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We Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

We Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

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"We Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" is a song originally recorded on September 3, 1936, by Piedmont blues musician Casey Bill Weldon.[1] Weldon performed it as a solo piece, with vocals and acoustic guitar plus piano and double bass accompaniment.[1]

The song has been adapted and recorded by many other musicians, most often under the title "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town", and sometimes simply "Outskirts of Town". In 1941, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five recorded "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Decca 8593), and the following year recorded another version as "I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town", with the writing credit given to Roy Jacobs and Casey Bill Weldon (Decca 8638).[2][3] This second recording became the first of Jordan's many R&B chart hits, reaching No.3 on Billboard's newly established "Harlem Hit Parade" chart in October 1942.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Illustrated Casey Bill Weldon Dis". Wirz.de. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five", DAHR. Retrieved 12 July 2021
  3. [3]
    "Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - 78 RPM - Discography", 45Worlds.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021
  4. [4]
    Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 235. ISBN 0-89820-115-2.
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