Down Hearted Blues

~ Recording by Bessie Smith

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Down Hearted Blues3:29Bessie SmithThe Bessie Smith Story, Volume 1Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)GL 503
1.1Downhearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithThe CollectionBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US1989-02-24
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 44441
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:26Bessie SmithBessie Smith: The Greatest Blues Singer in the WorldBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Blues EncoreCD 52009
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:29Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 1Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 47091, CK 47307, CK 47308
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:29Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 1Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)COL 467895 2
1.1Downhearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithEmpress of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Classic BluesCDCD 1030
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithCharly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Charly Records
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithThe Birth of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Charly RecordsCDCD 2011
1.4Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithLady Luck BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)20.1932-HI
1.1Down-Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithThe Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)761
3.9Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithThe Very Best of Charly Blues Masterworks (deluxe edition, special edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Charly Blues MasterworksCDBM 103-4
1.1Down-Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithAn Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Best of Jazz (French label, The Swing Era series)4030
1.19Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithNothing But the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
17.12Down Hearted Blues3:25Bessie SmithBlues Story (1998 release)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Collections
1.12Down Hearted Blues3:25Bessie SmithBlues Story n°17 Le Blues au fémininVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram France8092
1.2Down Hearted Blues3:24Bessie SmithThe MastersBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
1.4Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithThe Gold Collection: 40 Classic PerformancesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-01-01
RetroR2CD 70-09
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithCharly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-07-01
Charly RecordsCD BM 31
2.5Down Hearted Blues3:25Bessie SmithNothin' But The Blues (2 CD set from Legacy Entertainment)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Legacy Entertainment Inc. (budget label)AX003
1.5Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithA Woman’s Place Is in the GrooveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABM (imprint? of Audio Book & Music Company Limited)ABMMCD 1243
1.4Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithJazz 'n' BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Going for a SongGFS276
1.13Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithThe Blues - The Best Blues Of All-TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
Time Music International LimitedDTCD014
17.12Down Hearted Blues3:25Bessie SmithBlues Story (2001 release)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Collections7902, 7922, 7972, 8082, 8092, 8102, 8112, 9008122, 9008152, 9008172, 9008182
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:26Bessie SmithMidnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Weton‐WesgramMJB105
1.3Downhearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithRoots of Rhythm: Deep BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 52086
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:23Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 1Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Frog Records (UK jazz reissues)DGF40
1.10Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 90493
1.2Down Hearted Blues3:29Bessie SmithLadies Sing the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-10-06
Union Square MusicSOHOCD026
1.15Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithWorried Life BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arista Associated Labels, Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), BMG Heritage82876 55611 2
1.10Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-03-29
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)512572 2
1.5Down Hearted Blues [1923]3:28Bessie SmithL’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-10-20
Le Chant du Monde574 1301.10
9.1Down Hearted Blues3:26Bessie SmithBlues SpiritVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-25
  • GB2005-11-07
Weton‐WesgramIECB 10001
3.18Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithDiggin’ Deeper – 200 Legendary Blues Treasures (Each of 10 volumes was previously released)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran International GmbH
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:29Bessie SmithChattanooga Gal (remastered)Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Proper RecordsPROPERBOX 78
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:31Bessie SmithGreatest HitsBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
2.24Down Hearted Blues3:26Bessie SmithAn Introduction to the Blues: 50 Nostalgic Tracks That Defined a GenreVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-11-20
Performance (Delta Music)38151
1.2Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithBessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
NocturneBDJZ035
1.15Down Hearted Blues3:26Bessie SmithJazz in the Charts 002 (1921–1923)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223701-222
1.1Downhearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithThe Essence of Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries)33311
1.10Down Hearted Blues3:30Bessie SmithThe Undisputed Queen of the Blues, Volume 1Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-01-26
Rough Trade (post‐2000)
1.16Down Hearted Blues3:25Bessie SmithNobody Knows You When You're Down and OutBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
RevOla RecordsCR REV 220
1.1Downhearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithSqueeze MeBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde274 1469.70
39.1Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithABC of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-09-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233168
2.9Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithLa grande histoire du jazz: Au temps du ragtime et du swing / From Ragtime to Swing, 1898-1952Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde574 1900.24
1.12Downhearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithThe AnthologyBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Not Now Music
1.12Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithThe Perfect Blues CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-06-21
Sony Music UK (~2002), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)886978478320, N° 05
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-09-26
World Music NetworkRGNET1264CD
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithBessie Smith Blues QueenBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Phoenix Records (Spanish jazz reissue label)131538
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:26Bessie SmithBlues Masters, Volume 11Bessie Smith / Sonny Boy Williamson I / Sonny Boy Williamson II / Furry Lewis / Robert Lockwood, Jr.Album + Compilation
4π
1.7Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-11-24
World Music NetworkRGNET1264LP
23.1Down Hearted Blues3:28Bessie SmithJazz von A–Z: Die Michael Naura JazzanthologieVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Die Zeit (German weekly newspaper), NDR kultur, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Studio Hamburg Enterprises GmbH
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:24Bessie SmithDown Hearted BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2018-03-30
Night Records (Label co-founded by Jean-Luc Navette and Les Disques De La Face Cachée)NR06
1.1Down Hearted Blues3:24Bessie SmithDown Hearted BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-09-07
Night Records (Label co-founded by Jean-Luc Navette and Les Disques De La Face Cachée)
1.18Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithDiggin’ Deeper, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.11Down Hearted Blues3:27Bessie SmithHistory of the Blues, Part 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ATP170
(unknown)
1.1Down Hearted Blues?:??Bessie SmithDown Hearted Blues / Gulf Coast BluesBessie SmithSingle

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002) (order: 7)
other databases:https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000028630 [info]
recording of:Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)

Related works

Down Hearted Blues

lyricist:Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:Lovie Austin (in 1922)
is the basis for:Trouble, Trouble Blues