1 BIG BILL BROONZY (vocal & guitar) acc. by: Horace Malcolm (p), Washboard Sam (wbd) 00:00 I Feel So Good 2 BESSIE SMITH (vocal) acc. by the “Henderson’s Hot Six” 02:45 Yellow Dog Blues 3 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (vocal & harmonica), Joe Williams (g), Robert Lee McCoy (g) 05:48 Good Morning School Girl 4 LOUIS ARMSTRONG (vocal & trumpet) with “Luis Russel’s Orchestra” 08:49 St Louis Blues 5 LONNIE JOHNSON (vocal & guitar) acc. by: Roosevelt Sykes (p), unk. (b, dm) 11:43 Blue Ghost Blues 6 IVIE ANDERSON (vocal) with DUKE ELLINGTON (piano) and His Orchestra 14:43 Rocks in My Bed 7 HOT LIPS PAGE (vocal & trumpet) and His Band 17:49 Old Man Ben 8 LOUIS JORDAN (vocal & alto sax) and His “Tympany Five” 20:51 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 9 FRANKIE “HALF PINT” JAXON (voc) acc. by: Barney Bigard (cl), Lil Hardin (p), Wellman Braud (b), Sid Catlett (dm) 23:41 Callin’ Corrine 10 ROOSEVELT SYKES (vocal & piano) 26:31 New 44 Blues 11 PINE TOP SMITH (vocal & piano) 29:34 Pine Top's Blues 12 MEMPHIS SLIM (voc, p), Leroy Batchelor (b) 32:20 Beer Drinking Woman 13 MEMPHIS MINNIE (vocal & guitar) 35:39 Chickasaw Train 14 BLIND BOY FULLER (vocal & guitar) 38:53 Homesick and Lonesome Blues 15 KOKOMO ARNOLD (vocal & guitar), unknown (p) 42:01 Bad Luck Blues 16 IDA COX (vocal) acc. by her “All-Star Band” 44:54 ‘Fore Day Creep 17 SLEEPY JOHN ESTES (vocal & guitar), Hammie Nixon (har) 48:16 Someday Baby Blues 18 GEORGIA WHITE (vocal & piano), acc. by Ikey Robinson (g), John Lindsay (b) 51:15 The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ But 19 LEADBELLY (vocal & guitar) 53:56 Matchbox Blues (Ledbetter) 20 JOE TURNER (vocal) acc. by Pete Johnson (p) 56:59 Roll ‘Em Pete 21 THE HARLEM HAMFATS 59:45 Southern Blues 22 MAMIE SMITH (vocal) acc. by her “Jazz Hounds” 1:03:00 Crazy Blues 23 LEROY CARR (vocal & piano), Scrapper Blackwell (g) 1:06:25 When the Sun Goes Down 24 BUKKA WHITE (vocal & guitar), unknown (g) 1:09:21 Shake ‘Em on Down 25 JACK TEAGARDEN (vocal & trombone) and His Orchestra 1:12:21 Aunt Hagar’s Blues 26 BIG MACEO (vocal & piano) 1:15:06 Worried Life Blues 27 BILLIE HOLIDAY (vocal) and Her Orchestra 1:17:58 Billie’s Blues 28 ALBERTA HUNTER (vocal) acc. by: Charlie Shavers (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Wellman Braud (b) 1:20:36 Downhearted Blues 29 VICTORIA SPIVEY (vocal) and her “Hallelujah Boys” 1:23:26 Black Snake Blues 30 FATS WALLER (vocal & piano) and “His Rhythm” 1:26:30 Bessie, Bessie, Bessie 31 LIL GREEN (vocal) acc. by: Simeon Henry (p), Big Bill Broonzy (g), Ramson Knowling (b) 1:29:31 Why Don’t You Do Right 32 TRIXIE SMITH (vocal) acc. by: Charlie Shavers (tp), Sidney Bechet (cl), Sam Price (p), Teddy Bunn (g), Richard Fullbright (b), O’Neill Spencer (dm) 1:32:28 Freight Train Blues 33 BLUE LOU BARKER (vocal) acc. by “Danny Barker’s Flying Cats” 1:35:47 Georgia Grind 34 BROWNIE McGHEE (vocal & guitar), Sonny Terry (har), Robert Young (wbd) 1:38:49 Workingman's Blues (McGhee) 35 ETHEL WATERS (vocal) acc. by Joe Smith (cn), Fletcher Henderson (p) 1:41:36 Jazzin' Babies Blues 36 JOSHUA WHITE (vocal & guitar) acc. by: Edmond Hall (cl), Israel Crosby (b), Jimmy Hoskins (b) 1:44:44 Gotta Go 37 JIMMY RUSHING (vocal) with COUNT BASIE (piano) and His Orchestra 1:47:52 Goin' to Chicago 38 SIPPIE WALLACE (vocal & piano) acc. by: Johnny Dodds (cl), Honore Dutrey (tbn) 1:51:14 I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
39 WALTER BROWN (vocal) acc. by Jay McShann (p), Gene Ramey (b), Gus Johnson (dm) 1:54:07 Confessin' the Blues 40 “PAPA” CHARLIE JACKSON (vocal & banjo) 1:57:02 Shake That Thing 41 BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON (vocal & guitar) 2:00:01 Prison Cell Blues 42 SKIP JAMES (vocal & guitar) 2:02:44 I’m So Glad 43 JELLY ROLL MORTON (vocal & piano) 2:05:35 Mamie's Blues 44 ROBERT JOHNSON (vocal & guitar) 2:08:22 Sweet Home Chicago 45 MA RAINEY (vocal) acc. by her “Georgia Band” 2:11:22 See See Rider 46 BLIND BLAKE, vocal & guitar 2:14:28 Diddle Wa Diddle 47 THE HOKUM BOYS: Dan Roberts (vocal & guitar), Alex Hikll (voc, p) 2:17:24 Hokum Blues 48 TRIXIE SMITH (vocal), acc. by: Charlie Shavers (tp), Sidney Bechet (cl), Sam Price (p), Teddy Bunn (g), Richard Fullbright (b), O’Neill Spencer (dm) 2:20:45 Trouble in Mind Blues 49 BO CHATMAN (vocal & violin) with Charlie McCoy (mandolin, voc)., Walter Vineson (g) 2:23:53 Corrine, Corrina 50 CHARLIE PATTON (vocal & guitar) 2:27:09 A Spoonful Blues