Bessie Music from the HBO film
Music - 2015
A mix of historical and contemporary recordings fills the soundtrack to the upcoming HBO film about the life of Bessie Smith. Included are tracks by Queen Latifah, who plays the blues icon in the film.
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- Motion picture music
Blues (Music) 2011-2020 - Published
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[New York, New York?] :
Home Box Office
c2015.
[New York, New York?] : Legacy c2015.
℗2015 - Language
- English
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- Item Description
- Title from disc label.
Some tracks previously released: track 4 (1927); track 7 (1962); track 9 (1939); tracks 13&14 (1929). - Physical Description
- 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in
- Young woman's blues (Queen Latifah)
- A hot time in the old town (Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks)
- Prove it on me (Carmen Twillie)
- Weary blues (Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven)
- Weepin' woman blues (Queen Latifah & Pat Bass)
- See See Rider (Tamar-kali)
- Ballin' the jack (Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band)
- Down hearted blues (Queen Latifah)
- A good man is hard to find (Fats Waller & His Rhythm)
- Preachin' the blues (Queen Latifah)
- I've got what it takes (but it breaks my heart to give it away) (Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks)
- Work house blues (Queen Latifah)
- I'm a mighty tight woman (Sippie Wallace)
- (What did I do to be so) Black and blue (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra)
- Laugh, clown, laugh (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
- Long old road (Queen Latifah)
- Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer (2015 remix) (Bessie Smith featuring Queen Latifah).