The song "Backwater Blues" is a blues and jazz standard written by Bessie Smith. Smith (on vocal with James P. Johnson on piano) recorded it as "Back-water Blues" on February 17, 1927, in New York City.[1] Its musical composition entered the public domain on January 1, 2023.[2]
^"Bessie Smith". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
^"Public Domain Day 2023 | Duke University School of Law". Web.law.duke.edu. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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