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Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas. Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and ...
List of blues standards. Blues standards are blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition due to having been widely performed and recorded. [ 1 ] They represent the best known and most interpreted blues songs that are seen as standing the test of time. [ 2 ] Blues standards come from different eras and styles, such as ragtime ...
" Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out " is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style in the aftermath of the 1920–1921 U.S. economic depression. A later 1929 recording by Bessie Smith became popular during the early years of the Great Depression due to the lyrics highlighting the fleeting nature of material wealth and ...
" Blues in the Night " is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues in the Night.
W. C. Handy. " 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. Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Bing ...
" Cross Road Blues " (commonly known as " Crossroads ") is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it solo with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues style.
" Shake 'Em On Down " is a Delta blues song by American musician Bukka White. He recorded it in Chicago in September 1937, two months before being incarcerated at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm in Mississippi. It was his first recording for producer Lester Melrose and remains his best-known song. Several blues and other artists have adapted the song, often with variations on the lyrics and ...
Born Under a Bad Sign (song) " Born Under a Bad Sign " is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Called "a timeless staple of the blues", [2] the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its synchronous bass and guitar lines and topical astrology reference. [3] ".