Bessie Smith – Mother of the Blues (1993)

1. I’m Down in The Dump
2. Take Me For a Buggy Ride
3. Gimme a Pigfoot
4. Do Your Duty
5. Blue Spirit Blues                  play
6. He’s Got Me Goin’
7. Kitchen Man
8. You’ve Got To Give Me Some
9. I’m Wild At That Thing
10. Standing In The Rain Blues
11. I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
12. Devil’s Gonna Get You
13. Thinking Blues
14. Foolish Man Blues
15. Dyin’ By The Hour
16. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
17. Lock And Key
18. Send me To The ‘Lecric Chair
19. Trombone Cholly
20. Alexander’s Ragtime Band           play

Bessie Smith was an American blues singer who started her career thanks to another artist, Ma' Rainey. It was in fact Ma' Rainey who discovered Bessie in Chattanooga, and after hearing her singing in 1912 she took her on the road to perform on her show. Bessie stayed with Ma' Rainey's show until 1915, then she moved on for a solo career. Her voice was powerful, passionate and moving: she was one of the most popular blues singers in Vaudeville during the early 20's. Unfortunately Bessie Smith passed away in 1937. Her untimely death was caused by a car accident.

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