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Front cover of 1920 sheet music for "Broadway Blues" " Broadway Blues ", also known as " The Broadway Blues ", is a blues song with lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom and music by Carey Morgan . The song was introduced by Lillian Lorraine in Florence Ziegfeld 's 1918 Broadway musical revue Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic . [ 1 ]
"Ride Captain Ride" is a song recorded by the American rock band Blues Image. It was co-written by the band's singer-guitarist Mike Pinera and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte and was included on the group's 1970 album, Open.
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 community aesthetics”.
"All Your Love" is a moderate-tempo minor-key twelve-bar blues with Afro-Cuban rhythmic influences. An impromptu song "apparently dashed off ... in the car en route to Cobra's West Roosevelt Road studios", [2] it borrows guitar lines and the arrangement from "Lucky Lou", a 1957 instrumental single by blues guitarist Jody Williams. [3]
The song's lyrics are a double entendre which refer on their face to the process of churning cream to make butter. However, there is a risque, secondary interpretation that is implied by the lyrics. The following passage is illustrative: Keep on churnin' 'til the butter comes Keep on pumpin' make the butter flow Wipe off the paddle and churn ...
Although the song's lyrics are written in the form of an "extended sexual metaphor", they have been cited as part of a trend toward more "open sexuality" in rhythm and blues music of the early 1950s. [28] In 2014, Salon rated Aerosmith's "Big Ten Inch Record'" as one of the 19 greatest double entendre songs of all time. [29]
The song is included on several compilations of Mabon's recordings as well as various artists' collections from the period. [5] The 1959 Chess compilation album Oldies in Hi Fi includes "I Don't Know", plus the follow up hits "I'm Mad", and "Poison Ivy." The song was covered by The Blues Brothers in 1978 for their live album Briefcase Full of ...
"Too Many Drivers" is a blues song recorded by Big Bill Broonzy in 1939. It is performed in an acoustic ensemble-style of early Chicago blues and the lyrics use double entendre often found in hokum-style blues songs. The song has been identified as one of Broonzy's more popular tunes and has been recorded over the years by a variety of artists ...