TRACKS
CD1
1-1 Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
1-2 Ma Rainey– Stack O'Lee Blues
1-3 Bertha "Chippie" Hill – Trouble In Mind
1-4 Mamie Smith – Crazy Blues
1-5 Ethel Waters – Frankie And Johnny
1-6 Cleo Gibson – I've Got Ford Movements In My Hips
1-7 Sippie Wallace – I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
1-8 Ma Rainey – See See Rider
1-9 Billie Holiday– Long Gone Blues
1-10 Lucille Bogan– Struttin' My Stuff
1-11 Geeshie Wiley– Last Kind Words
1-12 Bessie Smith– Gimme A Pigfoot
1-13 Bessie Jackson– That's What My Baby Likes
1-14 Lil Johnson– Hot Nuts
1-15 Memphis Minnie– Hoodoo Lady
1-16 Lil Armstrong – Bluer Than Blue
1-17 Ida Cox – Hard Times Blues
1-18 Bessie Smith – Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
1-19 Lil Green – Knockin' Myself Out
1-20 Mabel Scott– Just Give Me A Man
CD2
2-1 Billie Holiday– Strange Fruit
2-2 Sister Rosetta Tharpe– This Train
2-3 Memphis Minnie– Me And My Chauffeur Blues
2-4 Lena Horne– Beale Street Blues
2-5 Etta James– W-O-M-A-N
2-6 Big Mama Thornton– Hound Dog
2-7 Julia Lee– That's What I Like
2-8 Albinia Jones– Evil Gal Blues
2-9 Helen Humes– Airplane Blues
2-10 'Christine Kittrell– Sittin' Here Drinkin
2-11 Billie Holiday– Summertime
2-12 LaVern Baker– Soul On Fire
2-13 Sister Rosetta Tharpe– Strange Things Happen Every Day
2-14 Jewel King– 3 x 7 = 21
2-15 Annisteen Allen & Her Home Town Boys – I Want A Man (Who's Gonna Do Right)
2-16 Julia Lee – Do You Want It
2-17 Big Mama Thornton– Nightmare
2-18 Little Esther – Aged And Mellow Blues
2-19 Helen Humes – Helen's Advice
2-20 Julia Lee – Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana)
CD3
3-1 Nina Simone – Gin House Blues
3-2 Etta James – I Just Want To Make Love To You
3-3 Aretha Franklin– Today I Sing The Blues
3-4 Ruth Brown– Oh What A Dream
3-5 Ann Cole– Got My Mojo Working
3-6 Carla Thomas– I'll Bring It On Home To You
3-7 Betty Everett– Killer Diller
3-8 LaVern Baker– I Waited Too Long
3-9 Sister Rosetta Tharpe– Rock Me
3-10 Aretha Franklin– Operation Heartbreak
3-11 Barbara Stephens– The Life I Live
3-12 Irma Thomas– Cry On
3-13 Nina Simone– Work Song
3-14 Aretha Franklin– That Lucky Old Sun
3-15 LaVern Baker– Shake A Hand
3-16 Etta James– I'll Dry My Tears
3-17 Ruth Brown– Sweet Baby Of Mine
3-18 Betty Everett– My Love
3-19 Ann Cole– Easy, Easy Baby
3-20 Nina Simone– The House Of The Rising Sun (Live)