Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
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Appears On
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith(2003)
- Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology(2011)
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out(2007)
- Chattanooga Gal(2005)
- The Quintessence: The Empress 1923–1933(1997)
- Story of the Blues(1997)
- Nobody's Blues But Mine(1972)
- Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music(2000)
- Greatest Hits(2005)
- The Complete Recordings, Volume 3(1992)
- The Best Of0
- L’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940(2004)
- Blues Masters Sampler(1992)
- The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances(1999)
- The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1925-1927(1995)
- The Anthology(2010)
- Jazz Greats, Volume 38: Bessie Smith: Preachin' the Blues(1997)
- Down Hearted Blues(2018)
- The Essential Bessie Smith(1997)
- Columbia Basic Library of Great Jazz(1956)
Writers & Composers
- Bessie Smith(composer)
Composition
Recording of Backwater Blues
Other Versions (10)
- Backwater Bluesby Albert Ammons
- Backwater Bluesby Lead Belly
- Backwater Bluesby Doug Ashdown
- Backwater Bluesby Dinah Washington
- Backwater Bluesby Bessie Smith
- Back Water Bluesby Dinah Washington
- Backwater Bluesby James P. Johnson
- Back Water Bluesby Vic Dickenson
- Backwater Bluesby Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Backwater Bluesby Don McLean