EMPTY BED BLUES

Created on 03/11/2005
Latest update on 29/11/2023

Artist: Bessie Smith
Author: J.C. Johnson
Label: Columbia
Year: 1928

Top 20 US. Being the all-time greatest female blues singer didn't prevent her bleeding to death in the wake of a car crash.

Covers:

1929:

King Oliver

1954:

LaVern Baker

1960:

Josh White

1977:

Bette Midler

1984:

Dana Gillespie

1993:

Kim Doolittle [with Big Sugar]

1999:

Janiva Magness

2005:

Maria Muldaur

2008:

Leila Adu-Mike Cooper-Fabrizio Spera

2018:

Wynton Marsalis

2018:

Mitch Woods [with Maria Muldaur]

2018:

Rory Block

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