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May 12, 2009: 78: Joy in Repetition #1: The St. Louis Blues
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Format | Comments | Year |
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| W. C. Handy | The St. Louis Blues | MP3 | 1922 | |||
| Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Blues Volume 6 | Columbia | CD | Recorded 1929 | 1991 |
| Bessie Smith | St. Louis Blues | Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | Rev-Ola | CD | Recorded 1925 | 2007 |
| Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Bing Crosby | St. Louis Blues | With Vocal Refrain: What a Difference a Day Makes! | Avid | CD | Recorded 1932 | 2005 |
| Cab Calloway and His Orchestra | St. Louis Blues | Kicking the Gong Around | ASV Living Era | CD | Recorded 1930 | 1990 |
| Gene Austin | St. Louis Blues | This Is Gene Austin | RCA Victor | LP | Recorded 1928 | 1972 |
| Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club de France | St. Louis Blues | Paris 1937 | JSP | CD | Recorded 1937 | 2003 |
| Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | St. Louis Blues | Echoes of the 30s | Epic | LP | Recorded 1934 | ? |
| The Mills Brothers | St. Louis Blues | The Chronological Mills Brothers, Volume 1 | JSP | CD | Recorded 1932 | 1988 |
| The Boswell Sisters | St. Louis Blues | That's How Rhythm Was Born | Sony | CD | Recorded 1935 | 1995 |
| Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies | St. Louis Blues | The Complete Recordings 1932-1937 | Texas Rose Records | CD | 1995 | |
| Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | St. Louis Blues (Part One) | The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 9 | Rhino | CD | Recorded 1946 | 1990 |
| Earl "Fatha" Hines | Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues | MP3 | Recorded 1940 | |||
| Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | St. Louis Blues March | The Unforgettable Glenn Miller | RCA | CD | 1985 | |
| Billie Holiday | St. Louis Blues | Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles | Columbia/Legacy | CD | Recorded 1940 | 2007 |
| The Delta Rhythm Boys | St. Louis Blues | Oxford American 10th Anniversary Collection | Oxford American | CD | Recorded 1947 | 2009 |
| Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra | St. Louis Blues | The Complete RCA Victor Recordings | RCA | CD | Recorded 1947 | 1995 |
Tue. 5/12/09 7:19pm
NS Andy:
I thought it was Eartha Kitt!!!
Really enjoying this- I was humming this song today while I was working outside. Amazing that you are doing this!
Thanks!
Tue. 5/12/09 7:24pm
G:
Totally fascinating show.
It never struck me, till about three songs in tonight, that the Faulkner story "That Evening Sun" must be referencing this lyric...
Tue. 5/12/09 7:50pm
George B:
This is GREAT!!!!
Can this whole showbe downloaded?
Tue. 5/12/09 7:50pm
the Illuminated Void:
digin you show here in philly. love those old beats
Tue. 5/12/09 7:52pm
the Illuminated Void:
show usually can be downloaded here http://archive.wfmu.org:5555/archive/
just look for dj's unitials
Tue. 5/12/09 7:53pm
Bad Ronald:
I concur, wonderful program. I also dig that the possibility of more installations of the same nature is indicated by "#1"!
Tue. 5/12/09 7:57pm
sid:
Very nice! Appreciate how you put this set together.
Tue. 5/12/09 8:00pm
G:
from wikipedia -- you played both versions, i think --
The version with Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong on cornet was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993. The 1929 version by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (with Henry "Red" Allen) was inducted there in 2008.
Tue. 5/12/09 9:02pm
Joe:
Thanks for the great comments, everybody!
Sat. 1/9/10 10:10pm
Mike Warns:
Who knew "The St. Louis Blues" was a tango?
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