A: How Much Can I Stand? Style: Tracklist . Check out Wild Geese Blues by Gladys Bentley on Amazon Music. Billie Holiday, pictured here singing Fine and Mellow circa 1940-1945 (Image credit: CORBIS) Billie Holiday. She would transform popular tunes of the day with raunchy naughty playful lyrics. She was a robust 250 pound woman with a deep, growly A: Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues; B: Two Tone Stomp; Okeh 8640; Texas Alexander; A: Penitentiary Blues; B: Blue Devil Blues; Okeh 8643; Gladys Bentley; A: Wild Geese Blues; B: How Much Can I Stand? Gladys Bentley-Wild Geese Blues-accompanied by Eddie Lang, guitar. Dressed in her signature top hat and tuxedo, she would perform blues standards with her own raunchy lyrics. “Gladys Bentley carved out a place for herself amidst this curiosity, playing at rent parties and the legendary speakeasies of “Jungle Alley” at 133 between Lenox and Seventh Avenue. / Wild Geese Blues Label: Okeh ‎– 8643 Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM Country: US Released: 1929 Genre: Blues. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Gladys Bentley ... Wild Geese Blues / How Much Can I Stand (November 1928, with guitar) #8643 Red Beans and Rice / Big Gorilla Man (March 1929) #8707 ... (note mispelling of Bentley) "Before Midnight" has no lyrics… *click here to hear Wild Geese Blues, with Bentley on vocals (and vocal trumpet), accompanied by Eddie Lang, recorded November 2, 1928. Listen: Gladys Bentley accompanied by Eddie Lang (guitar) - Wild Geese Blues (1928) Prev Page 12 of 25 Next Prev Page 12 of 25 Next . Gladys Bentley was an openly gay blues singer and pianist who performed at clubs in Harlem in the 1920s and early 30s, including the Clam House and the Ubangi Club. Gladys Bentley ‎– How Much Can I Stand? November 2, 1928. Years active 1923 - 1952 Stage Name(s) Gladys Bentley, Bobbie Minton, Fatso Bentley Category Male Impersonator Country of Origin USA Birth – Death 1907 – 1960 Bio Gladys Bentley was an inspiration to many as a prolific African-American, out and proud lesbian, and bawdy gender bending entertainer during the 1920's Harlem Renaissance. Filename Z:\tmp\Maggie Jones & Gladys Bentley\21 Wild Geese Blues.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:03.60 Peak level 81.5 % Extraction speed 8.8 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 8A93220B Copy CRC 8A93220B Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 22 Gladys Bentley (12 August 1907-18 January 1960) was a famous butch lesbian African-American blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance.Bentley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of American George L. Bentley and his wife, a Trinidadian, Mary … To Gladys Bentley Tribute Show Back to Bentley Intro.