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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 The Complete Recordings, Volume 1, also Any Woman’s Blues, Jail‐House Blues and Boweavil Blues
Written by Clarence Williams, also My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It (Hank Williams), I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone) and Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (Ray Charles)
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.
Clarence Williams wrote 23 songs on fono
Clarence Williams’s most frequent co-writer is Spencer Williams (4 songs together)
Clarence Williams first appears on fono in 1925, 66 years before this song
Sara Martin first appears on fono in 1940, 51 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Clarence Williams and Sara Martin
- Performed by
- Bessie Smith and Fletcher Henderson
- Written by
- Clarence Williams and Sara Martin
- Performed by
- Bessie Smith and Fletcher Henderson
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Clarence Williams
Same writer: Sara Martin
TLSame label: Columbia
Same release: The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
Same label: Legacy
Same writer: Clarence Williams
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Mama’s Got the Blues was performed by Bessie Smith
Mama’s Got the Blues was performed by Bessie Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Mama’s Got the Blues was performed by Fletcher Henderson
Mama’s Got the Blues was performed by Fletcher Henderson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Mama’s Got the Blues was written by Clarence Williams
Mama’s Got the Blues was written by Clarence Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Mama’s Got the Blues was written by Sara Martin
Mama’s Got the Blues was written by Sara Martin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Mama’s Got the Blues is part of the release The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
Mama’s Got the Blues is part of the release The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Mama’s Got the Blues
Columbia is the label of the song Mama’s Got the Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song Mama’s Got the Blues
Legacy is the label of the song Mama’s Got the Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Mama’s Got the Blues was released on 1991
Mama’s Got the Blues was released on 1991
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026