Classic Female Blues Music: Album, Track and Artist Charts - Rhapsody Music

Description of Classic Female Blues

Women began recording the blues in the 1920s. Led by singers like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, they produced a string of early hits that were markedly sassy and confident in tone. Later artists like Billie Holiday toned down the sass a bit, but sang just as honestly about their relationships and lives.

Classic Female Blues Key Tracks

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Play/Add		Track	Artist
		1. St. Louis Blues	Bessie Smith
		2. Crazy Blues	Mamie Smith
		3. Why Was I Born?	Dinah Washington
		4. Them There Eyes	Hadda Brooks
		5. I'm A Woman	Koko Taylor
		6. When The Levee Breaks	Memphis Minnie
		7. Where Are You?	Mildred Bailey
		8. I'd Rather Go Blind	Etta James
		9. Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith
		10. Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business)	Big Maybelle

Classic Female Blues Key Albums

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Classic Female Blues Key Artists

Whether performing jazz
standards or deep soul
blues, Hunter's talents
reach back to the rustic
beginnings of blues. In th...

This sometimes sultry,
sometimes gut-wrenching
"Empress of the Blues" was
one of the genre's very first
recording artists. First rec...

Big Mama Thornton

The growling Big Mama only
had one hit, 1953's "Hound
Dog," but she would
influence a generation of
bluesy soul sirens.

Big Maybelle was one of the
most popular R&B/blues
shouters of the 1950s. Her
voice was as big as the
world. Her star faded in t...

Esther Phillips

The provocative, insatiable
Ms. Etta James sings with
unrivaled passion whether
it be soul, blues, soul-blues,
or R&B. Etta James once sai...

Victoria Spivey

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