Bessie Smith

Songs Performed or Written by Bessie SmithTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Down Hearted Blues - #2: The St. Louis Blues - #3: Careless Love Blues - #4: Lost Your Head Blues - #5: Gulf Coast Blues
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  Bessie Smith
Down Hearted Blues
1.
06/1923

#1  Down Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith greentick

381 pts
1
US
[Columbia 3844]
written by Alberta Hunter & Lovie Austin
2.
07/1923

#5  Gulf Coast Blues
Bessie Smith greentick

236 pts
5
US
[Columbia 3844]
written by Clarence Williams
3.
08/1923

Aggravatin' Papa
Bessie Smith greentick

133 pts
12
US
[Columbia 3877]
written by Roy Turk, Addy Britt & J. Russel Robinson
4.
09/1923

Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Bessie Smith greentick

216 pts
6
US
[Columbia 3888]
written by Charles Warfield & Clarence Williams
5.
10/1923

T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness if I Do
Bessie Smith greentick

165 pts
9
US
[Columbia 3989]
written by Porter Grainger & Everett Robbins
The St. Louis Blues
6.
06/1925

#2  The St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith greentick

285 pts
3
US
[Columbia 14064]
written by William Christopher Handy
7.
10/1925

#3  Careless Love Blues
Bessie Smith greentick

243 pts
5
US
[Columbia 14083]
written by traditional
8.
11/1925

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
Bessie Smith greentick

184 pts
8
US
[Columbia 14090]
written by Perry Bradford
9.
02/1926

I Ain't Got Nobody
Bessie Smith greentick

178 pts
8
US
[Columbia 14095]
written by Charles Warfield & David Young
10.
09/1926

#4  Lost Your Head Blues
Bessie Smith greentick

236 pts
5
US
[Columbia 14158]
written by Bessie Smith greentick
After You've Gone
11.
1927

After You've Gone
Bessie Smith greentick

193 pts
7
US
[Columbia 14197]
written by Turner Layton & Henry Creamer
Alexander's Ragtime Band
12.
1927

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bessie Smith greentick

101 pts
17
US
[Columbia 14219]
written by Irving Berlin
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
13.
1928

A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Bessie Smith greentick

125 pts
13
US
[Columbia 14250]
written by Eddie Green
Empty Bed Blues
14.
1928

Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith greentick

88 pts
20
US
[Columbia 14312]
written by J. C. Johnson
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
15.
1929

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Bessie Smith greentick

116 pts
15
US
[Columbia 14451]
written by Jimmy Cox

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