Frank Sinatra and Louie Armstrong

Birth of the Blues

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This is a really great clip of Frank and Satchmo – talk about talent – these guys had it without end.

Louie and Frank perform the Birth of the Blues – truly a classic and you will enjoy watching the interaction between Old Blue Eyes and Pops.

This is real music – ENJOY !!!

 

Old Blue Eyes and Satchmo

Birth of the Blues

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You just can’t get any better than this.

Actually it’s hard to believe that both of these Extraordinary Entertainers are gone. But at least we have clips like this.

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Enjoy the Vintage Video Below

From You Tube

 

Lyrics

Oh, they say some people long ago
Were searching for a diffrent tune
One that they could croon
As only they can they only had the rhythm
So they started swaying to and fro

They didn’t know just what to use
That is how the blues really began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start of the blues

And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that as part of the blues
From a whippoorwill
Out on a hill they took a new note

Pushed it through a horn
‘Til it was worn into a blue note
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
And gave out the news
That the southland gave birth to the blues