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- Release Date: January 28, 1997
- Total Time: 99:35
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Blues
Review
This two-disc set draws on music from the 1920s to the 1990s, and includes songs from Bessie Smith ("Do Your Duty"), Etta James ("Good Rockin' Daddy"), Alberta Hunter ("I Got Myself a Working Man"), Koko Taylor ("Jump for Joy") Sippie Wallace, and Hadda Brooks. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| A Fool in Love | Ike Turner | Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton, Angela Strehli | (3:16) |
| Jump for Joy | Koko Taylor | Koko Taylor | (4:22) |
| I Don't Want No Man | Clifford Gibson | Big Time Sarah | (4:05) |
| Wild Women (Don't Have the Blues) | Ida Cox | Ida Cox | (3:17) |
| If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It | Andy Razaf, Alexander Hill | Ruth Brown | (5:23) |
| Trouble in Mind | Richard M. Jones | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | (2:34) |
| I Got Myself a Workin' Man | Alberta Hunter | Alberta Hunter | (3:17) |
| No! I Ain't Gonna Let You Go | Candye Kane | (2:59) | |
| Why Young Men Go Wild | Lavelle White | Lavelle White | (3:32) |
| Do Your Duty | Bessie Smith, Wesley Wilson | (3:25) | |
| Good Rockin' Daddy | Richard Berry, Joe Josea | Etta James | (2:24) |
| Why Don't You Do Right? | Joe McCoy | Lillian "Lil" Green | (2:59) |
| I Want My Money Back | Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women | (3:33) | |
| Dirty T.B. Blues | Victoria Spivey | Victoria Spivey | (3:08) |
| Poppa-Mama Blues | Edith Wilson | (3:53) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Better Left Unsaid | Michelle Willson | (3:21) | |
| Two-Fisted Mama | Katie Webster, Bruce Iglauer | (3:24) | |
| Gabbin' Blues | Leroy Kirkland, |
(2:41) | |
| Satisfy Me | Becky Barksdale, |
Becky Barksdale | (4:48) |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Lyrics) | Public Domain | Ma Rainey | (3:11) |
| Black Snake Blues | Sippie Wallace | Sippie Wallace | (2:49) |
| Evil Gal Blues | Leonard Feather, Lionel Hampton | Dinah Washington | (2:54) |
| Hound Dog | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | (2:50) | |
| I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Lyrics) | Nina Simone, |
Nina Simone | (2:32) |
| The Spirit Returns | Rory Block | (3:20) | |
| Crazy Blues | Traditional | Mamie Smith | (3:20) |
| One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | Francine Reed | (3:43) | |
| That's My Desire | Hadda Brooks | (2:44) | |
| Don't You Feel My Leg | Blue Lu Barker | (3:02) | |
| Me and My Chauffeur Blues (Lyrics) | Public Domain | Memphis Minnie | (2:49) |
