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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Part of Nobody's Blues But Mine, also At the Christmas Ball, Baby Doll and Lost Your Head Blues
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bessie Smith wrote 10 songs on fono
Bessie Smith first appears on fono in 1929, 27 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Bessie Smith
- Performed by
- Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson
- Part of
- Nobody's Blues But Mine
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Bessie Smith
- Performed by
- Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson
- Part of
- Nobody's Blues But Mine
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Nobody's Blues But Mine
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Nobody's Blues But Mine
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Nobody's Blues But Mine
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Backwater Blues was performed by Bessie Smith
Backwater Blues was performed by Bessie Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Backwater Blues was performed by James P. Johnson
Backwater Blues was performed by James P. Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Backwater Blues was written by Bessie Smith
Backwater Blues was written by Bessie Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Backwater Blues is part of the release Nobody's Blues But Mine
Backwater Blues is part of the release Nobody's Blues But Mine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Backwater Blues
Columbia is the label of the song Backwater Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Backwater Blues was released on 1956