What a better way to celebrate the Fund Drive than tuning in to a very sad and literally blue(s) show of Mood Indigo! Let out any of those built up tear drops with some of these amazing tracks from the fore-mothers and trailblazers of blues. Hitting songs from the 1920s to the 1960s, tonight is an assortment of songs from some wonderfully sad ladies. Also, don’t forget to donate!!
Peggy Lee, “Bye Bye Blackbird”
from Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
1955
Lavern Baker, “I Cried A Tear (Original Mix)”
from R & B And Soul Roots Vol. 02
The Blue Bridge Records
Memphis Minnie, “When The Levee Breaks”
from When The Levee Breaks - The Best Of Memphis Minnie
2010
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen”
from Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Sunset Blvd - 2016
Big Mama Thornton, “Sometimes I Have a Heartache”
from Blues Review of the 20th Century
TopCat Records
Ella Fitzgerald, “Lonesome Gal”
from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Expanded Edition)
Verve - 1957
Erma Franklin, “Each Night I Cry”
from Piece of Her Heart - The Epic and Shout Years
Legacy Recordings - 2009
Alicia Coté April 28th, 2017
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