The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - BACK O' TOWN BLUES

BACK O' TOWN BLUES

Created on 29/06/2005
Latest update on 20/05/2023

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Author: Louis Armstrong/Luis Russell
Label: Decca
Year: 1944

Back o' Town was the name of New Orleans' red light district for blacks, uptown from Storyville. Armstrong was born right in the middle of it (Jane Alley). It's an empty parking lot now.

Covers:

2001:: Jools Holland [with Van Morrison as Way Back O' Town]

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Other originals by artist:

1929: ROCKIN' CHAIR
1931: YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME
1938: JEEPERS CREEPERS
1967: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
1969: WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD

Covers from artist:

1925: I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
1925: TIGER RAG
1925: ALABAMY BOUND
1926: ADAM AND EVE HAD THE BLUES
1928: WEST END BLUES
1928: KING PORTER (A STOMP)
1928: SQUEEZE ME
1929: I AIN'T GOT NOBODY
1929: WHEN YOU'RE SMILING (THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU)
1929: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
1929: AFTER YOU'VE GONE
1930: DINAH
1930: I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
1930: I WANT A LITTLE GIRL
1930: ST. LOUIS BLUES
1930: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME
1930: DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND
1930: LOOKIN' FOR ANOTHER SWEETIE
1930: MEMORIES OF YOU
1930: MANISERO, EL
1930: SCHÖNER GIGOLO, ARMER GIGOLO
1930: BODY AND SOUL
1931: LAZY RIVER
1931: STARDUST
1931: WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE
1931: GEORGIA ON MY MIND
1931: I SURRENDER, DEAR
1931: WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME
1931: YOU RASCAL, YOU (I'LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD)
1931: THEM THERE EYES
1931: I GOT RHYTHM
1932: ALL OF ME
1932: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
1932: CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN
1932: I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES
1932: HOME (WHEN SHADOWS FALL)
1932: LONESOME ROAD, THE
1932: LITTLE BUTTERCUP
1932: SHINE
1933: SWEET SUE JUST YOU
1933: I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
1935: YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
1935: I'M SHOOTING HIGH
1935: I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
1935: YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR
1935: CUCARACHA, LA
1936: CARRY ME BACK TO OLE VIRGINNY
1936: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
1936: I'M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET
1936: RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET
1937: ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
1937: CUBAN PETE
1938: ONCE IN A WHILE
1938: SHADRACH (A BIBLE STORY)
1938: NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I SEE
1938: SHOUT ALL OVER GOD'S HEAVEN
1938: LOVE WALKED IN
1939: WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN
1939: WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, BY AND BY
1939: LAZYBONES
1940: WOLVERINE BLUES
1941: DO YOU CALL THAT A BUDDY?
1941: I COVER THE WATERFRONT
1941: LONG LONG AGO
1942: SOUVENIRS
1942: OH, DIDN'T HE RAMBLE
1943: BUDDY BOLDEN'S BLUES
1944: IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T (MA' BABY)
1945: COQUETTE
1945: I WONDER
1945: BLUES IN THE NIGHT
1946: MILENBERG JOYS
1946: AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
1947: SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
1947: C JAM BLUES
1947: WIEGENLIED (GUTEN ABEND, GUTE NACHT) OP. 49, N°4
1947: THAT'S MY DESIRE
1948: WHISPERING
1949: BLUE MOON
1949: THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
1949: BLUEBERRY HILL
1950: C'EST SI BON
1950: VIE EN ROSE, LA
1950: FLEE AS A BIRD
1950: BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT, THE
1950s: BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
1951: KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON, A
1951: COLD COLD HEART
1951: IF
1951: HUCKLEBUCK, THE
1951: ADIOS MUCHACHOS
1952: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
1952: WHITE CHRISTMAS
1952: WINTER WONDERLAND
1952: THAT'S A PLENTY
1952: I'LL WALK ALONE
1952: ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH (FAR AWAY)
1952: ES WAR EINMAL EIN TREUER HUSAR
1952: CHOCLO, EL
1953: YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
1953: GYPSY, THE
1953: COIMBRA (E UMA LIÇÃO DE AMOR)
1954: I LOVE PARIS
1954: LOST JOHN
1954: YELLOW DOG RAG
1954: MEMPHIS BLUES, THE
1954: BEALE STREET BLUES
1954: MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR
1954: WHIFFENPOOF SONG
1954: SKOKIAAN
1954: OCHI CHORNYE
1955: HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
1955: MORITÄT VON MACKIE MESSER, DIE
1955: SLY MONGOOSE
1955: SINCERELY
1955: PLEDGING MY LOVE
1955: KO KO MO (I LOVE YOU SO)
1955: EASY STREET
1956: CHEEK TO CHEEK
1956: STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
1956: YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
1956: SOME OF THESE DAYS
1956: TENDERLY
1957: HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
1957: I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
1957: LET'S DO IT (LET'S FALL IN LOVE)
1957: WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN
1957: YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME
1957: HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?
1957: FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD)
1957: YOU GO TO MY HEAD
1957: CONCERTO FOR COOTIE
1957: YOU'RE THE TOP
1957: STILLER BULGARISH, DER
1958: BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
1958: SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
1958: DIDN'T IT RAIN
1958: DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY
1958: GO DOWN MOSES
1958: ROCK MY SOUL
1958: YOU'RE BLASE
1958: EZEKIEL SAW DE WHEEL
1958: NEL BLU DIPINTO DI BLU (VOLARE)
1959: THAT OLD FEELING
1959: ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)
1960: I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
1960: DOCTOR JAZZ
1960: JELLY ROLL BLUES
1960: JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
1961: IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)
1961: MOOD INDIGO
1961: NEVER NO LAMENT
1961: SOLITUDE
1964: HEY LOOK ME OVER
1964: HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN, A
1964: IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG TIME
1964: SUNFLOWER
1965: I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
1966: SOMEDAY SWEETHEART (YOU'LL BE SORRY)
1966: CABARET
1968: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
1968: ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH
1968: SUNRISE SUNSET
1968: BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT
1970: MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
1970: WE WILL OVERCOME

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