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The original tough-mama prototype for nearly every female blues singer to come, hard-living, big-voiced Bessie Smith was also the first blues singer with a mega-hit recording career, achieved in part via collaborations with some of the most notable musicians of her era. In her prime in the 1920s and 1930s, she was the highest-paid black entertainer in the U.S., and her influence persists to this day.

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The Essential Bessie Smith

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 09/23/1997

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals); Lincoln M. Conaway, Eddie Lang, Bobby Johnson (guitar); Buddy Christian, Charlie Dixon (banjo);... ... more info

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The Complete Columbia Recordings [Box]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 11/06/2012

Liner Note Author: Ken Romanowski. Recording information: Astoria, New York, NY (01/08/1924-01/10/1924); New York, NY... ... more info

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Blues Queen

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 11/15/2011

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals). Liner Note Author: Charles Boldt. Recording information: New York (01/14/1925); New York... ... more info

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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 8

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 05/14/2004

Personnel: Bobby Johnson (guitar); Garvin Bushell (clarinet, alto saxophone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Chu Berry (tenor saxophone);... ... more info

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Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 03/26/2002

Contains 22 tracks. Personnel: Clara Smith (vocals); Harry Reser, John Griffin (guitar); Don Redman, Ernest Elliott (clarinet);... ... more info

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Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 [Frog]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 09/12/2002

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals); Clara Smith (vocals); Elmer Snowden (banjo); Don Redman (clarinet, alto saxophone); Buster Bailey... ... more info

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Queen of the Blues Volume 1 [Remaster]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 03/13/2007

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals); Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson (piano). As evidenced by the five double-disc sets issued by... ... more info

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Complete Recordings, Vol. 6

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 12/30/2003

Personnel: Lincoln M. Conaway (guitar); Abraham Wheat (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Ernest Elliott (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor... ... more info

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Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 [Frog]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 11/05/2001

Contains 23 tracks. ... more info

_518580_CD

Careless Love [Digipak]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 04/20/2004

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals); Bessie Smith; Lincoln Conaway (guitar); Charlie Dixon (banjo); Robert Robbins (violin); Ernest... ... more info

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The Undisputed Queen Of The Blues

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 04/17/2007

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The Blues Biography

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 10/12/2010

Bessie Smith's passionate vocals overrode the primitive recording technology of her era and made her the zenith of female blues singers... ... more info

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Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 [Frog]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 04/09/2003

Personnel: Charlie Dixon (banjo); Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Jimmy Harrison, Charlie Green (trombone); Clarence... ... more info

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Sweet Mistreater

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 08/23/2005

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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 [Frog]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 07/25/2002

Personnel includes: Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, Buster Bailey, Fred... ... more info

_516708_CD

Complete Recordings, Vol. 7

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 02/19/2004

British reissue label Frog Records has undertaken the task of reissuing the complete recordings of Bessie Smith in chronological order,... ... more info

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The Anthology

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 08/11/2010

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Sings The Blues

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 05/11/2004

While not definitive or as comprehensive an introduction as Columbia's 16-track The Collection, Sings the Blues is still a solid... ... more info

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Empress of the Blues, Vol, 2: 1926-1933 [Box]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 05/27/2008

Personnel: Bessie Smith (vocals); Eddie Lang, Harry Reser, Bobby Johnson (guitar); Charlie Dixon (banjo); Garvin Bushell (clarinet,... ... more info

_538000_CD

Empress of the Blues [Universe] [Box]

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Bessie Smith
Release Date: 11/16/2004

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