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A Beginner's Guide to the Blues - Bessie Smith

Paul Jones continues his series exploring the blues and featuring records by or inspired by the major figures who moulded the blues. Tonight, he celebrates Bessie Smith.

First broadcast in 2011.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • 笔辞濒颈莽补

    Chain My Name

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Bessie Smith

    I'm Wild About That Thing

    • Single.
    • Columbia.
  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Judy Teen

    • EMI.
  • Squeeze

    Goodbye Girl

    • A&M.
  • Tame Impala

    Eventually

    • Fiction/Polydor.
  • The Brothers Johnson

    Strawberry Letter 23

    • Eighties Soul Weekender 2 (Various).
    • Pump.
  • The Temptations

    Psychedelic Shack

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Desmond Dekker

    007 (Shanty Town)

    • MANGO.
  • Madness

    Night Boat To Cairo

    • Virgin.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 Aug 2014 02:00
  • Fri 17 Apr 2015 02:00
  • Fri 11 Mar 2016 02:00
  • Fri 20 Jan 2017 02:00
  • Fri 25 Jan 2019 02:00
  • Fri 1 Nov 2019 02:00
  • Fri 19 Jun 2020 03:30
  • Wed 29 Mar 2023 01:00
  • Wed 13 Mar 2024 01:30