805520132398

Blues Legends - The Girls

Various Artists

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: BT3239

Release Date:  08 April 2022

Label:  Big 3

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  805520132398

Genres:  Blues  Blues  

  • Description

    3 CDs packed with the greatest women Blues singers of all time performing some of their best known songs. They are all here, including, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Billie Holiday, Etta James - and many more.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
      • 2. Ma Rainey - Stack O'Lee Blues
      • 3. Bertha "Chippie" Hill with Richard M. Jones - Trouble In Mind
      • 4. Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues
      • 5. Ethel Waters - Frankie And Johnny
      • 6. Cleo Gibson - I've Got Ford Movements In My Hips
      • 7. Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
      • 8. Ma Rainey - See See Rider
      • 9. Billie Holiday - Long Gone Blues
      • 10. Lucille Bogan - Struttin' My Stuff
      • 11. Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words
      • 12. Bessie Smith - Gimme A Pigfoot
      • 13. Bessie Jackson - That's What My Baby Likes
      • 14. Lil Johnson - Hot Nuts
      • 15. Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady
      • 16. Lil Armstrong - Bluer Than Blue
      • 17. Ida Cox - Hard Times Blues
      • 18. Bessie Smith - Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
      • 19. Lil Green - Knockin' Myself Out
      • 20. Mabel Scott - Just Give Me A Man

      Disc 2

      • 1. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
      • 2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train
      • 3. Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues
      • 4. Lena Horne - Beale Street Blues
      • 5. Etta James - W-O-M-A-N
      • 6. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
      • 7. Julia Lee - That's What I Like
      • 8. Albinia Jones - Evil Gal Blues
      • 9. Helen Humes - Airplane Blues
      • 10. Christine Kittrell - Sittin' Here Drinkin'
      • 11. Billie Holiday - Summertime
      • 12. LaVern Baker - Soul On Fire
      • 13. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happen Every Day
      • 14. Jewel King - 3 x 7 = 21
      • 15. Annisteen Allen And Her Home Town Boys - I Want A Man (Who's Gonna Do Right)
      • 16. Julia Lee - Do You Want It
      • 17. Big Mama Thornton - Nightmare
      • 18. Little Esther - Aged And Mellow Blues
      • 19. Helen Humes - Helen's Advice
      • 20. Julia Lee - Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana)

      Disc 3

      • 1. Nina Simone - Gin House Blues
      • 2. Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
      • 3. Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing The Blues
      • 4. Ruth Brown - Oh What A Dream
      • 5. Ann Cole - Got My Mojo Working
      • 6. Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It On Home To You
      • 7. Betty Everett - Killer Diller
      • 8. LaVern Baker - I Waited Too Long
      • 9. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Rock Me
      • 10. Aretha Franklin - Operation Heartbreak
      • 11. Barbara Stephens - The Life I Live
      • 12. Irma Thomas - Cry On
      • 13. Nina Simone - Work Song
      • 14. Aretha Franklin - That Lucky Old Sun
      • 15. LaVern Baker - Shake A Hand
      • 16. Etta James - I'll Dry My Tears
      • 17. Ruth Brown - Sweet Baby Of Mine
      • 18. Betty Everett - My Love
      • 19. Ann Cole - Easy, Easy Baby
      • 20. Nina Simone - The House Of The Rising Sun (Live)