(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue

~ Recording by Ethel Waters

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue3:05Ethel WatersThe 1930's: The SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 461095 2
1.2(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue3:04Ethel WatersFamous Jazz Singers Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bellaphon (lowercase bellaphon imprint, label code LC 01421)
1.1(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue3:05Ethel WatersThe 1930's: The SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.12(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue3:04Ethel WatersThe Chronological Classics: Ethel Waters 1929-1931Ethel WatersAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)721

Relationships

double bass:Joe Tarto (on 1930-04-01)
guitar:Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1930-04-01)
piano:Frank Signorelli (on 1930-04-01)
violin:Ben Selvin (on 1930-04-01)
vocals:Ethel Waters (on 1930-04-01)
recording of:Black and Blue (on 1930-04-01)

Related works

Black and Blue

lyricist:Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter)
Andy Razaf
composer:Fats Waller
publisher:Memory Lane Music Ltd.
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
referred to in medleys:Brunswick Brevities: Margie / After You’ve Gone / Black & Blue / Ain’t Misbehavin’ / I’m Nobody’s Sweetheart Now / Harvey / Royal Garden Blues (order: 3)
Sleeptime Down South Medley (order: 3)
later translated versions:Nid mis Problem