Various Artists - Ladies Sing the Blues - 75 Original Classics Released 2014-03-28 on Not Now Music 1. 00:00:00 Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues 2. 00:03:46 Dinah Washington New Blow Top Blues 3. 00:06:23 Aretha Franklin Today I Sing the Blues 4. 00:09:09 Big Mama Thornton Walking Blues 5. 00:12:09 LaVern Baker I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 6. 00:16:14 Lena Horne Hesitating Blues 7. 00:19:17 Marylin Scott Uneasy Blues 8. 00:22:02 Bessie Smith Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out 9. 00:25:00 Anita O'Day Waiter, Make Mine Blues 10. 00:28:21 Della Reese Empty Bed Blues 11. 00:31:13 Memphis Minnie Down in the Alley 12. 00:34:14 Dakota Staton Confessin' the Blues 13. 00:36:59 Esther Phillips Aged and Mellow Blues 14. 00:39:44 Sarah Vaughan Black Coffee 15. 00:43:02 Ruth Brown R.B. Blues 16. 00:45:40 Peggy Lee New York City Blues 17. 00:49:00 Varetta Dillard I Cried and Cried 18. 00:52:04 Odetta How Long Blues 19. 00:54:14 Trixie Smith Freight Train Blues 20. 00:57:32 June Christy Lover Man 21. 01:01:00 Eartha Kitt St. Louis Blues 22. 01:03:46 Big Maybelle Maybelle's Blues 23. 01:06:56 Billie Holiday Baby, I Don't Cry over You 24. 01:10:06 Dinah Washington Since I Fell for You 25. 01:12:47 Etta Jones Long, Long Journey 26. 01:15:38 Peggy Lee Fever 27. 01:18:58 Esther Phillips No Headstone on My Grave 28. 01:22:20 Dinah Washington Drinking Again 29. 01:25:50 Billie Holiday I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 30. 01:28:39 Mabel Scott No More Cryin' Blues 31. 01:31:51 Anita O'Day A Blues Serenade 32. 01:34:53 Etta Jones Salty Papa Blues 33. 01:37:50 Big Mama Thornton Hard Times 34. 01:40:03 Eartha Kitt Yellow Dog Blues 35. 01:42:28 Ruth Brown It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) 36. 01:45:11 Bessie Smith I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl 37. 01:47:59 Carmen McRae Good Morning Heartache 38. 01:51:12 Big Maybelle Ain't to Be Played with 39. 01:53:43 Aretha Franklin (Blue) by Myself 40. 01:56:22 Dakota Staton Weak for the Man 41. 01:58:53 Linda Hayes Take Me Back 42. 02:01:23 Billie Holiday I'm a Fool to Want You 43. 02:04:49 Lena Horne Beale Street Blues 44. 02:07:48 Helen Humes Pleasing Man Blues 45. 02:10:53 LaVern Baker Gimme a Pigfoot 46. 02:14:02 Rosetta Howard Plow Hand Blues 47. 02:16:50 Dinah Washington Blues for a Day 48. 02:19:42 Esther Phillips Double Crossing Blues 49. 02:22:31 Memphis Minnie New Bumble Bee 50. 02:25:22 Julie London Cry Me a River 51. 02:28:17 Anita O'Day Anita's Blues 52. 02:31:44 Dinah Washington Mad About the Boy 53. 02:34:32 Eartha Kitt Friendless Blues 54. 02:37:21 Donna Hightower Every Day I Have the Blues 55. 02:40:09 Big Mama Thornton I Smell a Rat 56. 02:42:49 Esther Phillips Cryin' and Singin' the Blues 57. 02:45:36 LaVern Baker Preaching the Blues 58. 02:48:28 Kay Starr I Cry by Night 59. 02:51:18 Etta Jones Overwork Blues 60. 02:54:17 Big Maybelle No More Trouble out of Me 61. 02:57:42 Dakota Staton I'm Left with Blues in My Heart 62. 03:00:38 Miss Rhapsody I Fell for You 63. 03:03:41 Peggy Lee Blues in the Night 64. 03:06:57 Dinah Shore My Funny Valentine 65. 03:10:31 Anita O'Day Blues for Bojangles 66. 03:13:41 Varetta Dillard Please Tell Me Baby 67. 03:16:27 Big Maybelle Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business) 68. 03:19:07 Esther Phillips Just out of Reach 69. 03:22:14 Lena Horne Careless Love 70. 03:25:01 Dinah Washington Wise Woman Blues 71. 03:27:49 Billie Holiday Strange Fruit 72. 03:30:52 LaVern Baker Back Water Blues 73. 03:35:33 Dakota Staton Don't Leave Me Now 74. 03:38:22 Sarah Vaughan 'Round Midnight 75. 03:41:58 Eydie Gorme Bye Bye Blues Despite the early history of music residing in the hands of men, the real stars of the music in the 1920s were actually women in the shape of major artists like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. Filled with raw emotion, intelligence and plenty of humour, the content spread over these 75 tracks is a veritable musical history lesson featuring the definitive performers of the 20s through to the 60s. © 2014 Not Now Music ℗ 2014 Not Now Music . This is officially licensed content, not a copyright infringement. If you should have any objections, please get in touch with finetunes first.

• published: 20 Mar 2015
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