Columbia matrix W142878. Young woman's blues / Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith

TitleSource
Young woman's blues (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Bessie Smith (composer)
Bessie Smith (lyricist)
Composer information source: Disc label; U.S. Copyright Office files.
PersonnelNotes
Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] (Musical group)
Bessie Smith (vocalist)
Bessie Smith (leader)
Buster Bailey (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Joe Smith (instrumentalist : cornet)
Fletcher Henderson (instrumentalist : piano)
Additional Information
  • Description: Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet, cornet, and piano
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Source(s): Dixon/Godrich/Rye (Col 35673 issue); Brown (issues); Rigler-Deutsch Index.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
10/26/1926 New York, New York 1 Unknown
10/26/1926 New York, New York 2 Master
10/26/1926 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia 14179-D 10-in.
10/26/1926 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia 35673 10-in. Issued from dub matrix B21171.
10/26/1926 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia C-31 10-in. Album set

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix W142878. Young woman's blues / Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032636/W142878-Young_womans_blues.

Columbia matrix W142878. Young woman's blues / Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032636/W142878-Young_womans_blues.

"Columbia matrix W142878. Young woman's blues / Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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