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Formats and Editions
1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
2. Downhearted Blues
3. Gulf Coast Blues
4. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
5. Aggravatin' Papa
6. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
7. T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
8. Gin House Blues
9. St. Louis Blues 1
10. Alexander's Ragtime Band 1
11. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 1
12. Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 ; 2) 1
13. After You've Gon 1
14. Careless Love Blues 1
15. A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1
16. Hard Driving Papa
More Info:
Bessie Smith dominated what has become known as 'classic blues'. Living every day as though it were her last was hardly conducive to a long life, but it gave the singer experience of suffering which she brought out in her singing. Not that Bessie was lacking in humour; the recordings of more comic material are every bit as red blooded as her articulation of disillusionment and hurt.
