Ladies Sing The Blues (2CD)

For a sustaining donation of $10 per month or a one-time donation of $120, you’ll receive a limited copy of 2 CD set Ladies Sing The Blues, featuring music from Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Big Maybelle, and more.



Disc 1

1. Lady Sings The Blues – Billie Holiday
2. Waiter, Make Mine Blues – Anita O’Day
3. Blues, Early Early – Big Maybelle
4. Today I Sing The Blues – Aretha Franklin
5. Me And My Gin – Dinah Washington
6. Trombone Man Blues – Blue Lu Barker
7. Wanted – Annisteen Allen
8. Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues – Morgana King
9. Aged And Mellow Blues – Esther Phillips
10. Go Down Sunshine – Odetta
11. Cross-Eyed Blues – Helen Humes
12. Work Song – Nina Simone
13. Livin’ With The Blues – Barbara Dane
14. Freight Train Blues – Trixie Smith
15. Uneasy Blues – Marilyn Scott
16. Ella Hums The Blues – Ella Fitzgerald
17. Your Love Keeps A-Working On Me – Lula Reed
18. It’s Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) – Ruth Brown
19. I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle – LaVern Baker
20. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out – Bessie Smith

Disc 2

1. Every Day I Have The Blues – Donna Hightower
2. Fine Fat Daddy – Dinah Washington
3. Plow Hand Blues – Rosetta Howard
4. Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
5. Cherry Pickin’ Blues – Ida Cox With The Coleman Hawkins Quintet
6. I’m A Woman (But I Don’t Talk Too Much) – Lula Reed
7. Mecca Flat Blues – Barbara Dane
8. Back Water Blues – LaVern Baker
9. Ramblin’ Blues – Big Maybelle
10. I Hate That Train Called The M & O – Lucille Bogan
11. Careless Love Blues – Bessie Smith
12. I’ve Got Troubles – Annisteen Allen
13. You Don’t Know My Mind Blues – Mildred Bailey
14. Leavin’ This Mornin’ – Odetta
15. He Caught That B & O Blue – Lou Barker
16. Blues In The Night – Helen Shapiro
17. Gin House Blues – Nina Simone
18. T N & O Blues – Bessie Jackson
19. Long, Long Journey – Etta Jones
20. After You’ve Gone – Dinah Washington