Recommended Materials
BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME: HIS 25 GREATEST
Clarence Williams recordings from 1923 through 1933. Guest artists include Bessie Smith, Eva Taylor, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Red Allen, Eddie Lang, Buster Bailey, Don Redman and Prince Robinson.
ASV Records # 5403, 2001.
RAGS TO RHYTHM
Collection of 18 rags including King Oliver’s top twenty hit recording from 1924, “High Society Rag.”
Memphis Archives, 1994.
THE ESSENTIAL BESSIE SMITH
2-Disc collection of Bessie Smith recordings with guest artists Lincoln Conaway, Charlie Dixon, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Buster Bailey and Bobby Johnson. Compilation was included on Vibe Magazine’s 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century. Tracks include “Jail House Blues," “Aint Nobody’s Business If I Do,” “West End Blues,” “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home,” “Cake Walkin’ Baby From Home."
Legacy Recordings # 64922, 1997.
THE MINSTREL MAN FROM GEORGIA
20 Recordings by Emmett Miller including “I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None” and “I Ain’t Got Nobody.” Part of the Legacy Records Roots N’ Blues series.
Legacy Recordings # 66999, 1996.
NEW ORLEANS PIONEER: CLARENCE WILLIAMS
Clarence Williams with Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and Eva Taylor, performing 20 songs from his catalog including “Chizzlin’ Sam,” “Have You Ever Felt That Way” and “I Can’t Beat You Doin’ What You’re Doin’ to Me.” Recorded between 1923 and 1941.
Louisiana Red Hot # 633, 2000.