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A Beginner's Guide to the Blues - Bessie Smith

Paul Jones continues his series exploring the blues and featuring records by or inspired by the major figures who moulded the blues. Tonight, he celebrates Bessie Smith.

First broadcast in 2011.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 Mar 202401:30
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Poliça

    Chain My Name

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Bessie Smith

    I'm Wild About That Thing

    • Single.
    • Columbia.

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Judy Teen

    • EMI.

  • Squeeze

    Goodbye Girl

    • A&M.

  • Tame Impala

    Eventually

    • Fiction/Polydor.

  • The Brothers Johnson

    Strawberry Letter 23

    • Eighties Soul Weekender 2 (Various).
    • Pump.

  • The Temptations

    Psychedelic Shack

    • Tamla Motown.

  • Desmond Dekker

    007 (Shanty Town)

    • MANGO.

  • Madness

    Night Boat To Cairo

    • Virgin.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 Aug 201402:00
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  • Fri 19 Jun 202003:30
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  • Wed 29 Mar 202301:00
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  • Wed 13 Mar 202401:30
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