Bessie Smith - 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Audio)

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  • "Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" by Bessie Smith
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Komentáře • 98

  • @venetiaanortrup8514
    @venetiaanortrup8514 Před 2 lety +134

    Bessie was in an unmarked grave. Janice Joplin bought her a head stone

  • @garyslater1243
    @garyslater1243 Před 29 dny +1

    This was the first song I heard by this truly magical singer, and I wonder how many of today's vocalists will still be being listened to in 100 years time .
    (Read her back story, if you like a true rags to riches story !)
    She lived her life true to herself, refused to be defined by the social norms of her time and didn't care what anyone thought of it.
    She was, and still is, amazing. The beauty and power of her voice transcends the primitive recording equipment of her time.
    What it must have been to hear her sing live.........

    • @smokeyrainbows
      @smokeyrainbows Před 2 dny

      Right! They will be listening and she does transcend! This headstrong song certainly reflects her independent spirit not to mention amazing talent.

  • @reenougle
    @reenougle Před rokem +25

    Bessie is the Queen. When she sings Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out I cry every time. Just a powerhouse of a voice

  • @cwcricky
    @cwcricky Před 3 lety +67

    This piece of music must be mind blowing in the early 1900s.

  • @sunshinebannister1050
    @sunshinebannister1050 Před 3 lety +54

    Without Bessie Smith there would be no blues of today, no R&B, and no Rock'N'Roll. I love her music, voice, and the way she sang the words. B.B. King did some of this also putting his own touch and it is all good. Bessie was a master and probably never knew it. We all love you Bessie, be seeing ya one day and hope to have the honor of singing with you, RIP sweet angel❣️🙏🕯️🎆😇 You are amazing ❣️😁🥰💖🌹☮️🇺🇲🤗🦋🎤🎶🎹

    • @coraltown1
      @coraltown1 Před rokem +1

      first sentence = pure nonsense

    • @arcadiaberger9204
      @arcadiaberger9204 Před rokem +2

      @@coraltown1 's comment = pure nonsense.

    • @benjaminwilson2998
      @benjaminwilson2998 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@coraltown1without people like her @sunshinebannister is right we wouldn’t have the modern day country, blues, R&B, soul hell everything we would still be stuck in a stone age

  • @porgynbess
    @porgynbess Před 3 lety +48

    I now see why Billie Holiday was so obsessed with this song. This woman can sing!! and the way she phrases the words is everything!!

  • @willmartinez5496
    @willmartinez5496 Před 2 lety +22

    First heard this in Diana Ross' portrayal of Billie Holiday in the movie Lady Sings The Blues. A great piece of singing, touches my heart its soulful even from way back then.

  • @relars52
    @relars52 Před 2 lety +9

    Released in June, 1923. One of the finest Blues songs, ever recorded.

  • @Mewopcat
    @Mewopcat Před 3 lety +22

    Happy Heavenly Birthday Ms Bessie , you still got an avid audience . Bravo
    Sistah

  • @elramondo8232
    @elramondo8232 Před 5 lety +50

    Everything she sang is legendary. What a great singer!

  • @Bill-jc1fy
    @Bill-jc1fy Před 3 lety +27

    A great jazz/blues pioneer, unknown by many today unfortunately, but along with Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday
    made her mark for generations and influenced so many who followed.

  • @moniquerailey8448
    @moniquerailey8448 Před 3 lety +18

    I remember Queen Latifa sang this song on Living Single, the episode when Kyle was trying to save the jazz club

    • @lamyayarrell851
      @lamyayarrell851 Před 5 měsíci +2

      So crazy then she ended up playing Bessie Smith in the movie!

    • @richardf.3212
      @richardf.3212 Před 5 měsíci

      I was actually thinking about this as I listen to the song WHAT A COINCIDENCE

  • @tonysabell7737
    @tonysabell7737 Před 4 měsíci +1

    "The blues is a chair. You can sit on that music. It will hold you up." ~John Lennon

  • @nicholasturton9267
    @nicholasturton9267 Před rokem +3

    Finest blues singer of her and all subsequent generations. Tone perfect backed either by a jazz band or a single musician she excelled

  • @Thepoweshow123
    @Thepoweshow123 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I could listen to music like this all day.🖤

  • @susanshira3783
    @susanshira3783 Před 4 lety +16

    The 20s be the 🐝 knee!!!!

  • @thraciangrapes
    @thraciangrapes Před rokem +7

    Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
    - 1922
    There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say
    That folks don't criticize me
    But I'm goin' to do just as I want to anyway
    And don't care if they all despise me
    If I should take a notion
    To jump into the ocean
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do do
    If I go to church on Sunday
    Sing the shimmy down on Monday
    Ain't nobody's business if I do, if I do
    If my friend ain't got no money
    And I say "Take all mine, honey"
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do do
    If I give him my last nickel
    And it leaves me in a pickle
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, if I do
    There are a lot of men, that would hit me
    Since I've arrived up and quit me
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do do
    I swear I won't call no copper
    If I'm beat up by my poppa
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, if I do

  • @smileymiller3987
    @smileymiller3987 Před 9 lety +28

    do what you feel as a woman this song represents just that."ain't nobody's business if I do"!! and that's exactly right!!

  • @elmorse4415
    @elmorse4415 Před 4 lety +23

    True talent
    This kind of music is masterpiece

  • @yolakin8210
    @yolakin8210 Před 4 lety +11

    The Queen of Blues!

  • @l.k.1111
    @l.k.1111 Před 3 lety +8

    Beautiful. Was looking for the song that inspired Billie. God bless. My life song from a different time....🙏❤🙏

  • @catnipcake6824
    @catnipcake6824 Před 3 lety +6

    There are some slight changes in this version...the one I originally heard said "..if my MAN ain't got no money, and I say take all mine honey..', here it's changed to "friend" & the last verse, more severe, said, "..if I'm beat up by my Poppa, I ain't gonna call no coppa...", .which they got pretty close to with the lyrics in this version, rather have him hit me than quit me...
    .wow.
    I love you Bessie Smith.
    You're why we call it the blues.

    • @jimbrown1559
      @jimbrown1559 Před 2 lety +2

      Jazz is improvisation. The great artists start each performance with a clean slate!

  • @toddbelcher222
    @toddbelcher222 Před 4 lety +17

    FLAWLESS!

  • @lisacarson7630
    @lisacarson7630 Před 3 lety +4

    HBD to THIS QUEEN
    💋💋💋🎂🎂🎂❤❤❤

  • @kindell1
    @kindell1 Před rokem

    I love the Blues, so you know I gotta trace the roots of it

  • @debradonley3825
    @debradonley3825 Před 3 lety +13

    The best there ever was. Period. Ma Rainey and Billie Holliday are next.

  • @grannyjudi1
    @grannyjudi1 Před rokem +1

    THE BEST EVER

  • @venetianortrup8693
    @venetianortrup8693 Před rokem +7

    Janis Joplin bought Bessie a grave stone for her unmarked grave.
    RIP LADIES

  • @jhonmelo1508
    @jhonmelo1508 Před 2 lety +4

    Canciónsota buenísima !!! Bessie the best!

  • @laquashiawhite5697
    @laquashiawhite5697 Před rokem +2

    When you understand you understand 2023 still listening ❤️💯

  • @jacobsable4543
    @jacobsable4543 Před měsícem

    This song is a banger

  • @tcp2904
    @tcp2904 Před 3 lety +7

    2020!

  • @marthaball8029
    @marthaball8029 Před 2 lety +1

    My favorite......she was brilliant!!!!!

  • @blueHydrangea16
    @blueHydrangea16 Před 7 měsíci +1

    ❤ lyrics❤
    There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say
    That folks don't criticize me
    But I'm goin' to do just as I want to anyway
    And don't care if they all despise me
    If I should take a notion
    To jump into the ocean
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do do
    If I go to church on Sunday
    Sing the shimmy down on Monday
    Ain't nobody's business if I do, if I do
    If my friend ain't got no money
    And I say "Take all mine, honey"
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do do
    If I give him my last nickel
    And it leaves me in a pickle
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, if I do
    There are a lot of men, that would hit me
    Since I've arrived up and quit me
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do do
    I swear I won't call no copper
    If I'm beat up by my poppa
    'Tain't nobody's business if I do, if I do

  • @michaeloleary638
    @michaeloleary638 Před 4 lety +9

    Wonderful!!

  • @kelearobertson2132
    @kelearobertson2132 Před 4 lety +8

    History

  • @michaeloleary1867
    @michaeloleary1867 Před 3 lety +2

    I love Bessie!

  • @blueHydrangea16
    @blueHydrangea16 Před 3 měsíci

    "I swear I won't call no copper, if I'm beat up by my poppa
    'tain't nobody business if I do" 😿 lines go hard when you're living it

  • @Raszcal
    @Raszcal Před 4 lety +4

    Beautiful.

  • @msjoy4482
    @msjoy4482 Před 2 měsíci

    Janis paid for PART of her headstone.

  • @lornebain3831
    @lornebain3831 Před 3 lety +4

    Every day.....

  • @rebecca8866
    @rebecca8866 Před 3 lety +2

    Still true to this day

  • @espe0311
    @espe0311 Před 7 měsíci

    Bessie... diosa y reina que inspiró a Billie Holliday, a Janis Joplin... este tema, en otra versión también tuya... escuchado en una película me hizo descubrirte y tocaste mi corazón... hay voces, hay interpretaciones que logran eso, aunque no entendamos lo que dicen--- GRACIAS a quién subió este material ♥

  • @ostlandr
    @ostlandr Před rokem +2

    And according to legend, her spirit came back to us again in the body of Janis Joplin.

  • @miguelmontilva5787
    @miguelmontilva5787 Před 4 lety +1

    Belleza Belleza Belleza , y Belleza

  • @64musicandmore
    @64musicandmore Před 4 lety +19

    Wow and here I thought Billie Holliday was the original singer to this song. I have a newfound respect now

    • @deadrarivers9388
      @deadrarivers9388 Před 3 lety +6

      In the movie lady sings the blues young Billie is listening to the Bessie Smith record and this song is playing.

    • @lisajackson1476
      @lisajackson1476 Před 3 lety +3

      No this was Bess song....Billie Jazed it up...

    • @JudahCub1981
      @JudahCub1981 Před 3 měsíci

      Billie Holliday and Mahalia Jackson are Bessie Smith’s two best known musical daughters. Billie took Bessie’s style, smoothed it out and made it more tailored to jazz clubs and bistros of the 1930s and 40s and Mahalia “sanctified” Bessie’s vocal power and tone and soulful way of bending notes, and took it into the church. But they kept Bessie’s legacy going.

  • @ATacey13
    @ATacey13 Před rokem

    Much better than Taj Mahal but this gives roots to many "current" artists.

  • @uhno1939
    @uhno1939 Před 2 lety +1

    She had a great voice. This is one of the best versions of the song (my favorite is by Frank Stokes).

  • @lightningpal
    @lightningpal Před 3 měsíci

    yk what? imma sample this. coming out in a couple years tho.

  • @nicht-etwas61
    @nicht-etwas61 Před 2 lety

    GENIAL! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @christymearna3912
    @christymearna3912 Před 3 lety +3

    💯❣️

  • @loriijanee
    @loriijanee Před rokem +1

    prayers so beautiful ops

  • @leonblum7898
    @leonblum7898 Před 3 lety +1

    NOBLEZA OBLIGA;EL GRAN GUITARRISTA''ERIC CLAPTON'',TIENE DENTRO DE SU REPERTORIO ÉSTA CANCIÓN.-GRACIAS.-

  • @KING6TYLER.
    @KING6TYLER. Před 11 měsíci

    👑

  • @faithbowen9433
    @faithbowen9433 Před rokem

  • @sacretlyyt3917
    @sacretlyyt3917 Před 4 lety +7

    Anyone from music class?

  • @MsKarenperry1210
    @MsKarenperry1210 Před 3 lety +5

    this is what these young black woman artists need to be listening to and how hard it was to for them back then consider how easy they have it today

    • @blackirishrose4040
      @blackirishrose4040 Před 3 lety +10

      What you need to do is tell your racist white police officers to stop killing unarmed black people.

    • @adamweber625
      @adamweber625 Před 3 lety +6

      Uhh... Thanks Karen. What do you think you can do to help matters?

    • @AAErikCO
      @AAErikCO Před 2 lety

      Careful Karen, your privilege is showing...

    • @jimpalmer2981
      @jimpalmer2981 Před rokem +1

      Yeah, and then they can listen to Lucille Bogan for some real down-home fam’ly values, right, Karen?

    • @anyaw340
      @anyaw340 Před 10 měsíci

      What do YOU know about being black today? It's funny. White women like you were saying things like this to black women in her time, as well. Racism didn't exist to them either. You're clearly all the same no matter what era you're in.

  • @jgc_45
    @jgc_45 Před 3 měsíci

    'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, a nadie le importa lo que haga.

  • @denjamaica7271
    @denjamaica7271 Před rokem +1

    😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @WilliamChafin-ps9vw
    @WilliamChafin-ps9vw Před 17 dny

    Jesus Christ loves us ❤️🙏--Luke 18:14&14:11-1st woman President and Jesus help my favorite star socialite and entrepreneur Dr Kim Nicole Kardashian esquire forever ♾️💍♾️ and mother Kris Jenner and families and one day we'll all have our own individual universe's With Jesus sweet permission -Dear tiny tots John 14:12... 🙏🏌️😍🙈🙊🌍💛💛🤎✌️✌️🙏

  • @loriijanee
    @loriijanee Před rokem

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