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"Black and Blue" debuted in the Broadway musical Hot Chocolates (1929), sung by Edith Wilson. Razaf biographer Barry Singer recounts that the lyricist was coerced into writing the song (with music by Waller) by the show's financier, New York mobster Dutch Schultz, though Razaf subverted Schultz's directive that it be a comedic number: [4]
Black and Blue is a musical revue celebrating the black culture of dance and music in Paris between World War I and World War II.. Based on an idea by Mel Howard and conceived by Hector Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia, it consists of songs by artists such as W. C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and Big Maybelle and skits peppered with bits of bawdy humor.
"Black and Blue" [152] [153] is a song from the musical Hot Chocolates, composed by Fats Waller with lyrics by Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf. It was introduced by Louis Armstrong. Ethel Waters's 1930 version became a hit. [154] The song is also known as "What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue". [154]
"Black and Blue" [103] [104] is a song from the musical Hot Chocolates, composed by Fats Waller with lyrics by Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf. It was introduced by Louis Armstrong. Ethel Waters's 1930 version became a hit. [105] The song is also known as "What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue". [105]
James Monroe Iglehart, who stars as Louis Armstrong in Broadway’s “A Wonderful World,” believes the revered jazz legend would have no problem fitting in with present-day rap and hip-hop ...
Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story, 1900–1971. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306803246. Riccardi, Ricky (2012). What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years. New York: Vintage. ISBN 9780307473295. OCLC 798285020. —— (2020). Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. New York: Oxford University Press.
Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a short ten-minute film that was created and released in 1932, starring Sidney Easton [1] and Fanny Belle DeKnight. [1] It is an early example of a "music video", showcasing the tunes I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You and Shine, [2] sung and played by well-known jazz artist Louis Armstrong.
1931 A Rhapsody in Black and Blue - performed by Louis Armstrong and band; 1941 Birth of the Blues - sung by Bing Crosby; 1942 Casablanca - the song is sung by Sam (Dooley Wilson) and the band at Rick's Café in the movie. 1943 Cabin in the Sky John William Sublett (aka John W. Bubbles) animates "Shine" brilliantly in a song-and-dance number in ...