Person · Tennessee blues singer
Bessie Smith
Albums
204
Members
2
Active
1894–1937
Origin
United States
Biography
Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on other jazz vocalists
Discography
Bessie Smith
Down Hearted Blues
Me and My Gin
Jazz: The Essential Collection, Vol. 3
Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl
Beale Street Mama
Essential Classics, Vol. 470: Bessie Smith
Baby Doll / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Blue Spirit Blues
Empress Of The Blues
Empress Of The Blues
Empress Of The Blues Volume One
Hot Spring Blues / Lookin' For My Man Blues
Les Génies du Jazz (Tome 1, No. 12): Bessie Smith
Mother Of The Blues
Nobody's Blues But Mine
Petits Jazz Pour Tous
Quatre Blues
Queen Of The Blues
The Best Of
The Complete Recordings Vol. 4
The Empress
The Great Blues Singers
Young Woman's Blues
Credits
Love to Live
Philip Sayce Group
The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923
The Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic Blues
The Complete Recordings, Volume 2
Live
Nobody's Blues But Mine
Empty Bed Blues
The World's Greatest Blues Singer
Jack Takes the Floor
The Bessie Smith Story, Volume 1
Empress Of The Blues
After You've Gone / A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Aggravatin' Papa / Beale Street Mamma
Alexanders Ragtime Band / There'll Be A Hot Time In Town Tonight
Any Woman's Blues
At The Christmas Ball
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues / Oh Daddy Blues
Beale Street Mama
Bessie's Blues 1923-1924
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith Album
Bessie Smith Empress Of The Blues Vol. II
Bessie Smith (Great Original Performances 1925-1933)
Bleeding Hearted Blues / Midnight Blues
Blues In My Bottle
Cake Walking Babies / Young Woman's Blues
Careless Love Blues / Weeping Willow Blues
Down Hearted Blues / Gulf Coast Blues
Do Your Duty / I'm Down In The Dumps
Dyin' By The Hour / Foolish Man Blues
Dying Gambler's Blues / Sing Sing Prison Blues
Empty Bed Blues
Gimme A Pigfoot / Take Me For A Buggy Ride
Hear Me Howl - Live 1964
Hot Spring Blues / Lookin' For My Man Blues
How I Go
I'm Wild About That Thing / You've Got To Give Me Some
Jail-House Blues / Graveyard Dream Blues
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town / Squeeze Me
Jazz Gallery
Lady Luck Blues
Mama's Got The Blues / Outside Of That
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
Money Blues / Hard Driving Papa
Nashville Women's Blues / I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
Nobody Blues But Mine
Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine / If You Don't I Know Who Will
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / Back-Water Blues
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
On Revival Day / Moan Mourners
Preachin' The Blues / Back-Water Blues
Reckless Blues / Sobbin' Hearted Blues
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair / Them's Graveyard Words
Sings The Blues
Soon This Morning / Don't Fish In My Sea
St. Louis Blues / Reckless Blues
'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do / Keeps On A-Rainin'
The Bessie Smith Story