St. Louis Blues

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"St. Louis Blues" is a landmark early 20th-century American blues song, widely regarded as one of the most influential and frequently recorded standards in jazz and popular music history.

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St. Louis Blues canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues standard ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith W. C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues" ⓘ
linked to: W. C. Handy
composer W. C. Handy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalStatus landmark of early 20th-century American music ⓘ
one of the most recorded jazz standards ⓘ
decade 1910s ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
firstPublishedBy Pace & Handy Music Company ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
hasForm hybrid of blues and popular song forms ⓘ
multi-strain composition ⓘ
hasSetting St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
influencedGenre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
isStandardIn American popular songbook ⓘ
blues repertoire ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
keyFeature combines blues form with tango rhythm elements ⓘ
features a 12-bar blues section ⓘ
features a 16-bar minor-key strain ⓘ
features a habanera-tango rhythm ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist W. C. Handy ⓘ
namedAfter St. Louis ⓘ
linked to: Saint Louis City
notableRecordingArtist Art Tatum ⓘ
Benny Goodman ⓘ
Bessie Smith ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Glenn Miller ⓘ
Guy Lombardo ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
performancePractice commonly used as a vehicle for improvisation in jazz ⓘ
frequently performed by blues singers ⓘ
frequently performed by jazz bands ⓘ
publicationYear 1914 ⓘ
publisher Pace & Handy Music Company ⓘ
subjectMatter emotional suffering ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
romantic heartbreak ⓘ
yearWritten 1914 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W. C. Handy → wrote → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Bessie Smith → notableWork → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
W. C. Handy → notableWork → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
subject linked to: Handy
Bessie Smith → notableWork → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
subject linked to: Bessie
St. Louis Blues (1929 short film) → title → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Satchmo at Symphony Hall → hasTrack → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Back to Back → hasTrack → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
subject linked to: “Back to Back”
St. Louis Blues (1958 film) → title → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
St. Louis Blues (1958 film) → hasTitleSong → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Christopher Handy → notableWork → St. Louis Blues ⓘ
subject linked to: Christopher
Sunshine of My Soul → hasTrack → St. Louis Blues ⓘ