Artist	Song
Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & The Louis Armstrong Orchestra	St. Louis Blues
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith (2003)
Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind
from Her Best - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)
Janis Joplin	Ball and Chain
from The Essential Janis Joplin (2003)
Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll
from Greatest Hits (2005)
Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog
from Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings (1992)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Caldonia
from Louis Jordan: #1's (2005)
Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle (Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Blues Classics (2003)
Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin’ Tonight
from More Greatest Hits - Good Rockin' Tonight (2004)
Z.Z. Hill	Down Home Blues
from Z.Z. Hill: Greatest Hits (1986)
Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Pity the Fool
from Two Steps from the Blues (Bonus Tracks) (2001)

Comment:

Anyone can sing the blues; only a select few can [i]belt[/i] the blues. For every six-string slinger and hurricane harp blower, there's a freight train of a voice right up front, puttin' words to the hurt. From Bessie to Big Mama, from Bobby to Etta, these shouters blew the house down with the only instrument God gave 'em.

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