Bessie Smith discography
170 records from 1923 to 2018, 772 physical editions listed.
Every Bessie Smith record, by year
| Year | Title | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Cemetery Blues / Any Woman's BluesRecordOwned | 6 |
| 1923 | Down Hearted Blues / Gulf Coast BluesRecordOwned | 4 |
| 1923 | Bleeding Hearted Blues / Midnight BluesRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1923 | Jail-House Blues / Graveyard Dream BluesRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1923 | Mama's Got The Blues / Outside Of ThatRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1923 | 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do / Keeps On A-Rainin'RecordOwned | 2 |
| 1923 | Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine / If You Don't I Know Who WillRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1923 | Yodling Blues / Lady-Luck BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1923 |  Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues / Oh Daddy BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1924 | Dying Gambler's Blues / Sing Sing Prison BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1924 |  Haunted House Blues / Eavesdropper's BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1924 | The Bye Bye Blues / Weeping Willow BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1924 | Work House Blues / House Rent BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1924 |  Easy Come Easy Go Blues / Frosty Morining BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1925 | You've Been A Good Ole Wagon / Dixie Flyer BluesRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1925 |  Nashville Women's Blues / I Ain't Goin' To Play Second FiddleVinyl, RecordOwned | 2 |
| 1925 | Reckless Blues / Sobbin' Hearted BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1925 | The Yellow Dog Blues / Soft Pedal BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1925 | Woman's Trouble Blues / Love Me Daddy BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1925 |  Careless Love Blues / He's Gone BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1925 |  The St. Louis Blues / Cold in Hand BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1926 | Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town / Squeeze MeRecordOwned | 4 |
| 1926 | What's The Matter Now? / I Want Ev'ry Bit Of ItRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1926 | Lonesome Desert Blues / Golden Rule BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1926 | Money Blues / Hard Driving PapaRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1926 |  The Gin House Blues / Lost Your Head BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1927 |  After You've Gone / Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)RecordOwned | 1 |
| 1927 |  Back-Water Blues / Preachin' the BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1927 |  Lock and Key / Trombone ChollyRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1927 | Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair / Them's Graveyard WordsVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1928 |  Empty Bed BluesVinyl, CD, RecordOwned | 31 |
| 1928 | Dyin' By The Hour / Foolish Man BluesRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1928 | Spider Man Blues / Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)RecordOwned | 2 |
| 1928 |  Me and My Gin / Slow and Easy ManRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1929 | I'm Wild About That Thing / You've Got To Give Me SomeVinyl, RecordOwned | 9 |
| 1929 |  Don't Cry Baby / You Don't UnderstandRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1929 |  He's Got Me Goin' / It Makes My Love Come DownRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1929 |  Kitchen Man / I've Got What It TakesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1929 |  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out / Take It Right BackRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1930 |  Moan Mourners / On Revival DayRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1931 |  In the House Blues / Blue BluesRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1931 |  Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl / Safety MamaRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1932 | Long Old Road / Shipwreck BluesVinyl, RecordOwned | 2 |
| 1933 |  Do Your Duty / I'm Down in the DumpsRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1934 | Gimme A Pigfoot / Take Me For A Buggy RideVinyl, RecordOwned | 12 |
| 1934 | I'm Down In The Dumps / Do Your DutyRecordOwned | 11 |
| 1938 | St. Louis Blues / Reckless BluesRecordOwned | 11 |
| 1938 | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / Back-Water BluesRecordOwned | 6 |
| 1938 | Preachin' The Blues / Thinking BluesRecordOwned | 6 |
| 1938 | Careless Love Blues / Weeping Willow BluesRecordOwned | 4 |
| 1938 |  Bessie Smith AlbumRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1940 |  Empress Of The BluesVinyl, CD, Cassette, RecordOwned | 16 |
| 1940 | St. Louis Blues / Cold In Hand BluesRecordOwned | 12 |
| 1940 |  Cake Walking Babies (From Home) / Young Woman's BluesVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1944 | Cake Walking Babies / Young Woman's BluesRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1947 | Bessie Smith Empress Of The Blues Vol. IIRecordOwned | 2 |
| 1948 | Soft Pedal Blues / I Used To Be Your Sweet MammaRecordOwned | 3 |
| 1950 | After You've Gone / A Good Man Is Hard To FindVinyl, RecordOwned | 3 |
| 1951 |  The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 1VinylOwned | 24 |
| 1951 | The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2VinylOwned | 17 |
| 1951 | The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 4VinylOwned | 17 |
| 1951 | The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.3VinylOwned | 16 |
| 1952 |  Gimmie a Pigfoot / Take Me for a Buggy RideRecordOwned | 1 |
| 1954 | The Great Blues SingersVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1955 | Cemetery BluesVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1956 |  Bessie SmithVinyl, CDOwned | 22 |
| 1957 | The Bessie Smith StoryVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 4 |
| 1958 | Bessie's Blues - 1923-1924VinylOwned | 3 |
| 1959 | Petits Jazz Pour TousVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1960 | Jazz GalleryVinylOwned | 5 |
| 1970 | Any Woman's BluesVinyl, CassetteOwned | 21 |
| 1970 |  The World's Greatest Blues SingerVinylOwned | 15 |
| 1971 |  The EmpressVinylOwned | 14 |
| 1972 |  Nobody's Blues But MineVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 16 |
| 1976 | "Soundtrack" (The Whole "St. Louis Blues" Soundtrack Plus Rare Alternates)Vinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
| 1983 | Black Jazz And BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1984 | The Bessie Smith Collection - 20 Golden GreatsVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 8 |
| 1986 | Bessie Smith (Great Original Performances 1925-1933) Vinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 11 |
| 1986 |  Great Original Performances: 1925-1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 1987 | 1925-1933CD, CassetteOwned | 3 |
| 1987 |  Original Jazz Recordings 1925-1933CDOwned | 2 |
| 1989 |  The CollectionVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 9 |
| 1989 |  Blue Spirit BluesCD, CassetteOwned | 7 |
| 1989 |  Mother Of The BluesVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 5 |
| 1989 | The Greatest Blues Singer In The WorldVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 5 |
| 1989 | Nobody Blues But MineVinyl, CassetteOwned | 2 |
| 1990 |  I'm Wild About That ThingCDOwned | 2 |
| 1990 |  Bessie Smith: The Greatest Blues Singer in the WorldCDOwned | 1 |
| 1990 |  L’Art vocal, volume 3 : La Sélection 1923–1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 1990 |  St Louis BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1991 | The Complete Recordings Vol. 1Vinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 8 |
| 1991 | The Complete Recordings Vol. 2CD, CassetteOwned | 4 |
| 1991 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 2CDOwned | 4 |
| 1991 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 1CDOwned | 3 |
| 1991 |  1923-1933 Empress of the BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1991 |  The Legendary King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Louis ArmstrongCDOwned | 1 |
| 1992 | L'Imperatrice Del BluesCD, CassetteOwned | 9 |
| 1992 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 3CDOwned | 4 |
| 1992 | The Complete Recordings Vol.3CD, CassetteOwned | 3 |
| 1993 | Beale Street MamaVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 4 |
| 1993 | The Complete Recordings Vol. 4CD, CassetteOwned | 4 |
| 1993 |  19 Reflective RecordingsCD, CassetteOwned | 2 |
| 1993 |  Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the BluesCDOwned | 2 |
| 1993 |  Dixie Flyer BluesCDOwned | 2 |
| 1993 |  The Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic BluesCDOwned | 2 |
| 1993 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 4CDOwned | 2 |
| 1993 |  Bessie Smith Sings the JazzCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  Alexander's Ragtime BandCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  I Ain’t Got NobodyCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  Lady Luck BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  Mama's Got the BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923CDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923-1924CDOwned | 1 |
| 1995 |  Young Woman's Blues CD, RecordOwned | 5 |
| 1995 | Jazz & Blues CollectionCDOwned | 2 |
| 1995 | Sings The BluesCDOwned | 2 |
| 1995 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1924-1925CDOwned | 1 |
| 1995 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1925-1927CDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 5CDOwned | 4 |
| 1996 |  American Legends - Bessie SmithCDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  An Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  Bessie's BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  Members EditionCDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1927-1928CDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1928-1929CDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 | The Complete Recordings Vol. 5 The Final ChapterCDOwned | 1 |
| 1997 |  The Essential Bessie SmithCDOwned | 3 |
| 1997 |  Jazz Greats, Volume 38: Bessie Smith: Preachin' the BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 1997 |  The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1929–1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 1997 |  The Quintessence: The Empress 1923–1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 1998 |  The MastersCD, RecordOwned | 3 |
| 1998 |  The Ultimate CollectionCDOwned | 1 |
| 1999 |  The Gold Collection: 40 Classic PerformancesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2000 |  Jazz 'n' BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2000 |  Woman’s Trouble BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2001 |  Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2001 |  Vocal JazzCDOwned | 1 |
| 2002 |  Great DivasCDOwned | 1 |
| 2003 | Bessie Smith Vol. 1CDOwned | 2 |
| 2003 |  Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie SmithCDOwned | 2 |
| 2003 |  Bessie Smith Vol. 2 'St. Louis Blues': Original Recordings 1924-1925CDOwned | 1 |
| 2003 |  Downhearted Blues (Original 1923-1924 Recordings)CDOwned | 1 |
| 2003 | Martin Scorsese Presents The BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2003 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 6CDOwned | 1 |
| 2003 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 7CDOwned | 1 |
| 2004 | Blues Archive - The Story Of The Blues - Chapter 1CDOwned | 1 |
| 2004 |  Nashville Woman’s Blues (Compilation)CDOwned | 1 |
| 2004 |  The Complete Recordings, Volume 8CDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  Chattanooga GalCDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  Chattanooga Gal: Careless Love BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  Chattanooga Gal: Down Hearted BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  Chattanooga Gal: Me & My GinCDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  Chattanooga Gal: Young Woman BluesCDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  Greatest HitsRecordOwned | 1 |
| 2005 |  The Ultimate Jazz ArchiveCDOwned | 1 |
| 2006 |  The Undisputed Queen of the BluesCDOwned | 2 |
| 2006 |  I've Got What It Takes - Vol. 5: Original Recordings 1929-1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 2006 |  Queen of the Blues, Volume 1CDOwned | 1 |
| 2006 |  The Essence of Bessie SmithCDOwned | 1 |
| 2007 |  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OutCDOwned | 1 |
| 2007 |  The Undisputed Queen of the Blues, Volume 1CDOwned | 1 |
| 2008 |  Squeeze MeCDOwned | 2 |
| 2008 |  Empress Of The Blues - Volume 2: 1926 - 1933CDOwned | 1 |
| 2010 |  The AnthologyCDOwned | 1 |
| 2011 |  The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie SmithVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 2011 |  Bessie Smith Blues QueenCDOwned | 1 |
| 2012 |  Blues Masters, Volume 11CDOwned | 1 |
| 2012 |  The Complete Columbia RecordingsCDOwned | 1 |
| 2014 | At The Christmas BallVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2018 |  Down Hearted BluesVinylOwned | 1 |
8 other works with no known date are not listed.