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6 days ago · Since first appearing in 1914, “St. Louis Blues” has become one of the most famous, celebrated, and recorded jazz standards in history. Handy recorded his best version of the song in 1922 and three years later, in 1926, Fats Waller would play it on a Victor Studio organ as his first ever solo recording.
Apr 19, 2024 · In 1914, the composer and trumpeter W.C. Handy penned a song called “The Saint Louis Blues,” which became one of the first crossover blues hits, eventually covered by the likes Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Eartha Kitt, and Benny Goodman (and inspiring the name of a certain hockey team.)
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Aug 10, 2011 · "St. Louis Blues" was his best-known tune. It made Handy millions in royalties, inspired multiple motion pictures and was recorded by America's top jazz artists.
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In 1940, John Hammond and Leonard Feather decided to create a W.C. Handy tribute album featuring newly-recorded versions of his songs. Billie Holiday and Benny Carter collaborated to record “St. Louis Blues” and “Loveless Love”, but the other six sides were never recorded.
"The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire.
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Oct 19, 2019 · By the time Bessie Smith had the opportunity to put her inimitable stamp on “St. Louis Blues” in 1925, the song had already embarked upon a 30-year journey from when inspiration first struck...
Nov 20, 2023 · Bessie Smith, a contemporary of Ma Rainey, receives the spotlight in a short film of her rendition of W.C. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues,” the most popular blues song in history, which was published in 1914 and immortalized by performers, including Smith, Louis Armstrong, Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder.
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