Darktown_Strutters'_Ball

Darktown Strutters' Ball

Darktown Strutters' Ball

1917 single by Original Dixieland Jazz Band


"Darktown Strutters' Ball" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks, published in 1917. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular and jazz standard. There are many variations of the title, including "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball", and just "Strutters' Ball".

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History

Soon after its 1917 publication, "Darktown Strutters' Ball" was included by Sophie Tucker in her Vaudeville routine.[1] The song was recorded on May 9 that year by the Six Brown Brothers.[2][3] The best-known recording, by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which was recorded on May 30, 1917, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number A-2297,[1] was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.

More than three million copies of the sheet music were sold.[4]

Recorded versions

See also


References

  1. Don Tyler (2 April 2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. McFarland. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2946-2.
  2. Elaine Keillor (18 March 2008). Music in Canada: Capturing Landscape and Diversity. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-0-7735-3391-2.
  3. "The Darktown Strutters’ Ball". The Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame website. accessed 2017-06-19
  4. Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone, Pathe Records in the 20001 to 20499 series Online Discographical Project
  5. Abrams, Steven; Settlemier, Tyrone. "SIGNATURE 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. "OKEH 78rpm numerical listing discography: 8000 - 8500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. Lord, Tom (1997). The Jazz Discography Vol. 18. Redwood, New York: Cadence Jazz Books. p. 660. ISBN 1-881993-17-5.
  8. Philip Lambert (1 March 2013). Alec Wilder. University of Illinois Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-252-09484-2.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Grinnell-Milne, Duncan (1966). Wind in the Wires. London: Mayflower. pp. 142–3.

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