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    02/23/1999

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    All Music Guide Review

    Men Are Like Street Cars is far from last word on female blues singers -- how could it be without anything by Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, Lucille Bogan, or Sippie Wallace? But then, MCA never claimed that it was, and one can state without a moment's hesitation that this two-CD, 46-song collection covers a lot of ground, and that MCA put a great deal of time and effort into assembling it. Spanning 1928-1969, Street Cars starts out with some late-'20s recordings by classic blues singers Jenny Pope and Bertha "Chippie" Hill before treating us to the country blues of Memphis Minnie (who is heard on 1930's "Bumble Bee" and 1952's "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"), the jump blues of Big Mama Thornton and the blues-influenced swing or swing-influenced blues of Billie Holiday (who is represented by "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" and "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"), Blue Lu Barker, Rosetta Howard, Ella Johnson, Dinah Washington, Helen Humes, and Alberta Hunter. It is on Disc two that Street Cars ventures into electric urban blues and soul with classics by Katie Webster ("I Feel So Low"), Etta James ("Something's Got a Hold on Me"), Koko Taylor ("Wang Dang Doodle"), Irma Thomas ("Good to Me"), and Ike & Tina Turner ("Three O'Clock Blues"). Major praise should go to Mary Katherine Aldin, who selected all of the material for MCA and provides exhaustive, incredibly detailed liner notes -- she certainly did her homework. From excellent digital remastering and good or excellent material to first-rate liner notes and attractive art work, Men Are Like Street Cars treats its subject matter with the reverence it deserves. Blues lovers should make a point of obtaining it. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

    Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969 Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Some Cold, Rainy Day
  • Hill, Bertha "Chippie"
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Some Cold, Rainy Day from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 2
  • Whiskey Drinkin' Blues
  • Pope, Jenny
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for Whiskey Drinkin' Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 3
  • Tallahatchie River Blues
  • Delaney, Mattie
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Tallahatchie River Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 4
  • Bumble Bee Blues
  • Memphis Minnie
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for Bumble Bee Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 5
  • Hot Nuts (Get 'Em from the Peanut Man)
  • White, Georgia
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Hot Nuts (Get 'Em from the Peanut Man) from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 6
  • I'll Keep Sittin' on It (If I Can't Sell It)
  • White, Georgia
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for I'll Keep Sittin' on It (If I Can't Sell It) from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 7
  • Black Snake Swing
  • Spivey, Victoria
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for Black Snake Swing from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 8
  • If You're a Viper
  • Howard, Rosetta
  • 3:12
  • Sound Clip for If You're a Viper from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 9
  • Jack, I'm Mellow
  • Smith, Trixie
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Jack, I'm Mellow from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 10
  • Don't You Make Me High
  • Barker, Blue Lu
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Don't You Make Me High from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 11
  • My Man and I
  • Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for My Man and I from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 12
  • Rock Me
  • Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Rock Me from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 13
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 14
  • Men Are Like Street Cars
  • Howard, Rosetta
  • 2:25
  • Sound Clip for Men Are Like Street Cars from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 15
  • Chirpin' the Blues
  • Hunter, Alberta
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Chirpin' the Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 16
  • Fine and Mellow
  • Hunter, Alberta
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Fine and Mellow from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 17
  • Cannon Ball
  • King, Nora Lee
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Cannon Ball from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 18
  • Blow Top Blues
  • Washington, Dinah
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for Blow Top Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 19
  • I'm Tired of Crying over You
  • Johnson, Ella
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for I'm Tired of Crying over You from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 20
  • 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 21
  • Worry, Worry, Worry
  • Perry, Rosetta
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Worry, Worry, Worry from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 22
  • It's Been a Long Time
  • Jones, Mildred
  • 2:45
  • Sound Clip for It's Been a Long Time from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 23
  • Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
  • Scott, Mabel
  • 9:19

  • 24 (2)
  • I Ain't in the Mood
  • Hightower, Donna
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for I Ain't in the Mood from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 25 (2)
  • All Night Long
  • Humes, Helen
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for All Night Long from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 26 (2)
  • Me and My Chauffeur Blues
  • Memphis Minnie
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Me and My Chauffeur Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 27 (2)
  • They Call Me Big Mama
  • Thornton, Big Mama
  • 2:05
  • Sound Clip for They Call Me Big Mama from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 28 (2)
  • I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks
  • Adams, Marie
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 29 (2)
  • Please Don't Touch My Bowl
  • Hill, Gladys
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Please Don't Touch My Bowl from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 30 (2)
  • Hound Dog
  • Thornton, Big Mama
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Hound Dog from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 31 (2)
  • I'm Gonna Latch On
  • Adams, Marie
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for I'm Gonna Latch On from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 32 (2)
  • Messin' Around wth the Blues
  • Adams, Alberta
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for Messin' Around wth the Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 33 (2)
  • Take a Chance on Me
  • Lovely Lewis
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Take a Chance on Me from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 34 (2)
  • Sit Back Down
  • Phillips, Esther
  • 2:24
  • Sound Clip for Sit Back Down from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 35 (2)
  • A Trumpet Blows Away the Blues
  • Johnson, Gwen
  • 2:45
  • Sound Clip for A Trumpet Blows Away the Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 36 (2)
  • Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy
  • Day, Margie
  • 2:24
  • Sound Clip for Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 37 (2)
  • Miss You So
  • Offitt, Lillian
  • 2:13
  • Sound Clip for Miss You So from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 38 (2)
  • If I Could Be wth You (One Hour Tonight)
  • Miss La-Vell
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for If I Could Be wth You (One Hour Tonight) from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 39 (2)
  • I Feel So Low
  • Webster, Katie
  • 2:15
  • Sound Clip for I Feel So Low from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 40 (2)
  • I'm a Little Mixed Up
  • James, Betty
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for I'm a Little Mixed Up from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 41 (2)
  • Something's Got a Hold on Me
  • James, Etta
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Something's Got a Hold on Me from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 42 (2)
  • In the Basement, Pt. 1
  • 2:26
  • Sound Clip for In the Basement, Pt. 1 from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 43 (2)
  • Wang Dang Doodle
  • Taylor, Koko
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Wang Dang Doodle from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 44 (2)
  • Good to Me
  • Thomas, Irma
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Good to Me from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 45 (2)
  • Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door
  • Taylor, Koko
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


  • 46 (2)
  • Three O'Clock Blues
  • Turner, Ike and Tina
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Three O'Clock Blues from Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969


    • Credits of Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969



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