SORM Playlist #14-23: Women Sing The Blues, Pt. 1
(airing the week starting 06-04-14)
Classic Recordings from Blues’ female pioneers, this is part one of a two-part series. Enjoy!
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Artist / “Title” / CD / Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle /
Smithsonian-Folkways
Mary Flower / “Black Dog Rag” / Instrumental Breakdown / Yellow Dog
Geeshie Wiley / “Last Kind Word Blues” / The Best There Ever Was /
Yazoo
Elvie Thomas / “Motherless Child Blues” / Mississippi Masters /
Yazoo
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley / “Pick Poor Robin Clean” /
Mississippi Masters / Yazoo
Sippie Wallace / “Shorty George Blues” / Vol.1 (!923-25) / Document
Bessie Smith / “’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do” / The Complete
Recordings Vol.1 / Columbia Legacy
Victoria Spivey-Lonnie Johnson / “Furniture Blues Pt1” / Raunchy Business:
Hot Nuts and Lollypops / Columbia Legacy
Memphis Minnie / “I’m Goin’ Back Home” / Four Women Blues / RCA
Louis and Lil’ Armstrong / “Georgia Grind” / The Hot Fives Vol.1 /
Columbia
Mary Flower / “Maplewood” / Instrumental Breakdown / Yellow Dog
Bessie Jones / “Oh Death” / Put Your Hand On Your Hip / Rounder Heritage
The Staples Singers / “Wade in the Water” / Freedom Highway /
Columbia Legacy
Mahalia Jackson / “Power in the Blood” / A Mighty Fortress / Columbia
Legacy
The Clara Ward Singers / “If I Had My Way” / Meetin’ Tonight / Vanguard
Alberta Hunter / “I”ve Got a Mind to Ramble” / Amtrak Blues / Columbia
Dinah Washington / “Keeping Out of Mischief” / Compact Jazz / Mercury
Etta James / “I’d Rather Go Blind” / The Best of Chess Records / Chess
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
Smithsonian-Folkways