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St. Louis Woman is a 1946 American musical by Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.The musical opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on March 30, 1946, and ran for 113 performances.
"The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire.
"St. James Infirmary Blues" recorded by numerous musicians "Saint Of New Orleans" by PJ Parks "St. Patricks Day In New Orleans" by Alias Ron Kavana "St. Phillips St. Breakdown" by George Lewis "The Saints are Coming" by U2 and Green Day, 2006 (#2 on UK Singles Chart) "Saturday Night Fish Fry" by Louis Jordan "Save my Soul" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Johnson was a first place finalist in the Houston, Texas, Regional Blues Challenge, sponsored by The Houston Blues Society in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2011, he was the winner of the St. Louis Blues Society International Blues Challenge, and went on to the semi-finals to represent St. Louis in Memphis, Tennessee. [5]
"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.. It was first introduced in 1946 in the musical St. Louis Woman.In the musical, the song was sung by a female character of easy virtue, played by Ruby Hill, and the lyrics start out, "Free and easy".
"Come Rain or Come Shine" is a popular music song and jazz standard with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] It was written for the Broadway musical St. Louis Woman, which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances. [1] The show also produced another notable standard, "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home."
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The book notes that "An eighteen-year-old black girl, in prison for murder, sang the song and the first stanza of these blues." The Lomaxes then added a number of verses from other sources and named it "Woman Blue". [2] The music and melody are similar to Lucille Bogan's "B.D. Woman Blues" (c. 1935), although the lyrics are completely different.