Backwater Blues
~ Recording by Bessie Smith
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Backwater Blues | 3:20 | Bessie Smith | The Promised Land | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 478585-2 |
| 1.13 | Backwater Blues | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Audio Companion | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Spokenword |
| W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Backwater Blues | 3:20 | Bessie Smith | The Promised Land | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 66969 |
Relationships
| recording of: | Backwater Blues |
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Related works
Backwater Blues
| lyricist and composer: | Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927) |
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| piano arranger: | James P. Johnson (in 1927) |
| later versions: | Backwater Blues (Dylan Arrangement) Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement) |
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| is the basis for: | Wossaproblem |
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