Tracklist
| CD 1 : Mamie Smith | |||
| 1.1 | –Mamie Smith | ThatThing Called Love | 3:13 |
| 1.2 | –Mamie Smith | You Can't Keep A Good Man Down | 3:19 |
| 1.3 | –Mamie Smith | Crazy Blues | 3:24 |
| 1.4 | –Mamie Smith | It's Right Here For You (If You Don't Get It - 'Tain't No Fault O'Mine) | 2:56 |
| 1.5 | –Mamie Smith | Farr Thee Honey Blues | 2:46 |
| 1.6 | –Mamie Smith | The Road Is Rocky (But I Am Gonna Find My Way) | 3:06 |
| 1.7 | –Mamie Smith | Mem'ries Of You Mammy | 3:18 |
| 1.8 | –Mamie Smith | If You Don't Want Me Blues | 3:20 |
| 1.9 | –Mamie Smith | Don't Care Blues | 3:03 |
| 1.10 | –Mamie Smith | Frankie Blues | 3:11 |
| CD 1 : Bessie Smith | |||
| 1.11 | –Bessie Smith | Down Harter Blues | 3:28 |
| 1.12 | –Bessie Smith | Graveyard Dream Blues | 2:47 |
| 1.13 | –Bessie Smith | Far Away Blues | 3:03 |
| 1.14 | –Bessie Smith | I'm Going Back To My Used To Be | 2:56 |
| 1.15 | –Bessie Smith | Any Woman's Blues | 3:28 |
| 1.16 | –Bessie Smith | Chicago Bound Blues | 3:19 |
| 1.17 | –Bessie Smith | St. Louis Blues | 3:13 |
| 1.18 | –Bessie Smith | Wreckless Blues | 3:06 |
| 1.19 | –Bessie Smith | Sobbin' Hearted Blues | 3:01 |
| 1.20 | –Bessie Smith | Cold In Hand Blues | 3:15 |
| 1.21 | –Bessie Smith | Cake Walkin' Babies From Home | 3:12 |
| 1.22 | –Bessie Smith | Dixie Flyer Blues | 3:12 |
| CD 2 : Clara Smith - Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie | |||
| 2.1 | –Clara Smith | Down In The Mouf' Blues | 3:06 |
| 2.2 | –Clara Smith | Low Land Moan | 3:27 |
| 2.3 | –Clara Smith | Woman To Woman | 3:24 |
| 2.4 | –Clara Smith | You're Getting Old On Your Job | 3:16 |
| 2.5 | –Clara Smith | What Makes You Act Like That ? | 3:09 |
| 2.6 | –Clara Smith | You Had Too Much | 3:21 |
| 2.7 | –Clara Smith | Don't Wear It Show | 3:19 |
| CD 2 : Ma Rainey | |||
| 2.8 | –Ma Rainey | Chain Gang Blues | 3:08 |
| 2.9 | –Ma Rainey | Wringing And Twisting Blues | 2:55 |
| 2.10 | –Ma Rainey | Dead Drunk Blues | 2:51 |
| 2.11 | –Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | 3:12 |
| 2.12 | –Ma Rainey | New Bloweavil Blues | 2:54 |
| 2.13 | –Ma Rainey | Moonshine Blues | 2:56 |
| 2.14 | –Ma Rainey | Deep Moanin' Blues | 2:43 |
| CD 2 : Memphis Minnie | |||
| 2.15 | –Memphis Minnie | Has Anyone Seen My Man ? | 2:47 |
| 2.16 | –Memphis Minnie | I Hate To See The Sun Go Down | 2:46 |
| 2.17 | –Memphis Minnie | Ice Man (Come On Up) | 3:00 |
| 2.18 | –Memphis Minnie | Hoodo Lady | 3:05 |
| 2.19 | –Memphis Minnie | I'm A Bad Luck Woman | 3:04 |
| 2.20 | –Memphis Minnie | Black Cat Blues | 2:57 |
| 2.21 | –Memphis Minnie | Good Morning | 3:01 |
| CD 3 : Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |||
| 3.1 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | I Look Down The Line (And I Wondered) | 3:00 |
| 3.2 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Sit Down | 2:22 |
| 3.3 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Stand By Me | 2:54 |
| 3.4 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Rock Me | 2:48 |
| 3.5 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | That's All | 2:38 |
| 3.6 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | I Want To Live So God Can Use Me | 2:35 |
| 3.7 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | I Claim Jesus First | 2:43 |
| 3.8 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Strange Things Happening Every Day | 2:54 |
| 3.9 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Two Little Fishes And Five Loaves Of Bread | 2:59 |
| 3.10 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend | 2:29 |
| 3.11 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | How Far From God | 3:00 |
| 3.12 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | When I Move To The Sky | 2:57 |
| 3.13 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Jesus Is Here To Stay | 2:52 |
| 3.14 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Oh When I Come To The End Of My Journey | 3:00 |
| 3.15 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Beams Of Heaven | 2:44 |
| 3.16 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air | 2:34 |
| 3.17 | –Sister Rosetta Tharpe | My Journey To The Sky | 3:15 |
| CD 3 : Ethel Waters | |||
| 3.18 | –Ethel Waters | You Had It Coming To You | 2:19 |
| 3.19 | –Ethel Waters | What Goes Up Must Come Down | 3:03 |
| 3.20 | –Ethel Waters | Jeepers Creepers | 2:50 |
| 3.21 | –Ethel Waters | Bread And Gravy | 2:56 |
| 3.22 | –Ethel Waters | They Say | 2:30 |
| 3.23 | –Ethel Waters | Baby What Else Can I Do ? | 2:58 |
| 3.24 | –Ethel Waters | If You Ever Change Your Mind | 2:51 |
| 3.25 | –Ethel Waters | I Just Got A Letter | 2:26 |
| 3.26 | –Ethel Waters | Push Out | 2:46 |
| 3.27 | –Ethel Waters | Old Man Harlem | 2:57 |
| CD 4 : Alberta Hunter - Chicago Legends | |||
| 4.1 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | St Louis Blues | 2:26 |
| 4.2 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | Moanin' Low | 4:44 |
| 4.3 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | Downhearted Blues | 2:57 |
| 4.4 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | Now I'm Satisfied | 2:45 |
| 4.5 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | Sweet Georgia Brown | 6:35 |
| 4.6 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | You Better Change | 5:36 |
| 4.7 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | C-Jam Blues | 2:54 |
| 4.8 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | Streets Paved With Gold | 3:04 |
| 4.9 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | Gallion Stomp | 3:07 |
| 4.10 | –Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | I Will Always Be In Love With You | 3:26 |
| CD 4 : Alberta Hunter / Lucille Hegamin / Victoria Spivey - Songs We Taught Your Mother | |||
| 4.11 | –Alberta Hunter | I Got Myself A Workin' Man | 3:16 |
| 4.12 | –Lucille Hegamin | St Louis Blues | 3:32 |
| 4.13 | –Victoria Spivey | Black Snake Blues | 4:09 |
| 4.14 | –Alberta Hunter | I Got A Mind To Ramble | 2:42 |
| 4.15 | –Lucille Hegamin | You'll Want My Love | 3:00 |
| 4.16 | –Victoria Spivey | Going Blues | 4:47 |
| 4.17 | –Alberta Hunter | You Gotta Reap What You Sow | 2:43 |
| 4.18 | –Lucille Hegamin | Arkansas Blues | 3:40 |
| 4.19 | –Victoria Spivey | Got The Blues So Bad | 3:09 |
| 4.20 | –Alberta Hunter | Chirpin' The Blues | 3:33 |
| 4.21 | –Lucille Hegamin | Has Anybody Seen My Corinne | 4:37 |
| 4.22 | –Victoria Spivey | Let Him Beat Me | 3:00 |
| CD 5 : Ida Cox With The Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Blues For Rampart Street | |||
| 5.1 | –Ida Cox | Blues For Rampart Street | 3:01 |
| 5.2 | –Ida Cox | St Louis Blues | 3:25 |
| 5.3 | –Ida Cox | Fogyism | 4:33 |
| 5.4 | –Ida Cox | Wild Woman Don't Have The Blues | 3:19 |
| 5.5 | –Ida Cox | Hard Time Blues | 4:14 |
| 5.6 | –Ida Cox | Cherry Pickin' Blues | 3:33 |
| 5.7 | –Ida Cox | Hard, Oh Lord | 3:50 |
| 5.8 | –Ida Cox | Lawdy, Lawdy Blues | 5:55 |
| 5.9 | –Ida Cox | Death Letter Blues | 3:42 |
| 5.10 | –Ida Cox | Mama Goes Where Papa Goes | 3:25 |
| CD 5 : Helen Humes : 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do | |||
| 5.11 | –Helen Humes | You Can Depend On Me | 3:22 |
| 5.12 | –Helen Humes | Trouble In Mind | 2:41 |
| 5.13 | –Helen Humes | Among My Souvenirs | 3:14 |
| 5.14 | –Helen Humes | Ain't Misbehavin' | 4:05 |
| 5.15 | –Helen Humes | Star Dust | 4:48 |
| 5.16 | –Helen Humes | Bill Bailey | 2:24 |
| 5.17 | –Helen Humes | When I Grow Too Old To Dream | 3:38 |
| 5.18 | –Helen Humes | A Good Man Is Hard To Find | 3:09 |
| 5.19 | –Helen Humes | 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do | 2:29 |
| 5.20 | –Helen Humes | I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good | 3:29 |
| 5.21 | –Helen Humes | When The Saints Go Marching In | 4:04 |
| CD 6 : Big Maybelle | |||
| 6.1 | –Big Maybelle | Just Want Your Love | 3:19 |
| 6.2 | –Big Maybelle | Gabbin' Blues | 2:45 |
| 6.3 | –Big Maybelle | My Country Man | 2:38 |
| 6.4 | –Big Maybelle | Rain Down Rain | 3:07 |
| 6.5 | –Big Maybelle | Way Back Home | 2:48 |
| 6.6 | –Big Maybelle | Stay Away From My Sam | 2:35 |
| 6.7 | –Big Maybelle | Jinny Mule | 2:50 |
| 6.8 | –Big Maybelle | Maybelle's Blues | 3:14 |
| 6.9 | –Big Maybelle | I've Got A Feeling | 3:00 |
| 6.10 | –Big Maybelle | You'll Never Know | 3:05 |
| CD 6 : Big Mama Thornton | |||
| 6.11 | –Big Mama Thornton | Hound Dog | 2:53 |
| 6.12 | –Big Mama Thornton | Rock-A-Bye Baby | 2:40 |
| 6.13 | –Big Mama Thornton | Mischievous Boogie | 2:34 |
| 6.14 | –Big Mama Thornton | Don't Talk Back | 2:50 |
| 6.15 | –Big Mama Thornton | You Don't Move Me No More | 2:45 |
| 6.16 | –Big Mama Thornton | Just Can't Help Myself | 2:58 |
| 6.17 | –Big Mama Thornton | Stop A-hoppin' On Me | 2:39 |
| 6.18 | –Big Mama Thornton | They Call Me Big Mama | 2:05 |
| 6.19 | –Big Mama Thornton | Walking Blues | 3:02 |
| 6.20 | –Big Mama Thornton | I Smell A Rat | 2:39 |
| 6.21 | –Big Mama Thornton | I Ain't No Fool Either | 2:23 |
| 6.22 | –Big Mama Thornton | Willie Mae's Blues | 2:43 |
| 6.23 | –Big Mama Thornton | Hard Times | 2:14 |
| 6.24 | –Big Mama Thornton | Big Mama's Coming Home | 2:28 |
| 6.25 | –Big Mama Thornton | The Fish | 2:45 |
| CD 7 : Etta James - At Last! | |||
| 7.1 | –Etta James | Anything To Say You're Mine | 2:35 |
| 7.2 | –Etta James | My Dearest Darling | 3:01 |
| 7.3 | –Etta James | Trust In Me | 2:58 |
| 7.4 | –Etta James | A Sunday Kind Of Love | 3:16 |
| 7.5 | –Etta James | Tough Mary | 2:24 |
| 7.6 | –Etta James | I Just Want To Make Love To You | 3:05 |
| 7.7 | –Etta James | At last | 3:01 |
| 7.8 | –Etta James | All I Could Do Was Cry | 2:55 |
| 7.9 | –Etta James | Stormy Weather | 3:08 |
| 7.10 | –Etta James | Girl Of My Dreams | 2:21 |
| CD 7 : Etta James - Second Time Around | |||
| 7.11 | –Etta James | Don't Cry Baby | 2:27 |
| 7.12 | –Etta James | Fool That I Am | 2:58 |
| 7.13 | –Etta James | One For Me Baby | 3:28 |
| 7.14 | –Etta James | In My Diary | 2:36 |
| 7.15 | –Etta James | Seven Day Fool | 3:00 |
| 7.16 | –Etta James | It's Too Soon To Know | 2:48 |
| 7.17 | –Etta James | Dream | 2:25 |
| 7.18 | –Etta James | I'll Dry My Tear | 2:38 |
| 7.19 | –Etta James | Plum Nuts | 3:00 |
| 7.20 | –Etta James | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 2:25 |
| CD 8 : Ruth Brown - Rock & Roll | |||
| 8.1 | –Ruth Brown | Lucky Lips | 2:09 |
| 8.2 | –Ruth Brown | As Long As I'm Moving | 2:45 |
| 8.3 | –Ruth Brown | Wild Wild Young Men | 2:33 |
| 8.4 | –Ruth Brown | Daddy Daddy | 2:56 |
| 8.5 | –Ruth Brown | Mambo Baby | 2:43 |
| 8.6 | –Ruth Brown | Teardrops From My Eyes | 2:54 |
| 8.7 | –Ruth Brown | Hello Little Boy | 2:38 |
| 8.8 | –Ruth Brown | Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean | 2:56 |
| 8.9 | –Ruth Brown | 5-10-15 Hours | 3:15 |
| 8.10 | –Ruth Brown | It's Love Baby | 2:43 |
| 8.11 | –Ruth Brown | Sentimental Journey | 2:37 |
| 8.12 | –Ruth Brown | Old Man River | 2:16 |
| 8.13 | –Ruth Brown | So Long | 2:40 |
| 8.14 | –Ruth Brown | Oh What A Dream | 2:54 |
| CD 8 : Ruth Brown - Miss Rhythm | |||
| 8.15 | –Ruth Brown | This Little Girls Gone Rockin' | 1:51 |
| 8.16 | –Ruth Brown | Just Too Much | 2:29 |
| 8.17 | –Ruth Brown | I Hope We Meet | 2:43 |
| 8.18 | –Ruth Brown | Why Me | 2:25 |
| 8.19 | –Ruth Brown | Somebody Touched Me | 2:27 |
| 8.20 | –Ruth Brown | When I Get You Baby | 2:10 |
| 8.21 | –Ruth Brown | Jack O' Diamonds | 2:32 |
| 8.22 | –Ruth Brown | I Can't Hear A Word You Say | 2:29 |
| 8.23 | –Ruth Brown | One More Time | 2:40 |
| 8.24 | –Ruth Brown | Book Of Lies | 2:33 |
| 8.25 | –Ruth Brown | I Can See Everybody's Baby | 3:04 |
| 8.26 | –Ruth Brown | Show Me | 2:36 |
| CD 9 : Lavern Baker - Sings Bessie Smith | |||
| 9.1 | –LaVern Baker | Gimme A Pigfoot | 3:10 |
| 9.2 | –LaVern Baker | Baby Doll | 3:39 |
| 9.3 | –LaVern Baker | On Revival Day | 3:15 |
| 9.4 | –LaVern Baker | Money Blues | 2:54 |
| 9.5 | –LaVern Baker | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 4:07 |
| 9.6 | –LaVern Baker | Black Water Blues | 4:44 |
| 9.7 | –LaVern Baker | Empty Bed Blues | 4:54 |
| 9.8 | –LaVern Baker | There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight | 2:45 |
| 9.9 | –LaVern Baker | Nobody Knows You When You're Down | 3:58 |
| 9.10 | –LaVern Baker | After You've Gone | 3:12 |
| 9.11 | –LaVern Baker | Young Woman's Blues | 2:53 |
| 9.12 | –LaVern Baker | Preaching The Blues | 2:53 |
| CD 9 : Lavern Baker - Blues Ballads | |||
| 9.13 | –LaVern Baker | I Cried A Tear | 2:37 |
| 9.14 | –LaVern Baker | If You Love Me | 2:41 |
| 9.15 | –LaVern Baker | You're Teasing Me | 2:17 |
| 9.16 | –LaVern Baker | Love Me Right | 1:56 |
| 9.17 | –LaVern Baker | Dix-a-billy | 1:54 |
| 9.18 | –LaVern Baker | So High So Low | 2:08 |
| 9.19 | –LaVern Baker | I Waited Too Long | 2:34 |
| 9.20 | –LaVern Baker | Why Baby Why | 2:29 |
| 9.21 | –LaVern Baker | Humpty Dumpty Heart | 2:36 |
| 9.22 | –LaVern Baker | It's So Fine | 2:23 |
| 9.23 | –LaVern Baker | Whipper Snapper | 2:12 |
| 9.24 | –LaVern Baker | St Louis Blues | 2:25 |
| CD 10 : Odetta - Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' | |||
| 10.1 | –Odetta | Gonna Take My Time | 2:08 |
| 10.2 | –Odetta | Stranger Here | 3:22 |
| 10.3 | –Odetta | I've Been Living With The Blues | 2:43 |
| 10.4 | –Odetta | Be My Woman | 2:39 |
| 10.5 | –Odetta | Poor Man | 2:58 |
| 10.6 | –Odetta | Empty Pocket Blues | 3:30 |
| 10.7 | –Odetta | I Just Can't Keep From Cryin' | 2:24 |
| 10.8 | –Odetta | Special Delivery | 2:51 |
| 10.9 | –Odetta | If I Had Wings | 3:56 |
| 10.10 | –Odetta | Darlin' Baby | 2:52 |
| 10.11 | –Odetta | Misery Blues | 2:59 |
| 10.12 | –Odetta | House Of The Rising Sun | 3:43 |
| CD 10 : Odetta - And The Blues | |||
| 10.13 | –Odetta | Hard, Oh Lord | 4:09 |
| 10.14 | –Odetta | Believe I'll Go | 3:06 |
| 10.15 | –Odetta | Oh, Papa | 3:19 |
| 10.16 | –Odetta | How Long Blues | 2:11 |
| 10.17 | –Odetta | Hogan's Alley | 2:13 |
| 10.18 | –Odetta | Leavin' This Morning | 2:50 |
| 10.19 | –Odetta | Oh, My Babe | 4:25 |
| 10.20 | –Odetta | Yonder Comes The Blues | 2:52 |
| 10.21 | –Odetta | Make Me A Pallet On The Floor | 3:50 |
| 10.22 | –Odetta | Weeping Willow Blues | 2:38 |
| 10.23 | –Odetta | Go Down Sunshine | 2:22 |
| 10.24 | –Odetta | Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out | 2:24 |
Credits
- Arranged By – Riley Hampton (tracks: 7.1-7.20)
- Banjo – Charlie Dixon (tracks: 1.21, 2.8, 2.9)
- Bass – Abe Bolar (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (tracks: 10.1-10.24), Al Hall (tracks: 6.6-6.8), Bennie Moten (tracks: 3.6-3.17), Charles Turner (tracks: 3.18-3.27), Chink Johnson (tracks: 1.10), George Duvivier (tracks: 3.4,3.5), Grachan Moncur (tracks: 6.1-6.5), Harry Hull (tracks: 1.10), Leonard Gaskin (tracks: 10.1-10.12), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks: 5.11-5.21), Lloyd Trotman (tracks: 6.9, 6.10), Milt Hinton (tracks: 5.1-5.10), Pops Foster (tracks: 4.1-4.10), Wendell Marshall (tracks: 9.1-9.24)
- Clarinet – Buster Bailey (tracks: 1.10,1.21, 2.8, 2.9, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 4.12, 10.1-10.12), Cecil Scott (tracks: 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.11), Darnell Howard (tracks: 4.1-4.10), Don Redman (tracks: 1.16), Ernest Elliot (tracks: 1.1-1.9), Herb Hall (tracks: 10.13-10.24)
- Conductor – Riley Hampton (tracks: 7.1-7.20)
- Cornet – Ed Allen (tracks: 2.2,2.3), Eddie Cox (tracks: 1.1,1.2), Joe Smith (tracks: 1.21, 2.8, 2.9), Johnny Dunn (tracks: 1.3-1.10), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 1.17-1.20), Shirley Clay (tracks: 2.11-2.13, 3.18-3.27)
- Drums – Charlie Smith (tracks: 6.1-6.3), Eddie Bourne (tracks: 3.6-3.17), Gene Brooks (tracks: 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.11), George Howell (tracks: 1.3-1.9), Jasper Taylor (tracks: 4.1-4.10), Jimmy Crawford (tracks: 6.9, 6.10), Jo Jones (tracks: 5.1-5.10), Joe Marshall (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Marty Wilson (tracks: 6.4-6.8), Mel Lewis (tracks: 5.11-5.21), Panama Francis (tracks: 3.1-3.17, 10.1-10.12), Shelly Manne (tracks: 5.11-5.21), Shep Shepherd (tracks: 10.13-10.24), Zutty Singleton (tracks: 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 4.12)
- Guitar – Brownie McGhee (tracks: 6.6-6.8), Danny Barker (tracks: 3.18-3.27, 9.1-9.24), James Cannady (tracks: 6.1-6.5), Memphis Minnie (tracks: 2.15, 2.16), Mickey Baker (tracks: 6.9, 6.10), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Sterling Merlowe (tracks: 3.4,3.5), Trevor Bacon (tracks: 3.1-3.17)
- Harmonica – Big Mama Thornton (tracks: 6.11-6.25), Saunders Terrell (tracks: 10.1-10.12)
- Kazoo – Tampa Red (tracks: 2.14)
- Lead Vocals – Alberta Hunter (tracks: 4.1-4.11, 4.14, 4.17, 4.20), Bessie Smith (tracks: 1.11-1.22), Big Mama Thornton (tracks: 6.11-6.25), Big Maybelle (tracks: 6.1-6.10), Clara Smith (tracks: 2.1-2.7), Ethel Waters (tracks: 3.18-3.27), Etta James (tracks: 7.1-7.20), Helen Humes (tracks: 5.11-5.21), Ida Cox (tracks: 5.1-5.10), LaVern Baker (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Lucille Hegamin (tracks: 4.12, 4.15, 4.18, 4.21), Ma Rainey (tracks: 2.7-2.14), Mamie Smith (tracks: 1.1-1.10), Memphis Minnie (tracks: 2.15-2.21), Odetta (tracks: 10.1-10.24), Ruth Brown (tracks: 8.1-8.26), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Victoria Spivey (tracks: 4.13, 4.16, 4.19, 4.22)
- Mandolin – Charlie McCoy (tracks: 2.15, 2.16)
- Orchestra – Bill Harvey's Orchestra (tracks: 6.15, 6.25), Burt Hendricks And His Orchestra (tracks: 6.17), Coleman Hawkins Quintet (tracks: 5.1-5.10), Eddie Mallory And His Orchestra (tracks: 3.18-3.27), Joe Scott Orchestra (tracks: 6.13), Johnny Otis Band (tracks: 6.12, 6.16, 6.19-6.23), Kansas City Bill & Orchestra (tracks: 6.11, 6.18), Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds (tracks: 1.3-1.9), Rega Orchestra (tracks: 1.1,1.2), Riley Hampton Orchestra* (tracks: 7.1-7.20)
- Organ, Piano – Fred Longshaw (tracks: 1.17-1.20)
- Photography – Charles Peterson
- Piano – Al Williams (tracks: 6.9, 6.10), Alexander Hill (tracks: 2.4-2.7), André Previn (tracks: 5.11-5.21), Bill Doggett (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Clarence Williams (tracks: 1.11, 1.21), Claude Hopkins (tracks: 2.10), Cliff Jackson (tracks: 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10), Dick Wellstood (tracks: 10.1-10.24), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 1.13 -1.16, 1.21, 2.8, 2.9), Fletcher Smith (tracks: 6.1-6.5), J.C. Johnson (tracks: 2.2,2.3), Jimmy Jones (tracks: 1.12), Lee Anderson (tracks: 6.6-6.8), Lonnie Johnson (tracks: 2.4-2.7), Lovie Austin (tracks: 4.1-4.10), Nat Pierce (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Phil Worde (tracks: 1.10), Porter Grainger (tracks: 1.3-1.9, 2.1), Reginald Beane (tracks: 3.18-3.27), Sammy Price (tracks: 3.6-3.17, 5.1-5.10), Tommy Dorsey (tracks: 2.14), Victoria Spivey (tracks: 4.3, 4.6), Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 1.1-1.9, 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.11)
- Saxophone – Castor McCord (tracks: 3.18-3.27), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 1.21, 2.8, 2.9, 5.1-5.10), Dave McRae (tracks: 6.1-6.10), Ernest Purce (tracks: 3.1-3.17), George James (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Jerome Richardson (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Paul Quinichette (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Paul Ricci (tracks: 6.9, 6.10), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Sam Taylor (tracks: 6.1-6.10), Stafford Simon (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Ted Barnett (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Teddy Edwards (tracks: 5.11-5.21), William Steiner (tracks: 3.18-3.27)
- Trombone – Al Cobbs (tracks: 6.1-6.5), Charlie Green (tracks: 1.21, 2.8, 2.9), Edward Morant (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Eli Robinson (tracks: 6.6-6.8), Floyd Brady (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Frank Rosolino (tracks: 5.11-5.21), George Stevenson (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Ike Rodgers (tracks: 2.11-2.13), J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 4.12), Jimmy Archey (tracks: 4.1-4.10), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Sandy Williams (tracks: 3.4,3.5), Tyree Glenn (tracks: 3.18-3.27), Urbie Green (tracks: 9.1-9.24), Vic Dickenson (tracks: 9.1-9.24, 10.1-10.24), Ward "Dope" Andrews (tracks: 1.1-1.9)
- Trumpet – Archie Johnson (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Benny Carter (tracks: 5.11-5.21), Buck Clayton (tracks: 9.1-9.24, 10.1-10.24), Freddie Webster (tracks: 3.4,3.5), Henry Goodwin (tracks: 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.11), Joe Wilder (tracks: 6.9, 6.10), Nelson Bryant (tracks: 3.1-3.17), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 5.1-5.10), William Scott (tracks: 3.1-3.17)
- Tuba – Bob Escudero (tracks: 1.21), Sidney De Paris (tracks: 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9-4.10, 4.12)
- Violin – Leroy Parker (tracks: 1.1-1.9)
- Vocals – Clara Smith (tracks: 1.13, 1.14), Marie Knight (tracks: 3.14-3.17)
Notes
Mamie Smith (1.1-1.10) : recorded in NYC on February 11, August 10, September12, November 5&6. 1920 and February, 22. 1921.Bessie Smith (1.11-1.22) : Recorded in NYC on February 16, September 26, October 4 & 16, December 4. 1923 January 14, may 5 & 15. 1925.
Clara Smith (2.1-2.7) : Recorded in NYC on July 21, September 8 and October 31. 1930.
Ma Rainey (2.8-2.14) : Recorded in NYC on January 1923, Chicago August and December 1927, and June 1928.
Memphis Minnie (2.15-2.21) : Recorded in Chicago on June 23. 1938, February 18 and May 27, 1936.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (3.1-3.17) : recorded in NYC on January 10 1939, March 13, May 9, November 6, 1941. December 12, 1943. September 22, 1944. January 11 & May 1, 1946. July, 1 and November 24, 1947.
Ethel Waters (3.18-3.27) : Recorded in NYC on November 9, 1938. March 27 & June 6, 1939.
Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders (4.1-4.10) : Recorded in Chicago on September1,1961.
Alberta Hunter/Lucille Hegamin/Victoria Spivey : Songs We Taught Your Mother : Recorded in Engelwood Cliffs NJ on August, 16. 1961.
Ida Cox With The Coleman Hawkins Quintet (5.1-5.10) : Recorded in NYC on April 12 and 13, 1961.
Helen Humes (5.11-5.21) : Recorded on january 5 and 27.1959
Big Maybelle (6.1-6.10) : Recorded in NYC on October 8 and 29, 1952 and June11, 1953 and Janury 20, 1954.
Big mama Thornton (6.11-6.25) : Recorded in 1951 and 1952.
Etta james (7.1-7.10) - At last : Recorded in Chicago, between january and October 1960.
Etta james (7.11-7.20) - Second Time Around : Released on december 14, 1961.
Ruth Brown - Rock & roll (8.1-8.14) : Recorded between 1949 & 1956, Released in 1957.
Ruth Brown - Miss Rythm (8.15-8.26) : Release in 1959
Lavern Baker - Sings bessie Smith (9.1-9.12) : Recorded in NYC, January 1958.
Lavern Baker - Blues Ballads (9.13-9.24) : Released in 1959.
Odetta - Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' (10.1-10.12) : Recorded in NYC in 1962.
Odetta - And the Blues (10.13-10.24) : Recorded in NYC in 1962.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 4053796004277
- Label Code: 12281
