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Album • 2012

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

Various Artists • 200 songs • 9 hr 59 min

1

Mama's Black Baby Boy

Various Artists

2:28

2

Keep Movin'

Standard Quartette

2:47

3

Poor Mourner

Cousins and DeMoss & Studio ensemble

1:57

4

You've Been a Good Old Wagon, but You've Done Broke Down

Len Spencer & Studio pianist

2:13

5

Poor Mourner

Dinwiddie Colored Quartet

2:55

6

Nobody

Bert Williams & Studio ensemble

2:54

7

What a Time

Studio ensemble

3:44

8

Camp Meeting Jubilee

1:42

9

Poor Mourner

Fisk University Jubilee Quartet

3:10

10

Down Home Rag

Europe Society Orchestra & James Reese Europe

3:23

11

The Rain Song

3:08

12

Memphis Blues

Victor Military Band

3:03

13

Memphis Blues

2:41

14

Blame It on the Blues

Victor Military Band

3:10

15

St. Louis Blues

Various Artists

4:07

16

Nigger Blues, "N Blues"

George O'Connor

2:59

17

Livery Stable Blues

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

3:09

18

Moonlight Blues

Studio ensemble

3:17

19

O Death Where Is Thy Sting

Arthur Collins & Studio ensemble

3:13

20

Beale Street Blues

Al Bernard & Studio ensemble

3:06

21

Memphis Blues

Europe Society Orchestra & James Reese Europe

2:38

22

Kansas City Blues

Wilbur Sweatman

3:09

23

Swanee Blues

J. Milton DeCamp

2:29

24

Lovin' Sam from Alabam

2:50

25

Frankie Blues

3:06

26

Chain Gang Blues

2:50

27

My Soul Is a Witness

Various Artists

2:32

28

Society Blues

3:13

29

Teasin' the Frets

Nick Lucas & Studio pianist

2:55

30

I Ain't Got Nobody

Marion Harris & Studio ensemble

3:06

31

Midnight Blues

Ethel Waters & Studio ensemble

3:04

32

Aggravatin' Papa

Sophie Tucker & Studio ensemble

3:04

33

New Orleans Joys

Jelly Roll Morton

2:46

34

Guitar Blues

Sylvester Weaver

2:41

35

London Blues

Jelly Roll Morton Orchestra

3:15

36

Waitin' for the Evening Mail

Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake

2:55

37

Bleeding Hearted Blues

James Price Johnson

3:02

38

London Cafe Blues

Jimmie Noone, Joe King Oliver & Baby Dodds

2:46

39

The Gospel Train Am Comin'

Various Artists

2:57

40

Any Woman's Blues

Bessie Smith & Fletcher Henderson

3:18

41

God's Gonna Set This World on Fire

3:03

42

If You Do What You Do

Eddie Cantor & The Georgians

3:05

43

Hatchet Head Blues

Old Southern Jug Band

2:45

44

Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay

2:46

45

Waffle Man's Call

Various Artists

3:02

46

Rhapsody in Blue

Paul Whiteman Dance Band

3:53

47

I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa

Various Artists

3:29

48

Barrel House Blues

Rosa Henderson & Studio pianist

3:18

49

Mississippi Shivers

Zez Confrey Orchestra

3:25

50

Kiss Me Sweet

Joe King Oliver & Butterbeans and Susie

3:09

51

Toddlin' Blues

Don Murray & Bix Beiderbecke

2:43

52

Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning

Alberta Hunter & Studio ensemble

2:48

53

Steppin' on the Blues

Jimmy O'Bryant, Tommy Ladnier & Lovie Austin

2:31

54

All Night Long Blues

Roba Stanley, Bob Stanley & Studio ensemble

3:15

55

Meddlin' with the Blues

Various Artists

3:10

56

Frank Du Pree

2:57

57

Steel String Blues

Sylvester Weaver

3:13

58

Hersal Blues

2:59

59

Street Cries of New Orleans

3:00

60

The Wagon

Various Artists

1:46

61

A Married Man's Blues

2:39

62

She's Cryin' for Me

New Orleans Rhythm Kings

2:45

63

Put Me in the Alley Blues

Albert Nicholas, Johnny St. Cyr & Richard M. Jones

2:52

64

All I Want Is a Little Spoonful

Various Artists

2:40

65

Red Man Blues

Various Artists

2:59

66

South Street Blues

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

2:35

67

No Home Blues

Louise Ross, Anonymous & Studio pianist

2:45

68

Sugar Babe

2:39

69

Careless Love

Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green & Fletcher Henderson

3:27

70

Don't Fish in My Sea

Ma Rainey & Jimmy Blythe

2:53

71

I'll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called)

Various Artists

2:30

72

I Want My Life to Testify

Hendersonville Double Quartet

2:53

73

Can't Sleep Blues

Various Artists

2:29

74

String Band Blues

Kansas City Blues Strummers

2:32

75

Black Cat Blues

Old Pal Smoke Shop Four

3:06

76

Mama's Angel Child

2:58

77

Jack O'Diamond Blues

Sippie Wallace, Louis Armstrong & Hersal Thomas

3:05

78

Memphis Shake

Dixieland Jug Blowers

3:17

79

Crucifixion

3:30

80

Royal Palm Special

Various Artists

3:03

81

Lamb's Blood Has Washed Me Clean

Jubilee Singers & Arizona Dranes

3:16

82

I Shall Wear a Crown

3:11

83

High Fever

Freddie Keppard & Cookie Gingersnaps

3:20

84

I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

Homer Quincy Smith

2:50

85

Blackville

Hazel Meyers & Studio ensemble

3:10

86

Bridwell Blues

Louis Armstrong & Richard M. Jones

3:28

87

Fat Meat and Greens

Jelly Roll Morton

2:57

88

Christians Fight on Your Time Ain't Long

Bo Weavil Jackson

2:44

89

Got the Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson

2:58

90

Chock House Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson

2:41

91

Birth of the Blues

Charles Gaylord, Austin Young & Jack Fulton

3:06

92

Knoxville Blues

Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee

3:02

93

My Soul Is a Witness

2:26

94

Smoke House Blues

Jelly-Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers

3:26

95

Boneyard Shuffle

Various Artists

2:53

96

Motherless Child

Various Artists

3:21

97

The Bumps

Various Artists

2:23

98

Tin Roof Blues

Sol Hoopii's Novelty Trio

3:17

99

Bamalong Blues

Andrew Baxter & Jim Baxter

3:09

100

Hana Won't You Open the Door

Sam McGee & Kirk McGee

2:52

101

Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance

Henry Thomas & Studio ensemble

2:51

102

James Alley Blues

3:10

103

Franklin Street Blues

Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight

3:22

104

Fight That Thing

Reb Spikes, Johnny Dodds, Bud Scott & Lillian Hardin Armstrong

2:34

105

Clarinet Wobble

Johnny Dodds & Studio ensemble

2:36

106

Mr. Johnson Turn Me Loose

South Georgia Highballers

2:59

107

My Old Daddy's Got a Brand New Way to Love

3:29

108

Honey in the Rock

Blind Mamie Forehand

2:43

109

Georgia Crawl

Henry Rubberlegs Williams

3:21

110

Blessed Are the Poor

Luther Magby & Blind Mamie Forehand

3:08

111

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Bix Beiderbecke, Bill Rank, Frankie Trumbauer & Don Murray

3:03

112

I Am Resolved

Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer

2:59

113

Curley Headed Woman

Burnett and Rutherford

3:07

114

Down South Blues

3:07

115

Black Snake Blues

Various Artists

3:00

116

Weary Way Blues

Various Artists

3:07

117

Honky Tonk Train Blues

Meade Lux Lewis

3:13

118

The Lord Is my Shepherd

Blind Connie Rosemond

3:29

119

Penn Beach Blues

Don Murray, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang & Frank Signorelli

2:51

120

Black Hearse Blues

Sara Martin & Sylvester Weaver

3:13

121

Cold Penitentiary Blues

3:26

122

Ziegfeld Follies of 1927: Shaking the Blues Away

Ruth Etting & Rube Bloom

3:13

123

The Crowing Rooster

Various Artists

3:24

124

Creole Love Call

Duke Ellington & Adelaide Hall

3:03

125

God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares

Blind Joe Taggart

2:47

126

Jazz Me Blues

Various Artists

2:54

127

Royal Garden Blues

Various Artists

2:54

128

Chattanooga Blues

3:08

129

New Orleans Lowdown

Bubber Miley & Duke Ellington

3:03

130

Barrelhouse Man

Various Artists

3:13

131

I Am Born to Preach the Gospel

Various Artists

3:03

132

Death Is Only a Dream

Edward Clayborn

2:56

133

Neckbones and Beans

Henry Johnson Boys

2:46

134

She's in the Graveyard Now

Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band

2:45

135

Yellow Dog Blues

2:32

136

Mamlish Blues

2:36

137

Starvation Blues

Various Artists

3:15

138

Wild Man Blues

Louis Armstrong & Johnny Dodds

3:11

139

Can You Blame the Colored Man?

2:44

140

Mama You Don't Know How Long

2:55

141

A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time

Sam Jones & Stovepipe No. 1

3:14

142

Second-Handed Blues

Margaret Johnson

3:20

143

Awful Fix

Buddy Boy Hawkins

2:28

144

Train 45

3:06

145

Hesitation Blues

3:08

146

Section Gang Blues

Alger "Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson

3:00

147

Lonesome Ghost Blues

3:10

148

Lord I Can't Stay Away

Violet Harmony Singers

3:23

149

Deep River

2:20

150

Doan Let Satan Git You

Barbour's Plantation Singers

2:45

151

Everytime I Feel the Spirit

Various Artists

2:59

152

Man Trouble

Jaybird Coleman

3:04

153

Big Road Blues

3:20

154

Deep River

Forbes Randolph's Kentucky Jubilee Choir

2:53

155

Blues in the Bottle

Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers

3:24

156

Stealin'

Memphis Jug Band

3:09

157

I'm Wild About My Lovin'

3:14

158

Viola Lee Blues

Cannon's Jug Stompers

3:10

159

Take Me Back

3:11

160

3 Preludes: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante con moto e poco rubato

George Gershwin

2:35

161

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Various Artists

3:16

162

Away Down in the Alley Blues

2:56

163

Going Across the Sea

Various Artists

2:59

164

Chocolate to the Bone

2:55

165

Pinetop's Blues

2:47

166

99 Year Blues

3:04

167

Touch Me Light Mama

George Williams

2:47

168

Mississippi Jail House Groan

Various Artists

3:23

169

Sawmill Moan

Various Artists

2:57

170

Johnson City Blues

2:58

171

Wayward Girl Blues

Lottie Kimbrough

2:53

172

I Must Have That Man

Annette Hanshaw

2:59

173

Slow Motion

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

2:42

174

Molly Man

3:08

175

If the Light Has Gone Out in Your Soul

Ernest Phipps & Roland Johnson

3:05

176

Mon chere bebe creole

2:46

177

Four or Five Times

Joe King Oliver

3:11

178

Avalon Blues

Mississippi John Hurt

3:04

179

I Ain't Got Nobody

3:07

180

G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again

Tom Nelson & T.C. Johnson

3:02

181

Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat man

2:57

182

Violin Blues

Johnson Boys, The

3:21

183

Good Old Turnip Greens

3:08

184

Every Day in the Week Blues

2:53

185

Alley Rat

3:00

186

I'm On My Journey Home

3:20

187

One Way Gal

3:16

188

Stack O'Lee, Pt. 2

2:33

189

Worried Blues

2:47

190

Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat man

3:03

191

Jungle Blues

Benny Goodman's Boys

3:18

192

Show Boat: Ol' Man River

Bing Crosby & Paul Whiteman

3:14

193

Old Time Baptism, Pt. 2

Various Artists

3:30

194

Blue Piano Stomp

Johnny Dodds Trio

3:09

195

Sunshine Special

Frenchy's String Band

3:13

196

Midnight Mama

Jelly Roll Mortons Levee Serenaders

2:47

197

Lord, Lord, He Sure Is Good

Various Artists

3:05

198

Wang Wang Blues

Sam Ku West Harmony Boys

3:08

199

It's Tight Like That

Frankie "Hal Pint" Jaxon & Tampa Red Hokum Jug Band

2:44

200

A Blues Serenade

Original Memphis Five

2:35

Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929) – Various Artists · Neo Music