Lady Sings the Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▶ CD 2
▶ CD 3
▶ CD 4
▼ CD 5
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Birth of the Blues
Della Reese2:47
2For Sale
Clara Smith2:59
3Guess Who
Gladys Knight & the Pips3:17
4I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Ella Fitzgerald2:52
5I’m Waiting Just for You
Lucky Millinder2:33
6Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
Mildred Bailey3:06
7Mean and Evil Blues
recording of:
Mean and Evil Blues
composer:
Claude Demetrius and Irene Higginbotham
Dinah Washington1:53
8Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-15)
alto saxophone:
Garvin Bushell (on 1929-05-15)
cornet:
Ed Allen (trumpeter) (on 1929-05-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1929-05-15)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1929-05-15)
tuba:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-15)
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (on 1929-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Bessie Smith52:58
9One Hour Mama
Ida Cox2:54
10Release Me
Esther Phillips3:16
11Shake a Hand
Fay Adams2:52
12Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:19
13Trouble Is a Man
cover recording of:
Trouble Is a Man
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder
Sarah Vaughan2:34
14Trying
Linda Baker2:35
15Mama Come Home
recording of:
Mama, Come Home
writer:
Edgar Battle, Kim Gannon and Josef Myrow
Ella Fitzgerald2:44
16Young Woman’s Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-10-26)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-10-26)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1926-10-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-10-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-10-26)
recording of:
Young Woman’s Blues (on 1926-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
Bessie Smith3:09
17Moonshine
double bass:
Bill Settles (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Mr. Sheiks (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)
Memphis Minnie2:48
18Perdido
cover recording of:
Perdido (with lyrics)
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter) (in 1944) and Hans J. Lengsfelder (in 1944)
composer:
Juan Tizol (in 1941)
arranger:
Les Harris (Sr., arranger)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
version of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
Sarah Vaughan2:29
19Getting to Know You
Della Reese2:15
20Rich Man’s Blues
Dinah Washington2:53