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Artwork for I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle Bessie Smith

I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle

Bessie Smith

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8 cited facts

  • 1925
  • 3:23
  • 84 BPM · C minor

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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. Written by John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford, also You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon

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Written by
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
Performed by
Bessie Smith, Charlie Green, Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong
Part of
Nashville Women’s Blues / I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle
Released on
Columbia

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  1. 1MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Bessie Smith

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Bessie Smith

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Charlie Green

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Charlie Green

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Fletcher Henderson

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Fletcher Henderson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Louis Armstrong

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was performed by Louis Armstrong

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was written by John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was written by John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle is part of the release Nashville Women’s Blues / I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle is part of the release Nashville Women’s Blues / I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle

    Columbia is the label of the song I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was released on 1925

    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play Second Fiddle was released on 1925

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026