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Women's railroad blues.

Title
Women's railroad blues.
Publication
N[ew] Y[ork], N.Y. : Rosetta Records, [1987], ℗1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, Trixie, 1895-1943
  • Smith, Clara
  • Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937
  • Hill, Bertha Chippie
  • Brown, Ada
  • Wallace, Sippie
  • Copeland, Martha
  • Bogan, Lucille
  • Barker, Blue Lu, 1913-1998
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973
  • King, Nora Lee
Description
1 audiocassette : analog.
Series Statement
Women's heritage series
Uniform Title
Women's heritage series.
Alternative Title
Sorry but I can't take you : Women's railroad blues
Subject
  • To 1950
  • Blues (Music) > To 1931
  • Blues (Music) > 1931-1940
  • Blues (Music) > 1941-1950
  • Railroads > Songs and music
  • Blues (Music)
  • Railroads
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Blues (Music)
Note
  • Rosetta Records: RC 1301.
  • Title from label on cassette.
Event (note)
  • Recorded between 1923 and 1942.
Contents
Freight train blues (Trixie Smith) -- Freight train blues (Clara Smith) -- Chicago bound blues (Bessie Smith) -- Choo choo blues ; Railroad blues (Trixie Smith) -- The L & N blues (Clara Smith) -- Panama Limited blues (Bertha Chippie Hill) -- Panama Limited blues (Ada Brown) -- Mail train blues (Sippie Wallace) -- Mr. Brakeman let me ride your train (Martha Copeland) -- TN & O blues (Bessie Jackson) [i.e. Lucille Bogan] -- I hate that train called the M & O (Lucille Bogan) -- He caught that B & O (Blue Lou Barker) -- This train (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) -- Cannon ball (Nora Lee King).
OCLC
  • ocm24659405
  • 24659405
  • SCSB-8420316
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Columbia University Libraries