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The Paramount book of blues
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- Format
- Music Scores
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Port Washington, Wis. : New York Recording Laboratories, [not before 1927]
- Physical Details
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- 1 vocal score (40 pages) : portraits ; 25 cm
- OCLC
- ocm05797736, ocm05797736
- Blues songs for voice and piano.
- Imprint date determined from latest copyright date in collection.
- Includes profiles and portraits of: Blind Lemon Jefferson, "Ma" Rainey, Blind Blake, Ida Cox, Charlie Jackson, and Elzadie Robinson.
- Forms part of: Wisconsin Music Archives.
- English words.
- Black snake moan ; Long lonesome blues ; Rising high water blues / Lemon Jefferson -- Jack O' Diamonds ; Black horse blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson -- Moon shine blues / Ma Rainey -- Barrel house blues ; Jealous hearted blues / by Lovie Austin -- Night time blues ; Slow drivin' moan / Gertrude "Ma" Rainey -- Early morning blues ; Bad feeling blues ; Too tight drag / Blind Blake -- 'Fore day creep / Ida Cox -- Death letter blues / Ida Cox, Jesse Crump -- Chicago monkey man blues / J.M. Williams, Ida Cox, Lovie Austin -- How long, daddy, how long / William Jackson -- Cherry pickin' blues / Shake that thing ; Salty dog / Charlie Jackson -- Take me back blues / Gertrude Davis -- Bad luck woman blues / Aletha Dickerson -- Up the way bound / Lillian Brown and Charlie Jackson -- Butter and egg man blues / Everett Murphy -- Alabama bound / There ain't nothin' doin' what you're thinkin' about / music by James White, words by Billy Johnson -- Mecca flat blues / James Blythe and Alexander Robinson -- Whiskey blues / by Will Ezell -- Back door blues / by J.M. Williams & Elzadie Robinson -- Pig meat blues / Ardelle Bragg -- Freight train blues / Thomas Dorsey and Everett Murphy