Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929)
50 tracks
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2hr 29min
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November 01, 2012
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Mama's Black Baby Boy
UniqueQuartetFall
02:27
2
Society Blues
John Spikes, Reb Spikes, Kid Ory, Kid Ory Sunshine Orchestra
03:12
3
Keep Movin'
Standard Quartette
02:46
4
Teasin' the Frets
Nick Lucas, Studio pianist
02:54
5
Poor Mourner
Cousins and DeMoss, Studio ensemble
01:56
6
I Ain't Got Nobody
Spencer Williams, Marion Harris, Studio ensemble
03:05
7
You've Been a Good Old Wagon, but You've Done Broke Down
Len Spencer, Studio pianist
02:13
8
Midnight Blues
Spencer Williams, Ethel Waters, Studio ensemble
03:03
9
Poor Mourner
Dinwiddie Colored Quartet
02:54
10
Aggravatin' Papa
Sophie Tucker, Studio ensemble
03:03
11
Nobody
Bert Williams, Studio ensemble
02:53
12
New Orleans Joys
Jelly Roll Morton
02:45
13
What a Time
Polk Miller Old South Quartette, Studio ensemble
03:43
14
Guitar Blues
Sylvester Weaver
02:40
15
Camp Meeting Jubilee
Male Quartet
01:41
16
London Blues
Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton Orchestra
03:14
17
Poor Mourner
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
03:09
18
Waitin' For the Evening Mail
Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake
02:54
19
Down Home Rag
Wilbur Sweatman, Europe Society Orchestra, James Reese Europe
03:22
20
Bleeding Hearted Blues
James P. Johnson
03:01
21
The Rain Song
AfroAmericanFolkSongSingers, Studio pianist
03:07
22
London Cafe Blues
Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmie Noone, Joe King Oliver, Baby Dodds
02:45
23
Memphis Blues
W.C. Handy, Victor Military Band
03:02
24
The Gospel Train Am Comin'
Homer Rodheaver and the Wiseman Quartet
02:56
25
Memphis Blues
Morton Harvey, Studio Orchestra
02:40
26
Any Woman's Blues
Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson
03:17
27
Blame It on the Blues
Doc Cook, Victor Military Band
03:09
28
God's Gonna Set this World on Fire
Kentucky Trio
03:02
29
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy, Prince's Orchestra
04:06
30
If You Do What You Do
Eddie Cantor, The Georgians
03:04
31
Nigger Blues, "N Blues"
George O'Connor, W.C. Handy Memphis Blues Band
02:58
32
Hatchet Head Blues
Clifford Hayes, Old Southern Jug Band
02:44
33
Livery Stable Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
03:08
34
Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay
Ed Andrews
02:45
35
Moonlight Blues
W.C. Handy, Studio ensemble
03:16
36
Waffle Man's Call
Johnny Bayersdorffer, Johnny Bayersdorfer, Johnny Bayersdorffer Jazzola Novelty Orchestra
03:01
37
O Death Where Is Thy Sting
Arthur Collins, Studio ensemble
03:12
38
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman Dance Band, Paul Whiteman
03:52
39
Beale Street Blues
Al Bernard, Studio ensemble
03:05
40
I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa
Roy Ingraham, LevitschTanzorchester
03:28
41
Memphis Blues
W.C. Handy, Europe Society Orchestra, James Reese Europe
02:37
42
Barrel House Blues
Rosa Henderson, Studio pianist
03:17
43
Kansas City Blues
Euday L. Bowman, Wilbur Sweatman, Wilbur Sweatman Jazz Band
03:08
44
Mississippi Shivers
Zez Confrey, Zez Confrey Orchestra
03:24
45
Swanee Blues
J. Milton DeCamp
02:28
46
Kiss Me Sweet
Joe King Oliver, Butterbeans And Susie
03:08
47
Lovin' Sam From Alabam
Mamie Smith, Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
02:49
48
Frankie Blues
Mamie Smith, Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
03:05
49
Chain Gang Blues
Sam Moore, Horace Davis
02:49
50
My Soul Is a Witness
FloridaNormalIndustrialInstituteQuartet
02:31