| Other author/creator | Fitzgerald, Ella. |
| Other author/creator | Garaland, Judy. |
| Other author/creator | Rainey, Sue. |
| Other author/creator | Simone, Nina, 1933-2003. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937. |
| Other author/creator | Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963. |
| Other author/creator | Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002. |
| Other author/creator | James, Etta, 1938-2012. |
| Other author/creator | Stafford, Jo. |
| Other author/creator | Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959. |
| Other author/creator | McRae, Carmen. |
| Other author/creator | Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990. |
| Other author/creator | Austin, Lovie. |
| Other author/creator | Hunter, Alberta. |
| Other author/creator | Big Maybelle, 1924-1972. |
| Other author/creator | Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939. |
| Other author/creator | Webster, Katie. |
| Other author/creator | Raitt, Bonnie. |
| Other author/creator | Taylor, Koko. |
| Other author/creator | King, Morgana. |
| Other author/creator | Laine, Cleo. |
| Other author/creator | Horne, Lena. |
| Other author/creator | Ronstadt, Linda. |
| Other author/creator | Barton, Lou Ann. |
| Other author/creator | Joplin, Janis. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006. |
| Other author/creator | Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. |
| Other author/creator | Cox, Ida, 1889-1967. |
| Other author/creator | Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977. |
| Other author/creator | Hill, Bertha Chippie. |
| Other author/creator | Carey, Mariah. |
| Other author/creator | Christy, June, 1925-1990. |
| Other author/creator | Streisand, Barbra. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Julie, 1924-2015 |
| Other author/creator | Hopkins, Linda. |
| Other author/creator | O'Day, Anita. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Mamie. |
| Other author/creator | Connor, Chris, 1927-2009. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Ruth. |
| Other author/creator | Green, Lil, 1919-1954. |
| Other author/creator | Andrews Sisters. |
| Contents |
After you've gone / Creamer & Layton -- Baby, won't you please come home / Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams -- Baby what you want me to do / by Jimmy Reed -- Basin Street blues / Spencer Williams -- Billie's blues : I love my man / by Billie Holiday -- Black coffee / Paul Francis Webster and Sonny Burke -- Blue turning grey over you / Thomas "Fats" Waller -- Crazy blues / Perry Bradford -- Don't explain / Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog -- Down hearted blues / Lovie Austin -- Don't get around much anymore / Bob Russell and Duke Ellington -- Everyday : I have the blues / by Peter Chatman -- Fine and mellow / Billie Holiday -- Fever / John Davenport and Eddie Cooley -- Gulf coast blues / Clarence Williams -- Gloomy Sunday / Sam Lewis and Rezso Seress -- A good man is hard to find / Eddie Green -- Hear me talkin' to ya / Louis Armstrong -- Hold what you've got / Joe Tex -- I almost lost my mind / Ivory Joe Hunter -- I cried for you / Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman -- I will not be denied / Jerry L. Williams -- I'm a woman / by Ellas McDaniel and Koko Taylor -- I ain't got nobody and nobody cares for me / Spencer Williams -- Jailhouse blues / Bessie Smith and Clarence Williams -- The jealous kind / by Robert Charles Guidry -- The lady sings the blues / Alec Wilder -- Mad about him, sad without him, how can I be glad without him blues / Larry Markes and Dick Charles -- Long gone blues / by Billie Holiday -- Love me or leave me / Walter Donaldson -- Lover man : Oh, where can you be? / by Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez and Jimmy Sherman -- A star is born : the man that got away / Harold Arlen -- Mean to me / Fred E. Ahlert and Roy Turk -- My handy man ain't handy no more / Andy Razaf -- My man blues / Bessie Smith -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Jimmy Cox -- Pink bedroom / John Hiatt -- Please help me get him off my mind / Bessie Smith -- Riverside blues / Thomas A. Dorsey and Richard M. Jones -- San Francisco Bay blues / Jesse Fuller -- See see rider / Ma Rainey |
| Contents |
-- Sentimental journey / Bud Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer -- Some of these days / Shelton Brooks -- Some other spring / Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings -- Sorrowful blues / Bessie Smith -- Spoonful / Willie Dixon -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy --Strange fruit / Lewis Allan -- Stormy weather : keeps rainin' all the time / Harold Arlen -- 'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do / Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins -- This bitter earth / by Clyde Otis -- Trouble in mind / Richard M. Jones -- Trouble is a man / Alec Wilder -- Two cigarettes in the dark / Lew Pollack -- Vision of love / Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies -- Wang dang doodle / by Willie Dixon -- When the sun comes out / Harold Arlen -- Why don't you do right? : get me some money, too! / Joe McCoy -- Why was I born / Jerome Kern -- Woman alone with the blues / Willard Robison -- Yellow dog blues / W.C. Handy -- Your red wagon / Don Raye, Gene De Paul and Richard M. Jones. |
| General note | "Piano, vocal, guitar." |
| General note | Subtitle on cover: Songs made famous by the great women of blues. |
| General note | Great women of blues: Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Sue Rainey, Nina Simone, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Etta James, Jo Stafford, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Mamie Smith, Lovie Austin, Alberta Hunter, Big Maybelle, Ma Rainey, Kate Webster, Saffire, Bonnie Raitt, Koko Taylor, Chris Connor, Morgana King, Cleo Laine, Lena Horne, Jeanette Davis, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Ann Barton, Josie Bush, Janis Joplin, Ruth Brown, Sophie Tucker, Ida Cox, Ethel Waters, Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Mariah Carey, Angela Stehli, June Christie, Barbara Streisand, Julie Wilson, Lil Green, Linda Hopkins, Barbara Lee, Anita O'Day, Andrews Sisters. |
| Other title | Songs made famous by the great women of blues. |
| Other title | After you've gone (Creamer) |
| Other title | Baby, won't you please come home (C. Warfield) |
| Other title | Baby what you want me to do (J. Reed) |
| Other title | Basin Street blues (S. Williams) |
| Other title | Billie's blues (B. Holiday) |
| Other title | I love my man (B. Holiday) |
| Other title | Black coffee (P.F. Webster) |
| Other title | Blue turning grey over you (F. Waller) |
| Other title | Crazy blues (P. Bradford) |
| Other title | Don't explain (B. Holiday) |
| Other title | Down hearted blues (L. Austin) |
| Other title | Don't get around much anymore (B. Russell) |
| Other title | Everyday (P. Chatman) |
| Other title | I have the blues (P. Chatman) |
| Other title | Fine and mellow (B. Holiday) |
| Other title | Fever (J. Davenport) |
| Other title | Gulf coast blues (C. Williams) |
| Other title | Gloomy Sunday (S. Lewis) |
| Other title | Good man is hard to find (E. Green) |
| Other title | Hear me talkin' to ya (L. Armstrong) |
| Other title | Hold what you've got (J. Tex) |
| Other title | I almost lost my mind (I.J. Hunter) |
| Other title | I cried for you (A. Freed) |
| Other title | I will not be denied (J.L. Williams) |
| Other title | I'm a woman (E. McDaniel) |
| Other title | I ain't got nobody and nobody cares for me (S. Williams) |
| Other title | Jailhouse blues (B. Smith) |
| Other title | Jealous kind (R.C. Guidry) |
| Other title | Lady sings the blues (A. Wilder) |
| Other title | Mad about him, sad without him, how can I be glad without him blues (L. Markes) |
| Other title | Long gone blues (B. Holiday) |
| Other title | Love me or leave me (W. Donaldson) |
| Other title | Lover man (J. Davis) |
| Other title | Oh, where can you be? (J. Davis) |
| Other title | Star is born (H. Arlen) |
| Other title | Man that got away (H. Arlen) |
| Other title | Mean to me (F.E. Ahlert) |
| Other title | My handy man ain't handy no more (A. Razaf) |
| Other title | My man blues (B. Smith) |
| Other title | Nobody knows you when you're down and out (J. Cox) |
| Other title | Pink bedroom (J. Hiatt) |
| Other title | Please help me get him off my mind (B. Smith) |
| Other title | Riverside blues (T.A. Dorsey) |
| Other title | San Francisco Bay blues (J. Fuller) |
| Other title | See see rider (M. Rainey) |
| Other title | Sentimental journey (B. Green) |
| Other title | Some of these days (S. Brooks) |
| Other title | Some other spring (A. Herzog) |
| Other title | Sorrowful blues (B. Smith) |
| Other title | Spoonful (W. Dixon) |
| Other title | St. Louis blues (W.C. Handy) |
| Other title | Strange fruit (L. Allan) |
| Other title | Stormy weather (Harold Arlen) |
| Other title | 'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do (P. Grainger) |
| Other title | This bitter earth (C. Otis) |
| Other title | Trouble in mind (R.M. Jones) |
| Other title | Two cigarettes in the dark (L. Pollack) |
| Other title | Vision of love (M. Carey) |
| Other title | Wang dang doodle (W. Dixon) |
| Other title | When the sun comes out (H. Arlen) |
| Other title | Why don't you do right? (J. McCoy) |
| Other title | Get me some money, too! (J. McCoy) |
| Other title | Why was I born (J. Kern) |
| Other title | Woman alone with the blues (W. Robison) |
| Other title | Yellow dog blues (W.C. Handy) |
| Other title | Your red wagon (D. Raye) |
| ISBN | 0793515572 (pbk.) |
| Publisher number | HL00311579 Hal Leonard Pub. Corp. |