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Albert Farrington – “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary”

Albert Farrington’s “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary” was one of the biggest hit songs of the WW1 era. It ...

Alberta Hunter – “Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning”

Here’s legendary American singer Alberta Hunter’s vintage recording of “Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning.” Originally penned by ...

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Albinia Jones – “Give It Up Daddy”

Albinia makes her case for more quality time. Albinia Jones – “Give It Up Daddy” mp3

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Andy Iona And His Islanders – “Naughty Hula Eyes”

When legendary Hawaiian music innovator Andy Iona sings the praises of a girl with “Naughty Hula Eyes,” you might need ...

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Annette Hanshaw – “Body And Soul”

Annette Hanshaw’s relaxed, jazz-influenced pop singing style was a hit with the Flappers in the 1920s. Known as “The Personality ...

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Arthur Petties – “Out On Santa Fe Blues”

Though Arthur Petties only released six tracks in his recording career, he left an indelible mark. This classic, “Out on ...

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Beale Street Sheiks – “Jazzin’ The Blues”

Frank Stokes and Dan Sane recorded for Paramount Records in the 1920s as the Beale Street Sheiks. A busy live ...

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Bessie Jackson – “Barbeque Bess”

A contemporary of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, Bessie Jackson was as bold with her lyrical humor and sexual innuendo ...

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Bessie Smith – “I’m Wild About That Thing”

You know I’m wild about this! Great recording, immaculate voice, all the elements that continue to feed my fascination with ...

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Bessie Smith – “There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight”

A true American classic, “A Hot Time in the Old Town” is an American ragtime song penned by Theodore August ...

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Bessie Smith – “Muddy Water Mississippi Moan”

Composed in the Spring of 1927 during The Great Mississippi Flood, “Muddy Water Mississippi Moan” was soon recorded by the ...

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Bessie Smith – “Thinking Blues”

The Empress Of The Blues, Bessie Smith got her start busking with her brother in Chattanooga as a young girl. ...

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Betty Roche – “Trouble Trouble”

Betty lays down a seminal bee-bop jazz blues vocal here. Trouble means the same after 60 some years. Betty Roche ...

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Big Bill Broonzy – “Baby Please Don’t Go”

If you listen closely to the folk-y strum of Big Bill Broonzy’s guitar, you begin to hear the origin of ...

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Bill Cox – “Midnight Special”

Covered by many, yet understood by few, “Midnight Special” was traditionally a folk song which originated among prisoners. The country-blues ...

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Bill Cox – “My Rough And Rowdy Ways”

Bill Cox brings brings us back to simpler times on “My Rough And Rowdy Ways.” Still can’t give ‘em up! ...

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Billie Holiday – “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

Here is the incomparable Billie Holiday’s take on George and Ira Gershwin’s classic, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” ...

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Blind Blake – “Diddie Wa Diddie”

Blind Blake was born Arthur Blake in Jacksonville Florida. During Blind Blake’s prosperous career he recorded over 75 cuts for ...

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Blind Blake – “Seaboard Stomp”

Hit “play” and watch the heads in the room start joyfully swinging. Although “Seaboard Stomp” is the title, I suggest ...

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Artists

Albert Farrington – “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary”

Alberta Hunter – “Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning”

Albinia Jones – “Give It Up Daddy”

Andy Iona And His Islanders – “Naughty Hula Eyes”

Annette Hanshaw – “Body And Soul”

Arthur Petties – “Out On Santa Fe Blues”

Beale Street Sheiks – “Jazzin’ The Blues”

Bessie Jackson – “Barbeque Bess”

Bessie Smith – “I’m Wild About That Thing”

Bessie Smith – “There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight”

Bessie Smith – “Muddy Water Mississippi Moan”

Bessie Smith – “Thinking Blues”

Betty Roche – “Trouble Trouble”

Big Bill Broonzy – “Baby Please Don’t Go”

Bill Cox – “Midnight Special”

Bill Cox – “My Rough And Rowdy Ways”

Billie Holiday – “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

Blind Blake – “Diddie Wa Diddie”

Blind Blake – “Seaboard Stomp”

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