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Jimmie Rodgers’s first blue yodel, “Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) ”, was recorded on November 30, 1927, in the Trinity Baptist Church at Camden, New Jersey. When the song was released in February 1928 it became "a national phenomenon and generated an excitement and record-buying frenzy that no-one could have predicted."
The tune for "Blue Yodel" follows the traditional blues AAB pattern, which consists of singing a line twice and closing with a third one. [23] The end of each stanza features a yodeling break, as its turnarounds emulate the conventional blues licks of the time. [26] "Blue Yodel" features a slowed down ragtime rhythm. [27]
Century", the minstrel show yodel, which he calls "fake blue yodel" and characterizes as a "Swiss yodel with black content", and the pop-country yodel, as used by Jimmy Long in Yodel Your Troubles Away (1929). [12] The "revival experience" of Wilf Carter can be considered exemplary for the development of yodeling.
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 ...
With the release of further songs of the series,"Blue Yodel" was later renamed on the catalogs to "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)". [35] "Blue Yodel No. 1" became the singer's most successful recording, with over a million copies sold during his lifetime. [36] [37] Soon, Rodgers' show billed him as "America's Blue Yodeler". [38]
While working on the railroad Rogers learned blues techniques from African American gandy dancers (railroad workers), [41] and eventually created his characteristic sound – a blend of traditional work, blues, hobo, and cowboy songs - his trademark "Blue Yodel." His first blue yodel, known as "Blue Yodel No. 1" (T For Texas), was recorded in ...
"Blue Yodel no. 8, Mule Skinner Blues" (a.k.a. "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues") is a classic country song written by Jimmie Rodgers. The song was first recorded by Rodgers in 1930 and has been recorded by many artists since then, acquiring the de facto title "Mule Skinner Blues" after Rodgers named it "Blue Yodel #8" (one of his ...
Blue Yodel Elsie McWilliams ( nee Williamson, June 1, 1896 – December 30, 1985) was a songwriter who wrote for Jimmie Rodgers . McWilliams, even though she is only officially credited with writing twenty songs, actually wrote or co-wrote 39 songs for Rodgers.