Backwater Blues

~ Recording by Bessie Smith

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Backwater Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Promised LandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)478585-2
1.13Backwater Blues3:24Bessie SmithThe Norton Anthology of African American Literature Audio CompanionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Spokenword
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
(unknown)
1.10Backwater Blues3:20Bessie SmithThe Promised LandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • -1995
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

Backwater Blues

lyricist and composer:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:James P. Johnson (in 1927)
later versions:Backwater Blues (Dylan Arrangement)
Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement)
is the basis for:Wossaproblem