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"(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" is a 1929 jazz standard and racial protest song, [1] [2] composed by Fats Waller and Harry Brooks, with lyrics by Andy Razaf. [3] It was originally published by Mills Music .
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:29, 9 January 2025: 1,418 × 1,843, 6 pages (5.87 MB): SDudley: Uploaded a work by Music: Fats Waller and Harry Brooks Lyrics: Andy Razaf from Courtesy the Sam Carner Sheet Music Collection, The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University with UploadWizard
For the hit Broadway show Hot Chocolates, he and Razaf wrote "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" (1929), which became a hit for Ethel Waters and Louis Armstrong. Waller occasionally performed Bach organ pieces for small groups. He influenced many pre-bebop jazz pianists; Count Basie and Erroll Garner both revived his hit songs. In ...
Razaf was born in 1895 in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] His birth name was Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo. He was the son of Henri Razafinkarefo, nephew of Queen Ranavalona III of the Imerina kingdom in Madagascar, and Jennie Razafinkarefo (née Waller), daughter of John L. Waller, the first African American consul to Imerina. [2]
Both of my parents are Black but have white ancestors. Those recessive white genes were passed on to me, and I was born very light-skinned, with blue eyes and light, wavy hair.
Calloway later adopted the song "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue," originally sung by Edith Wilson, for his performances decades later. [7] Cast
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Aside from A.J. and Meadow’s conversation about death representing black, there were other clues in The Sopranos, including in the finale episode, that could have foreshadowed Tony’s fate.One ...