Research Catalog

Title

Bessie Smith, empress of the blues compilation and biography by Chris Albertson; notes on Bessie Smith's singing style by Gunther Schuller; musical arrangements by George N. Terry; edited by Clifford Richter.

Author

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.

Publication

New York : W. Kane, 1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

Albertson, Chris.

Description

143, [1] p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Uniform Title

Songs. Selection.

Alternative Title

Songs.

Subjects

• Popular music > United States
• Blues (Music)

Note

• Songs, principally by B. Smith; for voice and piano, with chord symbols.
• "Transcribed from Bessie's recorded renditions."
• Includes index.
• Discography: p. [144]

Contents

It makes my love come down -- Long road -- Jailhouse blues -- Dirty no-gooder's blues -- Down in the dumps -- In the house blues -- Shipwreck blues -- Safety mamma -- Take me for a buggy ride -- Blue blues -- Wasted lifeblues -- Standin' in the rain blues -- Squeeze me -- Baby won't you please come home -- Pickpocket blues -- Backwater blues -- Young woman's blues -- See if I'll care -- New Orleans hop scop blues -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out -- Baby doll -- Please help me get him off my mind -- Reckless blues -- My man blues -- Poor man's blues -- Hard time blues -- Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do -- Cake walking babies from home -- Gimme a pigfoot -- Gulf Coast blues.

Call Number

JNF 77-45

LCCN

74078745

OCLC

NYPG784484520-C

Author

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.

Title

Bessie Smith, empress of the blues compilation and biography by Chris Albertson; notes on Bessie Smith's singing style by Gunther Schuller; musical arrangements by George N. Terry; edited by Clifford Richter.

Imprint

New York : W. Kane, 1975.

Added Author

Albertson, Chris.

Research Call Number

JNF 77-45