Bessie Couldn’t Help It (studio, 1930-02-01; matrix W 403714-B)

~ Recording by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Bessie Couldn't Help It?:??Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraDallas Blues / Bessie Couldn't Help ItLouis Armstrong & His OrchestraSingle
OKeh8774
1.2Bessie Couldn’t Help It?:??Louis Armstrong and His OrchestraDallas Blues / Bessie Couldn’t Help ItLouis Armstrong and His OrchestraSingle
Vocalion (US, active 1920s-1970s)3025
1.2Bessie Couldn't Help It?:??Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraBessie Couldn't Hep It / Dallas BluesLouis Armstrong Et Son OrchestreSingle
Odeon279.485
1.4Bessie Couldn't Help It?:??Louis ArmstrongV.S.O.P (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol. 6Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)62475
1.20Bessie Couldn't Help It?:??Louis ArmstrongV.S.O.P. Vol. 5/6Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 88003
1.21Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongLouis & The Big Bands: 1928-30Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
DRG Records
1.16Bessie Couldn't Help It3:22Louis Armstrong and His OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1929-1930Louis Armstrong and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)557
1.10Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraVolume 6 - St. Louis BluesLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)467919 2
1.10Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongVolume 6: St. Louis BluesLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 46996
1.4Bessie Couldn't Help It3:21Louis Armstrong & Luis RussellLouis Armstrong & Luis Russell 1929 - 1940Louis & LuisAlbum + Compilation
Living EraCD AJA 5094
3.11Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongThe Essential Recordings 1925 - 1940Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsSNABX913CD
3.11Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongThe Essential Recordings 1925 - 1940Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCD DIG 17
1.15Bessie Couldn't Help It3:22Louis ArmstrongThe Platinum CollectionLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Start Entertainments LimitedPC 613
1.15Bessie Couldn't Help It3:25Louis ArmstrongThe Platinum CollectionLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
1.17Bessie Couldn't Help It3:25Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraHot Fives & Sevens, Volume 4Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-09-06
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)CD 315
4.17Bessie Couldn't Help It3:25Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraHot Fives and SevensLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-10-26
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSPLOUISBOX 100
4.20Bessie Couldn't Help It3:20Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)204513
1.20Bessie Couldn't Help It3:20Louis ArmstrongMahogany Hall StompLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
History (TIM AG imprint)204517-202
4.16Bessie Couldn't Help It3:22Louis Armstrong and His OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong, Volume 1: 1925-1932Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)61
9.2Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongThe Satchmo EraLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Weton-WesgramLA20
9.2Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraThe Satchmo EraLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Weton-WesgramLA20
1.17Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongThe Essential Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-08-03
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 89280
3.20Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:20Louis ArmstrongIt’s Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)223016
1.59Bessie Couldn´t Help It3:22Louis ArmstrongNon Stop MusicLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-01-08
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)231014
4.17Bessie Couldn't Help It3:25Louis ArmstrongHot Fives and SevensLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP 100
1.16Bessie Couldn't Help It (02-01-30)3:22Louis ArmstrongComplete Jazz Series: 1929-1930Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • GT2008-10-15
97.2Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:23Louis Armstrong & His OrchestraThe Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 1/5: Classic Jazz – From New Orleans to HarlemVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-10-24
Membran International GmbH232093
5.1Bessie Couldn't Help IT3:26Louis ArmstrongNew Orleans in ChicagoLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Harmonia Mundi574 1641.46
1.7Bessie Couldn't Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongThe Complete Jazz CollectionLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-04-20
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)
1.32Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:23Louis Armstrong100 Essential HitsLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010-12-15
AudioSonic Music
4.3Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:21Louis Armstrong100 Hits Legends: Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
100 Hits, Demon Music GroupLEGENDS014
4.13Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongThe Complete Masters 1925–1945Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-11-21
Universal Music Classics & Jazz France533 607-9
6.10Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:22Louis ArmstrongThe OKeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - 1925-1933Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), OKeh, RCA Victor, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697945652
3.10Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:24Louis ArmstrongOriginal Album Classics: The Okeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings 1925-1933Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-09-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88843065862
1.15Bessie Couldn’t Help It3:20Louis Armstrong50 Essentials Of Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014
BnF Collection (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
(unknown)
2.12Bessie Couldn't Help It?:??Louis ArmstrongThe Man With The TrumpetLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.220766-354

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1930-02-01)
alto saxophone:Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1930-02-01)
William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-02-01)
double bass:George "Pops" Foster (on 1930-02-01)
drums (drum set):Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1930-02-01)
guitar:Will Johnson (jazz musician) (on 1930-02-01)
piano:Luis Russell (on 1930-02-01)
tenor saxophone:Teddy Hill (on 1930-02-01)
trombone:J.C. Higginbotham (on 1930-02-01)
trumpet:Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1930-02-01)
Louis Armstrong (on 1930-02-01)
Otis Johnson (trumpet) (on 1930-02-01)
vocals:Louis Armstrong (on 1930-02-01)
orchestra:Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (in 1930)
recording of:Bessie Couldn’t Help It (on 1930-02-01)

Related works

Bessie Couldn’t Help It

writer:Charles A. Bayha
Jacques Richmond (songwriter)
Byron Warner (active in the 1960's)