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The Del McCoury Band has covered Blue Yodel #3 in Monroe's bluegrass style. Blue Yodel #9 has been covered by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band on Almost Acoustic, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman on Been All Around This World and Steve Earle on Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator. Wanda Jackson covered "Blue Yodel #6" for her album The Party Ain't Over ...
Last Blue Yodel) bear the title Blue Yodel No. x, another 25 can be described as "blues". [19] However, Rodgers did not only record such blues numbers. In addition to sentimental ballads such as Daddy and Home or My Old Pal, both from 1928, his repertoire also included some cowboy songs. He was the first to combine this theme with yodeling.
Blue Yodel" features a slowed down ragtime rhythm. [27] The syllables used for the yodel are the traditional yo-de-lay-ee, in a short-long-short form. Its modal frame features flatted seventh and third chords, characteristic of African American music and suggesting a "grinding, sexual movement". [ 28 ]
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The transformation of Rodgers' blue yodel to the cowboy yodel involved both a change in rhythm and a move away from Southern blues-type lyrics. Some yodels contained more of the Alpine type of yodel as well. Most famous of the singing cowboy film stars were Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, both accomplished yodelers. The popularity of yodeling lasted ...
Blue Yodel 7 (Anniversary Yodel) 56607-3 Nov 26, 1929 Sept 5, 1930 Co-Written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar She Was Happy Till She Met You 56608-3 July 1, 1932 Co-Written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar Blue Yodel 11 (I've Got A Gal) 56617-4 Nov 27, 1929 June 30, 1933 Singing with guitar Drunkards Child 56618-3 Nov 28, 1929 April 4 ...
The single, "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and earned Parton a nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 13th Annual Grammy Awards. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 12, 1978, for sales of 500,000 copies.
The sessions produced, among other numbers, "Blue Yodel no. 8, Mule Skinner Blues" and "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)" featuring Louis Armstrong. [56] Rodgers commissioned Ray Hall, at the time a prisoner at the Texas State Penitentiary, to help him write the song "T.B. Blues" after McWilliams refused to help. Rodgers recorded and ...