Playlist for Surface Noise with Joe McGasko - May 12, 2009

Sundays Midnight - 3am on WFMU 91.1 fm 90.1 fm wfmu.org

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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
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 

Listener comments!

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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