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Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
234 SONGS • 11 HOURS AND 41 MINUTES • NOV 01 2012
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Kiss Me Sweet
Joe King Oliver
03:08
51
Toddlin' Blues
Don Murray
02:42
52
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel this Morning
Alberta Hunter
02:47
53
Steppin' on the Blues
Jimmy O'Bryant
02:30
54
All Night Long Blues
Roba Stanley
03:14
55
Meddlin' with the Blues
Two of Spades
03:09
56
Frank Du Pree
Andrew Jenkins
02:56
57
Steel String Blues
Sylvester Weaver
03:12
58
Hersal Blues
Hersal Thomas
02:58
59
Street Cries of New Orleans
Edna Thomas
02:59
60
The Wagon
Ben Harney
01:45
61
A Married Man's Blues
Wade Ward
02:38
62
She's Cryin' for Me
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
02:44
63
Put Me in the Alley Blues
Albert Nicholas
02:51
64
All I Want Is a Little Spoonful
Papa Charlie Jackson
02:39
65
Red Man Blues
Armand Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
02:58
66
South Street Blues
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
02:34
67
No Home Blues
Louise Ross
02:44
68
Sugar Babe
Lee Morse
02:38
69
Careless Love
Bessie Smith
03:26
70
Don't Fish in My Sea
Ma Rainey
02:52
71
I'll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called)
Roosevelt Graves and His Brother
02:29
72
I Want My Life to Testify
Hendersonville Double Quartet
02:53
73
Can't Sleep Blues
Pebbles, The
02:28
74
String Band Blues
Kansas City Blues Strummers
02:31
75
Black Cat Blues
Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
03:05
76
Mama's Angel Child
Johnny Watson
02:57
77
Jack O'Diamond Blues
Sippie Wallace
03:04
78
Memphis Shake
Dixieland Jug Blowers
03:16
79
Crucifixion
Arizona Dranes
03:29
80
Royal Palm Special
Robert Cooksey
03:02
81
Lamb's Blood Has Washed Me Clean
Jubilee Singers
03:15
82
I Shall Wear a Crown
Studio vocal ensemble
03:10
83
High Fever
Freddie Keppard
03:19
84
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
Homer Quincy Smith
02:49
85
Blackville
Hazel Meyers
03:09
86
Bridwell Blues
Nolan Welsh
03:27
87
Fat Meat and Greens
Jelly Roll Morton
02:56
88
Christians Fight on Your Time Ain't Long
Bo Weavil Jackson
02:43
89
Got the Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
02:57
90
Chock House Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
02:40
91
Birth of the Blues
Charles Gaylord
03:05
92
Knoxville Blues
Uncle Dave Macon
03:01
93
My Soul Is a Witness
Arizona Dranes
02:25
94
Smoke House Blues
Jelly-Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers
03:25
95
Boneyard Shuffle
Red Heads, The
02:52
96
Motherless Children: Motherless Child
Blind Willie Johnson
03:20
97
The Bumps
Jeanette James Synco Jazzers
02:22
98
Tin Roof Blues
Sol Hoopii's Novelty Trio
03:16
99
Bamalong Blues
Andrew Baxter
03:08
100
Hana Won't You Open the Door
SAM McGEE
02:51
101
Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance
Henry Thomas
02:50
102
James Alley Blues
Richard Brown
03:09
103
Franklin Street Blues
Louis Dumaine'S Jazzola Eight
03:21
104
Fight that Thing
Reb Spikes
02:33
105
Clarinet Wobble
Johnny Dodds
02:36
106
Mr. Johnson Turn Me Loose
South Georgia Highballers
02:58
107
My Old Daddy's Got a Brand New Way to Love
Thomas Morris
03:28
108
Honey in the Rock
Blind Mamie Forehand
02:42
109
Georgia Crawl
Henry Rubberlegs Williams
03:20
110
Blessed are the Poor
Luther Magby
03:07
111
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Bix Beiderbecke
03:02
112
I Am Resolved
Ernest Stoneman
02:58
113
Curley Headed Woman
Burnett & Rutherford
03:06
114
Down South Blues
Dock Boggs
03:06
115
Black Snake Blues
King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators
02:59
116
Weary Way Blues
Jimmy Blythe'S Owls
03:06
117
Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
03:12
118
The Lord is my Shepherd
Blind Connie Rosemond
03:28
119
Penn Beach Blues
Don Murray
02:50
120
Black Hearse Blues
Sara Martin
03:12
121
Cold Penitentiary Blues
B.F. Shelton
03:25
122
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927: Shaking the Blues Away
Ruth Etting
03:12
123
The Crowing Rooster
Walter Rhodes
03:23
124
Creole Love Call
Duke Ellington
03:02
125
God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares
Blind Joe Taggart
02:46
126
Jazz Me Blues
Bix Beiderbecke Gang
02:53
127
Royal Garden Blues
Bix Beiderbecke Gang
02:54
128
Chattanooga Blues
The Allen Brothers
03:07
129
New Orleans Lowdown
Bubber Miley
03:02
130
Barrelhouse Man
Will Ezell
03:13
131
I Am Born to Preach the Gospel
Washington Phillips
03:02
132
Death Is Only a Dream
Edward Clayborn
02:55
133
Neckbones and Beans
Henry Johnson Boys
02:45
134
She's in the Graveyard Now
Earl McDonald'S Original Louisville Jug Band
02:44
135
Yellow Dog Blues
Sam Collins
02:31
136
Mamlish Blues
Ed Bell
02:35
137
Starvation Blues
Jesse Stone's Blue Serenaders
03:14
138
Wild Man Blues
Louis Armstrong
03:10
139
Can You Blame the Colored Man?
Gus Cannon
02:43
140
Mama You Don't Know How Long
Down Home Boys
02:55
141
A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time
David Crockett
03:13
142
Second-Handed Blues
Margaret Johnson
03:19
143
Awful Fix
Buddy Boy Hawkins
02:27
144
Train 45
Gilliam Banmon Grayson
03:05
145
Hesitation Blues
Al Bernard
03:07
146
Section Gang Blues
Alger "Texas" Alexander
02:59
147
Lonesome Ghost Blues
Lonnie Johnson
03:09
148
Lord I Can't Stay Away
Violet Harmony Singers
03:22
149
Deep River
Paul Robeson
02:19
150
Doan Let Satan Git You
Barbour's Plantation Singers
02:44
151
Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Mae Frierson Moore
02:58
152
Man Trouble
Jaybird Coleman
03:03
153
Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson
03:19
154
Deep River
Forbes Randolph's Kentucky Jubilee Choir
02:52
155
Blues in the Bottle
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
03:23
156
Stealin'
Memphis Jug Band
03:08
157
I'm Wild About My Lovin'
Jim Jackson
03:13
158
Viola Lee Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers
03:09
159
Take Me Back
Frank Stokes
03:10
160
3 Preludes: 3 Preludes: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante con moto e poco rubato
George Gershwin
02:34
161
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Biddleville Quintet
03:15
162
Away Down in the Alley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
02:55
163
Going Across the Sea
Henry L. Bandy
02:58
164
Chocolate to the Bone
Robert Hicks
02:54
165
Pinetop's Blues
Pinetop Smith
02:46
166
99 Year Blues
Julius Daniels
03:03
167
Touch Me Light Mama
George Williams
02:46
168
Mississippi Jail House Groan
Rube Lacey
03:22
169
Sawmill Moan
Rambling Thomas
02:56
170
Johnson City Blues
Clarence Green
02:57
171
Wayward Girl Blues
Lottie Kimbrough
02:52
172
I Must Have That Man
Annette Hanshaw
02:58
173
Slow Motion
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
02:41
174
Molly Man
Moses Mason
03:07
175
If the Light Has Gone Out in Your Soul
Ernest Phipps Holiness Singers
03:04
176
Mon chere bebe creole
Dennis McGee
02:45
177
Four or Five Times
Joe King Oliver
03:10
178
Avalon Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
03:03
179
I Ain't Got Nobody
Emmett Miller
03:06
180
G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
Tom Nelson
03:01
181
Show Boat: Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat man
Helen Morgan
02:56
182
Violin Blues
Johnson Boys, The
03:20
183
Good Old Turnip Greens
Bo Chatman
03:07
184
Every Day in the Week Blues
Pink Anderson
02:52
185
Alley Rat
Jimmy Blythe
02:59
186
I'm On My Journey Home
Denson Quartet
03:19
187
One Way Gal
William Moore
03:15
188
Stack O'Lee, Part 2
Cliff Edwards
02:32
189
Worried Blues
Gladys Bentley
02:46
190
Show Boat: Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat man
Helen Morgan
03:02
191
Jungle Blues
Benny Goodman's Boys
03:17
192
Show Boat: Show Boat: Ol' Man River
Bing Crosby
03:13
193
Old Time Baptism, Part 2
R.M. Massey
03:29
194
Blue Piano Stomp
Johnny Dodds Trio
03:08
195
Sunshine Special
Frenchy's String Band
03:12
196
Midnight Mama
Frances Hereford
02:46
197
Lord, Lord, He Sure is Good
Richard Bryant
03:04
198
Wang Wang Blues
Sam Ku West Harmony Boys
03:08
199
It's Tight Like That
Frankie "Hal Pint" Jaxon
02:44
200
A Blues Serenade
Original Memphis Five
02:34
201
I Truly Understand You Love Another Man
Shortbuckle Roarke Family
02:35
202
I Found A New Baby
Chicago Rhythm Kings
03:09
203
Hard Hustlin' Blues
Bernice Edwards
03:10
204
The Boy in the Boat
Charlie Johnson Paradise Ten
03:33
205
School Girl Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
03:28
206
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Boyd Senter Sentipedes
03:05
207
Ham Beats All Meat
Dr. Humphrey Bate Possum Hunters
02:37
208
In the Mornin'
Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
02:56
209
The Preacher Got Drunk and Laid His Bible Down
Tennessee Ramblers
02:46
210
Home Town Blues
Roane County Ramblers
03:08
211
Judge Harsh Blues
Furry Lewis
03:04
212
Caution Blues
Earl Hines
03:00
213
Blue Harmony
Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers
03:31
214
Cannon Ball Blues
Frank Hutchison
03:20
215
Brown Skin Blues
Dick Justice
03:11
216
Leake County Blues
Leake County Revelers
03:05
217
Bathe in that Beautiful Pool
Dock Walsh
02:56
218
Easy Rider Blues
Leo Soileau
02:55
219
Operation Blues
Frankie "Hal Pint" Jaxon
03:11
220
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
Sippie Wallace
02:51
221
That's No Way to Get Along
Robert Wilkins
02:53
222
Walking Blues
Raymond Barrow
03:05
223
Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend
Bubbling Over Five
03:15
224
St. Louis Blues - Weary Yodelin' Blues
Roy Evans
03:56
225
Fresno Blues
Johnnie Crockett
02:55
226
Mean Low Blues
James Simons
03:15
227
Georgia Bound
Blind Blake
03:22
228
If I Call You Mama
Luke Jordan
03:12
229
Just Blues
Andy Sannella
02:53
230
Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
Blind Teddy Darby
03:06
231
New York Blues
Roosevelt Graves
03:11
232
Guitar Blues
Lonnie Johnson
03:17
233
Avenue Strut
Herve Duerson
02:48
234
Slum Gullion Stomp
Cow Cow Davenport
02:59
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