The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Bessie Smith The Empress


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue Number30819 / 30820 on 16 tracks on sides 2-3
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Columbia
Record FormatN/A
Shelf Number002300
Number of Tracks16
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Sing Sing Prison Blues
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2 - Follow The Deal On Down
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3 - Sinful Blues
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4 - Woman's Trouble Blues
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5 - Love Me Daddy Blues
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6 - Dying Gambler's Blues
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7 - St. Louis Blues
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8 - Reckless Blues
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9 - Sobbin' Hearted Blues
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10 - Cold In Hand Blues
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11 - You've Been A Good Ole' Wagon
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12 - Cake Walkin' Babies
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13 - The Yellow Dog Blues
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14 - Soft Ball Blues
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15 - Dixie Flyer Blues
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16 - Nashville Woman's Blues
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17 - Muddy Water
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18 - There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old town Tonight
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19 - Trombone Cholly
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20 - Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
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21 - Them's Graveyard Words
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22 - Hot Springs Blues
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23 - Sweet Mistreater
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24 - Lock and Key
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25 - Mean Old Bedbug blues
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26 - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
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27 - Homeless Blues
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28 - Lookin For My Man Blues
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29 - Dyin' By The Hour
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30 - Foolish Man Blues
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31 - Thinking Blues
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32 - Pickpocket Blue
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