Artists Covering Songs by Bessie Smith

Artists covering songs by Bessie Smith

	Artist	Song Performances
1	Eilen Jewell	72


2	Tedeschi Trucks Band	65


3	Eric Clapton	41


4	Ally Venable Band	30


5	Madeleine Peyroux	26


6	Kenny Wayne Shepherd	16


7	Don McLean	14


8	Paula Cole	13


	Andy Fairweather‐Low	13


	Cécile McLorin Salvant	13


11	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott	12


	Béla Fleck	12


	Matt Rupp	12


14	Sue Foley	10


	New York Dolls	10


16	Van Morrison	9


17	Long John Baldry	6


	Inga Rumpf	6


	Nina Simone	6


20	Amen Corner	5


	Eric Burdon & The Animals	5


	Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra	5


	Bette Midler	5


24	Marc Almond	4


	Sam Brown	4


	Marianne Faithfull	4


	Dana Gillespie	4


	David Johansen	4


	Philip Sayce	4


30	Real Farmer	3


	Frumpy	3


	Patty Griffin	3


	Lyle Lovett	3


	Diana Ross	3


35	Naomi Bedford & The Ramshackle Band	2


	Gary Brooker	2


	David Bromberg Band	2


	Raphael Gualazzi	2


	Janis Joplin	2


	Lead Belly	2


	Taj Mahal	2


	Odetta	2


	Eddi Reader	2


	Camilo Restrepo	2


	Bryan Sutton	2


	Tiffany Pollack & Co.	2


	Various Artists	2


	Dinah Washington	2


	Doc Watson	2


	David Wilcox	2


	Brooks Williams	2


	Amy Winehouse	2


53	The Animals	1


	Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars	1


	Asylum Street Spankers	1


	Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds	1


	Salome Bey	1


	Big Bat Blues Band	1


	John Boutté	1


	David Bromberg	1


	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams	1


	Popa Chubby	1


	The Cook Brothers	1


	Jim Cullum Jazz Band	1


	Elli De Mon	1


	Pierce Dipner	1


	Bob Dylan	1


	Lon Eldridge	1


	Paloma Faith	1


	Georgie Fame	1


	Ina Forsman	1


	Ruthie Foster	1


	Jerry Garcia Band	1


	Rhiannon Giddens & Dirk Powell Duo	1


	Julie Mostyn Gilbert and Warwick Gilbert	1


	Handmade Moments	1


	Emmylou Harris	1


	Levon Helm	1


	Donna Herula	1


	Billie Holiday	1


	Honey B. & T-Bones	1


	John Lee Hooker	1


	Laura Hubert	1


	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis	1


	Eric Johanson	1


	Jorma Kaukonen	1


	T.B. Ledford	1


	Lyle Lovett and His Large Band	1


	Mad City Jug Band	1


	Imelda May	1


	Tom McDermott	1


	Allison Moorer	1


	The Osborne Brothers	1


	Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue	1


	Di Anne Price	1


	The Red Clay Ramblers	1


	Red Mountain String Band	1


	Reilly & Maloney	1


	Del Rey & Suzy Thompson	1


	Dave Van Ronk	1


	Rory Block & Cindy Cashdollar	1


	Royal Crown Revue	1


	Catherine Russell	1


	Seals & Crofts	1


	Pete Seeger	1


	Frank Sinatra	1


	Patti Smith Group	1


	Willie “The Lion” Smith	1


	Billy Strings	1


	Sumudu	1


	Sunnyland Slim	1


	Irma Thomas	1


	Suzy Thompson	1


	Three Girls and Their Buddy	1


	Pat Travers	1


	Martha & Rufus Wainwright	1


	Hank Williams, Jr.	1

Covered Bessie Smith songs

This table lists all songs by Bessie Smith that got covered by other artists. Multiple performances from the same setlist are also counted towards the total.

	Song	Song Performances
1	Gin House Blues Play Video stats	147


2	Back-Water Blues Play Video stats	117


3	If You Catch Me Stealing Play Video stats	65


4	Don't Cry Baby Play Video stats	26


	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Play Video stats	26


6	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Play Video stats	21


	Black Mountain Blues Play Video stats	21


8	Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl Play Video stats	19


9	Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair Play Video stats	16


10	Mean Old Bedbug Blues Play Video stats	13


11	Empty Bed Blues Play Video stats	11


12	Easy Come Easy Go Blues Play Video stats	9


13	On Revival Day Play Video stats	7


	You've Been a Good Ole Wagon Play Video stats	7


15	If You Catch Me Stealing / Mama's Got the Blues Play Video stats	5


	Jail House Blues Play Video stats	5


	Sam Jones' Blues Play Video stats	5


18	Haunted House Blues Play Video stats	3


	My Sweetie Went Away Play Video stats	3


20	At the Christmas Ball Play Video stats	2


	Foolish Woman Blues Play Video stats	2


	Me and My Gin Play Video stats	2


	Weeping Willow Blues Play Video stats	2


	You Catch Me Stealing / Mama's Got the Blues Play Video stats	2


25	Blue Devil's Blues Play Video stats	1


	Dyin' by the Hour Play Video stats	1


	I'm Wild About That Thing Play Video stats	1


	I've Got What It Takes Play Video stats	1


	Kitchen Man Play Video stats	1


	Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Play Video stats	1


	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Play Video stats	1


	St. Louis Blues Play Video stats	1


	St. Louis Gal Play Video stats	1


	Tilly Take Your Time Play Video stats	1

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Artists covering songs by Bessie Smith

Covered Bessie Smith songs