Who Originally Sang Blues Man
Im just a singer a natural born guitar ringer Kind of a clinger to sad old songs Im not a walk behinder Im a new note finder But my names a reminder of a blues man thats already gone So I started drinkin took some things that messed up my thinkin I was sure sinkin when you came along I was alone in the hot lights not too much left in sight But she changed all that one night when.
Who originally sang blues man. Hank Williams Jr. I think this song by Hank Williams was written to his second wife Billie Jean. Handy s The Memphis Blues followed in the same year.
Recorded on August 10 1920 Crazy Blues established the now classic lyrical blues theme of tainted love The man I loveHe dont treat me rightHe makes me feel so blueI dont know what to do. The lyrics draw on a Southern US. Hart Wand s Dallas Blues was published in 1912.
The lyrics Hey baby I love you Hey baby I need you refer to her. The first recording by an African American singer was Mamie Smith s 1920 rendition of Perry Bradford s Crazy Blues. The song was first recorded and released by Marty Robbins in 1956.
Back Door Man is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin Wolf in 1960. Blind Lemon Jefferson 1897-1929 GAB ArchiveRedfernsGetty Images. But the origins of the blues.
It was written in 1953 and first recorded in 1955 for his debut studio album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar. The song combines elements from two popular folk styles the train song and the prison song both of. Other singers of the song include Alan Jackson.
Arguably the founding father of Texas blues Blind Lemon Jefferson was one of the most commercially successful artists of the 1920s and a major influence on younger players. Because they married in 1952 and he died in 1953 at the age of 30. Wrote and originally sung The Blues Man.