The Rough Guide To Blues Divas Vinyl LP 2020

1. Ma Rainey - Black Eye Blues - Ma Rainey
2. Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown - Waters, Ethel
3. Clara Smith - Salty Dog - Smith, Clara
4. Mamie Smith - Jenny's Ball - Smith, Mamie
5. Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues - Spivey, Victoria
6. Alberta Hunter - Everybody Mess Around - Hunter, Alberta
7. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Smith, Bessie
8. Edith Wilson - My Man Is Good For Nothing But Love - Wilson, Edith
9. Ida Cox - Give Me A Break Blues - Cox, Ida
10. Lucille Bogan - Tired As I Can Be - Bogan, Lucille
11. Lucille Hegamin - Shake Your Cans - Hegamin, Lucille
12. Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Wallace, Sippie
13. Hattie Burleson - Bye Bye Baby - Burleson, Hattie

The 1920s "classic era" of recorded blues was dominated by women who lived and performed in the cities. This Rough Guide explores its glitzy heyday when singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey became the first real stars of the blues.

This is an album which revives the memory of the largely forgotten 1920s blues queens and explores the hugely significant and often overlooked role that women have played in the story of the blues. Highlights the first wave of blues singers who inspired the likes of Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. The tracks were lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques.