Artist	Song
Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & The Louis Armstrong Orchestra	St. Louis Blues
from The Essential Bessie Smith (1997)
Janis Joplin	Kozmic Blues
from 18 Essential Songs (1995)
Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle (Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Blues Classics (2003)
Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind
from Chess Blues (1993)
Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues
from Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921) (2005)
Bonnie Raitt	Love Me Like a Man
from The Bonnie Raitt Collection (2008)
Ma Rainey	Bo-Weavil Blues (Take 1)
from Ma Rainey, Vol. 1 (1923-1924) (2005)
Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog
from Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings (1992)
Alberta Hunter	Fine and Mellow
from Women Blues Singers (1999)
Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
from The Essentials: Ruth Brown (2005)
Big Maybelle	Candy
from Candy! (2002)
Dinah Washington	Evil Gal Blues
from Dinah Washington's Finest Hour (2000)
Billie Holiday	Billie's Blues
from The Commodore Master Takes (1939-44) (2000)
Sippie Wallace	Women Be Wise
from The American Folk Blues Festival (2003)
Denise LaSalle	Your Husband Is Cheatin' On Us
from Right Place, Right Time (1984)
Marcia Ball	Fly on the Wall
from Presumed Innocent (2001)
Aretha Franklin	Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
from Aretha Sings the Blues (1986)
Memphis Minnie	Look What You Got (Take 1)
from Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1937) (2005)
Susan Tedeschi	Tired of My Tears
from Hope and Desire (Bonus Track Version) (2005)
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women	Middle Aged Blues Boogie
from The Uppity Blues Women (1990)
Ike & Tina Turner	Five Long Years
from Bold Soul Sister - The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings (1997)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	My Man and I
from Women Blues Singers (1999)
Alberta Adams	Remember
from Chess Blues (1993)
Bertha "Chippie" Hill	Trouble In Mind
from Blues Classics (1996)

Comment:

Those of you who believe that the blues is the exclusive preserve of men with a fistful of booze 'n' women troubles, think again. These ladies rank among the genre's greatest ambassadors, from the great Mamie Smith (the first African-American to be recorded singing the blues, in 1920) to the evergreen modern blueswoman Bonnie Raitt.

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