:27
14
Moonshine Blues
3:19
3:19
15
Weeping Willow Blues
3:12
3:12
16
Dying Gambler's Blues
3:00
3:00
17
Hard Time Blues
3:15
3:15
18
Lost Your Head Blues
2:55
2:55
19
Hard Driving Papa
2:58
2:58
20
Gin House Blues
3:14
3:14
21
Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
3:30
3:30
22
Take Me for a Buggy Ride
2:37
2:37
23
Do Your Duty
3:26
3:26
24
I'm Down in the Dumps
3:11
3:11
25
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
3:23
3:23
26
Empty Bed Blues, Part 1
3:03
3:03
27
Empty Bed Blues (Part 2)
3:22
3:22
28
There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3:20
3:20
29
Trombone Cholly
3:12
3:12
30
Kitchen Man
2:58
2:58
31
I'm Wild About That Thing
2:49
2:49
32
Me and My Gin
2:52
2:52
33
Poor Man’s Blues
3:26
3:26
34
Dyin' by the Hour
3:00
3:00
35
I’ve Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
3:11
3:11
36
He's Got Me Goin'
3:14
3:14
37
Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
2:57
2:57
38
Black Mountain Blues
3:09
3:09
39
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
2:49
2:49
40
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
2:59
2:59