Empty Bed Blues: Best of the Good Time Mommas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)
Barrell House Annie2:51
2Iceman (Come On Up)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1938-02-18)
double bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1936-02-18)
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1936-02-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1936-02-18, on 1938-02-18)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1936-02-18, on 1938-02-18)
Memphis Minnie2:59
3Take Me for a Buggy Ride
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1933-11-24)
recording of:
Take Me for a Buggy Ride (on 1933-11-24)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
Bessie Smith2:37
4Sam the Hot Dog Man
recording of:
Sam - The Hot Dog Man
lyricist and composer:
Lil Johnson (1930s blues singer)
Lil Johnson3:01
5He's Just My Size
Lillie Mae Kirkman2:48
6My Castle's Rocking
recording of:
My Castle’s Rockin’ (on 1940-06-03)
lyricist and composer:
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter22:30
7My Butcher Man
Georgia White2:59
8My Handy Man
Ethel Waters2:57
9Keep On Eatin'
recording of:
Keep on Eatin' (in 1938)
lyricist and composer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie2:39
10Shave 'Em Dry #2
recording of:
Shave 'em Dry
lyricist and composer:
Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan3:23
11Send Me a Man
Alberta Hunter42:58
12Walking the Street
Georgia White2:29
13In the Racket
Billie Pierce3:19
14Empty Bed Blues, Parts 1 & 2
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-03-20)
piano:
Porter Grainger (on 1928-03-20)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1928-03-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1928-03-20)
recording of:
Empty Bed Blues (Part 1 & 2) (on 1928-03-20)
writer:
J.C. Johnson
Bessie Smith6:25
15I've Got What It Takes
Virginia Liston3:16
16Or Leave Me Alone
Lil Armstrong2:56
17Furniture Man Blues, Part 2
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson3:09
18Get 'em From the Peanut Man (The New Hot Nuts)
Lil Johnson2:56
19The Blues Ain't Nothin' But...?
Georgia White2:40
20Can't Be Bothered With No Sheik
Rosa Henderson3:20
21Kitchen Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-08)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-05-08)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1929-05-08)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-08)
recording of:
Kitchen Man (on 1929-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith2:58
22One Hour Mama
Ida Cox2:55
23Good Time Mama Blues
Martha Copeland2:48
24For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass)
Clara Smith2:58
25You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
recording of:
You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
Bessie Smith3:27