Smith,Bessie Nobody Knows You When You'Re Down & Out CD

Known at her peak, and forevermore as 'The Empress of the Blues,' Bessie Smith was possibly the first and greatest of the Blues divas and certainly the first to have hit records. A prot?g? of the great Ma Rainey, by the early 1920s, Bessie Smith was already a superstar, backed on record by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson, and Charlie Green. Her elaborate live shows Harlem Frolics and Mississippi Days were smash hits throughout the decade; the Blues were in and trendy, and Bessie was at the top of her game. Features 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out', 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find', 'Summertime', 'Baby, Won't You Please Come Home', 'Empty Bed Blues (pts. 1&2)', 'Alexander's Ragtime Band', 'Aggravatin' Papa', 'After You've Gone' and many more. Rev-Ola. 2007.

1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 2. Good Man Is Hard to Find 3. Kitchen Man 4. Summertime 5. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 6. Hot Springs Blues 7. Empty Bed Blues 8. Lonesome Desert Blues 9. Me and My Gin 10. Lady Luck Blues 11. Alexander's Ragtime Band 12. Aggravatin' Papa 13. After You've Gone 14. Weeping Willow Blues 15. Trombone Cholly 16. Down Hearted Blues 17. St Louis Blues 18. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair 19. Blue Blue 20. Back Water Blues 21. Cake Walking Babies from Home 22. Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town