BIRTH OF THE BLUES, The

Created on 27/02/2002
Latest update on 17/01/2022

Artist: Harry Richman
Author: Buddy DeSylva/Lew Brown/Ray Henderson
Label: Vocalion
Year: 1926

In revue George White's Scandals.

Covers:

1926:

Paul Whiteman [n°1 US]

1926:

Leo Reisman Orch.

1926:

Revelers

1927:

Ambrose & his Orch.

1938:

Light Crust Doughboys

1942:

Bing Crosby [in film The Birth Of The Blues]

1942:

Benny Goodman

1944:

Lionel Hampton

1952:

Frank Sinatra

1953:

Kid Ory

1954:

Dinah Shore

1954:

Meade Lux Lewis

1954:

Chet Atkins

1955:

Sammy Davis Jr.

1956:

Gordon MacRae [as Buddy De Sylva in biographical film The Best Things In Life Are Free]

1956:

Gerry Mulligan

1957:

Louis Prima & Keely Smith

1958:

Perry Como

1958:

King Curtis

1960:

Ray Charles

1961:

Pete Fountain

1961:

Helen Shapiro

1962:

Cab Calloway

1962:

Zarah Leander [as Othello; German version]

1964:

Patti Page

1964:

Bill Black's Combo

1964:

Floyd Cramer

1966:

Hank Snow

1972:

Vera Lynn

1974:

Diana Ross

1982:

Fondy Riverside Bullet Band

1988:

Dinah Washington

1990:

Randy Travis [with Willie Nelson]

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