St. Louis Blues
Artist Cab Calloway (vo)
and his orchestra
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Biography: Born in New York 1907, died in Delaware 1994. Calloway appears in many films, am.o. St. Louis Blues from 1958.
Recording date: 1930 24/7 Place: New York Time: 2:58 Producer:
Record info: Originally released as by The Jungle Band w. vocal by Cab Calloway. Unusual lyrics, with heavy scat singing. Nice trumpet solo by R Q Dickerson.
Original release: 78 rpm single, b/w Gotta darn good reason now (for being good) Label: Brunswick 4936
This release: 4 CD: The early years 1930 - 1934 Label: JSP CD 328
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