Crazy Blues: The Best of Mamie Smith

Original Release Date:  May 4, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. Crazy Blues
• 2. It's Right Here for You
• 3. Don't Care Blues
• 4. Frankie Blues
• 5. U Need Some Lovin' Blues
• 6. A-Wearin' Away the Blues
• 7. Down Home Blues
• 8. The Wang Wang Blues
• 9. Wabash Blues
• 10. Mean Daddy Blues
• 11. Dem Knock-Out Blues
• 12. Arkansas Blues
• 13. Mamie Smith Blues
• 14. That Da Da Strain
• 15. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll
• 16. Mean Man
• 17. The Darktown Flappers Ball
• 18. Kansas City Man Blues
• 19. Do It, Mr. So-And-So
• 20. The Lure of the South [#]
• 21. Golfing Papa
• 22. Miss Jenny's Ball
• 23. My Sportin' Man
• 24. Don't You Advertise Your Man
• 25. Keep a Song in Your Soul

Credits

• Mamie Smith: Composer, Vocals
• Buster Bailey: Clarinet
• Henry Busse: Composer
• Fats Waller: Composer
• Perry Bradford: Piano, Composer
• Robert Gordon: Liner Notes
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Steven Berkowitz: A&R
• Bubber Miley: Trumpet, Cornet
• Myrtle Barger: Composer
• Sidney Bechet: Sax (Soprano)
• George Bell: Violin
• Garvin Bushell: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Buddy Christian: Banjo
• David Daoud Coleman: Art Direction, Design
• Porter Grainger: Piano, Composer
• Alexander Hill: Composer
• Blackie Lawless: Composer
• Roy Turk: Composer
• Clarence Williams: Piano, Composer
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• Ernest Elliott: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Billy Fowler: Piano
• Lawrence Cohn: Compilation Producer
• Johnny Dunn: Cornet
• Nathan Glantz: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Jules Levy: Trumpet
• David Mitson: Mastering
• Laura Grover: Product Manager, Photo Research
• Bob Fuller: Clarinet, Sax (Soprano)
• Michael Simpson: Packaging Manager
• Hersal Brassfield: Sax (Alto)
• Phil Worde: Piano
• Harry Hull: Tuba
• J. Russel Robinson: Composer
• Larry Briers: Piano
• Leo Wood: Composer
• Anton Lada: Composer
• Dave Ringle: Composer
• Chink Johnson: Tuba
• Joseph Samuels: Clarinet, Violin, Leader
• Edgar Dowell: Composer
• Robert Gordon: Liner Notes
• Gus Mueller: Composer
• Ephraim Hannaford: Trombone
• Mamie Medina: Composer
• Charles A. Matson: Piano
• Curtis Mosby: Drums
• Buster Johnson: Composer
• Fred Meinken: Composer
• Stephen Marsh: Mastering
• Liz Reilly: Photo Research
• Cecil Carpenter: Trombone
• Cutie Perkins: Drums
• Julius Berkin: Trumpet
• Maria Triana: Mastering
• Ward "Dope" Andrews: Trombone
• Herb Flemming: Trombone
• Clarence Johnson: Composer
• Lucille Johnson: Composer
• Leroy Parker: Violin
• Tara McAdams: Liner Notes