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Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929)

Burnett & Rutherford
Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
Zez Confrey
Freddie Keppard
Blind Willie Johnson
Robert Wilkins
Buddy Boy Hawkins
Sam McGee
Shirley Jones
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
Bessie Smith
Thomas A. Dorsey
Jaybird Coleman
Dock Walsh
Noble Sissle
Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
Victoria Spivey
Len Spencer
Jim Jackson
Johnny St. Cyr
Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
Ed Bell
Jimmy Blythe
Viola McCoy
Will Ezell
Frank Hutchison
Pink Anderson
Dick Justice
Lee Morse
Blind Teddy Darby
Jimmy O'Bryant
Paul Whiteman
James Reese Europe
Various Artists
Tommy Johnson
Sylvester Weaver
Rube Bloom + 39 more
50 tracks
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2hr 29min
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November 01, 2012
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1
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