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Artwork for Bleeding Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

Bleeding Hearted Blues

Bessie Smith

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  1. Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)

  2. Part of The Complete Recordings, Volume 1, also Any Woman’s Blues, Jail‐House Blues and Boweavil Blues

  3. Written by Lovie Austin, also Down Hearted Blues

  4. Released on Legacy, also September (Earth, Wind & Fire), Sexy M.F. (Prince) and Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Lovie Austin first appears on fono in 1923, 68 years before this song

Credits

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Written by
Lovie Austin
Performed by
Bessie Smith and Fletcher Henderson
Part of
The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
Released on
Columbia and Legacy

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Bleeding Hearted Blues was performed by Bessie Smith

    Bleeding Hearted Blues was performed by Bessie Smith

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Bleeding Hearted Blues was performed by Fletcher Henderson

    Bleeding Hearted Blues was performed by Fletcher Henderson

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Bleeding Hearted Blues was written by Lovie Austin

    Bleeding Hearted Blues was written by Lovie Austin

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Bleeding Hearted Blues is part of the release The Complete Recordings, Volume 1

    Bleeding Hearted Blues is part of the release The Complete Recordings, Volume 1

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Bleeding Hearted Blues

    Columbia is the label of the song Bleeding Hearted Blues

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song Bleeding Hearted Blues

    Legacy is the label of the song Bleeding Hearted Blues

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Bleeding Hearted Blues was released on 1991

    Bleeding Hearted Blues was released on 1991

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026