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[9] Blues standards that appeared on the main charts [b] in the 1960s and 1970s often had been recorded by rhythm and blues, soul, and rock musicians. [10] Each song listed has been identified by five or more music writers as a blues standard. Spellings and titles may differ; the most common are used.
The song commits to the structure of traditional 12-bar blues, a three-chord format in which the first line of each verse is repeated and then answered. [3] Dylan scholar Tony Attwood claims that the song's "point" is introduced in the first verse ("Well, today has been a sad ol’ lonesome day / Yeah, today has been a sad ol’ lonesome day / I'm just sittin’ here thinking / With my mind a ...
Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. [2]
"Gin House Blues" is the title of two different blues songs, which have become confused over the years. Both songs were first recorded by Bessie Smith. The song originally titled "Gin House Blues" was written in 1925 by Fletcher Henderson with lyrics by Henry Troy, [1] and recorded by Bessie Smith with Henderson on 18 March 1926. [2]
"Death Letter", also known as "Death Letter Blues", is the signature song of the Delta blues musician Son House. It is structured upon House's earlier recording "My Black Mama, Part 2" from 1930. House's 1965 performance was on a metal-bodied National resonator guitar using a copper slide. One commentator noted that it is "one of the most ...
The song is a moderately slow-tempo twelve-bar blues, notated in 4 4 or common time in the key of B. [4] [5] Oden, as St. Louis Jimmy, recorded it in Chicago on November 11, 1941. It was released as a single by Bluebird Records and featured Oden's vocal with accompaniment by Roosevelt Sykes on piano and Alfred Elkins on "imitation" bass. [6]
Vince Gill began work on this tearjerker following the death of country singer Keith Whitley, who died of alcohol poisoning in 1989 at age 34, and finished the song years later after his own ...
"I Feel So Bad" is a blues song written and originally recorded by Chuck Willis, and released in 1954 (OKeh 7029). It rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues Chart in early 1954, and appears on the album Chuck Willis Wails the Blues.